lid that better selections would have hcen made by the two Houses of the Legislature than lay the people, or the Executive, Utley 'can easily proclaim this opinion, and execute their purpose by come other Executive agent; bet it they think otherwise,—if they agree with Inc—if they can i.e in the proposed syste.n only political scram• • . hlurg for office, discord, and dissension; they will' , also pronounce that judgement for the guidance of our future course, and will thus nettle, on a cer tain basis, the organization ul the Board of Canal Commissioners, in reference to which, we now unfortunately entertain such conflicting opinions.' La this extract two points will be particularly noticed. The first is, the expression of my entire to assent to the election oft - anal Cam vnissloners by the prop; and the other is, that just on the eve of toy second e lection, I submitted the issue openly and distinctly to the people, whether I was right in resisting, or toe Legkisla tare in grasping at the election of Canal Commis• sifters, in exclusion of both the Executive and the people. The result of that election is known. I was Sustained by a majority or 23,000 votes,and the Legislature elected when that issue was tem. stored, did not move in this matter at all. I had, • therefore, hoped, as the people had, that whatever eke Was unsettled, this question, at least, was at rest. But the passage of this bill proves oilier- ~:.::;; Y u ` :~k}3r '- By, the published journal of your proceedings, itis found, that this bill ori , inated without a sot; Airy petition front the people; and long and loud 'as it has been agitated on the floor of the Legisla• tore, and with all the aid of toe individuals in!er *sled in Effecting the object, not a petition, or re isolation, or other expression of public opinion at any public meeting has feud its way here, ask in that the Canal Commissioners be elected by the Legislature. Much D f the clamor and disturbance which have attended the effected and sought in the mode of appointing and electin Canal Commissioners may n r doubt be traced to the dispensation of pat ronage and favors by those officers. It so hap pans, that they have not all times vacant planes for the ft iends of members of the Legislature at disposal, or that those friends are not always the beat qualifi.d to fill them; in these cases it gener 'fay seems, ae if the inividuals disobliged considers ed it a paramount duty, enjoined by the high , st '-etimmande of patriotism, to wreak vengeance on the devoted heads of the offending offcers. And ‘, : it it notunfrequently occurs, that they avail them _ - fairr.„.„---__.seiverli of their legislative station to carry, or at tempt to carry, that object int.) effect. - The employment of improper subordinate offi ten an d agents on our public improvements, has been a frequent and just theme of complaint; and I believe in nine cases out of ten, in which these officers and agents haie been continued in the public service, they have been bucked did sustains ed by the influence of c !Tidal friends. To this same influence also may be fairly ascribed ut !cast twenty millions of dollars of the present State debt; and to such a frightful extent had this grow ing e vil already been carried in the early a age ut our improvement system, that by the Act of 24th of March, 1828, the Legislature itself was obliged to prohibit "any member of either branch, either directly or indirectly, from ha ng, any contract - fofthe construction of any of the public works.' All that was then left for thi, kind of influence to reach, was the appointment of officers on the rail reads and canals; and if this had been prohibited as effectually, it is very rob Able I shouid have been spared the performance of the duty which this bill imposes on me. • Why, then, is the passage of this hill to be urg ed! What good policy can it product? What public interest will it advary', 7 What jutlice will result to the public, if the . pres2nt Board bc left in office? I Intl t hive these sip shuns an sweted more satisfactory thou they have been, before I sanction such a law. An experiment in a new mole of transportation is about to be tested, which, while it is not intend , led to give it an undue advn ltage over the persona ----- - kelned in the old Fy,Tem u! . carry ing goods and .4111iIndisc, promises fair to open onr cal als and ,;,,rsitiroads to individual et inpu:ition and enterprise • VA to lesson the evils heretofore c xperienced :rout the monnroly in the carrying (ride, enjoy; d by companies of large Capita , . Prudence and s,und policy would stem to dictate, that this new system should he carried out and tested by the officers, under whcsernanagemeot it hes thin. far progress• ed; and whose devotion to the public in crests is so manifestly exhibited in the flattering results of the last year's o[crat tins. Three changes in the Board in one year, as would be the ease should this bill become a lay, would create a confu-ion, which a wise regard for th- public welfare, at this peculiar and trying crisis in our financial affairs, should lead us to avoid. No individual would pursue myth a course in his private business and I can f iet ceive no pub is interest to be promoted by its adcption in th present case. The naviga lion is expected to commence in a few days The officers are at-their posts, ready to commence business. New principles have been ecgraftejl on the rates of tolls, and new instructions given.