Toil the consideration out of e : resources
(rffiteifieyerttineutiOr_wirettrer - thodepary .-
,- reeniehoti levy ailetrarnount by Cot:ginning
tills present rates of 'postage upon letters,
eqd in all dine to come, devote a" large a
yiltition thereof to the payment for railroad .
Irerwrotatiorfree-strrileny evert'
10 tlse mere dietent and lesS:AVored
tionVetour country oteriy increased. mail
e ac ilitioal-.:The cost of-riilroad it'ansper
,iatietu.feerite•last years itands at 5482.568.
Tberwhaee /ooze) ofmail road in the Uni
ted_Statesie .149.732 miles, costing
0874736. Of this length of mail road, only
..s2o9l.milettis /Min:4d transportation, at a
0f_;04,3V,00 8 . = Only : erre. forty eighth I
itp.l ; the_ wirolo„nu rubor. el. miles costing
qweyeuth..part.ef the groes sum.
• ;4...repeat the. enqairy magle.on a former
rsfgtmerlsi.lsit.just that the whole bur.
ihe public correspondence, now
tesruly,equakui half a million of dollars,
stinuilllyosiMuld he sustained by -a tax up.
°rube business and friendly correspoir
dence of the community. If the Govern
ment exacts from the citizen no more than
the-cost and expense of transporting his
letters,:be. has no tight- to complain, hut
when en - additional sum is wanted to de
fray the expenses of transporting the •cor
respondence of the Government and its
officers, that sum, like the tax fin every
other public, service, should . be drawn from
the commorr - seseurces of the country.
It is proposed that, in lieu-of an annual
drain frcen-the Treasury to pay the post
!!.go upon' he public correspondence, the
United States now secure and pay fur the
perpetual , right to transport the mails over
railroads. Can this right be now secured
-upon fair-and reasonable terms?—is a ques
tion worthy to be tested by fair experia
meat. lam of opinion it can be secured
upon most, if not all of the important roads
upon reasonable terms, and with ample
guaranties. • •
Itleem part-of the business of this Des
park:tent to speak of the effects which
such4untracts with the railroad companies
variuld produce upon public credit, both
at. borne atie abroad. The effects, what.
ever they may be for eood, are but inci-
Oiental to the great object to he retailed
'sin 'reference to the mail set vice of the Uni
ted States.
.Entertatoing these Gm'nions upon this
subject, I pray you to allow me most res
,pectfuily to press upon them your conside-
Taint) .
'Public opinion seemed so strong in fa
cer of a reduction of po-tage upon letter.;,
that it could be tegarded in no other light
than a demand upon those having the
power over this subject. I hav, f e l t its
influence. but have been unwilling to act
unalvisedly in any recommendation 1
mitt make upon th subjet. It will be
reineffibered that England recently redu
cerliter rates of postage. The effect up
°lithe revenue, and upon the amount of
mail:matter, I was anxious to know. Fur
thkied other objects connected with the
operations of this Department. I availed
m i yaelfof the services of General Green, in
Noirimber - qast, who was about to visit
Eitlanil and Fiance upon private business,
and instructed him to make certain inves
tigations and inquiries. The result of his
investigations may be seen by a reference
isi'hiS report to me, a copy of which ac•
kiatipanies this.
-'he dissimilarity in the- G overnment
the two countries, as wel! as the difference
in the extent of territory, induce me to
doeht Whether the same system of mail
service and rates of postage could be safe•
ly trAirrited in the'United States.
The fact, however, is clearly i leveloped
bi‘,.the report of General Green, that,
since the reducti in of postage in England,
the ripmher of letters mailed has greatly
increased." I for bear to trouble you with
any particular suggestions upon this sub
ject, because it . has been a duty devolved
upon me bye resolution of the Senate, to
mike to that body a specific report upon
an'alteration of the rates of postage, which
I purpose to do at as early a day as prac
ticable.
It will be seen, by reference to a part of
the report of Mr. Green, that the French
Ggvernrnent is anxious to wake a treaty
with the United States for an interchange
c,finail service by the agency of packet
and steamsbips of the two countries.-
YOu will remember this subject was
brotight to your attention by the Minister
of France during the last session of:Coo,-,
greys:' It was submitted by you to Con
greas - as one., worthy of their consideration,
.and'requiring specific legislation, if, in the
opinion of that body, such an arrangement
wont,' prove advantageous to the United
Status, The Committee on Foreign Re
latio.natitade a report favorable to rho me a
Sulu - , and the Armee of Representatives a
dePtedthe ftillovving resolution:
1)14 the President of the United States
be rurpeated,to cause to be prepared and
reported to this House, by the :Secretaries
of State ;and: of the Navy, at the corn
meoupment of , the next session of Con•
gresa, a plan for the establishment, in con
eurt4raith.-the Government of France, of a
limi . Orweekly steamers between the ports
Oiler-a .and New York, together with
eatiMates -of the expentie .vhich. may be
required tocarrythesaitE , plan into effect.'
