upon their own axis, gravitating round the 'priblaries . with their respective degrees of velocity and proper inclination ort the eclip tic; thus the satellites of Herschel! are-seen performing their perpendicular and retro— gede motion 4. So it is with regard to our Moon, of which the sideral and synodical retro/sienna are most ingeniously and ele" .-zgatittv represented, While the Earth is gradually wheeling Muni the sun in a perfect horizontal plane representing her ecliptic; the moon is seen revolving around her, not horizontally, but in in orbit inclined upon the ecliptic, some tiink more than 4 degrees 8 minutes and 47 "seconds, her natural inclination. She iR seen rising toward her apogee, lighti ng t h e Northern hemisphere; gradually declining toward her perigee, lighting the Southern regions, to rise and fall again, eclip s i ng a l. iernately, toward her conjunctions, the va- rious portions of the Earth passing under her disk, and to be soon eclipsed herself in her oppositions, thus illustra ing with ele .„-fauce and simplicity two of the most inter log cif the celestial phenomena—the eclip : eel of the sun and moon. Another cpechanism of the most inaeni was conception represents the proper incli nation of the planets upon the eclipic, and the eccentricities of the orbits. When put in motion, the whole system starts at once, the planets and the satellites performing simultaneously their various le v3l tions, with their different proper degrees of veto city, and mathematical proportion of time with regard to each other and to the Sun; _ ... ;for when Mercury has performed one rev• elution round t! e Sun, equivalent to 87 days, 23 hours, 25 minutes and 44 seponds, nus has been catried around the, zodiac . 140 degreea. 48; the Faith 87d, 7m; Mars - 48s1, 6m; Vesta 2311, 43w; Juno 19d, 51w; Ceres and Pallas 18,1, 50 51in; Jupiter 7d, 18m; Saturn 2d, 56tn; and lierschell I.m. Doring the same time the Moon has gravitated around the Earth 5 times 977th parts of her-orbit, and the Sun has 'evolved uptanits..own axis 2 revolutions and 4 10ths. Such ate the tides to universal admira tion of the magnificent representation of the .solar system now offered to the examination of the public. Russell's planetarium will incontestably add a new chapter to the A. tMariaan biography of great men as it un doubtedly places at once Mr. James Rus• sell on the same standing with our greatest Mechanical greniuest s; Fulton, Rittenhouse and Whitney; having, besides, like the • greatest am mg them, the double glory of being a self taught genius, an of haying _given to his country such a production, notwithstanding the tyrannical forgetful nes•sof theblind Plutus; fi-, like most great geniusses. 'the roof that shelters his gray hairs is not, and never was, the Gilded dome Ora palace, but the modest conatre of a hamlet.' The instrument is tinder Ow ,ii perintendence of Profe , sor Francis Frau. vel Gouraud, a_gentlernan of eminent scien tific attainments, who illustrates with it the science of astronomy in evening lectures, and who contemplates an early journey with it throughout Europe, after visiting the principal cities of the United States• It wou'd be useless to say that a single hour of attention paid to the exemplification given of the sci-ne of astronomy, by such an instrument, more efficacious to the general student, and impart s to hi m a t once .a far _greater amount of knowledge, than hundreds of volumes• To the learned and to the mechanic, as well as to the people of any other standing is s .ciety, who once examine tt, it will always he an eloquent chapter on the great works of creation, as it is, also, without question, the most brilliant page that can be read abroad, as well as at home; of the history of the American mini —for the place of its birth was but forty years ago a 'solemn wilderness.' When Europe, with her two thousand years of ,civilization, does not yet possess (according ' to the testimonies of some of her distinunish ed men who examined it of late.) anythin7 of the kind eo grand in conception and so perfect in execution. • - War in Prospect.—The holders of dis ciedited State Stocks in Europe, are about it aeemr, to make one grand. un!.ted t- flout to secure by a corm de main, their invest inents. They intend to get the littlish Government to open a ttet i.ti ition Ix the assumption or liquidati in of these debts by the' U. S. general Gov rtirntlit, lid it' the latter refuses to inter fe.e, havinit first re tained the best. I .alivyvis in this conn!ry, to institute suits against, i,ot Only lle nuns paying States, but aglinq the citizens of such States It itt is contionliol that ev• ery citizen's farm is liable fora j idgaient against a State, and ',ha; States are cmpo• rations, ernenating from the Federal com pact, and liable to he sited. Also, that ev erycitivin of a State is a party to the con [Met between the S and th e dors, and is liable, individualiy, i n every bond the State rightfully o wes.