41 11 , 1111114 trnß PilitellDlNT, Suit for • Demi 'rkes:-4-lii the Circuit JAIIIES. BUCHANAN, Court, New York, last week, a verdict of Subject to the decision of a National Convention. one hundred and , thirty-five dollars dame- DAILY MORNING, POST. gas was rendered in the cage of a father suing another person for damage done to ass. rsuzees wm. 8. SMITH. ZDITOIIIIViD PROPRINTORS his son, in consequence of having been bit -. ten by defendant's vicious dog. Doubt-1 less a righteous verdict. We understand that a prosecution has been instituted before one of the Alder men of this city, in a case similar to the one here noticed. The fearful consequen ces resulting from the attacks of vicious dogs, should admonish those who indulge in such luxuries to keep them well se cured, and if they do not, the proper au• thorities should take means to abate the FRIDAY, MAY is; 1843 Pittsburgh Business. More strangers have visited our city this spring, than for litany previous seasons, and our excellent Hotels are literally loran:limed. Men in every department of Afniiiiicas, appear to have as much as they can do, and the "eigna" indicate a revival of better times on a permanent basis. The importance of our manufactures are becom ing more widely known, and Pittsburgh articles are mom in demand among all the merchants of the west and south west, as they find they are more desired by their customers, than those of any other place in the onion; • On socnunt of the industry, enterprise, economy and the skill of its pnpulation, Pittsburgh has suffered less frog, the pres sure of the times, than any other manu. "wring city in the counery, and the same . maul will restore its prosperity long be- , fore any of her sister cities get upon their lags again. Nothing could bernore convincing of the great benefit that the contemplated Rail Rolid would be to our city, than the rush of business that is witnessed in all our sweets at the present time. The b.tsiness on the •canal is double that of any former Jerson, and still the vast quantities of pro.. ducq in the warehouses around the basins do not appear to be diminished. With in. creased - facilities business would be increas ed. Our position at the head of navigation. will elwiys make our city a favorip point in the transaction of business between the out and the west, and nothing is wanting to secure to Pittsburgh the entire trade of the valley, of the Mississippi, but increased facilities for the transportation of paasen. genkgoods and produce, at all seasons.— :.The Rail Road will firnish these and then 4 :lPittsburgh will be beyond the reach of dompetition. Important to .auctioneers. —The Bali. more Patriot gives an account of a deci, sips lately lakt before a magistrate in that sky, which is of considerable importance stp sSlettoaeers, It is to the following ef- Ifir4t:•That where there may be two or More bithiers on one articleof the se rue jaigikand the Oid is simultaneous, and a voucher is produced prorift e thu Competi tion,the articleimust be put up, tho' it may .baye been recorded in the book records kept for that purpose; but should any other article have been brought forth in the in k' % farina, and a bid made on this same arti cle, the second claimant or claimants lose this bid on the first, when the competition may have arisen, and the first is entitled to it. This rule has been adapted by auctioneers generally, and sanctioned by estatom. Mormons—Nauvoo—More Humbug.— Gen. Jo Smith. (the; prophet) mayor of Nauvoo, has published a proclamation in the Nauvoo Wasp, addressed to the citi. zens of the holy city, stating that there ex ists, up and don n the Mississippi, and round about the city of Nauvoo, a band of desperadoes, botineckor the oaths of secre. cy. under severe penalties, and that he un derstandasome of the members, who were, through Manhood and deceit, drawn into their snares. are, through fear of the exe , cution of said penalties on their persons, prevented from divulging their secret plane and depredations; the prophet mayor, therefore, grants and insures protection a gainst all personal violence to each and ev , . ery citizen of the holy city who will freely and voluntarily come forward and truly make known the names of all such abomi nable characters. Milletism.