- •TiraftLirtion of Mi. - Oreen's report, and
the eigrempanying documents are submitted
ander •ibe belief that it may be serviceable
to r phree before " Congress - the outlines of
the .oml : contemplated-by the French ov.-
. etbaierit. - • •
thefi month of August last, I caused to
_,. r berOtildiehed and put into operatipn a Pity
'peftriiteir 'Post for.the city `of New Yerk,
eoniiititin• the delivery; through the postt
plea 4 that city, .of the - iorresporidencd`
withitittr-iiMitp.` lam gratified to know
tholitir tiliaisti ins have proved--highly satin-.
40 the iaiiitiutiitx, giving t o die vita.
. 'r:'', aiiil
0*07041 itt:ol:4or4riedi9m.ttf-pOl-'
-ing*O niw -We*itaievi '4lftWihetit not
ilk "P_lltiokiikAiN* 4 tiLHE „ ,:' i.Y.-'
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A > l'ili r '*'r' , 7 Ilr'''''':':4---':_1g._:77):;,4,....,,,
con sit - tao
~ _ Atte
IVUThr.
Vib ''''
4-44 fr ' '* t__ . ' 77g4iIKOViter
of Isfei.; Arit J 4 n ... itini*it: -
ied. ininFder that ittolitt*ltt',.teay bei."'initre
1 Hairkilk-tertiow\at loci nittlan'utidert&tle I
, h a ve little doubt that the other favge cities,
of the Union will call for - a - iirti:lar estab:
'rent. Its usefulness has been fully tested
in New Vcrk, by the eaviaor. of a -heavy
daily expense of money , and tiMe.io the bu
siness community in their city col reqpoe—"
-
donee. _ _
The atnount of expenditurelfor the cur
rent Fiscal year, for the service of this ne
oartrnens, may be stated by way of estimate
in rountl numbers at $4,390,000, . ,
This estimate does not - include the pro
bable expense of the new routes established
by' Congress at the' fast session, none of
which have yet been put in operation.—
The probable , eos_ta of these routes per year
will be $130.000, making the whole .esti
ma t e d expense of $4,520,000.
Any estimate of the income from post
age during the present year, must of course
he altogether conjectural, founded upon the
amounts I eceived . for the year ending June,
1842.
Phe amount received, the quarter endiv
30th September last, isless than the amount
of the corresponding quarter
, of 1841; and
I therefore conclude the income. of.the .De
prrtment for the current year will fall con—
silerably short of that for the year ending
30th June. It is, hOwever, my intention to
put these routes ,in oneration by the time
specified in the act. And as there is no dis
cretion vested in the Department by the aet
if 1 find its means will not be otherwise e
qual to the addit'onal expense, it will become
my unpleasant duty to curtail the expense
upon routes already in existence equil to
the costs of the new ones peremptorily or
dered by Congress.
There are other triztteri of more datail,
requiting in my judgment, thri legislation of
Congreis, which I forbear to obtrirde upon
your attention, but will seek the opportuni
ty to submit to the Committees to whom
the affairs of this Department may be re
ferred.
I have the honor to be, with jreat re
spect, your Excellency's obedient servant,
C. A. WICKLIFFE.
WIN PRESIDENT,
JAMES BUCIIINAN,
Subject to the decision of a Nat lanai Convention.
DAILY MORNING POST.
'VES. PHILLIPS 4. WM. H. SMITH, EDITORS AND PR OPRIRTORS
IvEDESDAY. DECEMBER 14,1842
See First Png,e.
The President's Message.
We have galloped over this document once or
twice, at a pace like that of'our Express which
brought it here, an I have hitherto not found time
ton ite the few reflections to which thJse hasty
perusals g IVJ rise, nor to make such an examine
tion es would be necessary to a careful comment,
Like all other State papers of the same descrip
ion, the message has tn3t with bath kindness
and disfavor, hut, upon the who!e, it has been
much batter received that was genei ally auticipa-
The President, in compliance wi'.ll a hat seem:
to be the general wish of the co nmercial cities,
recommends the warehousing, systo it, as an
amendment to the Kr sent manner of conducing
business in our eits'oni houses. We are not suf..
ficiently acquimted with the secrets o: trade to
sueak understandingly of the proposed measure.
ft will, of course, increase the number of Clerks,
&.c., in the Custutn [looses, arid doubtless add in
other respects to the exdenses of tht,se establish
ments, and the responsibilities of Collectors.
Whether the proposed plan will afford pecu.tiary
or other h_inefi scrim nenaurate with the increas
ed expense, cannot known until it has been
tried.
