I’irni.lsilEl) BY 'VjjITK t CO ’ V plirsßimoHi WEDNESDAY MOEtNINp, 1, 1849._ H7'Ai>v*btu«bi. ire earnemfy requested to bond in •h«f .favors before S{■ *„ mi/.a* early intheday u bncticvne Advertisements ripl insetted fora speci Bed nine will invariably be clftTged Until Ordered out \lD^X a * Pnrs&caaii PAn.Ti.GASxtra is- published ®*[j7»™ n *'Voebly, and WreilY..—The Dally i» tteven Dollars per sjinomj ibe Trl-Wes-aly U Five Dollar* per datum, liio Weetly ;» Two Oolthr) per minora, unaif AiiWIKI. r< '• fc’HII.fcDKL.PIIIA AMIfittIOAS. Advertisements ami *obfecrir&&»i» to «hr Nsnib Aiaer lean and Dinted H lutes Gnrrti«C Philadelphia. rerrjveil fcud forwarded from ihu : , !•«»«!( paf e for TeMgVapble Saws* For Local Matters iae next page. 11l health lias prevetitbJ :&j •mriier notice of the rejoinder of the F.«t, In ourirerharks oo Friday,in delation to the destruction oi;thq ifmon Factory by fire. Till' rejoinder fa u of abuse, and no thing else. Onr arlicle is dpjumuced at* a libel on Ibe Post and the Deinoortuio Party, and ‘-false in datft, and lafte by and by more epi thets oi n like aOrt. Mo effort,* however, is tuade to rebut onr arguments*— single falsehood is pointed out—the editor'll fieft-reaped. 1 ’ 1 will oot /permit liim to reply m - There wus nothing in odr remarks to touch the keenly, but it* truth. • Thai was the two edged sword which has wrOagiauch a howl ol ago ny from him. Oar statemutit-amounted to this and ibis only—that the originated by Uie riots, and fomented snd;keft up by the course of the Pittsburgh Morning, Post, lias paused our insurance offices to decline* jawing risks on cotton factories, unless at ruinous Rftek—and that, owing | tq the same cause, the L-nibn Factory would j not be rebuilt; and that it xffoulid prevent nny fur- i ther investment, or reinvestment,of capital in that branch of busines-s in tbfa .rsy and vicinity, for years to come; and until in entire change taker, place in the comluct and-, feelings of those who pouseaa the means of so mcjoh mischief This the Post calls “falae^“li!>ellous r —-{he “cool effort of a base, malignant False in what respect 4 la it false that infftirpnee has been more difficult to be obtained,and%ha( the rates have been increased, in oflhis excitement! — Has the Post the hardihood ii> deny so palpable a fact 4 We have since undef-UKxl, front anotberfae lory, that their rates hove s»eeh ipaterially increas ed since the riots, and were compelled to go to New England lor insurance, aud that it was at last effected with diffieiuty. • Is it not true, that lhcl. : efp» Factory will not be rebuilt, and that thi* decision is owing principally, if not wholly, to the vexations interference with tbeir business, by the Post; nod a set of meddling, . officious charlatans, who (tffect to manage the af fairs of the operatives, although they could never manage any successfully o£ iheir own ? Or, wdl.ihe editor say, flint his codrse has no* necessarily produced sucb-ii stale of affairs 9 He may say, if he will, that hq'did not .Idsign it do so —•that be only Wished to gain a little cheap politr cal capital for bis party, nbi! a character for a little extra love for the working classes for himself—and that he had no wish to injure the business of the place, and destroy its manufacturing -.interests. — This may be possibly true. ! But If so, it proves the wisdom of the xa.yftig, thhl -‘fools should not be truste’d with edge ioota. rr -*A flippant, conceited, and intensely selfish coxcomb, in charge of the terrible ‘engine of the presses more dangerous than a cool headed knave, for he has not sens© enough to perceive the coaseqaen&s Of his own conducl- Bal let his motives and*wishes be what they may, the effects of hfa course are. evident It has inflicted a direct injury upCn the CottOU Maculae* luriog business of this wgreai and ruinous that it only exist* heft- from sheer necessity. The buildings and machinery i/e.here. and the pro prietors are compelled to bat they would gladly sell out at a-erffat sdtfrrficc, and quit a pur suit which has brought theft}, since these troubles began, nothing but vexaUom anxiety, obhqny, and loss. These aro sorrowful truths, add for the honor end prosperity of our city, jve wpuld bury (hem in oblivion; but .malignant diseases require severe remedies; andwe feel assured Jhat unless the evil is checked by the strong, power of a stern public opinion, before it efctoads further, other branches ofbuainesa will feefrt* blighting induence, ! until our city will becomes place rather to be ahunoed than sought for, Vy those intending to embark in manufacturing operations. The Post puts forwards* jta- ever ready excuse for all its sins agnihsi/the.welfare of the city, its attachment to the fen Hour Law. But this shall not serve it. li went further than tins, and be came the npulogi&t lor rioters, and the assailant of nearly every person connected Willi the proprietor ship ot the lactones, and encouraged and kept up • a spirit of dissatisfaction, and every evil passion. If ia’only a day or t\vo since, that it called the prosecution <<[ the persons convicted of a wilfol and piipabie not. and who set at defiance the laws of the Commonwealth, and forcibly entered into possession of the property of peaceable citizens, “malicious and dastardly"— “a malicious arul dastardly prasrcfition .Let such language be utie'fed by (lie press, and winked at by the community? afid whose property is safe 4 If it is “malicious and dasturdly’ - to prose cute ibe factory rioters, it would be equally so to pnnish those guilty of the salne oflienco io regard to other t>nsinoss and otbey deserrptiahs of pro perty, until peace and safety Would be in Our atrecL*. j 4 With the Ten Hour Law we -have nd especial qaarrel, conld n be made general; thong!} we have strong doubts of the propriety of any such inter ference with individual rights.; .But to compel our manufacturers to work nndet. it* operations, when others in the same business, tf ith whom they come into direct competition, ore fwe iroyi its restrictions is the rankest oppression, 00l fa nothing less than legislating the destruction of dur own manufacture ing interests. It is a suicidaLfolly, of which Penn sylvania, of ail the Stales in-lhe Union, ought not to be guilty. H can do no good to the operatives, as it imperatively decrees (tat there shall bend further increase of this description of labor, and it condemas the factories already in existence to a ruinous competition Bnd a sickly existence. From Caxaoa—Tub Excitement Iscbsasiso.— Advices from Montreal evening, jepresenl the pcojile as, '{morally speaking.} up in regard to the bill for pitying rebellion losses. Num. erous meetings still continue; lo be held m various parts of Upper Canada. In Belleville ihenotorious Win, Lyou Mackenzie, bqt his rpeciy depars tare would have been ridden .ph a rail. -The To ronto papers are warmly engaged in discussing the question of annexation to the Waited States. At a grand concert Qfthe Pliilbarmbhic Society, held at Doaegana's Hotel, at which' about 800 persons were present, his excellency {he! Crovernor General was treated with marked signs of disrespect The ferment is far from subsiding. - A New Raiuuud.—The Q§iGm debt. We hope thebeoevo lenl and religious citizens of Miofie ctUes will not permit so worthy an object la&il Tor want; of ade* q Q ate support. !• .' Wall pAfEH.—Among the.-fitfe stock* of wall paper on sale m this city, that «f Mr. S. C. Hill, on Wood atreelpa among the most tractive. His stock is large, jkoice, new, and.tyapattema dll of the latest styles. See advertise nuint. OFFICIAL. ' !• afpojntjiests by THTLYatafDcrr,; B\( and iciik the admet and anettdof the. Senate POST OTFICE \ . B*muel Rojcburj.Postiflisti at Pitubtfrg, (P.) vine C. McKibbin. ; . • , David Powers, Shndtuky, (Oj vice W. E Smith FraaciaA. Wells, Steubduvi&e, *O.) kttCWeaL jWRHam P. Millard, Galena, ,fniiadi»>) vice John -Ay’Slayniaker. Hsinsw OF A 032 PORT rf P retzdfy Prof wot Lemuel Sttpke.ru, of the Western University proposing o \dan uf\n stTUt*jfn f or a Pittsburgh High Profes sor Charles ESiott, ef the same Institution. It very much the custom of age without any reference to »■ demer its or intrinsic excellence, every thing that has been long established. The hoary bead is no iong er honorable, even tbougti found in the way of righteousness. Age is associated with debility and decay, add, therefore, the tree that has numbered several centuries of luxuriant growth, tbqugh laden with the choicest fruits, most l*e cut down, and cast, root and branches together, into Ibti fire. This tendency to radical change is seen in all the departments ot society. The Socialist assails ; existing institution* as the offspring of a rude pe riod, when the rights of man were imperfectly un derstood, and jwo poses a re-organiz&tioti of soc.e ty on principles better adapted, in bis opinion, to develope the germs of perfectibility, that he dor mant in human nature. Orthodox principles of re iigii>n