— Spirit (I the nines. Our Dculties with Morocco Honor.. &b 4. Settled.--There %%ill now be no need af sending a diplomatic agent to Morocco, as it appears by an official letter from our Consul, Mr. Mullowny, that the anzeucle honorable has been made by the Moorish government. Mr. Mulluwny says: "fhe trouble originated in a breach or etiquette which my predecessor, Mr. Carr, ought to be* observed.' The present Consul wa s educa'ed among the Moors, understands perfectly their language an .1 customs, is popular, acceptab'e and respected, and al ,togetber a most suitable person to epic- Sent us at that court. As to the nature acid value of the quarrel with the Moors we have from the - first stated on the au eerity of a correspondent of high respee Labitlity at Giberaiter, that the original er roulay isiAi our representative. and that a •were chastisement 'of the Moons for a petty misunderstanding, would be equally spiracle/ire with honor, justice and policy, an+l in every way unvr)rdiv the character °Eike United Statel. Some editor!, thought tliffercurtly4 , and itoovvinr:mochl irimetthe_mattertbatriwedidi::larnefirt titt .i--- baueritis down the walls of- Tinisien rj and . e.The Duili-: ortqg P e t rh o hint, q l the proprietY,ot hanging the Y or k . i g , to beitterge t t4n thit3 liashavv, Of ouch stuff sad try suah'siteans ust estala ' lish - ment - of the-"iame ' tit"' y. .are Wits got r up aild ntions hurried to P 'destructiim. Ina 'short time we shall re- P. Godwin, the editor, has issued propo ceive the whole story from our Morthy sals for a large weekly at $3 a year to be Consul at 1 angler, and then onr readers called "The Pathfinder." Mr. G. intends mayjudge of the lo , se, incorrect, 'earliest to devote himself to the discussion- of ir..for mation,' so often hoastingly paraded ' before them.—N. E .S'un• I principles, rather than the adroca'ay ,Of i men, a task to which he is fully and ',COM - Prig PRESIDENT, ' pletely competent. , JAMES euciilNAN,, Onr whig frien,!s, who seem to take es.- Suliject to tile deels'on of a National Convention. pecial interest in the progress of Mr. Cal houn, and are very sagacious in finding ' , DA ILY MORNING POST. _ out and bruiting any fact that seems to TIS. 19111,1,1 PR is- WM. A. PMITA, EDITOR 3 AND PROPRIZTDRS brighten the prospect of his nomination, should not forget to note the withdrawal of Mi. God a in. from the field of party contention, arid the union of his paper with From narrisburgh. a sheet that is well understood to be deci. We had no Ilarriibur g h letter yesterday, but learn frwo the correspondent of the Gazette 'hat dedly favorably to Mr. Van Buren. the fir,:( cc. tion of a Bit providin g for the eh e• Ihmkrupt Law.—T he Washington lion of ('anal Commissioners by ihe people, pri=ed con espondent of the Commercial Adver by a vole of 55 to 37. The second section, an I oser states that the Supreme Court has de thorizin2; the election of an w b.cird the Le g t s rve until the next general election cided, "that it has no jurisdiction in bank was under diseutsion when the nail el iced ruptcy." In other words, that the deci . Saturday. c cannot perceive that this meas.- Slott of the Circuit Court, in case of an ap. c u r e will have any g ood t ffect, nor du we thirds peal, or writ of error, from the District that the chief movers in it arc actuated by pro. Court, is full and conclusive. per nit ves. It is evident from the section pro `Thus, as yet, no decision has been tintin g for an irnmediicie election, that the Legts. !attire chiefly desire to cxfi nil their own power or had upon the constitutionality of the to accomplish selfish ends, and we hope they may law, which indeed cin only he had by new legislation, giving jurisdiction in bankrupt 1. us v yctlceti d pleasure to n rte eon- to the Supreme Court." firmation of 13: A.law•, E-q., as Associate Ju hI Beaver. WEDNIS')AY, FEBRUARY 15, 1843 See Flog Page. Tr.l be gralifad The Abduction Case. r AI-Aliodiits in this country are gradually Further particulars.