The PrePiJent strongly recommends the Ex
chequer scheme, and urges his peculiar views with
much power. For our own part we lament he
did not go a step further and recommend the In. ,
dependent Treasury. That plan was in operation
for nearly a year, and was found practicable in
all respects—this fact would, in some measure,
disarm opposition to it, if it were re-adopted, and
prove, if it should be attacked, that it was 4eo.
ounced frton factious motives. The Exchequer
11..6 not been tried, and would have to pass the
sante ordeal through which the Sub-Tree ury has
already passed: - lf the Sub-Treasury canstot
carried at the present session, so great is oar con.
.once in that,measUre,that we would prefer to go
on as we are until its ltii.nds again .oh.tain the
power to re-enact ;it.
We cannot speak too 'decidedly of the magnan
imous and honorable recommendation of the Pres
ident relaliVe to refunding Gen 4.tekson's fine.
It reflects credit urn his head and heart, and of
course will draw down upon him an extra shower
of abuse frout the .ultra whigs. We hope that
the President's influence will hasten the hitherto
tardy movements towards :making the old_ Hero
uslitution far the loss and anxiety he suffered
from the tyrannyof Judge
Leavi.l paavngers Lexington,
Ky., Intelligenpar, of the 2d inst, says that on the
Wedneaday night previous, at the usual hour, the
stags from Maysville id that plane drove up to
Brennan's Hotel, the door of the coach was open
ed for the pasiengers to alight, and the itaiers
busied themselves in taking Mt the baggage, of
which tiered was a large quantity. , The baggage
was ill removed, but no passengers appeared.—
The driver was interrogated as to what had be
come of them, when he then, fur :the first Limo,
discovered that they were nut it, the stage, and
had been left at tbe last stand , nine miles from
to ; wn, Where; they' had'all got outlet warm them',
selves. ,
The .I.teglidatere of htuseaphtuai4e meets ea the
4th of Janaarrao ~arganiaa au to Lehman Gkwer•
nor and =Lieutenant. Goveror-
• ,
.
*Mad ',V440110.4
sscoff‘ oensnt
wap '
:in`.tereoMck s
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441111:
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WO WI
Escape. --A servant girl the other day'
fell into a well in St. Louis, 35 ,feelt . doep,
and after sinking tiwicp, sticceeded in let
ting held of - the-rope and thereby saved
herself..
.v,. , ..
says .hat :0 , `
atectilit#os . the
s.lwe'f,'7`
Same t of the &diens Of- Flortdic Lire a:.
bout petfticibibg'Corigress t 6 bg aanex-ad
co Alabama. We ihought l theyyrera in a
bad stale enough already.
_
It is said that the Hon: R. Bar nwel.
•
Rhett will ber,eleetedU. S. Sanatot in plice
of J. C. Calhoun.
The N. Y. Aurora wants - some Whig pa
per to say something in favor of a U. S.
Bank—just to sae how it would look.
A hat dealer in New Orleans has rua
away to Havanna, taking a lady with him ,
and leaving•deobts to the amount of $20,-
000.
Brownson gives the following advice;;
which we cannot too strongly recommend
to the consideration a our reading friends,
It is an exciting lesson over which we
should ponder welt:While revelling in lux
uries when even the commonest necessa•
ries o f life are denied - to a large portion of
our honest neighbors:
"Throw away the last new novel, go with me
through these dark lanes, blind coon's, into the
damp cellars, unfurnished garrets, where poveri y ,
vice and crime are crowded tog !th er, layer up to
la Cr, where breeds the corruption that pollute:
our whole moral atmosphere. Here, soy f'an's,
is -a volume that tray excite you; here is a work .
whic:i you tuay read. Forget your luxury: forges
your luxurious ease; blush tar your re;tinings,•your
sentimental whimperings, your vapors and indi
geetionrl and reinemher that you are men and
women; and that dt is your business to make this
earth a paradise. and every human heart a me et
temple for the living God."
good example.-A Boston pupet re.
lates an incident that occurred in - a au rdi
in that Mac;, fat ly. A collection was ta
ken up in aid of the 'Winter Aid Society,'
, and, in the contribution box, a vol' of
some fifty.odd cents was found, ,accompa- 1
nied by a written statement of the manner
in which they had been collected. The
writer stated himself to be a Washingto
nian, and that sioce his reform he had pla
ced the money he used formerly to spend
for grog, daily, in a small box, which he
kept for the purpose; intending to bestow
it in some charity; and then contrast his
feelings in thus disposing of his "loose
change," with those experienced.by him
when under the dominion of alcohol. He
also stated that tit s bestowal of his money
procured him more real pleasure than eve'
he receiv e ed while worshipping at the
shrine of Bicchus, and we do not doubt
him. Let Others imitate his example.
We are pleased to think that Mr. Craig
is schooling himself to play an amiable
part at Harrisburg. during the approaching
Session. We saw him at the Concert on
Monday evening, to which he had no doubt
been led with the hope of realizing the truth
of the poet's remark, that
" Music bath charmq to soothe a savage,
To plit a rock, or rend a cabb.g...."