— These have been received by, and explained to, the public agents. Like all sudden and unexpec!.. ad changes, the removal' of the present Board, at this titre, would produce a derail- emcnt in the transaction of the business connected with the j improvements, which w uld be seriously felt throughout the year. This bill provides that the Presid - Tit of the Board ofCanal Commissioners shall he elect d by the two Houses jointly, and each of the two mil ers by the Senate and House separately. A most serious difficult) hero presents itself' under the constitution. The twenty-fourth section of file first article provides, that "Every order, resolu,tion or vote, to which the concurrence of both Ilous, tnay be necessary, (except on a question ofa j writ meat) shall be presented to the Governor, 1110 before it shall take effect, be approved by him, or being disapproved, shall I.)...repossed by two-thirds of Moth Houses, according to the rules and limi tations prescribed in case of a bill." Now the President of the B turd is to be elected both Houses, assernb!ed in Oct mode prescribed. lie is-to be elected by their *tee, and no provision is made for submitting that vote to the &mein I lathe Executive. This is in the very tee th of the pt ()vision of the constitution quoted, and such a provision would, of course, be null and void, if I even signed it. Let it not be said, that the two Houses elect a State Tteaiturer %k it bout this Ex s..utiie sanction. That is speoiatly d'recteil • 'the constitution, Neither can it be said that they elect a United States Senator in the ca e mod,. 'The constitution of the United States provides for that election. The very object of insetting this p:ovision into the Constitution detibtlets was to prevent Freisely snub acts as this from being passed. It was to iin pose some check on !. usnrpation, the post frequent, opprbssive, and tyrennieal of alf. others. I will here take occasion to state, what I conceive to be the true landmarks of legislative and executive power, established in the maudlin lion. The ft:st section of the first article provides, that "The legislative power of this Common • wealth shall be vested in a General Assembly, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Rep resentatives. The eleventh scc:ion of the same article provider, that "Each H use shall choose its Speaker and other officers; and the Senate shall oleo choose a Speaker pro tempore when the Plsaiter *hall exercise the office of Governor." Tbe thirteenth section of the same article pro. aides. tbat in addition to certain other authorities, peb Honse "shall have all other powers neeessa , sir fin a branch of the Legislature ofa free State." By the fourth article, the sole power of impeach. *ON vested in the House of Representatives, and dbs power of trying all impeachments in the. Sen a**. 'The, Governor and all other civil officers atiderfbiatowaionwealth shall be liable to aweellweent for any misdemeanor in office.' By tho ilea section of the third artiele;,•A State Trftamcr shall be elected annually by joint vote . bothhenitnhett dr the' Legislattre,';: - .::, git Abe I eighth section at the'sitmenttiOnit. that tAll officers whole election eraizpointotoit is mot : providedfor id this constitnt*'shall bt,See. titer ails/Wed as shalt j)e ilitetttia by pees , n shall be appointed to any office within any county; who shall not ha'vn been a citizen and an inhAitant therein one year next before his ap— pointment, if the county shall have been so long or' cted, but if it shall not be so long erected, then within the limits ofthe county, or counties, cmt of which it shall have been taken. Ni member of Congress from this State, or any person holding or exercising any office nr appointment of trust or profit under the Unitcd States, shall at the same time hold or exercise any office in this State, to which a salary is, or fees or perquisites are, by law, annexed; and the Lezishiture may by law• declare what State offices are incompatible. No member of the Senate, or of the House of Repne sentatives, shall be appointed by the Governor to any office during the term fur w:lich he shall have been ell, ted.' This section, it will be observed, prohibits the Governor from appointing members of the Semite and House of Iteprescniatives