—Mr. Mercer, (says sittling ena private patio system, the the Philadelphia Mercury) the father of Epi , copulians in England seem, nom the the young lady, is one of the molt r,spec... following article, to be preparing to abaci • table inhabitants of Southwark. Miss don Mercer, the unfortunate daughter, is quite 'The p Irish chorch at Ipswich, Eng, has beautiful and highly accomplished; it is by command melancholy to reflect that such an amiable the 13ish"p of t is being tilted up with open benches, on preparatory to i I and lovely young Person should have been i - i ha princip'e that in 'the House of God a'l Bishop drawn I the victim ~f f this great calamity which has are equal.' At Coventry, a'so the drawn her name before the publio, and , of Worcester and the Archdeacon of the may mike her the object of invidious re. t firmer place have stated that the parish Church (Trinity) is equally the property of mark. After site had b 'en absent t •ro or all the parishioners. The poor man's three days, as formerly related, she was : church, it is remarked, cannot afford 4 ..0 pay discovered by a friend of the family at a for drawing rooms in the sha3e of pews.' house in Pint: street, and was .brought Massachu set ts .—lt is stated m one of home, but expressed a determinati .n not to: the Boston papers, that the whigs in the remain there. The circumstances, of he r Massachusetts Legislature have determin elopement with Hebei - ton was inf , rred ed in caucus to debate every question that front the ststements and fatal boastings tt( comes before the Legislature, so as to pre. that rson; there is no proof, as far as 'rent e prttminent measures recomm.inded we have understood, that she went " 11: in by G.tremor rton being acted upon b.y his company or received his visi's while Govt error Morton is ing acted upon by the she was absent from home. Miss Mercer is 2,5 : 1 ) i is!, which is the dory fixed for ad heiress to a hands() ne fortune. Murnment. The Whigs in congress, have Singleton M e rc er , who committees the tokeel out almost two scssioss, and done bloody deed, is a mere youth, not more very little of a public nature. than 20 y ars old; he has been about three The report of the retrenchment commit yeats in the employment of Messrs. Car lee of NI assachusetts prop- ses to reduce son & Newbold. Last night he was con. , the salaries of the state officers in the ag veyed to Woodlury Jail, where he still re greg,ate S:30,000. mains to await. It;s trial in Gloucester co. the act hating been corn uitte•l in the of nature in the following lat.!. that must State of New Jersey. Hebt iton's place of residence was in l reach every human lieu t. An inveterate Fifth street below Prune. Ile inherited ' rogue, en the eve of execution out West, a tolerable fortune from his fat'ler,but had confessed that he had refused to collect an run through with it hef ore H+ decease. error in the spelling of his name in his in- Heberton was shot as soon as the car dictment, for the reason that his poor cid riage landed on Jersey sh.)re, M erce: . did mother [MOIL never know that it was her not attempt to escape and was so plo enzied son who had suffered a felon's death.— in his behaviour that we should not be But - There is something beautiful in this, and prised in the least if this should pore a- it s ,, rves to show that the heart of man, al nother case of insanity. though dyed with the blackest crime, may still be susceptible of the holiest emotio.is Judge /J)ran has published a protest a aamst abolishing, the C , ILE Lof Genet al Sessinns, and thereby ousting him from the bench. He said that when he accepted the appointment it was wiJi the belief that it was for ten years, but only three have expired and the Legislature drives him from the benrh by abolishina the Court.— :et of 01111111 W that the jiidge and the people entertain dilf: rent ophoons about this Court. and the only regret with the public is that Mr. Dolan and his Honora• ble friends were ever placed on the bench. Mole in the We are in. formed that a parry of men who were at work with a diving hell on the wreck of the General Pr art, about 12 miles above Memphis, on the day previous to the l ate shock 'of the earthquake, on the evening of the •ith inst., report that on the rith they reached the wreck, in about 20 feet wa ter, lrr, on the day following, upon de scending to the same depth, the wreck had disappear, d. Search was made by drag ging along the bid of the river for a con. alder able distance, but no trace could he found of the wreck; and, upon sounding, a depth of water was found in several places of from 100 to 120 &et, and for about one hundred yards along the bed, no b o tt om could be found, the greatest depth previously known was from 20 to 30 feet. A bar was also discovered in a part of the' river which previously was deep water.; It was the impression of the men in charge of the diving bell, that the wreck had en tirely disappeared under the bed of the river.