If the singing of the Rainers will either
soothe or rend the peculiar "temperament"
of Mr. Craig, it will contribute much to the
comfort, of the members, and the accom.
plished vocalists will be entitled to the
thanks of the Legislature. II Mr. Craig
does not Eet into a "snarl" during the first
three weeks of the Sessirn, we will con.
elude that the sintring has had the most
happy effect on his "temperament." •
Suffocated in church.—l ul ing the service at
the Catholic, church in Wilmington, Del., the
building being closely shut, the house became, by
seine means, filled with gas from the stove or fur
which immediately sickened and prostrated
20 or 30-inditiduals. 'fhis . .doors were inimedi
ately rimed; and Li; sufferers taken homer for
medical aid. There were no deaths in canise-
quence
The Richmond. Enquirer thus ably satirises
the fon Lies; for titles whit Ii prevails in this plain
republican !aril, where alerist every man con
trives to get a handle to his name as a means of
distinction. There is one coni`Ort, however
facility with which this is accomplishH must in
Vie end ..vark i.s own cure. N'iThen 'we
_arc all
Captains' or all *honorables,' people will care very
little about being thus saluted. It is now . ; a die.
tineton to be plain 'Mister,' just as a citizens'
'dress bee nnes more conspicuous amid the crowd
of regiin'en:als, or as Bonaparte and Wellington,
by theextreme simplicity of their attire, attracted
the eye much sooner th n the gauly gronpo of
Plumed and embroidered marshals ,and aids. by
whom they were surrounded. Fine feathers, you
see do not always make fine birds, and as large as
Charles F. Mitchell thought himself by the aid of
his 'honorable' prefix, he W 9.9 quite small enough
to get into a cell' at Sipg Sing. Let us therefore
be titled all or none. They 'who have big ' whis
' kers and imposing noses, might be glorified in the
military- line 'as generals and so forth. The
meeker race, pale-faced gentlemen, inclined to
dyspepsia and baldness, might be thonorables"- and
'professors.' We should then share the spoils,
'equalize the exchanges' and tears no room for
discontent or envy:
The public taste - Ought . Lorcpudiate and arrest
.
the :aristocratic epithets, Which are so
fashionable in our public papers —An ettempt was
mad,e the first Congress to adopt a style of die,
tinction, for our public efficers-hut it -wae'siiiely
rejected in ths Ansi envolthe Republic.' Chides
Lee - ridienled theltittilariei efrthe-,granif
roes of the .ntpititt'iraorits of the mostcaOStic let.»
MARRIED, : terig*hielkeNet 4.Thinttted. from . his N ow,
titan to P
M thilllth Wit; t h e jtev. 4ci . - r
On' on . Ix do: fr
liios4ilo9lll4 - othic:`4*- - ofmk Pt s* crorer,
''" liggiiii:Kt i ns:Rimesitiv444olllo4**
;•, rtiatert,...Thifikiilt "or
. - ,l,llforeitit,- "-
' "` - ` -y a - •••:`' -
- - •
•ats
The Baltimore Religious. Cabinet fo r
December, is a beautiful number, and con
(
tains much interesting matter. This Wag
azine deserves, and should receive, a liber
al support, as it is one of the very best of
the kind published in this country. Sub
seriptnn three dollars per annum, in advance.
Mr. P. CASEY is agert for Pittsburgh.
Dan Marble is is Boston
Dr. Hagan, Editor of the Vicitsbuigh.Sentinel ,
arrived in the Columbia.
Cause for rejoicing. The Editors of the
,D is -
ton Mail had a jollification because the paper has
ended its second year and is out of debt,
Steamboat Accident.
The Moblle Tribune; of the 24th ult., states
that the steamboat Medora. Capt. Collier, ,struck
a snag on the 231 Mt , about four miles above
NlL:Gr4w's shoats. and s u nk almost immediately.
She wis freighted with staves and 9 bales areal
ion.
The River at Cincinnati was rising fast on the
9th fist.
The Miaias. Canal is open:
'7 --,,
4,47 r 8110111,
ma er s ri y
s r; ' •
‘....- 'Oct& Ws a fine thing:- to &I- - 8 - gentle.
i manrsaiti Atidy..