—The Philadelphia Mercury says:—There is a desperate attempt to re. Ali this humbug, but it is past recovery. Ali late Miller meeting in Boston, an old maid addressing the congrega:ion, said it had been revealed to her that she should be in bliss before the expiration of three weeks. That meame, as we take it, that she is to be married within the time spo.. - ken of. What greater bliss could an 014 maid hope foil The mother of the Rothschilds mill re. sides in the small house ou the banks of the Frankfurt (on the Maine) in which her hisband lived and died. Upon his death she declared that she would only leave fo , the tomb the modest dwelling that had served to cradle his name, fortune and children. A fellow named James Simpson is in Ithe Columbus, 0, jai l on the charge of for ging a note for discount on the Clinton Bank. his stated in several of the Washing ton letters, that Mr Tyler, who is now on a visit in Virginia, has paid off his debts and bought an estate fur 820,000, with the savings two years' salary as President. The Sycamore street bridge over the et, nal in Cincinnati, bBB fallen d.wn. lee First Pag. nuisance. Dogs in cities are useles ani. mall, and cross ones, particularly, should - not be tolerated. The Treasury Notes lost at the N. Or. leans Custona House.— The Washington Globe of Saturday evening says—Three men h tse just been arrested at Brown's Hotel, in this city, charged with taking or having the treasury notes said to have been sent fio.n the custom h else at New Or• leans in Ju'y last, to the Treasury Depart ment. and not received by the Treasury. They came to Brown's on the 2d inst., and entered their sirnames alone on the register, as follows: Breedlove, Jewell, and Austin. When they sent to the post office for letters, the messenger was told to ask for letters for J S Merrit, in place of, or fur, Jewell, and for J S Austin, for Austin. Breedlove, it is sail. is the son of J W Breedlove, Esq , of New Orleans, one of the moat respectable residents in that city. They are now before a magic. TRADE OF THE MISSO3SIPPL—In a report mods by Mr. Barrow, of LoutsiAna, in the Senate of the United States, some extra ; ; ordinary facts are stated in reference to the Great Valley of the Mississippi. This region comprises nine States and two Ter ritories, with a population of nearly seven millions. In 1842, there 450 steamers running upon the Mississippi, and about 4000 flat boats. The value of the down ward trade to New Orleans, is estimated at $120,000.000 annually; the upward trade at $100,000,000. The whole trade t o the enormous amount of two hundred and twenty millions of dollars per annum —only about thirty millions les.4 than the entire velum- of afro forrtzu trace nTtne U nited States, exports and Imports, in 1841. .Brrest of the Sheriff of New lurk.— Sheriff Hart, of New York city, was on Friday last taken into custody by the cor oner, on several writs issued by persons having eve:anions in his hands, amounting to thousand of dollars. His securities are responsible. The remainder of the term it is supposed will be filled by Mr West. ervelt, the deputy. Drought at the South..—Tile country round about Charleston, S. C. is suffering under a protracted drocght. The cisterns in the city are most of them dry, and the cotton planters have few of them more then half of their cotton up, and that in many places perishing of thirst. Aefferings in Scotland.—The London Phalanx is informed by a correspondent from Glasgow, that on Tuesday, the 14th of March, a procession of one thousand women, whose husbands and children are in a state of utter destitution, paraded the principal streets of that city carrying a large board on which was written in large letters—"BßEAD or DEATH." The last Memphis Enquirer says Mrs Graves, wife of the ‘repudiaiiiig"freasu. ler of Mississippi, took shipping at that port for up the river, on the 3d inst on board the Jo Daviess, under an assumed name, as well as her brother. A Swap.—The Louisville Journal ac. knowledges the receipt of a horse from nineteen new subscribers in Illinois, in payment for that paper: Prentice ex , claims, •My paper for a horse !' Acquitted--Graham, the young man re. cently oft trial at Staunton, Va., charged with robbing the post office at Winchester, Va., has been acquitted. he Baltimore Church, Robbery.—The amides stolen from the Baltimore cathedral were found by some boys in a pond of wa ter near the city, last Friday. Eighty-five members of the House are already elected to the next Congress; o tbege only eighteen are whips ! Mr Latham and Mies Aleiton are at the PeoPle'a Theatre, Cincinnati. (7Sir William Drummond Stewart, of Scotland, and hia.party of amateur bunt era. were to leave St Lnuia on the 3d inst.. for the Rocky Mountains. - The City of Toronta.