are also attacked oh the ground that thin age is too tar advanced tor the reception of dogma* of f'silb. The Bible must conform to modern scienlil ic uuooeenes, otherwise Us credentials of miracle id prophecy Will fail to wslabltsh its uulbonl' Education,'too, mu*i Iwahajied to tu complish in dusirial and utilitarian ends, without any reference to the developeuienl ol Me mind itseif That must be assimilated to the improvement* of the age, and im provements muat nut, us they ougbtto do,take the shape tmd form of properly educated aud well direct ed mind, lu a word, itie moral und intellectual pan Of our nature must lie subordinated to .that great material hio*i>, called ihe univer«e, and.all our mi mortal energies buried beneath the lumber ol the physical world* There is always danger m extremes- On the one band, we may adhere wilh'loo much tenacity to the < ustom»iiud practices ol the pa>-i; Otid on the oiber, we tuny uidtiige)ioo far a spirit of innovation. In vUdio tutissttnus ibts —the middle Course .a safest—ia n maxim tbut ought u he reineiaU-red and incorporated with our conduct. Avoid Cha rybdts on the one band, and Scylla on the other, and then our vessel will steer with safety over tbe whirlpool* of this giddy and busy life. The preceding remarks are intended as intro ductory tu a review of a report prepared, and read by Professor Stephens, of the Western University, proposing a plan and cotirse of stud.es for a Pitts burgh High School. Tlie report, considered in it : self, was very ab.e, and did credit to the accom plished and learned ge.nlleman who prepared it. — Had been an address delivered with the inten tion of setting forth the utility and a Jvpntages of physical science, without any reference to an edu cational scheme, no notice, except u highly com mendntory, would have been taken of ilj but stand ing related, as it does, to a system, it c&iitaius inn* ny things objectionable. The whole complexion of the report—more than any direct italeraenl — givea, in a system of alt/ration, on undue prouu aence to physical science, exalts to the first impor tance what is fconoeeted with tbe mdunthul pursuits of life, and casts into the shade those brunches of study which are most essential to the highest intel lectual aud moral developement Its amiable au thor may have been influenced by reasons which U known, would greatly modify bis statements, but a review must have reterencr to tbe re port as it 19 not to any private senumenl9 which its author is known to entertain. The teashn assigned t>r advocating ulmott exclusively the claims of the physical scien cesjis. that in our Schools, Academies sad Colleges. they do not receive their due* proportion" of atten tion. If that is the fact, Protestor 8. was right id endeavoring to introduce them to public aUentioo and favor. Bet oil this point there n i.i 4 difference of opinion, and many will, no doubtj think that Professor S. proceeded upon a false assumption. If we may judge from the catalogues of our Acad emies, (female Seminaries and Collegia, and from the proficiency of our graduates in the studies that generally compose* a liberal course of education, we would infer that the physical sciences meet with their due share of attention. For one. who is a thorough adapt in meQtnl and moral•sdience and logic, ten can be found who are skilled in the nat ural sciences. It ts the menial and moral sciences that are neglected, and.it always will be the case, ns long 'as man is more inclined to look outward and darn, than to look irithm and Bp. “Know thyself" is tlie language of mentui and moral science: know the mulerial world, that of physi cal. For tiie former knowledge, man bos little de sire; tu the acquisition of tbe latter, llm boarding of wealth gnd all bis' mundane connexions contrib ute. It is impossible to determine the relative itnpor auce of any branch of study, an!e*s tt'e view it vitb relation lo some system, or with reference to ac end lo be accomplished. The qvie&on.theQ, arises, What is the end lo be accomplished by the course of studies generally pursued in otir Schools, Academies and Colleges 7 At!! will con* cur in the answer, tbe education of .mnn—She developing of his intellectual, moral arid physical powers, in order lo lit him for the performances of bis duties, as a moral, intellectual and facial being. But wt* <*ao have do adequate idea edu cation ought to be, unless we have a efear concep tion of that complex creature—man. then, is. man—his constitution, relations and destiny.' Man is composed of soul and body. '‘By means of his soul, he is allied to the world qTspinfo, by means of his body, to the world of matter. Tbe rartid is eoduwed with‘{acuities whtb)), ia their exercise, obey certain laws; the body 'possesses functions, some of which'perform tlie allotted to them without auy volition on oar part; others follow the dictates rf the immaterial. principle; Without slnei regard to metaphysical tbe faculties of mind nnghl be divided into the intel lectual and moral faculties, sod tbe Ucuhfes olta?te. By the lirsi, we apprehend the abstract relations ol things, and the truth or falsehood ot prttposiliuu*; by the second, we discover the luor&f'quahiy ol actions, and derive the feelings ofoblghtton, bv the last, we appreciate the Iwautv and subli§§k of art, and tbe externa! world The i>od/ is a mere instrument of perception and action, it’ll. Ic at the same lime it tonn* tbe hohituWou ol Hie spirit 111 this subittnary sphere. ; But our idea of man nuM U? very Upiective. fi we view him 111 an isolated rapacity, only, and contemplate his laeulite* anil high ehiluunienl witbout reference to the great spiritual system, of which be forms 9 part. A* a memi»er‘of suuli n system. be is 11 subject of moral law, administered by the Legislator of the Universe. Tin* law does not view him a.* an autot>le-> —a bemgUtvhose end is hiuiselj—but as one, whore chief endj* to glo rify his creator by the highest oiilUvnlioh and ac tive employment of those mental and .moral facuL lies, with which he ts so munificently endowed. — He most not labor with too much eageraea*. to se cure the greatest happiness and wealth possible for tbe present term'of existence, but to fit. himself for i that world of realities of Which this fori&A only the vestibule. This is his high destroy. Jfl order to do this, we must not estifnate things according to their present importance, but nccordinylO their in« fluence on our future well being. TUe- question ought to be, bow shall-such a pursuit bes* fit us for the noble destiny, to which we arc ‘Veiled! not, how shall it advance us iu wealth nr fame. Were our end kept steadily m view, things! Would as sume their proper positions and stand related to each other in tbeir due proportions. The spiritual would be placed lirat, the physical second. ""If tbe writer has not been sofficienUyexplicit and systematic on the nature of man, he tra«u be will be excused on the consideration thiHjie deem ed it unnecessary. He is not reasoning against infidels and materialist*,bat Against Lho«e> who ad mit the moral and intellectual dignity of man, and who will readily acknowledge that the whole ma terial universe is only the scaffolding of /that spir itual system, which it is intended to sbbserve.— Here we agree with that wonderful sage of anti quity, Plato, and with the iulalliLte ward of Reve lation —Spirit is oldest and first in importance — matter youngest and secondary. Creation, with all it* harmony of arrangement and Iwauly, in but an effect of mind; shall we not. then, study the wondrous cause 1 Having glanced briefly at the end to be accom plished by education, and at the constitution, rela tions, ana destiny of man, the writer will! now en ter upon the consideration of such an educational system as he thinks adapted to a being sd 1 wonder fully made—so complex in Ins relations, and so noble in the design of lus creation. 1 Its Viiorai and intellectual part being confessedly superior to his bodily organization;Jhie relations to the /world of spirits and eternity being of more commanding im portance than his relations to matter and.time; and his duties lo his Creator being of higher obligation than any thing else that can claim his attention, it follows that every thing that deserves the name of education ought lo have primary reference to the cultivation of bis moral aad intellectual’powers. It ought to aim to draw out and direct the highest impulses of his nature; and to tram lhe*mtnd lo hobitgoi close investigation, discriminating anal ysis, comprehensive generalization, and discursive reasoning. For this end the student must be made acquainted with the relations of being, the propers ties and laws of matter and mind. So far as the cultivation of the moral putt of our nature is concerned, the writer attaches vfcry ItiiJe importance to any merely mlellcctual, pursuit.