to office, but does not extend that J rf h bition to the Legi:lature it:eV, evi 'ently contemplating that the Legislas ture had not, and could not, have the power, to ap point to office further thiin the power is distinctly ecncerred in the Constitution itself. The clause that "all officers whose election nr appointment is not provided for in the Constitution, shall be el ecte l or anointed as shall ho directed by law, simply men . , s that it shall be direetf.d by law what autlionly7r - c.ignized in the Con-titution, as OUS“'SS d powe:, shall e'ect or appoint. It eon crs no power on the Lag I ,turc. by the terms used, in elect or appointivithiss route fither,purt of the Conatifinion bc,tows that power. And this mrl! be obvious, on reference to other provisions o the emisfit lion, be: .r nz on thrisame point By the tightil section of the second article, it is provined: '•lit strall a;ipoint a Secretary of the Commonwen'th du. ing i.leasura; and he shnll nina'e, laud by rid with:the advice and convent olthe Senate,appoint all judicial officers of courts of record, un'ess otherwise provided for in this con-titintifin." The agency:of the Sena'e rn ap— pointments to (Ince is thus t-pecifically described and regulated, so as to exclude the inference that it extends b'yond the b tmett lee laid down. Fcurn these rovisions of tl e constitut on it is ov. ideM, that the Legislature pros a= only the ulegis4 lative pnwrr of this Commonwealth," and can e• lect only the r (ricers r f the two Hon-es firma sta'e Treasurer. If the-people de ire to invest the Le. gislaturc with other or greater prover of electing and appointing 'o Mee it can eloily he • one by au amendment of the cons'itution. Until they d' , , all departments of the government rrtot be con tent with such powers as they possess under a I gitimutc construction. The appointment to office under the ronsti:u gion of Pennsylva is is not a legislative tnt an executive p Aver, and ern be cx , rcised only hy the Executive or by the people in clue'ion. The firm section of art'c'e secor.d is in these words• 'The Supreme Exe utive power of this Commonwealth shall be vesle f in a G.i7ernor."— It is provided in section thirteen of the same arti cle, that “Hei , liall take care that the laws he faithfully executed." It is provided in the tenth section of the same article, that "fie may require information in writing from the officers in the Executive Department, upon any stihject relating to the. duties of their respective offices." he eleventh section in the schedule of the amended Constitution is in:these, word , ;" The op. pointing poio , r she! remain a 3 heretofore, soil al officers in Um appointment of the Executive de pertinent shall em.fnue in the exry •ise of th • duties of their respective offices until the 1,...,h., lature shall passsuch laws us may be required ' by the eighth se , lion of the fi - th Wide .1 the amended Constitution, and until oppeintmen's shall be made under such laws, unless their com missions shall be superseded by new appoint ments, or shall so :ner expire by their own limi tation c; or 'he said offices shall become vacant by death or resignation; and such lows Anil be enac ted by the Ist Legislature under :/te'antended Con stinglion." These sections define the extent of th; . power of the Executive in to thing appoint ments to office, and most clearly show that unl ss taken away by the Constitution itself or by the 1 laws passed in accordance with its provisions, the I power of makinesuch appointments is vested it that functionary. The second 'metier) of the ninth article declares "all power to he inherent in the people" and in all cases where the Constitution does not vest the power of election 0.1 appoint ment in some particular department of the Gov ernment it may be directly exercised by teem, if directed by law. The elevcnth:section ofihe schedule of the a mended Constitution clearly recognizes the Exe cutive authority on this subject, and unless such laws as are required by the eighth section of the sixth article, were enacted by the first Legislature under the amended Constitution, and those laws vested election or appointment of officers in the people. it remains in full force. No such laws were required or passed, and consequently they cannot be, by this legislature. flfappity for uc, this question has been determined by the Supreme Court, and both the Legislature and Executive are bound by it. In the case of the Common wealth vs. Leib, 9 Watts, p. 226, that tribunal, in speaking on the subject of the power of subse quent Legislatures, whenever a special power is enjoined on the first Legislaturc.under the amend• eel Constitution, says: "And if even there were a dis2reti..n in the matter, it is given to the General Assembly al its first session AND T ) ICONIC OTHER. It is It delegation to that specific body, of a portion or the