-- - The Toronto Herald of last week mentions two imp sales of city lots which took place a few days ago. At the first sale, lots to the amoun t of $35,000 were disposed of. At the sec. ond, which took place a day or two /tubes. quest, the sales amounted to $21,000. Nearly all these lots were to be built upon immediately. The expenses of the city for paving, salaries, police, &c. average yearly, about $35,000. Ex• Governor of Canada.—The last Kingston papers mention that Sir C. Bag. of had somewhat improved in health; and Mr Cholmondeley7(formerly of the Staff) is on his way to New York for , the pur pe,,e of requesting Lord John Hay to take the Warspite to Quebec, as being a more convenient place than N. York for Sir C. Bagot in his present condition, to embark from. .4 Mountain Divided.— Th e recent earthquake in Antigua rent asunder a s large mountain, leaving a fissure in it of one mile and a half in extent, 75 feet deep and 35 feet in breadth—so say the ac• counts. Two women, named Adeline Fairfield and Eliza, were recently drowned near N. Orleans Prices of Pictures.—The collection of pictures belonging to the estate of the late eminent hanker, Aguado, has been sold at Paris. The correspondent of the Charles ton Courier gives the prices brought by some of them. The gallery, we should state, was a very famous one, and particu larly distinguished for Spanish pictures. `The Annunciation, by Murillo, fetched four thousand six hundred dollars. The death ofSt. Claire, a very large picture, called, in the catalogue, the chet d'oeuvre of the collection, also by Murrillo, four thousand dollars. Two sister pictures of his, saints in the description, but, to my ”ye,preity flower girls in Spanish costume, were sold, one for sixteen hundred, and the other for six hundred dollars—they were equally well paitifed, but the face of one w as mor e beautiful than the other; hence the differenc e iu their value. The only Raphael, a small Madonna and child, about one font in height by nine inches in breadth, brought five thousand seven hun— dred dollars. A female portrait, half length, and not of a beautiful person, though admirab'y painted, two thousand six hundred &liars. This was by Velas. quez, a Spainish painter of Rood repute, whose pictures are rare. 'Whilst another by Velasquez, of large siza, representing a young girl trying to sponge out the color of a negro, (probably a popular anecdote in his time)was knocked down for only two hundred and fifty. The most absurd price I saw given. was [Or a email. and by no means a good picture, by Teniers, three thousand two hundred dollars. One of our young count r) men bought a capital Murillo to carry borne ; but as lam not a purveyor of private tittle tattle, I will only tell you that it is dest ined to New Et/- gland. The pictures altogether brought eighty six thousand dollars. The New York correspondent of Na• ional Intelligencer says: 'We had a novel turn.out of a fourrin and yesterday in Broadway—a vehicle drawn by four elephants. There was some grandeur in the spectacle and some drollery. These enormous specimens of the animal most like us in intellect, and least like 112 frame, are part of a Menage, - ie; and they drew, in the wagon to which they were attached, the band of mitsic be. longing to the concern. They were, ail four, en chemise—covered with white cot. ton cloths to the knees, but, Elssler•ltke, making great display of their legs and ivory. The ropes were fastened to their tusks, and they were urged by simple pounding on the rear, which was very like flogging the bide of a hill; fur they were up to the second stories of the houses. To walk round one'of these animals in a tight fit of a booth is a very different thing from seeing him paraded under the suitable ceiling of the sky. I had nu idea they could go over the ground so swimmingly. They glided along with the ease of scows going down with the tide, and,with their trunks playing about close to the pave.. ment,seemed to be walking Broadway like some other loafers—looking for something green Extract from O'Connell's Speech—E normous Drain of Money from Ireland sincetl►e Union.