— Theology itselj maybe studied without any bene ficial influence upon the heart. That which cor rects the moral obliquities of our nature must be sought from another source than science. The Bible offers the means of reformation lojall who will submit themselves to its cure. How Jar that ought to be iotrodoced into our schools a{td colle ges, does not fall in with the object of tho present discussion. But there are sciences, whieh, from their very nature, bring*the mind into c(p4er con nexion with moral and religious subjects than oth ers. They also accustom the mind to list kind of evidence on which our holy religion rest*; In this respect they may be considered as having; a marc direct moral and religious bearing than thbj demon sirative and expenmoalol. The writer, pses the terms demonstrative and experimental with refer once to mathematics and the-physical sciences. — This ts fn accordance with scientific nomenclature, nud is correct; but the term experimentnl'uiight be applied to other sciences besides those w&ich are coiled the physical. A man may expetinJCiit with mind as well as with matter. « ; It is not intended at present to consider science as an end, or an object of pursuit; but as fill jmtro nient in developing tho mental facuUieakWhat science, or sciences are best adapted forlhis pur pose? Science ft the comparison of phenomena, and the discovery of their agreement or disagree ment, and exists in the mind. If it rxigti in the • mind, bow,then, can it be made mi mntrhment in | training the miad' Manifestly, .by directing the ! mental powers to the comparison of phchbmena, fancl the marking of their agreement, or disagree. menL This is the whole process of education. What phenomena ought Aral to be presented? Our senses will of coarse direct as first to those of the external world, and with these we will iEjera our first acquaintance. . But we cannot genertUze, nor reasou without the use of language; at leitat, with out its assistance, wc cannot communicate our thought* and conclusions to others. Lhbgasge may. therefore, be considered as the vebiclfebf tho’t aod the instrument of reasoning; and, cotueqenu ly, it ought to be first in evety’sYsfem of education. Orthe coin tnonporpo-es of life,one's native tongue iosufticent hot tor tne highest intellectual devd opement a njove philosophical knowledge is reqoir ed than eanfoe derived from any single language. number of language* that we learn, rH . more extensive will he our knowledge of the mtterent modes of ihtukmg among mankind; and the more we will multiply our individual natures into the general nature of man Ail this may be allowed, and still the que-tion may be asked, what languages are best adapted lor our traiouig iu ptufolug) ' May not the Ger man und {reach, or - ol ins own language, in which to clothe the sense of the original, he will mark the differences ot idiom, make himnel) acquainted With tbe geographical and historical fact* connect ed with bis subject; and inform himself with regard *?. allusion to political, social, and domestic life. The study ot the classics, if properly pursued, is not the mere memorizing ot words and guessing tbe meaning of a passage, but it is the exercise ol memory, comparison, judgment, and taste. In separating compound sentences into their elemen tnry parts, the uimd goes through a process of analysis, in combining these parts according to tbe principles of syntactical structure, recourse is had to the opsositc process of synthesis; and in tlioroughiy comprehending the subject, contribution is laid on almo-t every department of human knowledge. This can be easily illustrated by re ferring lo one of our English Classics, To under stand Milton, for example, requires not only a thorough knowledge o( the English language, but also ol mythology, theological opinions, and many other subjects \V hen in his lofty verse, he *peak* of that crystalline sphere, whose balance weighed the trepidation talked, he Incomes altogether un intelligible to the render, unless he has some know ledge of the Ptolemean system of astronomy; and Without some acquaintance with the diseases of the ryes, obscurity must rest on ihut pa.ssnge in Which, referring tu his blindness, lie say* “so thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, or dim suffusion veiled." There is a higher exercise in studying Ike alien classics than any winch has been mentioned. them w«- have some of the highest exertions of tbe human mind, the fountains of history’, tbe wells of poesy, the highest effort* of oratory, the most subtle disquisiUonuof philosophy are there. They require then, the application of logic and criticism. But to analyze the structure ol arguments, the affinities of thought and the principle* of taste is the highest walk of mind, and nil this a thorough and com prehensive study ol tin- classics requires. The instances are very rare, however, m which (his ts done during a collegiate course. All that can be done there is to teach the eaglet the use of Uis Wings,‘and train him for loftier flight*. Time will not permit u* to show that tha study of the classic* cannot with advantage lie nuper seded by any rise. Reference will merely be made lo a pannage in Prof S.’a report, in which, speaking of drawmg v he remarks “It cultivates those very qualities of mind, only with sorer re sult*," (it was so printed, but Prof S. read it “onlv with surer result* for practical purposes, - ) which n is our aim to cultivate in the study of the ancient languagea. 1 * Without detracting in the least from the great advantage* to tie derived from drawing, the writer isof opinion that the author of the rejiort baa been misled on tins subject by too great u partiality lo what ha* merely an industrial bearing. Drawing contemplates oaly the relation* of size, form, and proportion; but tbe study ol the classics deals with the pheuomena of mind, the b&rmony 01 thought, and the Dice proportions and subtle analysis of the ma.-ter productions of me human intellect, in prose mid verse. The former portray* the form* of external nature and the *peciaiens of art; the latter expresses the emotions of die mind, aud holds before n* it* beautiful creation*. They differ an much a* liuu-y aud thought differ Irom the pencil and paint. Tbe writer tut* mentioned language to.i at * system of educstiou. because »t is the instrument ol reasoning. It seem* to be axiomatic that to reason correctly, we must be well acquainted wilii the instrument. But it does mitlanswer every pmrpose m education. In lraii£ig the mind u> habits of abstract uad general reasoning, it i* lughh important to have a language, whose terms mean one certain thing imd nothing else, to have axiom* from tt-hn-i] there 13 no appeal, nud to have *duu’. ted relations, which nre fixed and immitlithfe Such a language ihe analytical methods of Algebra and C-dctilu* afford, -m-ti axiom* and relation* we find m Georuetrv. lii respect-* a* un in»trumeut ot cJucntion. the pure mathematic* are va.-lly -up-nor to the classic*. They‘accustom the mind to patient atien lion and accurate reasoning; they impart a logical deduction and precision to a degree, which nothing else can, but by carrying the pupil info the region* ol cold abstraction, they chill tbe aspirations of fan cy and fetter the pLv of the imagination. The rea soning employed in Mathematics, moreover, is not drawn from such a variety of soorces as iu the study of languages The mathematician seta oitl with a few first truths, and hts whole process con sists in deducing ultimate or unknown truths from such as are pbvious or have been before demon strated. The same may, indeed, be said of the student of language*, who ba* his atuhor, diction ary and grammar But in conducting tbeir respec tive processes a great difference will be observed the mathematician deals only with the relation* of quantity, the -Indent of language*, a* we have *een, deals With the significations of word-, their relative position in a «eutence, tbo nelectioc ul sueir term' a- will best ex pres* the idea, and with gram mar. context, geography, history and archu-ology. In this very inferiority, however, con-ist* the su periority of pure mathematics. They habituate the mind to attend to one jioiot at a tunc they teach arrangement and anity of design. The Dobfest of ►.