s,vei eign power of the people entrusted by them to the Convention. establishing a fundamen tal law permanent and infeasible as the Constitu, lion itself, partaking of its eminent character,and intended t 9 govern'the conduct of the people and orthe constituted authorities,' This section of the sehedule - is drawn with gteat clearness. Its meaning cannot be misunderstood. The general power of the Legislature to pass suelt laws as might be.required under the eighth section of the sixth article, is expressly limited and confined to the first Legislature under the iimended Consti. titian." The great object of the amended Ccnstitution was, to dimish the power of the Executive and cnlr fr. that of the pc tple. Nn additional power in the E., ,, •gislai ore; on the . coo , rary, its p r riul . v abridged. In eery instant:e in w „i is n t•rrd, it is restricted, hut in the sln• , t • 100 rring on the Senate th,: power or e. 3 ng t r the appointment ofjudicia offiemr-. I sv. th.a in ex' aurdinary spectacle to see the I. g s'a ore, ;Clef all the efforts of the people in ;led Constitution, to control and re!. train the .n tam or their servants, assuming additional p +Lvg'r , —el..iining to elect, or appoint, efficerts nicer befi aie elected or appointed, by them; or if at all bat in a single repudiated and nb in • cloned instance; and this ton without being called on by the p np.e to do it. All the whole•nime re straints on the nernor against appointing mem • tiers of the Legislature to office, lest it might tend to corruption, are thus broken down, and the very evil guarded against in the Gavernor it lisensed, and ma 'e the means of bounty to the members of the Legi:lature themselve4, whose virtue, it w,19 feared, might be ton often and too easily temv— ed. This surely cannot be the true meanin g and deeign of the Constitution. If it is, its restrictions are mere machines, and the power of the Legisla. lure is omnipotent, as Lnr t Coke describes that of the British Parliament Li he; The great misapprehension seems to me to be this; it appears to be taken for granted that the two Houses of the Legislature are, in fact, the people of - Pennsylvania. when it too often happe they are quite different things. Unfair appor tionni•nt --:a ceidentapostsey—*oe. drctiption —may fill the legislative seats with members who isl‘' the do no `repot theenStg& 41 'Ann - 0 0 1 e, people. InAilices are not waists*, in ph tithe action .oftlie`t,egisiatura met isith nti sanction save qit of the ma)ority of. 41_ members, while the indignant reproofs ottlie-enlite aommunity told them how much they had mistaken, or mis represented the public feeling. I need not apply this remark to tho present Legislature; thvre etre others to which it is obviowly applicable. To them I confine it. I think a very important constitutional prin ciple is involved in this measure, and let the re sult be as it may, I shall nut shrink from my post. think the election or applintment of the Canal Commissioners belongs only to the Executive er the people,and cannot be vested in the Legisla ture without a gloss u , urpation of power; and, BO thinking,'l have performed my du'y by resisting, as fat' as I can, tho adoption of this bill. Wheth er it is to receive the constitutional farm of a law, depends on you—how far it will be binding; if it should, is for another tribunal to decide, and I am glad, in such magnitude, that we have a con stilut;unal umpire, to arrest both your encroach• merits end mine, it we make er y nn the liberties of the people. DAVID R. PORTER. EXECtrIIVE April 1. 1843 Friß PRESIDENT, JAMES BUCHANAN, sui l ,c, to the decision of a National Convention. DAILY MORNING POST. WM. 11. SMITH, ILDITOII.3 ♦ND PROPRIUTORS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1843 see First Page. The "Slue Nose" Convention. Much uf the proceedings of this august assemblage is calculated to puzzle those who du not perfectly understand what the federalists mean by a declaration of princi. pies. Take for instance, the resolutions of the Hon. Harmar Denny. The first de clares that we, (the blue hoses) still adhere' most firmly to those great measurroi of pub lic policy which we solemnly believe are essential elements to form the prosperity of our country, viz: " he suppression of allsecret oath bound societies,' "The supremacy of the laws. "The right, of petition and of free discus Sinn. •'A protective tariff for American free Is. hot, "A sujnd national currency. "Wholesorne public credit. "Economy and strict accountability in the disbursement of public revenue. "A prudent system of internal improve ment." The uninitiated may suppose that Mr• Denny and his political brethren, really hold to what the language of this deelara. ti;)1, fpt it:ciples impurt,but such is not the fact: AU who have ohset yeti the ces of the Aniimasonic party, know that the "supprfssion of all secret oath bound societies," is understood by them to mean the election of high adhering ma— sons to important officts. "The supremacy of the laws," a earls pipe laying, fraud and corruption, at the polls. _ .