—St. Louis Republican. Hard lintrs .in Penna“vli;in —A :winter or the legislature says the liarrisbu g Capitoliart, received n letter from un intelligtnt constituent hying in Juniata county. in which it WdS state i that a WAGON and six horses were lately sold at censia'ihts' rale in 'Tuscarora Valley, oftilat noun: tr. T r Taal s lollarb; and that a Hatter was also latvlg sold out in Lea istowe. Mifflin , county, at toe Bald Whil4l Wool Hata brought swo.041118! and Fur Hain TWEIIITY-711re CX,NTSIT If this is j not pa intimation of hard clones, We, do no' ktow stasis. - Free seals ill churches —Whi'e 11,e touch of Nalure.—There is a touch ( , t . our nature From /[aroma.—The brig Elizabeth arrived at Philadelphia yesterday, in seven days from Havana. The yellow fever pre frightfully in Goyaquil. The popu— latim has been reduced to 4000. Those who have not died, have fled. Many dis tinguished persons have fallen; among them the sister of ['resident Rocafuerte, Alzua, Sanez, the two Espamosos, &e. Complimentary. --Tile journeymen printers of Harrisbut gh have presented Mr• Heckman, a member of the House, with a leather medal, bearing the emblem f a full grown porker. as a testimonial of their respect for his efforts to pull down the pr ice of printing. Mr. H., with character. istic liberality, offered to present it to the House, but the Speaker declined receiv. ing it, and it was given to the Sergeant-at- Arms. We had last week exhibited in the State House the bones of the great Masto_ . don or Behemoth, found in the vicinity of Warsaw, Benton county, Missouri. They were brought to the city some ten dais ago by Mr. Case. In aidition to the hones ofthe Mastodon, Mr. Case brought with him a large num her of bones belonging to various animals. It is'impossible to form any accurate esti mate of the ler gth or height of the huge animal, the bones of which remain, but to estimate the height at thirty, and the length at sixty feet, would not, it is probable, ex. ceed the truth. The tusks are of enor mous size and great weight. Among the collection, are bones which once belonged to .animals, which now have no name or existence, and abort which the specula tions'of those who have examined tl. bones ate widely different and unsatisfac tory - The-whole forma most iuterestiog and euriotter eollectiOp t irnd eltould:;be mien by every -Case ha's [led for New Orleens.—Afissostri Ingd P • Nei y of baians.-L-Tite viningll4;;l, igktrffitatialicts rii)in the Choctaw_ Al- Mr:"ltnitnac, are indicative of the progress made by his tribe towards civilization:— Their country is divided into four districts, and their entire population is 17,000. There are courts of law in each district,—judges, inferior and superior, with all the necesq sary officers. Religious and Temperance So. ieties abound, and trade is carried on with much spirit. For the purpose of building a Central Culiege, 510,000 have already been con tributed. The institution is designed to prepare teachers for the general instruc tion of the young, and to complete the de• ucation of Chotaw youth. They have al so s printing press, from which, up to September last, they have issued more than three millions of pages, consisting of trouslations of books, pamphlets, &c., and there are m , iny Missionaries and teachers among them. Louisiana.—G wernor Mouton was in , ducted into office on the 30th ult , and Mi -1 mediately thereafter proceeded to read his inaugural message. The picture he i draws of the financial affairs of the State is far, very far from cheering There is, he says, now due by the State to Banks in round numbers $1,200,000; that there is due for salaries, interest and other ordina ry expense, about $200,000; that there are State bonds, for the payment - of which the State has no guarantee, to the amount or, $1,273,000, on most which bonds in , terest is due and unpaid; that there are State bonds, to a large amount; for which! the State has the guarantee of the Citizens' B ink and Consolidated Association of Plotters, flux in liquidr io t, on which the interest will probably not be paid; that it has for several years exceeded its ordina ry income by more than S 200,000; that there is nothing in i:s exhausted treasury; t hat the State can no lonjer borrow a dohar fi , rn her own banks, and that the people are taxed as heavily as they can hear. This, indeed, he coriti , ores, is a deplorable situation of our affairs. lie ad vises that the State, its liabilities as well as its resources, be fully investigated; that every thing in relation to them be laid clearly before the poblio., and that then a reform—a thorough reform, tint