I; ~ 4 Ciielt : yell opNelni hie mralier. 'May.
bp_it'234l gentleman you _won't to be; what
puts that in your head, you otneditanni ) -
-- "`Why, heCause "i gentlemarL hei no
hardships, compared with aye of us: Sure
lir - 1 *earleniah was 'married, his wife
r,voirld'ut he tuft off frotrihint the way mine
was:
'Not so soon; maybe,' Said the mother,
drily. - • •
'And if '-a gentleman . :breaks a horse's,
neck, he-is . only a
. bOwld rider, . while a
poor.servant .a Careless: blackguar& fur
only taking a sweat out of him. If a gen.
tleman 51hririks to tie Can't see a. hole in a
laUdher, he'sonly 'fresh, 7 but 'drunk' is the
word for a poor man, 'Add if a gentleman
kicks up a row, he's a 'fine spirited fel.
low;' while a poor Iran is a 'disorderly
vagabone' for the same; and the. justice
axes the one to dinner, and sends the nth
er to jail. Oh. faix, the law is - a dainty la.
dy;-she takes people by the hand who can
afford to wear gloves but paple with brown
fists -must liape'their distance.'
- MRSRRS EDITORS:— I'hear that it is the
intention of the fiiemen to nominate a
Council ticket for the approaching muni
cipal election. Whether they have seri.
ously determined to do so or not I am un. ,
able to say. but that they have ample
"cause for dissatisfaction with the present
councils, I know, such is the conc'.•ition of
many of the engines at this tirne that the
city might be burnt down and no aid could
he given by the firemen. The Hose is
"barely Suffieient for the use of engines at
one fire, and what would be the conse
quence if a fire should break out in a
denser part of the city while the Hese now
belonging to the engines aru frozen as
they ate, whenever used on a cold night.
Men, women and children, would hay. 3 to
Lan out and form lines with kitchen buck
ets to supply the engines—which would
be bur a poor re3ort in a large number
of eases. P LUG.
Interesting from Compeacily.
`By' the arrival at New Orleans, on the
30th ult., we have ad vices from Cam peachy
to November 4th. The following interest
ing news we take from the Tropic:
'lt seems that on the 4th inst. the Mexi
cans, under Gen. Al nralei, were still at the
distance of aboAt six leagues from Campea
chy, upon the coast. On the 3.1 instant a
force of fifteen hundred men marched from
Compeachy for the purpose of hazarding a
general enitagement. The Mexicans w , re
.upp , ased to he ab •iit. 2500 sti nni:_r. In case
it was thought improper to attack the Mex•
account of the strength of their po
sition, .the Caropechanos would retreat to
the city and wait an assnalt. 111 r. Oar!:
descr.bes Campeachy as splendidly Forifi
ed in every respect, and fully capable of re
sisting all the Mexican force that could be
broottlit against it,
Three thousand tro>ps 3vPre under anus
in the :tits-, and it was represented that the
ci,izens would turn out to a man in tlefenee ;
of their hones and propert'y. The Mexi•
can fleet, it was reoorteth was off the coast,)
near the position (1 the arrow. The genet..
al impression at Campeachy was, that a 1
decisive engagement between the two ar
mies would take place on the 4th inst.
By a letter dated on hoard the steamer)
Champion, it would seem that that vessel
was fired into from the fort at Campeachy
on the, night of the 311 It It appears!
that the champion encountered very severe
weather in the Gu'f while on her passage
from this place to Tobasco, and getting out
of fuel was obliged to ru,t into Campeachy
to replenish; It being dark the Governor
mistook the Champion for one of the Mex-;
lican invading fleet, and opened a fire upon
Iher from a battery of 24 pounders.
Several shot struck the Steamer's hull,
her mainmast-Was split and her jib and
foresail badly cut; but although exposed to.
this severe fire, during which grapeshot
were used, fortunately not one of those on
board were wounded or injured. On as
certaining
that it was an American vessel,
i lthe firing- immediately ceased. The Gov;
rierrtor has-since offered every apology, and
etir Consul there, Mr. McGregor, has du
in'Anded and will doubtless- receive full in
demnity 'for the Oarriage sustained by the
Champion. The shot did the most injury.
were fired from a gun boat.
~qr~,i~ _
the
linistratio
&following
for Ihe Pod
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that
eti2l
- *l4.74_l 4 ibfeTtifig Pau
Hop s a ,an 5, , ,v
ty Wi,,,.; ter ' tlylWida -, - • intiAlittigt4bles,
2 ,
and "' •iii ',•, likiNaestrinnai -iffifiek at
the appearancsofa Pircalsr jetttr,
, ntbirt_we had
the hatteref.t'eseriing ctitllie 14 li init.; from one
of the bureaus of Washington. giiing 'Extracts
from the . Proceedi gs of the National Institute
for the Promo - ion of iriertce.' Their circular is
pleased to if vise avelAnie; - tflwiiiii4it. :is address'
ed, to advise itunri as to the -best 'time and Med°,
for convening, the first time,tiog' ' itc„,,,,for the We
ironed tostietits.: _ The iiesent officeis.names are
put .at the reef of the record. and it is ant using
to , sea how the names, of 4 .Nolutrat4' figures,
among theist. . Thcie President is - 0 'Honorable
(and,really mi. fine a bird as would ewe the finest
.feathers—a citizen worthy -et* presiding over lany
Institute ,Ou eat th, witliciut any title.) The six
'Directors on the part of the Government' are all—
all 'Honorabfe e 'inen—of the six *Directors on the
part of the Institute,' two have the; 'Honorable.'