- "Right of petition and freedom of As cussion," means abolition, treason and Vie Isnot) of the constitutional rights of a porn Lion of the citizens of the Union. "A protective tariff fur American labor," is understood to be a system that will ena ble one portion of the community to e. mass fortunes on the profits of the toil and skill of their workmen, while the opera tives receive no advance in wages to meet the increased prices of a °protective tar,. A sound national currency." as under stood by the coons, means shin plasters, small notes and the pi utilises to pay of sus pended banks. "A wholesome public credit," is other language for the federal axiom that a "na tional debt is a national blessing," and which will be fully realized when the coun. try is saddled with Johnson's two hur.drecl million scheme. Thu credit must-be very wholesome that could stand that. "Economy and sti ict accountability" &c. means to punish men with fines for defend ing their country; voting the people's mon ey to pay the electioneering expenses of coon candidates, and taxing the people to reward the heirs of tiaitnrs. "A prodent system of internal impt:ove. merit," means Gettysburg Tape Wolrms, Huntingdon breaches, and any other pro ject that will enable the blue noses to squan. d - r the money of the tax payers. With this skeleton key, the inexperienc- , ed n ill be enabled to understand the mean• ing that is attached to each of the above declarations -separately; and for a general explanation, he has only to refer to one of the Tippecanoe Song Books of '4O, where will be found, among the bacchanial ditties, many declarations of federal principles. tc:73. Mr. Hiram Hultz, an undivided moiety of Neville B. Craig's tail in the House of Representatives, has published a letter in the Gazette of Monday, in which he candidly admits that he was too stupid to undeistand the provisions of the Con, gressional Apportionment Bill; and to ex cuse himself foi voting against the wishes of his party, he says he was trapped into it by the "loco focos." Mr. Hultz, uo doubt, regrets, as a true blue nose should, that he voted even by mistake, for an hon est apportionment, bothe may console him self with the assurance that what his con sisteney lost by votincitimestly, for once, will be a clear gain to his much abused consience, provided Hiram has in his pos. session such (to him . ) a curiosity, as a gen uine conscience. It would be well for this gentleman to recollect before he writes another letter abusing the Post, or permits others to do so in his name, that all the ribaldry that he and his colleagues can belch forth against us,will not be sufficient to explain away the simple fact that HIRAM HULTZ AND JAMES E. SHERI DAN,VOTED FOR THE APPORTIONMENT BILL. Our sole offence against these gentlemen, con• sisted in stating this fact, in language no wise discount nous to them, and intended more as a rebuke to the Gazette, than a censure of Hultz anJ Sheridan for voting for an honest apportionment. But "Hiram Abiff" has discovered that to vote honestly is not the conduct his party leaders will ap prove, and to reinstate himself with his leaders, he virtually admits that he was too stupid to understand what way he was vo ting, and hopes that they will forgive him for this ne little mistake an 1 "he'll never d o so any more." We can assure Mr. Hultz, that denounc ing the Morning Post, is not considered by his blue nosed constituents a sufficient apology for having voted with the "loco foeos," and as the editor of the Gazette has prom unced the Apportionment bill the "most iniquitous bill ever passed in this or any other country." Hiram's friends would like to hear him explain in an intel ligible manner, why be aided in fastening this "iniquituous" measure on the State. Affairs at Harrisburg. There has been, as we predicted a few weeks since would be, a grand explosion between the Governor and his heretofore official organ, the Keystone. That paper of Saturday last contains the first demon. titration of its intention to expose the mat ters that came to its knowledge wl,ile it was in the confidence of the Executive, and we may exrect that further developments will epeedtly follow. This breach between the Goren:tor and and his organ, has created quite a sensation, and as all are anxious to hear some insight into the cause of the quarrel, we will pub lish the statement of the Keystone to— morrow. We would here state, that this is an affair in which the democratic party is ill nowise involved; the subserviency of the Keystone for some years past has de - stroyed the confidence that was once repo. 