a substi tution of one set of expedients for another —be adopted, He pours a full broadside into the banking system as heren.foi e car ried on, and says he is determined by a I means to prevent its renewal or reorgani• zation, The condition of the pr‘opeity of hanks, in which the State is Interested, is t o he narrowly scrwinized —hank state ments or loose gent-1,31160s will no longer satisfy the people, He is determined to e h mse the most limiest and eirilde public officers; will give his aid to any good sys tem of pt boa: y schools that mty be de vised; will carry out, as far as in him lies, all measures havitni for their o bj ect an amendment of the State constitution, and will fulfil all the duties of his office to the best of his knowledge and ability Oppression.—A petition has been pre• seated to the Massachusetts Legislature from Ruth Hancock and 16 other females, stating that they entered into employment in the Middlesex Factory at Lowell, one of ;lin terms of the a ,, reement being that th y were to remain for one year, that he. ing the general rule of the establishment. [There was no provision in the contract for any change in the rate of wages. Before the year was up, however, the owners gave noti'-e that all wages in the establishment were reiuced 25 per cent. The petrtim ers stale that their employers had no more right to lower their wages than they them selves had to raise Oita), and that if the former might reduce them 25 per cent., they might on the same principle reduce them 50 or 75 per cent. They therefore considered the contract dissolved by the breach of it committed by the other party. They accordingly left the Facory. But whereever they went to look for employ ment they found that the owners of the Middlesex Factory had sent their names, with colvice not to hire them, and from the understanding Lootween (he different facto ry owners, they were unable to procure employment. In some cases they had commenced work at other places, but as soon as the employers got their names from the Middlesex company, they turned them off They state that they are without means to carry on a suit with this wealthy com• pany, and ask the Legislature,which char tered the corporation, to take some meas• ures for their protection against its perse cution. One of the owners of the Middlesex Fee , tory is a member of the Legislature.— When the petition was presented, another member intimated that this owner might desire to make an explanation, and the op portunity was afFirded. He however did not see fit to avail himself of it. The peti tion was then referred to a committee. 1 From the 'Vulgar Herd.'—Gen Paez, the President of Venezuela, is perhaps the I most remarkable man now living in South America.—The revolution found him a simple Llanero, or herdsman on the vast plains in the south of Venezuela, ignorant of the very alphabet, and as simple and sus perstitious as aty around him. He was a !grown man when he entered a c arps of ir regular cavalry, as a private lancer: He sport ifs'inguishe4 himself by bie addreits and-reckless bravery, attracted tfie-atteer, tion of Bolivar, was rapidly promoted, and _7__ -- . _ D ' vi ti. in a reisi.yeantiound ,- ; : , atiViltotifiktander I Died, at his residence, in Greencastle, on the of thciFtorsci...: As rirtelt; k by iitiv onto t horn i , cq. instant, after a severe and lingering illness, iz,ed 'r,bairge ett,ihe Liat* - kif Caralietio, he DAVID FULLERTON, E-q., in the 72d year of gainer/ fire iiiiy"; end Set the seal to his mil- 1 I his age, The deceased was born, and lived djbw." . I itary reputation. He is now the Execu— . ra eg the wh.eie 131 1. 13 . i! p rot " lcLed dic - s-in-lheirriul" five chief of the most hopeful of South A- ' a it i? t ell.r t s h Ut ia a c ti e .e I in h Cs death Congress frowmasthaatt one time rnerican republics, with the highest repu- and for many yeJrs a member of the Senate of tation for wisdom as a statesman, and mod- the state of Pennsylvania, wh re his urbane and eration as a politician, with m anners e n d gentlemanly deportment commanded much re. address that would grace any court in Eu- spect, and gained him many triends.—Chansbers.. rope. He has remedied all the defects of bur g Whig early education, or rather the want of ear ly education. lie has not only read much, but is one of the best writers of his court try Texas —Galveston dates of the 24th instant have Ikea received at New Orleans. The Texan Congresga djourned on Monday, the l6Lb. A bill had been passed pruvidwg I,r the frontier defence. It is the general impression Ora Tex is will probably be invaded in the sp.inT, and a wryer says, they are prepared to hold a "mass meec iag ," on the occasion The returns of the Troasury Dep ,rlment for the six ports of the Republic of Texas, for the hilt nine toontlis,sliuw the receipts to he $102.068. 