-•<-uce* i» metaphysics and it ought to form a pan of a liberal system of eduoa tion. By metaphysics the writer does not mean what the Scotchman detioed to be sbmelhing unin telligible to both sjw-aker and bearer; but that sci epee, the subject of which is the humaa mind, with its Busceplibihlie* and powers. I| all acience—not object* of science—l* m the mind, it must be of the highest inqiorUince to its interwta that the proper ties and laws of mind should be well understood Prejudice* have long existed against the study of metaphysics, hl* said that the phenomena of matter may In- the subject of actual experiment, but i&okc of mind only of observation. Mr. Stew art has well remarked ; “the difference between experiment and observation consist* merely in the comparative rapidity with winch they accomplish llTfcir discoveries; or rather m the comparative com mand we po**e-* over them, as instruments for the investigation ol truth. The discoveries of both, when actually effectedjfire so precisely of the same kind, that it mnv Safely ne affirmed, there i* not a single proposition true of the one, which will not be found to hold equally with respect lo tho other.” As an instrument of edneatiou the study of met aphysics possesses a high value. It imparts lo the mind subtilty and strength. “The design of ed ucation is nut so much lo irnpirt information, as to give tone and vigor to the mental powers—to form tho understanding to habits of thought, at once bold and cautious, patient and discursive, bold and pro found. To efleci this purpose, those sciences in which the evidence is only probable, possess man ifest advantages over those in which it is demon strative. The evidence, which the mathematician requires, and without which, be will not, in his de partment of science, admit the truth of any propo sition, cannot be obtained as the guide of our con* duct, even in cases of grealmoment aod requiring prompt decision, it is on moral evidence that we must act in all the relations we sustain to God and to each other. Now, if the constant habit ol mjm nag and obtaining demonstrative evidence, should not produce a sceptical bins in the mind of the mathematician, which Mr. Stewart denies, it must we should think, mfalllbly render him in compe tent to judge in coses where the only evidence to direct him is that with which he is less conversant and familiar, it must, in a measure, unfit him to de- cide on probable evidence, and where probability, os is sometimes the case, opposes probability. The study of metaphysics is the best gujdc here. |t lends more eminently than any other, to form re flective habits of mind: for reflection is necessary for observing the phenomena on which we are lo reason; it is requisite for comparing, combining and separating them; it is requisite ultimately Ibrakcer- lining the laws to which they are subjected.'’ I.ogle, which sustains pretty much Jbe same rein tiou lo the mental and moral sciences, which Gc. omelrv does to Hie physical, ought also to receive do inconsiderable share of attention. The distinc tion of terms, the description of propositions. Hie different kinds ol’ evidence, the structure of argus meats and the detection of fallacies are ail impor* tanl to be knowp. Moral Philosophy and the science of Taste might be mentioned as subjects of commanding impor tance in a course of liberal stndy; but as tastru. menkof intellectual developements, they *re infe rior to those, which have beeu specified. As ob jects of knowledge, however, they are inferior to none. The branches enumerated, have been mentioned first, because they arc more nearly allied to our m tellectual and moral nature, and the most oT them better adapted for the purposes of mental develop meat, than the physical sciences. Tho physical sciences, notwithstanding, oaght to form a part of our education, and though they have been men Uoned lost, there is no reavott why they should be studied last By tho - physical sciences we learn our relations' to the nattnjftgpoHd: we are ai>o taught the causes ofit*.dftM3yhd and complicated appearances, to them, and to I Mccrtaih the laws by twjfHpey aiy governed.— But the physical aciences are rather to be studied E«°niry °!_> qow,c 4«. «wt « means of training Ihe ramd. There are some things, wbfcb it would be «eI for o* to study just for the mental discipline, even iWh we might forgelthem in a very abort , PkyncJU science does not belong to those; remembered. 0 lU P nnc ‘P lc * and. &cU The brauohe* of naturaUciences “may either be taught systematically and in tbeirfull extent or toey may be communicated only m outline, and *“ , a y°? re 7 10 eoove y *«ne idea of their objects, and the leading principles ou which they are found ed .Now q they are taught m the latler way they will have no effect whatever in improving the imnd, on the contrary, they will lead to loose and inaccurate habit*, ol thought as well as to a die sipaiien of time aud laleDts | maintaiu, aays Dr. BeaMie. ihti every thing that is taught lo youth, ahould be accurately taught, being of opinion that the mmd .* more improved by a little accurate knowledge than bv an extensive smattering, and hat .1 would be better for a young man to be mav ter ol Euclid and Demosthenes, than lo haves whole dictionary of aria and science* by heart, w heu he ha« once go! a luaie for aC o 1 racy he will kuow Ihe value and method of it, and with a view to the same gratification, will habitually pursue tbe same method both in science*, and the geuera! con duct ol hi* affairs,whenas a habit of superficial think iiilf, perverts and enervates the power* of the soul, tcaves many of them 10 languish in total inactivity, and !* too apt to make a man fickle and thoughtless lor file. If on the olherhand, the physical sciences are lo be atiidied as systems, that ts throughly ex amtned in their first principles, thex are much too lalonou* as a meulal discipline for the genera! student. Hardly anything, for example, could be more oppressive or painful, for such a student, than the attempt to lay up in the memory, the long catalogue of names descriptive of-thc Linnean Bot any. the classes, order*, genera, specie* and va« neli*-*; arid yet i| this is not done, the pupil learnt nothing, which can improve his understanding, or prepare it tor these severe exerci«es of reflection, winch belong to the pursuit* 4 malurer life, and without which no professional eminence can possi biy bo attained. T> BE rOTTlNtfEti. l orrrftpondencc of the Baltimore Patriot Washimctos, March 31,1549. tine rommiiMon at least, which had a long lime i.j run, has been revoked—that ol Major James H. Gooke, Marshal ofTexas. Gen. Joseph Bates,form erly a distinguished Whig of Mobile, and recently Mayor of Galveston succeeds Major Cocke, as Marshal of Texas. This i* an appointment which it does honor lo ihe heads and hearts ofMr. Secretary Clayton and Gen. Taylor. It xvas made day IxMore yesterday, before the superintendence of the appointment of Marshals was transferred from Mr Clayton, of ihe State Ifepartment, to Mr. Kwinp. of the Home De partment. I have, for ten years, known t Jen. Bates as a most sterling and mfluenlial Whig, and a most estimable and upright roan, with a heart “full of the milk of human kindness," and at the same time os firm and dauntless as ever beat in man s bosom I have good reason losupjiose that Gen. Thom as G. Polk, a aoblr whig soon of the old patriotic, whig branch of the North Carolina Polk family will be appointed Marshal ot Mississippi. He now re sides in that State, but formerly resided in the county of Hardeman, in West Tennessee where he stood up manfully, as a uoble whig.ia two cam paigns, against the pretensions and claims to honor and distinction of his cousin, Mr. James K. Polk. — His appointment as Marshal will rive great satis sure lo the whigs of Tennessee, as well aa those of Mississippi To morrow being tbe last day of the month, it in anticipated by the clerks in office that many remo vals will take place. They however, may, for the present,quiet their fears. 1 have to day ascertain ed that no removals are 10 take place in the Post Office Lfepartmeol lo morrow, and it is generally believed mere will be none, comparatively speak ing, in the other Departments. Yesterday. I beleve Mr. Ewing appointed two clerks, Mr. King and Mr. Robert Harper William son in the Home Department. It is right and just that eaeh head of a Department, and eaeh head ot a Bureau, should have a majority of the clerks in said Department or Bureau on Ins own side of the political questions which divide the two great parlies of the day. And tins will be the case. But to bring it about, where there are now about 750 Loootbco to less than 1 00 whig officers, there must necessarily be many changes in tbe Department* at the seat ol government. 