'sed in it by the patty, and we are certain that it could have published any proposi tion that its patron ri.ight choose to mak.- for tire sale of the d •mocracy, without the 'i.thtest apprehension of its injuring the party in the old Keystone. Such propo sitions would be nothing more than has long been expected from that source, and the party was prepared to receive them as all such attempts should be received. Parlhaunke in the Green Mountain.. A letter in the New York Evening Pest, states that the shock was felt at Bur. lington and northward, an] its Jerico, Westfield, Underhill, Essex, Milton, and other towns in that vicinity. At Johnson, 36 miles northeast of Burlington, there was heard a ruinous noise, like the ap proach of a heavy storm, and then occur• red a deep stillness followed by a heavy rumbling from the east, which sensibly jarred the stove and furniture in the honse. There was a less violent shock twenty minutes after. At Milton Falls the hou ses were violently shaken, and at Burling ton the jar was so violent that some per• sons left their houses. The shock occur red about five minutes past 9 P. M. Two Lawyers .drrested on the Charge of Forgery.—At Needham, Mass , two lawyers, named D. S. Simmons and Jno• J. Clark, were arrested on the charge of forgery, bat after a thorough examination of the case they were honorably dischar ged. It created a great excitement at Needham, the Bocton editors having "ex clusive" reporters on the ground. and Mes , rs. Cushing, Choate, and about twen ty-five other distinguished members of the bar being present. Gov. Kavanagh.—lt is said, observes the Waldo (Me.) Signal, that the Hon. Edward Kavanagh, now Governor of our State, wrote a letter from Montreal, where he was then residing and pursuing his studies, to the convention of delegates as. sembled to frame a State Constitution, re questing the arguing that the old law of Massachusetts, disqualifying Roman Cath olics from holding any office under the State Constitution, might not be adopted in the new Constitution of Maine. This document was written with great ability, and exteked at the same time much specu• ation :among the 'w iseacres,' as to its real author', ' Singular as it may appear, the author of the able and mysterious letter is now Governor of Maine. Wit —it is said that wit 6 folly, unless a wise man hail the keeping of it. Depa4 the (Man. - - -,The depth of the ocean is apointitiys M. Bruin, which has puzzled-alik e arid practical men; and IS; aft6t.' all, left in a wild - field of conjecture. The most probable guide is analogy, and the wisest men, judging by this criterion, have presumed that the depth of the sea may be measured by the height of the mountains, the highest of which are 20,000 and 30,000 feet. The greatest depth that has been tried to be measured, is that found in the northern oceans by Lord Illulgrave. He heaved a very heavy sounding lead, and gave ou t along with it a heavy cable rope of the length of 4,950 feet, without finding the bottom. Fish story.—ln the records of Albany, which have lately been translated by Mr. Schiffer, is the following; "Speeihl meet— ing, held 30th of December 1681, the Court passed a resolution to send a consta ble and three horsemen to Catskill, to get information about an unncomm only large fish which was caught there. Are the whigs preparing to pitch Mr. Clay overboaid after all? It would indeed seem so from the following from the Rich. mond Whig. "Svailabi!ity."—This is a word, and it expresses an idea which the Whigs should not lose sight of, Available candi dates who will vnite the greate t strength. are they who ought now to be preferred. Gov. Dorr in Rhode Island..—Gov. Dorr arrived in Pawturkoi on Saturday the 25th ult. As soon as ills arrival was made known, his friends from the adjacent country poured in to pay their respects to him. Ou Saturday it was visited by up wards of four thousand persons. On Monday he addrersed the assembled mul• titude in a speech 'of about half an hours length and was rapturously applauded. The State treasurer of Mississippi, R. S. Grovey, is a defaulter to a large amount —it i s n o t known at present how large, but ascertained to be at least $165,000. Spare minutes.