-attached to their proper names. - INVe wish this
Silly custom, so unfitted . for the Simplicity of our
Repablic, could*a.laughed or lashed out of coun
tenance altogether. It is one of those practices
which ore far •' note honored in the breach than
in the observance'
The Laic's Uoceriainty.—During tha
session of. Franklin Count Court.
Charnbersburgh. (P,a.) a case, was tried,
Biegerys. Wilsons—involving the title to
a valuable farm, and which the jury .de
cided in favor of the plaintiff'. This cas e
remarks the Chambersburgh Whig, fur
nishes a pretty illustration of4iire , glorious
uncertrinty of the law,'as it was tried about
19 years ago, and decided in favor of the
dr enilants:
From the Baltimore Sim
WA SHINGTOIg CITY, Dec. 9th
To-day the wheels of legislation are still ,
and members are busy in attending to their
social afraits. The forming of agreeable
messes is not quite so easy a matter as may
be generally imagined. It often happens
that when perhaps nine have agreed to
gether a tenth obtrudes himse f and spoils
the whole. At a former session a party of
western members in traveling towards the
capital, had an unwelcome "tenth" with
them in the stage; he was very obnoxious,
but how to get rid of him they knew not;
at last they concluded to incur the expense
of hiring an extra stage in order to escape
him, but as luck would have it, the "tenth"
overslept himself—missed his pissage in
the regular conveyance, and finding there
was an extra, begged admittance.. Si.) the
party had their extra and their tormentor
into the bargain.
Much surprise is still manifested at the
continued high price of board in this city.•
now that provisions are so cheap. Hear
how it is. A clique of fellows attend the
market at a very early hour, and buy up at
wholesale from the country people. all
they can get. The articles are then resold
to °dr citizens at an enormous prafit. This
is the grand secret, and these monopoli
zers reap all the benefit. It is true there
is a law against it. but it is not enforced,
Is the master of the market asleep?
It is said the reason why the Chinese
guns have not more effect on the British,
is because the powile r is "conti act powder,"
furnished hy s , qn -! Yankee. Perhaps the
man who attends to our city lamps is some
relation; they look as if they had the fever
and ague. Some evenings they are so
awfully obscure, that a man must take a
lantern to find out, where they are. This
ought not to be. As GOVernaleia finds
the money, the contractor ought to be
pail well enough to give us more light.
A petition signed by the clergymen and
others of this District, asking the President
to appoint a day of Thanksgiving, has been
laid-before his Excellency. Action upon
it would be very greateful to citizens of all
parti-s. Notwithstanding the present de
pression of busbies, we have abundant
cause to be thankful. Once on a time a
certain man was complaining of poverty.
when another seized him by the thumb, and
pulled out a knife, as if about to cut it off.
The man started back. "See," said the
other. "how rich you ate! Having health.
fo id and raiment, learn to be content.";—
T . here is a good deal 5n this. How many
are there in this city who being deprived
of the imaginary necessities of life, yield
themselves up to despair. "Try," says Dr.
Franklin, "to brush up your old coat and
wear. it a month longer, and nothing 'feels
so comfortable as an old hat, especially if
one has to get into debt to buy a new one."
A few days ago I saw a real practical phil
osopher in this District. His business bad
dwindled to one quarter what it- was.—
Wnat did he do? Why, cut his.cloth ac
cordi, to his measure. He quit his board:
ing house,..and stepped off aiurkey - carpet
into a o . letiri,.clean.third story room, .where;
by the aid of a, nursery lamp, he makes
his own tea and coffee, blacks awn
' bootaAliereby living for One halt his for
_
4perise.: His eye is pit as bright,
• and his-health as gopc4 - and - r ho ;.Walka t.hEk
streets an honest man; who has-nn; occasion'
•to waste shoe leather' in running round
cot ners and stealing up back streets;toavod
duns. Would that others would follow his
example, instead of borrowing • money at
the rate ofs per cent. a nionth to keep up
appearances, when every-body-kiwis they
are rotten -to the core. - YE PER
Suction Saki:
(.11,11ERZEP'S SitLe.—Will be sold ' by order of B.
Weaver, pq , .Sheriff, at Battalion's Commercial
Auction Rooms, No. 110 Wood rt. on TassdaY Decent.
her2o, at: 1,0 o'clock 4 1. M. the entire, stock of as az:
tearing Clothing Store, consisting in van of
Superfine Broad Cloths, Beasobr and Pilot Cloths.
Cassimeres, Sattinels and Vesting,.
Gentlemen's •Drers Coats.
do Over C. Ms.
do Frock Coats.
Cassimere and Satti net Pantaloons.