3 | Mr. Hall, the new Register of the Treasury, 1* expected lo arrive here by Monday next, and eo* ter on tlie duties of bin station. Gen. McCalls, the Second Auditor, still holds ou to his office. it 1* understood he leaves it soon, however. \ou may have »f*en published recently u hatch of appoinlments for Mu-rouri—all locorrecL Tliete are leld§?raphic report* of appointment*, sent off Irom here and elsewhere, which nre incorrect, und not entitled lo belief. In tons instances, the ca~ ’errfi for the public appetite for more and news, who «en*l i'tfl!ie«e rejKirt* »n the lightning wires, uiay lut thr nan on (lie head, but a* a general thing said report* should be received with a wide margin of allowance. The late official editor is ail the lime striving to tuaks his readers believe, that iflhta AdminiKlra lion make a*"many chuoge- m tbe important off ces ot the government us the Polk Administration tuade, Gen. Taylor will falsify oil his pledge* m*ffo before his i*TecttOH. Mr at*o asserts, over and over again, that Mr. Polk win not proscriptive, though an avowed partisan, and that he did not, like Gen. Taylor, go into tbe Pretudentiai office with tlie avowal that he would be Ihe President of the whole jieople. and not of a party, and therefore that Mr. Polk had a better right t>> turn out hia political up poneiiU.and put his political friend* iu their places, it he had been pleased so to do than Geu. Taylor lias These are not the exact words of the late offi cial editor, but they roavvy the subslauee of wlml tie has l*een decianug on the subject. Now tn what, and on what occasion, did Gen Taylor declare, that he would, if elected President, keep conspicuous partisan ijoculoco* in nil the prominent offices ol the government, because they woold huppen lo occuov these place* at tbe t.mr of his inauguration' ‘>n what occasion, and in what document, did he declare tkut he would uot make changes in tlie principal offices of ttie gov ernment' When and wb-re. and lo whom, did tie declare, that it elected President lie would not have the majority of the principal offices of the government filled by honest and capable men,agree ing with him in political sentiment 7 Wh-n,where and to whom did he intimate any of these thing*' Certainly not in either oflbe Allison letters. Would it not puzzle the venerable editor of tlie‘‘Union.'’to point out tome of tbe pledges mode by Gen. Tay for, wh.ch would more militate against his removal of hts political apjioneats from office, than the pled ges of Mr. Folk militate against hi* removal of Whigs from such offices as happen to be in tneir possession at the time of hts inauguration.? Ifbe can do it, let u* have the evidence. As -ertion alone will not answer. Let as have the document* But the venerable editor is strangely forgetful when be asserts that Mr. Polk was not proscrip, live in the some sen***—and lo a much greater ex tent —in which he now charges proscription upon Gen. Taylor. Where was there It whig left in an important office' Where even was there a Tyler man left sqve Henry A. Wise,and two or three oth ers, who were suffered to remain through fear, or a sinister motive. Look also at bis Army Appointments, where all patriotic whig volunteers were proscribed from all chance of reaching high and honorable tlalioos, be cause those stations were conferred upon Tx>colo cos. And such appointment.- as many-of them were' Again is the venerable editor's memory at fault when he assarts that Mr. Polk did not profess to be the President of the whole people, rather than of a [■arty. Look at-hts inaugural does it not express ly contradict the venerable editor's assertion' Look at bis speech on New York, whenen hi* Presiden tial lour to the North—did he not there declare that he was not the President of a party, but of lhe people? True, lie immediately tliereaffrr went into Tammany Hall and gave the ngbt hand of fellowihm to hts ultra Locolbco brethren of that den of Locofocoism. But nevertheless he made the assertion. The venarable editor excluim* ‘•But Mr. Polk, who stood confessedly a party man, is reiused the smallest modicum of praise, when General Taylor is overwhelmed with adulation because he, a pre feased no party man* has failed thus far to remove three democratic officers, who are admitted to be honest, capable and faithful.” What a pity! Mr. Polk is refused the smallest modicum of praise’ Why don ’t every body praise him unmercifully as the editor of the ‘Union'' has long been and is still doing’ POTu.MAO. Mx. McOauohey, of ia., whom the Democratic Senate rejected as Governor ofMinesota, ha* the following honorable history lo meet the condemns* lion of his bigoted opposers. In IS3V, at 23 years of age, he was elected loth© lower branch of the Indiana Legisloture. In 1840 >be was elected by the Legislature Prosecuting At torney for the 7th Judicial District, which embraced eight counties. In 1842, he resigned the office of Prosecuting Attorney, and was elected « member of the Stale Senate, where he was placed at the head of the Committee on the Judiciary, la 181*1, he was a candidate for Congress in the 7th district.’ against the present Locofoco candidate for Governor ofthe Joa. A. Wright, end was beaten by one votc in IMO, he was acandidale against the same com [>« titor, and was elected to Congress by one hund red and soventy-nine majority. He failed to secure the nomination of the district for the succeeding election, but not because of auy dissatisfaction wun his course in Congress Another was nominated in his stead, purely on local grouuds. la I*4B, be was the electoral candidate tor the same Congrva sionol district, on the Taylor tickyt, aod made one hundred aod two speeches during the can vass. The result was, the district, which gave but 1000 majority in 1840, notwithstanding the free ■ml excitement, gave 1100 majority for Gen. Toy- U was said that be was 100 young, but a corres p indent ofthe Baltimore Patriot answers this ob* :tion thus: — He is as old as Gen. Cats was when made Gov ernor of Michigan, and older, more experienced and, quite as dignified, we prosnme, as Steven t’ Mason, bis cuocessor m office. He has greater c*-’ pactiy and as much dignity as James Lucas, who was made Governor oflowo; or as James Clarke who was the last Governor of that Territory. He mav not look so profoond nor yet so graVe as Hen ry iJodgr, who was Governor of Wisconsin bat be certainly is s man of more knoVledge and more in lellecL We have looked in vain tor aoy good reason for this most proscriptive act on the part of the Do. mocrais of the Senate, and w© see none not founded on error, or what is wone, on calumny Foreign Item*. ISJ* anniversary or the Society ibr Pro ntoting* Christian Knowledge was beld on the 6th msL, in bu PaoPa Cathedral, London. The So ciety was instituted in 1729 by fiqe peraoos, in cluding the Her. Dr. Poray. Since 1 733 K has oialnbyled bibles, prayer books and other reli gious and useful works both at home and abroad l ° Th D “ ml ~ r °rmoe.y-foor millions 1 he British Admirably have resol red on another arctic expedition, in search ol the muring ooe un der Sir John Franklin. The North Star, a incate m ordinary at Shrerncss, is fitting out. and will start tor Banin's Boy in six weeks. Mr Alfred Smee, the surgeon to the Bank of England, and mvoator o( the battery which bears his name, has announced itn|>orlatit discoveties id animal electricity By a test which he terms elec tro voltaic, he has discovered that the termidations of the sensor nerves are the telegraphs which car ry the sensation to the brain, nod tne motor nerves carry back the volition to the muscles. The brain he inters to consist of five .l-*t.iici voltaic circles, which, upon theoretical grounds, he believe* to be sufficient to account Ibr nil menial phenomena. Mr. Smee ha* succeeded in making artificial fish, antkj artificial muscular sub-lance. Should these re searches be hilly continued Lv other investigator*. ■ they must l>e regarded as the most important pby Biological discovery of modern times. The stHtislurs ot London an*, in many respects, curious. There arc. for example, hi that city of two an«l a ball millions or inhabitants. 1611 butcher*, sausage makers, 5s tnpe Jeab-rs. 2256 baker*’ 471 pastry cooks, 1.0 mutfin bilker*. Ul\f> grocer*. 6*6 cheese and butler dealers. t-r> fishmonger*, 120 S fniil and vegetable dealers. There arc 7V3 boarding and lodging houses. 330 dining rooms, 6b3 codee shops, 39S hotels, 126 breweries, 4237 publican*, (and waiters” 76(1 beer shop*, 77u wine merchants. There are, also. 171*5 surgeon*. 71*5 chemists; and 137 hospitals. There are. al*o 3191 attoraies, 1692 barrister*, 127 special pleaders and conveyancers, and 112 proctors. The progress of art and invention is attested by new occupation*. —There are I ft dealers i$ gutta [>ereha, 1 I average slater* and adjusters irailway*.) Education is not without Us representatives. There are *5l private academies. 129 district and parochial schools, 50 collegiate institution,*, and 67 oilier school*. There I are M teachers ofddticing, VA of drawing, 4 of elo- i cution, ot ol languages 9 of mathematics. 251 of! music, 3of navigation, and 1* writing There 421 master printers. 760 puhli*hers. and 261 The cost of collecting the revenue in England :s percent., in 1* ranee 11 1 per ceut, and in Belgi uni, 43 per cent, of the gross income The steamship Great Britain ha* been sold in England fur .£2S,(MX) to go to California 1 lie Bsrtiadoe- t Kobe say?, that the Marquis es tate, erne of the tioest properties on (he Maud, and which 1 7 year* ago bVougbt £5O 000. had been sold at Riictiun lor £3.'ioo. The Nation.d debt of Kng und say* Mr Rigley Wa*ou, in his revised arithmetic, i* £772,000.000, and the aggregate capital of England aud Irelund £ <.750,000,000, so that ten per cent, ol the capital wrll easily pay o(Tthe debt. It is as if a map with a capital of £7,750 wa* indebted only to the a mount 0f£772. Mr. W would propose ten years os the lime Ibr paying the beht. and think* rr would be very ttuy for the owners of realized yroyertu to do U. PENNSYLVANIA L KCIIS LA TURK* HAKKuna-Run. March 30. tisyorti o! Comrrut/t*4. — Mr. Matthias Irom the Cofumiilee on ' forporalion.