—Spaie minutes arc the gold dos. / of time; and Young was writing a true, as wel l as a striking line, when he affirmed that—'Sands make the mountain, moments make the year.' 01 all the portions t.four life, the spare minutes are the mat fruitful in good 0/ evil. They are gaps through which temptations find the caiiest acct as to the garden. Complimentary to Loid MOI pet h. The Concordia, La., Banner has the fol lowing anecdote of Mr. Clay, at the Agri- , cultural Fair at Baton Rouge, which cer tainly cannot be regarded as a compliment ' to Lord Morpeth, whatever it may be in regard to 'Harry of the West.' It was the beautiful Duchess of Devonshire, we believe, who once bribed the voters with kisses, to secure the return of the candi date ?those co'ois t-he worn; but perhaps the freeholders whose good fortune it was to be pleasantly canvassed on that occasion, were all 'petty men.' in which case the task was not so difficult. If however, the young ladi s attempt to salute Mr' Clay in to the Presidency, and are determined to kiss away all opposition, democracy, we presume, must resign itself to its fate and turn up its countenance in patient subs is.. sion, while the emblematic whig frigate, which was 'out in 1840,' must be turned into a 'smack,' to adapt itself to the new circumstances of the campaign. But to the story:—Pennsylvonion A lady standing near us was introduced to Mr, Clay; after the usual salutations, she observed, 'Well, Mr. Clay, 1 ;.m a very warm friend of yours—so much so, indeed, sir, that I would willingly agree to have the fever and ague six months to seat you in the Presidential Chair.' We tho't for a moment that this overwhelming com pliment would take Mr. C. aback, but bowing for an instant and returning his thanks, he replied, My dear madam, you bring to mind an anecdote told me by a friend from Washington, who informed me that during Lot d Morpetlet, visit there, he, Lord M.' o took occasion to call on a couple of young ladies, warm friends of mine; af ter the visit, one af them observed, 'Well, A—,what would you take to kiss that ugly rr.outh of Loll Morpeth's"which -by the bye„ said Mr. C., is far uglier than mine, which, 1 presume, none of you will-. pronounce handsome.' .iothing,' said Miss A , 'nothing on earth could in duce me.' The other hesitated for a mo ment, and observed.'would you rmt, could it ensure the election ~r Mr. Clay?' She thought frr an.instant, arid, jumping from her seat replied, 'Yes I'd This is from the N. Y. Aurora, but ilia paper steals so much that we don't believe it original, Retort Courteous. —At a meeting of both political parties at Campbell Court House, Virginia, on the openincr• of the canvass some days ago, Major Garland, formerly the representative of the district in Con• gress, was called upon to speak. The Ma jor rose and thus addressed the crowd:— "Gentlemen, I was elected to Congress by the Democrats. I adhered faithfully to my principles, and for doing., they turn. ed me out of their ranks. I was then elect ed by the Whigs—carried out the principles which they elected me to carry out, and - Tor doing so, they kicked me out! Help your selves, gentlemen, both parties." The Richmond Star says that a new Mil• lerite paper, called the "Righteous Alarm Bell. or Warning to.the Wicked to fly a— round, and be Spty," will 80011 be started MILITARYItt ETI&G. The Commi,sioned officers of the'severirl Lets: untccr Companies of the z.itinty are requested he meet at the house .11) Fieltticsom, io the D. mond of he city Pitisburgh, nn S:fiords] the Bth inst. al I'2 o'clock Al. tot the purpoae of itts,,kiff ing arrafii:em,nts to limn an Encampment intik rontli of Juoe em.uing, PUBLIC MEETING• The undersigned having been appointed geniis mittte, at a public meeting of their fellow cil*are at the new Court House on the 18,11 of last mouth for the purpose of adopting riessures in rearenee to the conetruction of a McAdamised Road from . Pittsburgh, to intersect the National Road at; Uniontown, finding themselves arrested in any further steps upon the subject, by the hapret.** that public:opinion appears to be decidedly in fir cur of a connection with the town of Cumberlsod by means of a Railroad, deem it proper to rectum. mend a general meeting to the people of titta 4 burgh and Allegheny, to ascertain public natl. ment touching the highly important 4Str. interesting question of connection with the Baltimore ant. Ohio railroad. The unders;gned therefore beg lease to eafl. t meeting of their fellow eitizensrof Pittsburgh and Allegheny cities, and of Allc.c.h.ny and adjoin count ies, to be hi Id at the nes oil vir4llllP o'clock, on the afternoon u day the 15. h /Me Wm. Wilkins, Wrr. Eichbaum, M. Alien, Thos .11a kewell, r.-Mulvany, Jam Bitted, -IT W. M. Edgar, Rott Beer. a pr .5. NERVE AND - PONE - Li NIMET, nth DI AN VEGETABLE ELIXIR.—This combing!. Lion of a local application with an internal apeei• fic, works like a charm in cases of rheumatism. gout, contracted muscle and paralysis. Means. Comstock & Co. 71 Maiden Lane, have in *tits p.ss_ssion a eel tiff. ate fro n Ethan C, Corning. a resptc!able citizen of Quebec, staling that sifter having been a bed rid& u cripple for upwards of font teen years he was enableo tonne up and walk by ayplying the Unament to his shrunken limbs, arid taking the Elixir in conformity with the-di. reetions. The cure appears to border on the mt. raculoue, but attestations cannot be questioned-- In casts of Kau and contraction of the malodor and ligament o, tric Liniment and Elixir have been qua ly bent ficial.