Gentlemen's Wintseand SurnMer . Vests:
Merino Shirts and Drawers. "
Silk, Flag and Pongee ildkilTs,
Canvass, Padding, and Brown Holland."
-Bleached and Brown Magnin,
with It great, variety:of Tallor'S. , trlinatiage. 'Terms cab,
par money. - e R. d: Blbl7BlifAl4 Aoetr
deel4-61. • 1 '
Vlo o. arrireSALE Oh Szroxi,o.rdAiy modal!
nett n le tech.*, I will ail mem !SF
- I,o*.mit Bloom ' •
4'ea4' er**And Inlls 94 9sl l 9 l wikei*K4l9thil
open
g I 4i OI7 %IWW;
4 44 4 44 Mr .
- •
• -,-
--‘446:l;Cia;_in,
*; - : .-. ::-,.-.i - ..; ~...- " ,- ; ::', ; E:. : :•,'
dec
_;; y ~, 'w
~.-r-
Thiu
foienoon the tabab •
itmg a
were greatly surprised by the
Coro Wall of the beautiful lad
steamboat Highlander, Captain
Thissteamboat was the & et
seri through the-St. Lawrence
achievement elie D e rfortneti on •
“Ajeltough one of th e h ie
gest
afloat, the Highlander met seuh
Ig,,,assieg through, th e e ael i
'lrfo mouth hetie outh of the canal:
and - at i 'elided the rapids bet e _
.prescOtt with the greatest eleo.
GRAND, VOCA, O4:
Of the - Rainer p fir o x
PRIOa TO TOCR DTRARTOtttO,',,
The hleesre. RAINERg (the
tel
enlists have the honor to anuouta•to,o
lintels of Pit.shnralt that they A i 4 arith
eerie ',
eee this week, tots: On the e,Z"Nt
!Mmuday Dee. 12th had 15thet ' l tL i f
criince at 71-o'clotk: Tickets 50 n 7lika u
music stores and nt the door. For
bills.
bet. 12, 1842 .
CIRCUS kiii) Tii
In front of Captain Br,
On Penn Street.
hive advantages over
1, but no ere. Here, t
isorders created by fir
fling. wben compared ti
y enacted by the compa
"which not ur frequent!)
letting of blood; and al
t
Horsemanship, by juvenile
equemoa4,l d iiveto Like morals of the
44Me there.
First appearance of Mr. Rost
Monday, Tuesday and ti ednesday
3th and 14th,
The Morrie inment wf.i coedeteuvi
Grand Entree.
Carpet ir,cps, by the whole Comptir,
Uorlvrlle4 Peals, by }omit Id(Collumcov;
who will during his act throw
A Back Summerset, and alight el •
Sailor's Hornpipe
Mr McFarland will al i:kar on Ihe Net ,
P ying Indian , reprcFeined on 6O!!,4111
N
Comic Soot!.
Young 211 cCollum n~ Grp
rite whole to conrlode 111 llootti
Pantoinine or D o n Q u i udtk ,
Don ltuixotte, Mr. Coss, Sark,•'l,
FAMILY
family Flour, just rec'd and for qle
JSkACI
MIA
VeCIUKMI.I.4' ET FLOUR, jn•tweceired
few hall barrels Bur II Wheat rltmr of
ily. A Iso, o' I Halter, u•W I,a rd,lr
,fcrgk'
PIPPIN APPLES, on hood .20 Inuck Iqp
in sound cumin ion. for sale by
AI. URS & N ICHASON
Proprietors of rh(
EAGEE FOUNDIZY-PITTSBV
MR NUF4CTURE - 0 'id ker 0 "R` 44*\ l ' in t .
i heir wa rehouse, Liner' y zil 01 -""A
every Variety of Castings, nas ong whir" Franklin, common toned fancy and 1,
common and farcy grates, - newest cit .
f•tuives suitable for either wood or coal,/
to (nod warranted to Cllil3 sdnokey cln
i nxes, hollow-ware., ten.kettles, slieel.irgii
al assortment of Ware hod:, cm , lllipt. 11 - '
he tirade or Iha best materials,
71'llev also make to order at ilies,oreg
Ratlers,frolli 13 inch, diatti dow alo the
use. with every other de,c,A , alr, of 1:6111 t 4
12g. A h Ifil_TS t SI
11. e. 13.1942.—1t0 •-i
AA PARTNER .1.V7 Ll). 1 .tli
luring ealabii.hn em lhal 1135 en in •
eral ion for several en,. A multi
la) of five er six I limasa od c, vnul:
ble inve , Lineul. Apply at 11A RIS Av , ri •
' , genre (Are. fkl
DR. D. , 9XIEL E.. 9 L. (6 , 1 ne
ttetween %.'ood and Stni.htieldtiteo,
der. 10-Iy.
TO the lionordide, ti•Jebe , s 4 ddentedet -
Quarter Sessions of the het, inialkett•
ly of Allegheny.