* reported ih«- bill to in corporate the Pennsylvania (.’-upper Compauy with amendments Mr. Crabb t lud»ciary-reporlej the joint resolu tion providing that the t fonsuinlioo be so aiueuded as to require applicant* Irom other States Ibr divor ces to have resided tweive months within this (Com monwealth—with a recommendation that it be negatived. Ml. Mason moved to proceed to reconsider the vote by which was passed, on Wednesday, the bill for the sale of the Williamsport aqd Elmira Rail road, which was not ogTeed to—yeas 7, nays 16. Mr. Johnson, from a select committee, reported a lull to restrain corporations irom issuing obligations otherwise than in gold and silver, with an amend ment to the House amendment. Tne bill being taken up, was amended and dis cussed by Messrs. Small, Johnson, Daraie, (Speak er.) King, Smyser, and others, until the hour of adjournment. house or KEPKESK*TaTIV£a. Mr. Laird ( Bauka> reported against re-chartering the Lancaster Bank, being u minority report. Senate amendments to Uie bill extending the charter ol ihe Farmer* Bunk ol Bucks county, were concurred m. Several amendments to the bill fur the protection of miners and Inlwera, were concurred in. The «General Election District bill, after some debate, waa referred to a committee ot conference The bill to incorporate a hank nt Danville was discussed, aud negatived—yeas, 3V, nays,4iL The b.ll providing for the re-charter of the Bunk of Delaware County. wa* taken up, and after an ineffectual Attempt to amend by Mr. Laird, passed final reading The bill for the erection of P,ne couaty waa liken up and debated until tho hour ol adjourn ment aFTtXNoon scaaioH. The bill eatablisbuig the uew county of Pine waa _ The supplement to the Act incorporating the Western Bank, was taken up, considered, and paused. The Senate bill to restrain corporations from i» suing obligation* redeemable otherwise tkau in ♦pecie. was taken up and concurred in. The remainder ot the session was engaged in the cousideratiou of private bill*. /•’or th« Piiiiburgh (Jaunt. The Ladies Trart JNH'iefv, ol Allegheny, present the Aunual Report of their prc.eediuge for the past year, uud their present condition They are happy lo be able tu stale that the num ber of distributors ha* increased daring the year, and there are now thirty Ladies, who each distrib ute, on an average, ''o trarfa a month. Since their last Annual Re|*ort. there have beca distributed, !il ,’^ljtraels—lb,o7s Englinh and,'t,2U> in the Ger man language—s,37b copies of the American Mes senger have been sold and given—l.S2o English and 1,1)55 (German. A number of the book* pub lished by the American Traci Soo-ety have been •oh!, and Liihles furnished from the Ladies’ Bible Society of Allegheny. In many cases chddreo have been found, who -were induced to attend Sunduy School. Any cases 6t poverty or sickness, have been reported to the Ladies' Benevolent Society. Although tracts have been refused, the distribu tors have generally been treated well, and in many cases the monthly visit has beeo joyfully welcomed. The distributors have fouud that the feel that these tracts are published by an American Board, com* posed of members of different religious denomina tions, lias gained them admission in many places where they would have been rejected, bad they been the publications of any particular aect. Mont of the refusals have been from Roman Catholics, almost all Protestants being willfbg to accept them Many interesting reports of distribution have been given to the Society, which encourage them not to wenry in well doing, but to conunue this lu bor of love, feeling assured that the monthly pre*- •enlnuon of a printed page, containing the truth ol God, cannot but have an influence lor good, ujkid thooe who receive them, although it may be loug before the seed thus sown shall bear fruit. LOIS. J. WADE,Secy At.Lo.naNY, March, IS4O. To Ou Editor of Uit Putibutgh Gazritr.. As one ol the selected papers to pul>lb.h the proceedings of the Board of Trade, you were enti tled to have the Report of the Committee on the subject of the Allegheny accident, as early as any other paper, and I intended that you should have it The maomoripl was sent to the office of the morning Post, with instructions to let you have early proof*. Un inquiry. I find the reason why my orders were not complied with arose from a pera connected with another paper taking away u portion ol the manuscript, and not reluming it un it) it was too bite t.» send you (be proof This act led 1.1 N.me of those printers' errors, which, when they nreur. are always unpleasant. ' J. HARPER, Se* 1 y. of Board ofTrade. , Lemon Sioai. —Prepared by J. W. Kelly, \\ Ilham inert. N \ and tor sale by A. Jaynes, No. 70 fourth street Dus will be found a delignlful arti cle of beverage in families, and particularly fot itek rooms Bases'* Bkoxa -An improved Chocolate prepara tion, being a combination of Cocoa nut; innocent, in vigorating anil palatable, highly recommended pitrlic ulail) for invalids. Prepared by W Baker. Dorche*. ter, Mass., anil for sale by A. JAYNES, at the Pekin Tea Store, No. /Hit friandt and the Inends of the family are respect fully tnviled 'o attend hit lonerul on this day, Wednes day afternoon, at 3 o'clock. Irnin hu late residence rtear East liberty, and proceed 10 the Allegheny Cem etery. Boarding Wauled, tN a private family, for a Gentleman and bit Lady, who will furnish nit room if required Location o, Ku»i or Second Ward of this city Address J. 8, Box M), Post office, and give name and location, which w-nl he attended to. ap4 HAMPTON, SMITHT & CO. DRY GOODS JOBBERS, ' U IIV v 2.;, v n 7 roven to ou ' *»« wr can compel-- d.,c,: r W„b ,v Ka.tent Hon.,. SSSw"^ m * y -* 7* isr - BtMn¥ "“*• ” ,h ' Y *-<■ *** , •“** Enaiuh, KfprH-h and AuiTirin I'nun r«5 a® do do waeba-. w! d ,° French and American Uwn*. Orgaadjea. Mu-hna. Uingbam*. Ac »n » £ ftrc S e *> ToilJe dr F.innno. i‘asba Check *, UraWliams c. “J 0 rlaiu and Fancy Ijiipii Gingham*, t? d t ° Node. Black and Fancy Alpaca*. •aai and American Cloth*. UW t *« w *««vl*.CiM»n.ere*. <■.. \° tin anil '»ncy Sauncua; ■ *,*, i° tT an, Merino <’n»«imere», Summer Cloth* A 3 la “° do Men , Cotton Summer Wear*, «/,'* *r* '’civet Riding CoM*. Proton Cloth*, £ ru P U Etc, Cloth., A, . Brown k a,,t *t' l M r»«ul»-* Vr« me*, Irt«h Unco*, 1 ('»„w Rrourn HoiJnmlh. Padding*. » rtu , ckr * 1 "' Ora«li Uap.-rv Ac A P l ‘ c 7 Stripe*. Ac Ai«o | arVr V’ 1 "" T " rir 'K of nr*t*4( *ivlcs Bonnet'tnJ Cap RiM and* ,!" v •'' rU *- ' 'aniline«, Jaconet*; D“ 1 . wuh . br„ r#le Coal utuik near the mill iCll WW U bnck Store Houat '- » new anil well selected *tock of ffdod*. the only one "a il« 7i d wu nu , k pl '!r r 7 “" in « ,I, “' p "” ° f ".v IV f«,i ,!! „ offered Wro* winch can hard ly fail to attract the attention of on indunriou* anr* f ,rwloce h ...nJ'.IS manner I hare done lu«me«« tor the lout two ye #n i i er»on» at u dmaore wishing any information will P ‘ C t? \ dd " M “*« *ubacrtber oy rmu ° ' . ... R all /H > fVu S 2lv n^ ere^l ,he &“«»e 01 WILLIAM "“ rof i«'“- U i command you and oyery of'you, that roar loTl,»" d *PP«.r in your proper pc, “ J, £?', pr ‘ r 'J* “>e of a tracl| of Land icrc. ? V°“ U “ ,n » l,n "" “ d on. half m/d ' '""''‘'■i °< which ihe .aid doc.dcm '— »«* '! Iwl P«Mon, Pro.,dam of ou. .aid Court fa Pntilmrgh, Una imh day of March, A D IW DANIKL M’CURDY. 0—‘ , A JS' *nt«re«ted w'lYl take not.cn _i£ 4 - JOHN FORSYTH, Sherirt. exp&k'ss!packet live. FOR PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE, ■git, - ■ Exclusively for Passengers —The Boat* of tin* Ijne will leave •“*WSBaE»' follow*, at 9 o'clock el night- Kentucky—Capl H Truby. Wednesday, April 4 Ixmtsiana—Capt J p Thompson, Thursday 5 Indiana— P Bhrkey. Friday, 6 Uhio— A Craig, Saturday. 