57. Toe rxpen•es for the same period were $15,- 131 (H, which makes the rift amount received $BB,. 937 49. The prospects of the finances arc regar ded as fivorab'e. Many ui the j 'u - nals denounce Gen. frouiton for imh cility, more eiiipecially in relation to his rein . ssne:is in not fusterinl; and as-iisting the vol unteers on the Mexican frontier. SO3i crt Rights.—Commander Mackenz P, charged with reorder, agar - ids the court in uniform, and is received on the deck or the North Carolina 'with all the honorAr' 'I he appri nti.tes and seamen, (Ala rgu'd with tho lesser oirenee of a mutiny, are etmfi red in a l ;ak i) ln,usc, double ironed, arid fed on bread and water. Is not this milkier , a distinction, badly in keeping, with the republican professions of whirl] we are so !mid) We do nut wi h to he Acvere up n any indivi 'nal connected with the r.avy; but w, have been informed that the persons accused of mutiny on board Iho Somers have been rernovet from the North Carolina, and are confined and treated:as we have above degeribed• If thi,, he the fact, it is an outraze which should roti:ri the ind rznalion °revery citizen who posses ses a partici! of right feeling', and we should like to knew the n ime oldie person by whosa orders it IN y. Aurora. !Settlement of Oregon. PUBLIC M EE TING. At a very large and respectable meeting of the citizens of Pittsburgh, desirous of considering the propriety ot taking immediate possession of the Territory of Oregon by the National Government. and o' obtai Jug inlidrmat ion relative to the ind dm:emeriti , lISTOr ded by that_ region for emigration, at the Old Court Ilon,e, on Saturday evening, 1101 Hsi. A. T. DU SSIIKE wan called to the clia.r, and J. Heron Foster a bonen Secretary. • The committee or twenty appointed at the last m cling then reohrted at considerable length, up. on the mitt cal history, climate, a tl , and present conMion of Oicgoil Territory; the report, having been read by Wm. J. Torten, Esq. Chairman,and Edw. Norton,—was unanituou•ly accepted, and the committee discharged with the thanks of the meeting. The Hollowing preamble and resolo lifin,, rephrted ' v the commotee, were then read and adopted: hereas, From the well authentica'ed dom. 'news just 'cad, it is the ' , pinion of this meeting th it 'lie United S ten has the only right of any e ethzed n,rron to the Term itory in itues'ion, and Chat it is of vast and growing imp it-tames to this ; and, whereas, the British have violated die treaty of joint or cupacy by x'endinz her LAl thof i y over ii, through their Hudson Biy Com paoy, having, niono,ailized the entire trade 'ml :he I c:r t iry to Inc e.xclu.ion of ou - citizens, are , r_o,9 1/ 1' English goods on our -pores free of du!y; theft, ,re, ' Iced, That the i i.l row bef , re Congress, ' to ext.n t our territorial jorisificttou over that part 'it 'it' rightful oossesshm, ought to become a hew, and immediately carried into effect; but we would recommend ha' it be co Itherel 43 to limit our jurisdiction, tot the present, to south of the 49th degn e of north latitude, without in any way waiving, our right to the whole Terrt-ry. Resolved, That the above , preamble. and resolu tion be forwarded to our representative. in Com gre-s, Hun. W. W. Irwin. Resolved. That the report ()File coma ittee and the proceedings ot this meeting be published in all papers willing to assist in spreading informs , this ut.j It tedved, That we recommend to all Ameris nan citizens not to emigrate to Oregon, unless' the G •veroot tit tak.2 , m fasm reo Lt , CCUr4 and proicei them in their rights A letter firm Mr. :-Itively, the Oregon Etirigras tine; Agect, was then read and ordered to be pub.. d. On mmin , l, the mentinz sdkurned. A. T. bUNSIIEE, Chairman J. II r in Foster, Secretary. Letter from the Oregon Agent. WAsniNurots CITY, Feb. 5, IS 43. TO A GE NTI EMAN IN Tlll.i CITY• Dear take pleasure in making known to you 'hat the bill flur the sut . letnent of the Territo ry o 'Oregon finally passed the Senate on the 3d inst. in its original form. Its provisions are therefore the same as I advertised them in Pitts burgh, with this difference; that if a man takes a tamily there he shall he entitled to 640 awes of land for hires-lf, 160 f o r his wif•, and 16'..1 for tacli child under 18 years of age. and 161 for child he has for live years. Over 1H years of age they get 64'1 acres. The bill has the Rocky Maintains for the eastern boundary, itte Pacific