--tExpress.l—For sale only at ulna's 86 Fourth street. LdST WEEK OP 01?.4TORY .12ND MUSIC. Prof. Bronsi n, assisted Ly Mr.NsEh, gires,tho Filth Lecture this c‘N ning Monday, and the 6th Tuesday e%cning at 7A o'clock, in the Oration/Wit (Tricatre,) interspersed with Rceitutionsand Sing. ing, and dissections of the Maniki.t. Among oth• er sutjects are the Inflexions; the two memories and a full explanatiou of Ventriloguism_With:ev• ampler before and behind the screen. Reit TaWatsir- Rolla's Address to the Peruvians, Load DMus Daughter, Marco Bozziris, Natural History of Love, Bunker Hill, Maid, of Ma.a hide, National Glory, &c. &c. Sangs—A Lite on the Ocean Wave, Erir. is my 11, me, I love the Free, The spot where I was br,rn, Old Seaton. My Mother Dear, Myrtle, Old Watermill. She wci*;* Wreath, My Boyhood's Home, Old English et a. demean, &c. Admission '25 cents. N. B.—The avails of these evenings, after Oat ing expenses will be handed over to M. Allent.for'-• the use of the Poor. . ep Vocal Concert at' the Philo Bell, Fourth Street. ISS MELTON. from Ilie principal TheaireP Oi r I London, Dublin. New York 4c.; and Mra.,1.,4* TH AM, from Un6lin , London and New York !W. pecrfully an rounce a Concert of Vocal. Mum, for NV day evening., April 711 i on which OCettflolll Mt; O. W. TAYLOR from the Phi harmonic Cet.rer is, Londeat.ladl Philadelphia, will preside at toe Piano Corte. IrrTickets 5t centg, to be had at the t h affil Itla>ie Stores. R. M. nAwsoN, Illataffacturer of Tin. Copper and Skeet Iron Ware, No 61 Lihrrily, !tetween 114a.ket and enh atm*, WOULD respectfully Inform the citizens of Flue— burgh. and the public in gen , ..ral tba: he conlheieelli In carry on ih • above Inieilies in all its vs, ioo,t funlitehle at the atove stand; where lie will aiwace keep a pais. al avortinent oftilt articles in his (tine, all of w will he made in the Fame manner and ofyt.od and will be digpused of on the most motkrat• and ac. comm.:Amin terma. Connie) , Meecnonts and other dealers will find theiltidvJatage to call and examine his mut before - Mi. chasing eiseweere. z Stcatuboats..HonsesaEd soiticees roofid with copra!, zincleiie. lead and iron on the shortest noiice; GUllerl and Conductor a made and put up with despatch a* usual. apr 5. ItST RECEIVED from ttienv York-3000 copies Of el the Youth's . Temperance Advceate and 500 'tor* o c Ilin Journal of the American Union for Mares. The hound Ybuth's Advocates with nos, Sibheiti Vl'e4iern Review for Atoll. Also on hand ceery,shay the Daity Post. "211ron(Ple, Sun ,Inteiligencer, fronts", Mercury and Manufacturer, Washington Banner 4e for sale cheap. ISAAC HARRIS, Agent npr 5. and Com Mer no 9 Fillbst.' AUction. Q FAHNESTOCK 4- co., Successors to I . B.ollth. •rie, nt the old /Amid corner of sth and having complied with the - requisition, or the new. A. tiun Lnw,ire prepared to make advances on Censift moot,. and to sell on favorable terme. They tenpe bf Continuing to make ready asses and prompt returns, to receive a fair portion of business. In retiring from the Auction Wetness, I lake peat pleasure In recommending to the public iteeare. Se Meal Fattnestnek Q• Co., who have comp.ied with the reavire• menu of the new Auction Law and will On business at my nid Mend. GUTURIS. april 31343. SC HOOL. MRS BRADY respectfully informs' her friends sod the public that she ORA opened her School In Lib erty street, near the coraerof St Clair (entrance; oriAlt Clair street Of through the Iron City Clothing . stoic . , 941 door from the corner,) she hese leave to return thanks: for t he great shit re of pat rottag,e heretofore riseelved. old pledges herself to pay the most devoted allentioi tu those entrusted to her charge. Teems ()fruition to suit the Tires. Spelling, Reading.Writieg k plain Sewing per q'r $2410 do , do du A- arithmetic 2,456 do do t'o G ra inmar a ildGeogra phy3loo ap 1-1 w• • p l ej FOR THE IrsIBdISH - RIVER. neiv ii2ht draurbl aterimer JUNIATA ,Thacker, Muter, will commence on Wednesday, at 4 o'clock P M; to run u a retrular Packet between fillsborght and Wabash River. For frei2ht or par - sage, apitrark board, or to al) 1. 1343 WHISKEY. zaßlltA 5 years old copper disntled Monongsbes ?plun g e With:key on consisnntent, and for sa'a by J. W. BU/MIDGE. Water between Wood and Emilie& Office of the Allegheny Bridge Co. Pittsburgh, April Ist, 1843. C N Election for rno President, ten Marratetel, nc Treasurer an i Secretary, of the "Com. puny fur erecting a bridge over the Allegheny riv er, opposite Pittsburgh,in the county of Alleghe ny," will be - held dt the Toll lipase, on Mond; the Ist day of May next,to eomntinee at %o'clock' P• M• JOHN HARPER, April I:—dlw&s3i Treasures. - 4 1 . WEATHERS-7 sacks Feat hers just reeetesell Ma Her. sale bw, Ly HA MN AN, JENNINGS 4.-cir. _• 4111Vome4 ifs Pittsburgh , A prU lanft43 ATWOOD AND JONES.
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