7. Kentucky—H Truby, Sunday, g Ixttusiaaa—J p Thompson. Monday ». Indiana— P Barley, 'luesday, 10. Ohio—A Craig, Wednesday, 11 Kentucky—H Truby, Thar*day, 13 leOuisiana—J p Tbompton, Friday, 13. Indiana—P Burkey, Saturday, U. Ohio—Capt. A Craig, Sunday mghi. April 15tb. hor passage apply to \v SUTCH, __j T , . Monongaheli House, _*Pi or D LEECH A Co, Canal Basiu CLOTH BTOZLU. ,* openio* the lafcert importation direct 8 ’ CA , Ss ' M E«BS- VESTINGS and TRIMMINGS, expressly for tbi* market, which tor m-hneaa and finish excel any. I'oat Butldinga, ctyner Fifth and Wood meet* ap4:2w Window glass—3w bx* nxio; iso do ioxiu, so do 10x14; jaat rec’d and for sale hr _?P* 3 F VON BONNHORST A Co IJKATHLRS— 350 lb* prune. ;ust rec'd and for tale h> ap4 S F VON BONNHORST A Co POTATOES —*00 aka rec'd and for aale by a H TAS3EY A BEST DRIED APPLES—S 3 bbls on hand and lor sale by "H TASSEV A_BEST ROLL BETTER—is bbU rec'd and for aale by .. B P 4 . _ . TASSEY ABEST LARD— 33 keg* on hand and lor *aJe by TASSEY A BP:sT LARD OIL—IS bbl* No I Lard Oil, ior aale by TASSEY A BEST /TBEESB-48 bxa cream Cheese, /u*t rec’d and ior Vyjale by _ ap4 HA RDV, JONES ACo CIHEESE— 100 hxa landing and for aale by ROBT DALZELL, liberty ,t PEARL ASH—3S bbls finest aorta, to arrive; for sale “H ISAIAH DICKEV_A at APPLES —00 bblain atom for aale by —"P 4 - ISAIAH DICKKY A Co X naht onftrtdyWkTeriCWalfVeilewea,) Wiffi manufacture of CHILLED ROLLS, Ac., are prepared to aopply all order* at abort notice. All person* are forbid infringing on said Patent BpatdlmAwtoT BOLLMAN3 A GARRISON JB. CANFIELD, (late of Warren, Ohio,) Comrnia • ston and Forwarding .Merchant, and wholeaale dealer in W e*tent Reserve Chec'ae, Buuor. Pot and Pearl Ash, and Western Produce generally Water street, between Southfield and Wood, Pittsburgh ap.7 Af-ARM -ituate op Cbartier'a Creek, m Rolnmon township, about live miles Irom Pittsburgh eou lauung ifriJ acres, wnh ibe allowance Knouire 01 W' OH ROBINSON. Attorney at Lav. Far bang c Buildings, St Ciair «t BUTTER— 10 keg* jum rec'd and tor sale by apa ARMSTRONG 4 CROZF.R GREEN APPLES—3 L>bla )o*t rec'd and for nale by 3 _ ARMSTRONG A CROZER LARD —G bbl* Lard; fl keg* do, ju«t rec'd and f or •ale by ap3 ARMSTRONG A CROZER RY E FLOUR—IO bbl* Rye Flour, forTaie by ■P-' ARMSTRONG 4 CROZER PEACHES AND APPLES-100 iki dried Peache*; 50 do do Apples, received and for *ole by w* 3 ARMSTRONG 4 CROZER ROLL BUTTER—I bbl jo*t rec'd and for aaJe t»v aP 3 . ARMSTRONG 4 CROZER CORN —VJbu»h ahelled Com, jutt rec'd tif aP 3 AR.MSTRONQ 4 CROZER YINEGaR— 10 bbU for tale by »P 3 ARMSTRONG 4 CROZEB CIDER —w bbit rec'd and for sale by ■P 3 ARMSTRONG 4 CROZER / iHSiESIr- 'Afl bis \\ R Cheese, to arrive; for laJe by Jll CANFIELD, Water at. “P 3 briween Southfield and Wood NO. SI OAK —lOO hhd* prime N O Sugar, him • laiiding fronAteamer Robt Fulion and for talc '■>' W 4 M MITCHKLTREE. IP 3 _ ICO liberty »i CIUTTO,N-n5 buiet Cotton, to amve aud foi by ‘ ISAIAH DICKEY 4 Cf, From *t ' LARD— 25 bbli No l Lard; U do No 2 do, to arrive and for tajc by ap3 ISAIAH DICKEY 4Co FEATHERS— UG sk« Feathers, to arrive and for sale b T apd ISAIAH DICKEY * Co SUNDRIES— l cak Beetwox, l bbl do; 2 ak» Gin •any, 13 do Max Seed, to arrive aud for tale by »P? ISAIAH DICKF.V 4 Co CASTOR OIL—IO bbl* No 1 Cantor Oil, just rec’d and for tale by ap3 J KIDD 4 Co PKECIP. CaRB. IRON—“ 3 lb* just rec'd and for • ale by _ ap3 J KIDD A_Co_ PLASTERS— 40 dot Strengthening t .aatert, a supe rior article, on hand and for sale by _ IP 3 J KIDD 4Co lODINE —74 oz just rec'd and for tale by * ‘P 3 JKIDD A Co lODIDE POTASSIUM—74 oz just rec'd and for tale - - b> ’ “P 3 - • JKIDD 4_C©_ RED PRFX7JKJTATB— 40 lb*jutt rec’d and Ibr talc '•y apd JKIDD 4 Co TENNESSEE GROUND NUTS-13 tacks Tenncs- X tee Greuud Nutt, a pruoe article, just received on coruigmnent uud for tale tow by GEO U MILTENBERGEtt, SE? 87 From it MACAULAY’S HISTORY OF ENGLANIL-Hnr per*t Edition. hue paper—No. 1; price 24 cent*. Jutl received and tor tale by mcbltt JOHNSTON 4 STOCKTON Cll/RTAIN PAPER—6OOO piece* of Rainbow wm i dotv cartaiu Paper, new ziylet; 2000 piece* plain S wood it - CIORN— 60 iki Com, ui tiore and for tale by ' S 4 \V HARD A UGH. *P 3 63 water and IW from tt SUGAR —10 hhd! Sugar, jutt rec'd and for tale by aps» S 4 W UARBAUGH MOLASSES —30 bbl* NO Mr lattes, in Itore and for tale by apd S 4 W HaRBAUGII FLOUR —140 bbl* Flour, jutt rec'd and for tale by ■pJ SAWHARBAI'OH LARD— Lard in bbls aud kegs, juai landiug and fur •ale apS SAW H AREA UGH Mineral water corks—s bale* j«m rec’d and for tale by ft E SELLERS, »p-i _ _ 57 wood st IkLUE YITROL—i ctk jutt roc’d aud for tale by ~ A) »P‘J R K SELLERS CTAI.AUfUA LIQUORICE—I? 9 lb* jutt rec'd and for j sale by apt* R E HELLERS HOUD SARSAPARILLA—I bale jutt rec'd and lor MJehy _ _ R E SELLERS OIL LEMON—-41 Ibt warranted iretlnjuat rec’d and for tala by a(H» R E SELLERS SUNDRIES— 300 bbl* NO Molataet; 16,0(10 Bacou, bog round; 40 bbls large No 3 Mackerel, 15 2 do 10 “ '• *• 1 Salmou; 'i'> •• pure Plaxteed Oil; 140 dozen aew Corn Broom* in tiore and lor j (JHN_\VATT i;,, ,t NOTICE J KIDD 4 t:o milEparuiewhip heretofore exitung between Nathan X Mathew* and A H Morae, wat ditenlred on Ute Ist day of January, A. D IfiM, by mutual content „ kii N MATHEWS, mcnnl:u3t A H. MORSE. /"IALIFORNIA BLANKETS—3 ease* grey imied. to amve about 3d April, comigned from the man ufactory and fot.aale by yj r.fiF _ Liberty »t, opponte sth RECTIFIED WHISK BY -60 W.I. Rectified Wh..- key, for tile by WESTON BOWEN “ eB3I ! »n front'»t ALLOW—3B bbU prune Beef Tallow, to arme and for tale by JC UIDWKLL A Co mc b3o __ _ water »t CfLOVEH SEED—lib bu»h ree'd and for aale by / WAR M’CL.’TCHEON, 158 Liberty at POTATOES— «> bbia Polaiota received, tn etore acd ' for «ale by L S WATERMAN, nehZ) 31 water tad 68 front it BEANS— 30 bbU antTbUtka wkiie Beatu, Inn rac’d and for tale by naehffl L S WATERMAN SO. St WOOD STHEKT, PITTSDIRUIi On Thursday morning, April S, at 10 o'clock, at the Commercial Sales Room, comer of Wood and Fifth street*, will be sold without reserve, for cash curren cy—An extensive assortment of seasonable staple and fancy Dry Gooda. iS panuh Leaf Tobacco at Auction. On Thurviaj' a/temoon, April sth, at 3 o’clock ibe Commercial Sale* Room*, will be .old—« bi &panuh Lot/Tobacco. ap3 Splendid Household Furniture at Auction. On Thursday next, April sth, at 10 o’clock, A. M , will be iold mi ihe dwelling of Hod Judge Irwin, oa the East Copmron, adjoining the canal m Allegheny ctty. without reserve, his enure household Furniture consisting of Mahogany sofa* and chairs; do divans, lounges and rocking chairs; do centre, pier tide tables; do bedsteads, wash stand with marble top, * b ® rr T dressing bureaus, French anti and high post cherry bedsteads, cherry wardrobe, fan cy and common chairs, 1 pair large Preneh plate pier glasses, looking glasses, super candelabraa and lus tres, mantel lamps, mantel ornaments, bntasels, in grain and straw carpeting, an elegant new tapestry carpet, saxon rugs, feather beds and bedding of the choicest quality, French china dinner andtea setts glass, crockery and cueenswore, ivory handle and common knives and fork*, window blinds, cornices and curtains, elegant French mantel clock and shade, runs .1 weeks, brass clocks, astral and hall lamps su perior cooking stove and fixtures complete, bath tub and fixtures, great variety of kitchen furniture, uteri alls, etc I'niikdeipbiß made garden engine and a ri neiy of garden tools, Ac. Some of the above are entirely new, and all in cellent order. Terms at sale. Administrator's Sale of Stocks. On, Thursday morning, April tfch, at io o’clock, at the pimmercial Anetion Rooms, corner of Wood ana kitih streets, will be sold without reserve, by order of Thomas Dmvtdson and Joseph Pennoek, /jiminisrra tor* of the estate o< A. Horbmeh. deceased— i * Pittsburgh and Greensburgh Turnpike Co 133 f do Conemangh Bridge Company '“‘f „ JOHN D. DAVIS, AuebooMr. Hlaitsviiic Recorder copy and send bill to Auctioneer. C S. PORTER Maaaont Second appearance of the distinguished Tracedii MR. BOOTH, Who is engaged for« nights only. WxoManaT, April 4— To eommeuee with FOR SALK. NauTtek Mr. Dunn. Corporal Max Mr. Archer Mrs Madiso ILT' To morrow evening, the celebrated Traeedii will appear. MADAME BISCACCIANTI.JPrima'Donna Atso- IntaJ from the principal Theatres ol Italy, As tor Place Opera House, New York, and Philadelphia, has the pleasure to announce that in consequence of the great success of her two first concern, she will give ONE MORE GRAND CONCERT, in the above Hall, on Thursday evenings next, April filh, 1849 pre vious to her departure West Mr. J. L. Hatton will introduce some entirely new tongs, and Bignor Biscaeeianu will perform some ad* mired Solos on the Violmcello. S. Ftnale— Mr. J. L. Mation, “Mr MyrtJe'i Wilt _ F * n Yl tP lcmc ») j. L. Harrow. nci*i» 50 cent* each; to bo hod at the Muiie Stores, the Monongahela Home, Johniton fc Stockton’* Book aQ d *• lh« door on the eve rung of performance. Doors opea at 7—Concert to commence at B o'clock. |Cr Additional icau will be provided tL/" Mr. J. L. liaTToa** *onx, word* and muaie may bo ud at Mr. J. H. Mellor’i Muaie Store, 61 Wood il ■P4 liB 1 1849. PimßUßßfl AND ON THE PENNSYLVANIA AND OHIO CANALS T*ME Proprietors of this old established and ooimlar X daily line, consisting of SIXTEEN first class Canal Boats, owned by themselves and ninniflg in ronnec uon wiUi the steam boats BEAVER AND CALEB COPE, are enabled to offer unequalled faculties for the transportation of freight and passengers, on the epenmp of Canal navigation, to alfpolnuon tko Pemf. aylvania and Ohio and N. York canals and the Lake* Co, Cleveland IHDWELL A BROTHER, J. C. m,r2 Water stxccL^Piusbnnh. Piiuburgh. ”• fc,™ w£u ’ BIDWELL & BROTHER. Porwurdint Hercnanti, , beaver, PA, **? Pwlnrgk anACMa,ui Un, Pim. burgh a,ut Bn. Un, «, Bn,, and f„' amm boats Beaver and Caleb Cope. J Having purchased the large and substantial wk>h \"%SI “ U, ' ir 'T' *“ i »» I'ir (ffi - m.rt-Al, B . a BRa mraouiiaH iKD ERIE LaiL 1849. lg£ Old Established Line Ttsw < n!i T, - !B ERiE EXTENSION CANAL. Hr Pro P nelor o( this well known Line of Canal Boats, is now prepared to transport Passengers Fietght to all points on the Erie Extension, New ork Canals and the Lakes, upon the moat favorable tertna and with despatch. n . a * eoanecnon with the steam boats BEAVLR and CALEB OOPE, between Pittsburgh Beaver, C M Reed’s Line of steam boats and ves «el» on the Lakes, and tha Troy and Michigan Lake Boat Ltue on the New York canal. . C. M. REED, Proprietor, Erie, Pa. Bidwel] A Brother, Agent. Beaver. WT Mather, Agent at J Mnkimcn’s Passenger Office, Monongahela House, Pittsburgh CONSIGNEES—\V C Milan, Sharon: JE A 8 HnlL Sharpsburg; Smith A Downing, do; -J B Plummer West Greenville; Wick, Achre A Co, do; Wm Henry Haruiown; Dana A Buuon. Buffalo; Barney, Gtbba A Co; Sandusky; Jas A Armstrong, Detroit; Kirkland A Newherry, Sheboygan; M’Clnn; A Williams, Milwma* kie; Knap, Mnrfey A Dutton, Racine; John H Kiwis Chicago; A Wheeler A Co, Naw York. an 3 * poßfssrissTime;—*—- ALutoaKrr cm, WILL b, optncJ (D. VI forihcidminionofYouj,, Gentlemen on Monday, the 9th day of Ann i * T l“V < f*Sr bl ' "."