The petition of Geo Sproat, d 4etritsult
_teeny City, in the connis aforeaim 14A -
That your petitioner hall) provided I+4ollo
als for the accommodation of traveled hi
his dwelling house in the city and isards
prays that your honors will he plfme4
cense to keep a Puttlie Home of Emends's:ld.:
your petitioner as in duty Irouadoeill peal.
CEOIICE 4
of the6rattnf.
We, the subscribers, cigzens
rite of Allegheny, do certify; thai -
is of good repute for bone=ty and temPtallo ,
provided with house mom and canvesittr6
commodation and lodging of S irangers/Ad
that said tavern is necessary.
Rob2rt Dalzel I,
art.•R &Liston,
. Robert Morris,
ileums Thorn, -
J attn. Goehring, jllijje:mcjosiese:
John Flem in 0-, Jesse
Dee..lo,
BROWNSVILLE JUNIATA IRON
wa%d Roches. M3llllfACltliff Of
Warehouse, N 0.25, W 30d51.. ritisburtil
NE* TAILORING ESTAB
---
Stnithjfeld street,
M between
CAS Thi
EY r d aas
.
Real:medal', informs the citizens
tad di
vicinit. that he is prepared to recelre
dere fa y r any description of work le kis like.,4
tie has on hand. and wit; be constalidi
eral assortment of CI.CrITS , Caio nls"l " l ntre l
lie will make wen k to order, a t
other
.establishment in the city.
°' P
saying, that his ivarli, as to Anei ll 9"'"
,
dt anditriorkmanship, cannot be sartoo." - •
taidishinent In this city.
PY,,Ortetnallty and enremittlag
hP hopvlo merit And receive a share llrop
':llol.l'Ptina fdril 1011 ng their own matetro
their" edvia
nte.s to tall Infort On:
Flak MAN,' and immediate
. 1 4 11 . inady for itnmedsate trork,idA.A.
the Illontrunbela Bridge tun' near the
0 0 *VI wilt taken in Coal. Ai.
hilCbßentiattpi l i
• to
Offaly
_
Paid Fireen.
observe that the Press
tern eitieci are ftdvoe iti
Da
Fire pit:tment, so as
ent volunt eer,
sYate 7 '
rent the; app:
who soh P aid fo r t h
Tptventsyste
r : s i ohavee :
i#ligines, is, even in
..have the most effici
piteci States,a source o
are not thOemighly co
ie contemplated ntou
isieffect in removing th
of
arge cities like Philati
and Boston, such an
e notice this for the par
e attention r)t our ciliz
1, as we have heard
proposed yvith a view
existing evils.
of Two Prisoners fro ,
Ilheny County Jail
Monday right two met
•n and Samuel Fulton,
from Jail.
on was tr ied end cony
session of the Co
sand sentenced to t
wir? tried auil convi
of a coat from Mr.
ant ; but hai not yet
in con.sequence of a
tr=l!
• 'made their. escape by
elF[they were both t
eucell, anti thence iron
Jill out of the door th
untla They opened
tns of the keys wLich
way ”itt. 1(11(}W i. No
emy of the flottri ihrr
sea. After they g"
ier-use :or the keys. tV
,•tlii3 not fiegleCt lo
ty which presented it,
riff 's ilfice, of viiling t
hope or obtaining s,
e'of them
upon the heartless w
th y fowl i nothing o
re happy to state
t disturbed in his rep
y was - done to any. p •
to him. This wil
tg intelligenve t.o the
gentleman:
~Id it be tliiii,..these per
r•erTirt-tuctapied by thn
short.sijoutn with Ca ,
Pound.
named Wilson who is n,
for stealing alrunk cunt
d cither'arrieles of v
port, hnasted that when
aye fine times with his b
hopes will nuw
trunk has been shipn.l
t. 'rha Sort saga, that
• off the covering of earth
t . was discoVeroil. To.:
nd just as thry had bzon I
and will doubtless be
e have liezi,tki iiotliiii to c
. .e.apper,tmerit of Judze
ut: h iv'
p riattied Minor rw
g the-Post every mnrniug
tbein for a Cont. a pice
.orz: Let our friends !Jul(
lietriaek a light c/Iged
'eta yesterday for insult'
inZ Anntly along. Set. ,
_Tula:re nezro to bo
i*h#E'mon who Itai
"'',n
,9 than to ius
on't irateuteatitiee to wit
" O T . tiler Vigilant make
An eleiistiiin will shorti
en, wiien some of them
r9144,..0n- the above s
tike....javwount - of .14
Oar dieereet!
-have bead nothing fu
ti onirAiovih'ed in the Co
I-11C.k II&O up
cic _ Ai)
so he sty
• .
; - eh to inm —The f
•
4 letatrrained•l hat h
ode .tamake" via& ft
he a ru
4Ceif khe
iseady