—qt present six million& sterling were raised annually in Ireland, every farthing of which was spent out of. Ireland; £500,000 a month, <Z133,000 a week was taken from the country, and was it to be wondered then that they should have hard work and small pay ? Sixty millions had been drawn from the country within the last ten years—a sum so great that any one of them would be rotten in his grave, and would be grinning against the lid of his coffin, before half of it could be counted. But within the next ten years an equal sum would be spent in Ireland if they got the Repeal, which would other wise be spent out of it. Oh, how his heart throbbed, his bosom swelled witlidelight, and how he felt as if his whole frame grew bigger, when hocontemplated the bles— sings that would be conferred on Ireland by haviug sixty millions of money spent in Ireland within the next ten years, that would he otherwise taken away from her if the Union was not repealed. Where, then, would there be found album idle, or a smithy in which the noise of the burnish ed iron would not be heard T Where would there be a carpenter unemployed 7 and, as for shoemakers, there would not be half enough of them, for they would then be waking boots fur those who did not wear even brogues. at present. The Next Cogs:grass. The political character of the next Congress at present, a subject of general calculation. We had been collecting, with some care. a number of lu'oresting data in relation to it, when the follow. ing artible met our eye in theiNg Y; Evening Post. We find it en satisfactory that we transfer it, with Jenne alight oondensation, to our columns. In the Senotemfthe nest Congress there are on ly three vacancies, and so close is the state of pars ties, that the predominancy of either will depend on the political character of the persona who may be elected. Nearly ninety members of the House of Representatives have been elected. It the latter body, it will be seen that the Democrats are tht.s fa.• very strung. In the Senate there is the chance of tie. All those marked thus (s) are Whigs, Term expire', Maine. John Fairfield, 1849 •George Evens, 1847 New Hampshire . Levi Woodbury, 1817 Chas G Atherton, 1849 Vermont. *Samuel Phelps, 1815 *Wm C Upham, 184'1 ! Massachusetts. °Rufus Choate, 1845 'lsaac C Bates, 1847 Rhode Aland. *Wm Sprague, 1845, *Jab F Simmons, 1847 1 Connecticut. 'J w Huntington, 1845 John M Niles, 18491 New York. _Kentucky. •*N P Tallmadge, 1845 T Morehead, 1847 Silas Wright; 1849 *J J Critter' len, 1849 New Jersey. hio. • Win L Dayton, 1845 Benj Tappa O n, 'Jacob W Miller, 1849 William Allyn, ! Pennsylvania. Indiana. Daniel St urgeon, 1815 *Albert S White, 1845 James Buchanan, 1847 E A Hanagac, 1849 Dr/aware, 'R 1 - 1 Bayard, 1845 Samuel Mcßoberts, 1847 l*Thomaa Clayton, 18471.3idney Breese, 1849 Marytanit. Missouri *Wm D Merrick, 1815 rho. H Benton, Vacancr. Lewis F Linn, Virginia. Arkansas. ;'Wat C Rives, 1845 Wm 8 Fulton, 'Win S Archer, 1847 II Sevier, Nora Carotins. Michigan. P Mangum 1'47 *A 3 Po r t er , 1845 Wll Haywood, jr I.d4J *W Woodbridge, 1817 Bring twenty-4x Wings, including Mr Porter of Lmisidna, and Mr Rives, and twenty-three Democrats. Mr Porter was elected by the Dem oc-ats, over Mr Conrad, the regular Whig candi date and the lute ineurnhent, and Mr Rives is set down as an 'impracticable:' and is at war with the Wings on ready every public question. Add to these, the chotcm of a Democrat in Maryland, whenever a choice shall he ef f ected, and the chan ces ara.at least that the Democrats will hold the balance of the Senate agsinst the Whigs. By the new apportionment, the House of Re?- resentatives will consist of 223 me mbers E'ec tions have already been held in several States, and eighty five members have been chosen, viz: Last Congress. Derv, I'h ig. Dein. Whig. 2 2 1 5 4 Maaitachusetta, New liamp.,bire, ;New York, Delaware, Virginia, South Carolina. Georgie. errket,o/Lipt. Alistuurt, .7 18 48 St Dern 'crick mijority in the House of Repre scolativre thus far 49. The eketiona in the remainder of the State*, tog..ther with the number of members to which they are cntith.cl, are an 101/owe: 1 Maine, 2d Monday in Sept. Members 1 Vermont, Ist T 7 uesday in Sept. 4 Rhode Island, undetermined 2 Massachusetts. June 26th 4 New J rsey, 21 Tuesday in Oct. 5 Pennsylvania, do do. 24 Ohio do do. " 21 Maryland, Ist. Monday in Oct, 6 North Carolina, I.t Monday in Aug-. 9 Alabama do do. 7 Mississippi, Ist Monday in Aug. 4 Louisiana, le Monday in July, 4 Tennessee, Ist Thursday in Aug. II Kentucky, ist Monday in Aug. 10 Indiana, do do. 10 Illiivaim, do do. 7 Michigan, tat Monday in Oct. 3 138 From these facts every man can calculate for himpelf. Mexico.