‘VS?*!'"“"lon<>f amoQth* English, Classical and Mathematical depart u^** ntent English department T*J A limited number ofbobrt.r. will bo re’cei,etl for lonuooiuota, roftreoce. mul oddHioo, tofa™. uon, enquire of the Principal. . unarms Of Trinity College, Dublin.' _, A V. B ' pOOPER* IBINGLAM, (in leaf and shred) for sale V by BCfcSS BRAUN A REITER mcb2Q:d£wAw4tS AUCTION SALES. By John D. Davla» AocUoaeer. At 3 o'clock. Groceries, Qjicensware, Furniture, Ac. A large and general assortment of new and second hand household furniture, embracing mahogany sofas, chairs, tables, bedsteads, work and wash stand*, drea *,u& *" 4 common bureaus, 8 day «nrt 30 boar clocks, ui* A la ** e *’ T enitian and transparent window » mds, (rather bed*, raailraises, mantel and astral mp» carpeting, Ac. Also, a quantity of kitchen « etisii*, cooking stoves, knives and forks, Ac; ploughs, s ovei*. hoes, manure forks, aud garden utensils, ti i wd) »e**« P&»- Th, IHBklma “.** £* C *“ T - Pin.*,,,,!, r*er, Wheeling eeery T.-L.? WEDSESOAF RACRosi The NEW ENGLAND No l fSJ*V 'V” rV "> Weghe^./ Tunuon packet. The BRILLIANT, Capt. Gaxrs, win Thursday morniag «t every- Thursday evening at IP p ■ ** _ t FRIDAY PACKET. pZ b k ‘ No * Capt. Paxs I>rv*L, wdu««- Pittsburgh every Friday morning a: lo v tiug every Friday evening si 10 f *. ' "****• NEW . ... . suuow.) Leave. Pittsburgh daily, at 9 o’clock, A lL t*d« rives at Glasgow, (mouth of the Sandy iid nal,) at J o’clock, an.l New UsUmai V Leaves New Lisbon u o o’clock 1» jfr trip caital lo the river during the nighU at 9 o clock, A. M.. and arrive* *1 Pittsburgh stS P M —thus making a continuous line for carrying p** sengerv and freight between Now Lisbon and>?ut burgh, in shorter tune and at less rates than by anv other route. -usueyuny The proprietor* of tins Luie havo the pleasure of in forming the public that they have fined up two first clan Canal Beau, for the accommodation of panenger* and freight, to ran in connection with the well known stcaman CALEB COPE and BEAVER, JStSSt tng, at Glasgow, with the PitUburgh and dncin han and other daily hues of steamers down the Ohio and Mmi.sippi nver* The proprietors pledge them selves w spare iio expense or trouble lo insure coin fort, solely and dispatch, and ask of the publics share ot their patronage. AUTHORIZED AGENTS U. M. HARTCN, ) «A W HARUAUGH, I Wtlaburgh. r. hanna, a Co. myllrtf J lIARBaUOH* Co NOTICE—The steamer BEAVER, Cl E.Oi«,k, re. T “ n r * W I J , ',*;T e t fter none*, for WellsvUle p«wm “M> » o’clock in the mommg. . £l3 PITTBBDKOB At BaoWMVH.i.v* 8 FEBRUARY F.t, P > ° k*F> £ ltfo*AaV LEAVE DAILY ATh A Al_ AND 4 p JL . ff****~ . Th * blowing new boau eoapiata "Be for the present oeasou: AT« LA.VTIC. Copt* James ■■■*■»■■«Al.nr, Capt A Jacobs; and LOCTIJ MLANE, Cant L Uenneu Hie ho*t> are nsw* new, and are fitted op without regard to expense. E*4 ery comfort that money can procare has been prondakl The Boats will leave the Moncngahela Wharf . * the foot of Ho*, il Passengers will be pmieaaJ cs board, as the boats will eeminly leave at the advei osed hours, SAW. and 4 P. At ' Pittsburgh * Lohl»tUl> r»nt FOB CINCINNATI AND LOUISVILLE. iTj>» ■ k The iplendid new ttsamer f Pt n telegraph n©. i, H«iep. muter, will leave for *bo T . intermediate porta on Tbor» Jay, at 10 o'clock a. «. For freight or putan apply on board, or to BCRBfcIDGE, WILSON A Co 080 B MILTENBEEGER PITTSBURGH AND LOUISVILLE PACKET LINT |v The new and tplendid fastpaasen Lll _ti ntr s«»P* c k«i 1 _ telegraph No. a, wJI Leave for Cincin nati and LoauTille on Thurrday, foe 3fo for., at 10 o’clock, A. M. For freight or paatage apDly on board, to BLRBIUDOE, WILSON* Co, or (*EO_B MILTENBERGER-^ *S®“ lrrUl « “»«* BtLonU PtckeiUnt. 1840. REGULAR TUESDAY PACKETFOR ST- LOUIS |o Tbe fi»o fast i mining pauenjre tIS Jj jfi «* arae ' ATLANTIS? Geo. W. Wlcka, matter, will ieave ite above and Intermediate pom every Tueaday, at lOo’cloek. ***. For freight or postage apply on board, or to E. C KINO, No. 153 Com. Row. Lonuville. reuulab Saturday packet fob st. louis rig-y-Jfl traffi&*r fla passenger McPherson. master, will leave for above and intermediate ports eve ry Saturday, at 10 o’clock, r. il For freifM or passage apply on board, or to & E. C. KINO, No 153 Com. Bow, Louuwll. FOR .MEMPHIS. . Ik The splendid new steamer Uh .Uiirf E-W.STEPHENS, JhhL master, will leave for the above and intermediate ports on Fridav at 10 o'clock, n. a. ‘ For freight or paisas apply on board, or to _ *Ei \J "EWTON/ONES^Ayt REGULAR HT. LOUIS'PACKET. iMcs* k running suomer 1_1 L If if. „ PENNSYLVANIA, K C Cray, master, will leave (or the and intenuediato ports on Fri day uext at 10 o’clock. A. M. For freight or passage apply on boaid or to - *** i NEWTON JONES, / Ajt FOR ST. LOUIS. ! /MSa> k . The fine fait running steamer ' iffjTTJ? „ KOBERT FI?LTO\ : Collief. muter, will leave for above ■MOBfaand intermediate port, Uu. d.y, ►or ireigtu or passage apply on board, or to »P* PETTIGREW 4 Co. Agu FOR 8T LOUIS AND .MISSOUBI RIVER f+xr*z*- Ia splendid steamer igtejSS*? Imri, ni.lt?™™;,,, lor , bort POrU “ WBdn «d»y Fo» freight or passage apply on board, or to , PETTIGREW 4 Co, Ast. The Kademjfl going direct to Independent f 17,3 Kcs “'"k»c.^ muter, win JeevV lhr ■ imrSmiHlln.l, ,rd it.mrmedi.ie ler e,' 0r L ‘”‘« mrf.y eeejdnj, 31., 7 o'clock, , “»* 9 * eor freight or passage, apply on b< gJI' ■ *'“ - FOR BT. I.'JITIS 1 It* B ?'* k Th ' rte.mer J&MS Dev„,„v E ".T r h For Ire.,k. o, puu,.„„ **! iNfeWTONj’ONRM .^, FOR ST LOUS. , /?*»*• k Tbo »Plendid Keamor tor .bore 'Wock.V, 1 jßfca-ssfKasffi.... _Fof freight or nuu,. >plr on b««rd. Pittsburgh, April 2, 1*«0. j M pe^^h’K *7 1J c / mUnB « *« Dir Good. bost “** w “ e old *t»nd, and would respectfully *obc» > cowmwnce or tbe patronage best Swed J- HUEa In retlriAg from the late fim of Shea A Pcnnock l m,. Btl cheerfully recommead my successor’io ute pal rooage of my mends. “P™ . J. M PENNOCK T up . DISSOLUTION. ’“••• *lf.. fi^ f u HUBSHY ; hanna a Co. l* thi. ,ut t r {' ° H u *«y wiling bt* iaterraj ,n j All btuioeti connected with the firm will be settled by the inccessors, Palmer. Hanna A Co J. 0 HUSSEY, COPARTNERSHIP - Waterman Palmer purchased the interest of J O. Hussey m tha fi,,,. Hanna i Co , ■)«, tuun^TiSnV“ “i g,*" l4 .uni, „nd.r .h. ofTiUcr'Kri »P 3 JVM. K. HaS?" ’ PAPER HANGINGS—I am now ‘ * from the maaulactmers in New York^hi?^ 1 pnta acd Baltimore, a large and well 13. jMiadel meat of all the latest aodmo«“liJSo £a 3$ M * or, ‘ &#£ “ j —«ra&saasi-j: laouo « f£ . *° d Colonm; Paper—which I —-~is lD *' r P onl ' chamber and oit*« of Lie having haSti P* nie «H» r *T invite the oltenOoa at the Paper 10 p ?P er ’ call “<* ***»“«. Warehouse of a. c. HILL, wu .V*ea«t (Bn fA“Ka, uanna a co~ TkANmoSS*??! “» Haiaev, Hanna A Co l Kl «v? EXCHANGE BROKER* and dealer* oflvL •. W 1 Domestic Exchange, Certificates Bank Notea, and Specie—Fourth street, °PP°! ,t ® the Ban* of Pittsburgh. Current mo tetetved on depostte— ■Sight Chocks for sale, and Iw U frf on * m>do on nearly aB the ptinclpal poinu la taeUnued States. highest premium paid for Foreign and American. Advance* made on consignment* of Produce, ship- P*d East; on liberal terras. ap2 TEN DOLLARS RKWABDI “ITTHEKKaS, some person or pertana having broken y f into the office ot the Allegheny Cemetery, on tho night of the 31st of Alarch, nod stolen therefrom a Sur veyor*! Compass and a case of I>rawiag Instruments the above reward will be given upon ronvtelion of the said person or persons. T%c Compost can )>« ~.. identified, from its being what is called a Survivor's Croat Compass, made by , Pike of New York The drawing liwtnunents were of fine quality and London make- JOHN ©HISLETT Office of the Cemetery, April tl—d3t SALERATUS and SODA ASU-io ObU Sod. A-k 7 cuka Soda Juh, (at nl* by “ 1 Wkß J C BID WELL h Oa