Ocean on the west, the 24th naralell north latitude on the south, and the 4-4 deg. 40 par.d/c1 north I have the m.ist fa. vorable acenunts of !ha country by conference with Lieut. Wi:kins, who has recently explored the whole of the rritory The report was on ly printed yes'erday,llr. Wilkes served me with one copy, which I sent to St. Louis. I will send a copy to you by to -morrow's mail. It is a doe "mew of touch interest. lam a -cured ny all the friends of -the bill that its final pass.,ge in the House of Representatives is certain. It would pass unanimously but some do not like the, rants of land. lam anxious to be on the road to Or egon, and shall grow very tiled of unfavorable de. s here. Mr. Fitzpatrick, an old fur irsder, ie here an applicant fir Indian Agent. We will probably return together; he says he is willing to conduct us acres* the mountains. I shall, how ever apply to the Secretary of War to be escort( d across by the U. S. troops from fort Leaven Worth. Appended is an advertisement which you will please have inserted in all the papers, and it ought to remain in the papers till ou, departure, or with, in a very short time of it. Lhave been very bu sy since arrived here, and if my communica• lions want court, sy, it is for want of time. I ant your nest humble servant, J. M. SIIIVELY At a mcctinz of the Firemen's association held on Monday Even nc, last, W. M. Edgar LEI', was elected to the office of First Chief En g ineer, vice B. C. Sawyer ro ivied, and D. IM.Cutry EBq., in place of W. M. Edgar, promoted from second Chief Engineer: Pi re me asi Anemia( kon. An adjourned meeting will beheld in the Al legheny Hall Fourth Stitt*, on Tharsely Evening et I ibNlerek: D..tiOLM ES. Feb; 1,6, It. Sc9'4 Fireafirie Aoseciatio,n. The committee appointed by" the city cammails to cooler with the Association will please attend. (IRMA N'S COURT SALE —in pursuance of an order of the Orphan's Court of Allegheny couuty, a 11l be exposed to public sale at the public honee of Jas. Canon, in the city of Allegheny, Allegheny CO, Pa.,oa Tuesday, I he 2,lstelay of &larch next, at 1 o'clocki P. If. the undivided seventh part of two lots of round, shwa In the city, county and stale aforesaid, bounded on the south by Strawberry alley, on the west by Sandusky at., on the north by Harmar Denny, Esq„ and on the east by Allegheny Commons, being lots No 3 and 4, as nuts her,d in the general plan of said city; containing about one halfacrc, more or leas, with a wo story buret bee" a torah farlorY, and a stable thereon ereesed, late them tate of Henry Wright and Mary his wife, both deed. Terms of sale wilt be made Itn3Wll Oil the day ofsalth by Jacob ahanor, Guardian of the minor children of tbe decedents. By order of the Court, fel, 15 TllOB. FARLEY. Clerk," auctfon Salem 1 - HERIFF'S SALE. W ILL h e Fold by order °CR. Weaver. EN., Sherfer. at No. 61 Liberty Street. on Friday. Feb'y Ugly, at It, o'clock, A.M., a large and valuable lot. af COPPER, TIN and SHEET IRON WARE. Terina—casli par money. E. A. HAUSMAN. felt ____ --- _ _ BLANK LEASES. A nen. and much Improved form of Blank Unser - , for sate at the ()Rice of the ••Morning Poet." . IWUSES AND LOT FOR BALE OR BA/L -talg TER, Situated in Florence, Wasnington C0. . .. (25 miles from PittOurgh.) The Lot la 66 by litt feet, n which is erected 1 Frame dwelling bowie 1;1 by 20 feet —1 store house 11 b‘ 35 feel, .2 story with cellar utnte•r it-1 warehouse 12 by 24 feet 2 Moly; it f lame stable .S.c. A never Etitie:, , well ofwaler with a 1.0 no to the yard, nod it choice select ion of fruit trees a ~d shrtddiery. The above will be sold cheep for nob or exchcenged for groceries. Iron and nooks, for pantie. War:ie.:quire at the store of R. s ANDERSON., No. 3 Ferry and 25 Liberty sla F. l, 14-- It lE 110 VA L. HOLDSHIP & BROWNE LTA VE removed their Paper to it from Marke t... street to No. 64 Wood s treet, one door from the rorner of Out, where they keep on bands their usual as sortment of WALT. PA PER :a, for papering parlorsom chamber., 4.e. and also PRINTING, WRITING and WIT k MSG PAPERS, BONNET BOARDS, /te, all of width they offer for sale on aecornmorlatlnt teems. fel) 14. 1343.—d1f riiURNPIKE ELECTIOX,-7'he siockholdrrsortke Creenshursh and Pitishurgh Turnpike road Coen. pany, are hereby notified that an election for &Unisys lin the erpining year, will be held on the first Monday of March next, at t'e Central Toll house. N 0.3, °amid road. JOHN M. DAVIta, feb 13-3 t Treasurer.' YI ortir,NOA UELA HR toc K. PtlL,burgh February 6, 1843, t • A N eleetion for President. Managers and Officer. of El. the Cotopanv for erecting a Bridle over the Non ongahela river opposite Pittsburgh, In the County otAl. leglieto , will he b •It.l at the toll house on Monday, the Gilt of March itest,.at 3 v'clock P. M. fen 7--.3t tv. J usT v ßEe,p3 vEr_ complete assortment of Ket tle.. Pots, Bake and Dutch Ovens,. and Skillets, Lid: to suit all qize, , —aisa, Stoves, Grates, 4c.. for wile on accommodating terms. ISARC HARRIS, Agent and Com. Mercli'L No• 9, sth Ft For Kent: il l . 2: __ That handmine brick Cottage on the 4S h . at . V.:,:: road, three miles from this city, with thieeNpr more acres of land and gar den al ounding with fruit trees:tad shrubbery in high cultivation, 'nos boots which is most pleasantly situated on a gentle rise frato the Tiiropikr, commanding a splendid view of the wit rounding country; contains len rooms well finished, tbe kitelleti,which is large, affords . every convenience with a never failing running fountain and pomp of the potent water at its door. Barn, Table Room and out licnsEs at a proper distance front the house Rent very tow, to suit the times —for further particulars, apply at the waits. house of A. El,elen, on Front'street, Orin the proprietor, adjoining the premises. DAVID...sEELZa, fel. 11--lw. [Advocate copy IW.] „;.:. - F ISOM SKINS. l'lle - fialtscritier hat received a Ire assortment of !Arlin , * Skins, of supert9r quali ty, which he olTere much tower than they tan he had at any other place in the city—for calk only. WM•' AOAtt: F. Liberty, opposite Smithfield M. Feb. 11, 1843-Itv ter Om o, Tusszs.—Thls truly wonderful ellen - 490 preparation, restores old leather, and makes it as strong as ever—makes Shoes or Boots pe•tectly water , tlghlosald of course much warmer--softens the leat her, wlttrik Sleek a relief to your Corns. It can he used at any !Jose, whether the lent her he dry or damp, and your bOO4 o► shoes wi.l receive as line a polish as ever. The above can he had only at Terme's Afedieal .Ifreney.B6.4tiAti. T O the Honorable, the Judges , of the Court of Genetril Quarter Sessions of the Peace, In and for the COOnt— ty of Allegheny: The petition of Alexander Steuart, of the Borongh r Of Ebzaiieth, in said county. respectfully. 'bowel • That he is well provided wit house room and 4ofber / conveniences for the nccommodation of strangeranted travellers, ni the house now occupied by him as a tam% and heti g le:lrons to continue in that business he prays your honors to grant him a license to keep an Inn Or house of Public Entertainment. And he-vrill.pray t te. ALEX. STEWART: The nndersizned ci , izens of the Borough and Town. ship of Elizabeth, respectfully certify, that Aieetander Stewart, the above named applicant, is a gentleman of good repute for lione,ty and temperance, and provided with hoit4e room and conveniences for tole. commodatlon Ind lodging of strangers and trytireildllk and that said tavern is necessary for the accommoda tion of the public. John M Laughlin J L Morris James Scott Garret Wall A F Shields Alex McCaughan Wm Stotler James Power Unbent Got loway James A Ekin C F Diehl John Walker, Sett, James Hutchison Griot, Applegate. Feb. 11.,1843.--ii PIG IRON. • 4 TONS Tennessee Piz Iron. For side Solirt4 dose consignment, by fen 10 LOST,. ON - ekx at the Military Ralf, at Concert Waif, a RL IfC MERINO SHAWL with a small bey, der Ii is Plipponed to have been taken away in mistake, as another :Shawl or a different quality was ieß' fn itt place The person who has it will be liberally rewards, b y iravin d it at ill'', offire, feb FOR SALE —A good Farm of 120 acres of excelkNltt rand, tying on the west sidrof the Mononzaheta er, 24 milts ;those Pittsnurgh. 100 acres Is improve j 1 cood dwelling honse..barn and tenant house and *llk be sold a bargain—for terms enquire at II AR.RIS'S telli4ence ufiee.sth st. feb 10.• 1r ROOTS, SHOES, SOCKS, kc received, a email assortment of Men's, Women'eari Childifon - Boots and ohoen—for s:,te for rush or produce, al fillitk .1116"'9 Intellivenre office sth st. r.t. 10, FOR NEW ORLEANS ) . ~. Inimedintety on the opentrte Otr Xt , cation. the.eubsigntiai built alp ALGONQUIN. Eliseo. grunt', Mauler, eitti:doneirfgfl • the aborts and intermediate pone, On the opealseiggt 114041 1 river. For freight Or ..riorrik2r• a l i p l- F•0ri 14 6 , 11 1 .9.40 r-eutlk s , .- BiallingaitM it co , No. 60, gliattir guilt , li, ti. - The 11,1genquie la now undergoing repgies,vor A: '. viii be ready to receive freight on rrtday neat. fells-tt . , JOHN THAW. Treatinrer D Graham Samuel Walker F NleGotv In J El /Mister R Boyd Henry Weinhay:. James Dangtass C IS Warren J W Westhay A hner Warren Samuel Lyel J II Watson John Power ME MAY:.
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