—Mr George B Crittenden, eon of the Hun. J J Crittenden, one of the Texan prisoners, arrived at New Orleans on the 7th instant, from Vera Cruz by way of Havana. Messrs David Morf gun and Geo G Hatch, two of toe San Antonia prism era, who had escaped from the Castle of Pe. rote, have also arrived at New Orleans. Mr Southall, bearer of despatches to Mexico, had arrived at Vera Cruz when Mr Crittenden left. The Falmnulh wee in port awaitin.; the first payment of the Mexican indemnity. The prevail. ing opinion in Mexico was that the payment would be effectuate . It is confidently, asserted that Gen Waddy Thompson was determined to demand his passports and leave the country in the event i of the non.payment of the first instalment. It was also currently asserted that Santa Anna! would he invested with the dictatorship of Meal co by the Junta. Sixtptwo Tvxan prisoners were in Mexico a. mong whom were Cul Fisher, Geo Green, George Van Netts and Thou Hatch, who were compelled to work in the streets, and expo.ed to every kind 01 tyranical treatment. Very little hope of their release from captivity was entertained by their friends . The accusation against President Houltori, of sending a letter to Mexico. declaring the expedi. Lion of Colonels Green and Fisher unauthorised and not entitled to the benefits of the Mier evil.. wss 'ally borne nut by evidence obtained in Mexico, and generally believed.— Milt. Amer. May 16. Ten Days late,. from China.—The ship Zenobia, Captain 'Put tam. arrived at New York, on Friday evening from Canton, from which port she sailed on the Ist of February. Her intelligence, though ten days later, is but of little interest, Before she left, a skirmish took place at Wham. poa between the Chinese and a party of English smugglers, in which five of the former were killed. Sir Henry Pottinger bad come up from Macao and had held an interview with the Chinese Con mi.sioner Elopo. i but they had been unable to agree upon t he tet End of a commercial treaty, and Sir Henry therefore returned, without bay ing settled the entire difficulty, The Governor of Maryland has refused to par. don Cept. Joseph Owens, who convicted of mur. de in the second degree, and sentenced to con• finement a the penitentiary for *even years, at the April term ofthe Ann Arundel County Court Term expires. South Carolina. Daniel E Huger, 1847 George 34'Dutfie, 1849 Gee rgia. *JAn 51 Berrien, 1847 m T Coiquit, 1819 Alabama Wm R King, - 1847 Arthur P Bagby, 1849 Xistiseippi *1 Henderson. Robt J Walker, Louisiana. •A'ex Barrow, 'Alex Porter, Tennessee Two vacancies. 4 6 24 10 21 19 1 1 12 3 11 11 7 8 1 ComititrtfaiNeino. 811U1VM33 kiLo 5 feet water in the channel. All Boats marked thus (a) are provided with Evans sally Guard. Reported by Selma & MITCHIL, General S. B. Agents, No 5, Market street. ARRIVED. *Cleveland, Hemphill, Beaver, *Michigan, Joie Beaver. *Cutter Cotline Cin. Westpoint Grace Louisville New Caste. New Castle Alpine Cockburn Brownsville Mingo Chief, Devinny, Wheeling. *Bridgewater. Ebbert, do. Oella, Bowman Brownsville. DEPARTED. *Cleveland, Hemphill, Beaver, *Michigan, Buie., do Swiftectie Robinson Cin. Belmont Poe Wheeling North Queen McLain Pirellvville Little Mail Gaskttl Brownsville Pinta, Vander-4i, Zinesville. Zainsville Duval Marietta Alpine, Cockburn, Brownsville, New York Greenlee Nashville Montezuma Mart Louisvill Utica Klenefeler - St Louisville Cicero May , S. B. Montezuma left for Louisville with $3OO 000 in specie, consigned to Maysville. The upper Mississippi.—The Fort Mad- ison (Iowa) Democrat says: The river is now in as fine a stage cf water as we ever recollect of having seen it.- The very ler, gest class of bnais are now enabled to reach us, and the way they come freighted to our landing with emigrants, farming implements merchandize, &c., &c., is a caution to our citizens. BUSINESS' IN NE •i_YORK The Gothamites are becoming more and more cheerful every week. The Corn. Advertiser of Saturday say• : 'The general appearance of business is daily tmproving,and the community are recovering from the depression and gloom which have so long pre vailed; a better feeling is evidently arising, and -nore disposition is man . fasted to engage actively in businese. The long continued abundance of money, and the favorable terms upon which finaa• Mal operations can be effected, have exercised an important influence in reviving business and re storing confidence. The movements in Wall at. have been such as rather to stimulate the dormant energies of the community, and arouse a disposi. lion for business, not to say speculation. Such a result would naturally follow upon the large receipts of specie from Europe, and as it be came distributed through the country it would be followed by a revival of trade and an augmenta tion of prices. The banks in our city have now nearly or quite 12 millions of specie, In Boston and Philadelphia the amount is much larger than in ordinary times, while the millions which du ring the season have been received in the Eolith ern ports, b.teoming gradu tlly di.seminated in the interior, sopply, to a great extent,the paper circu lation of which they have been deprived by the f,ilure of their banks, or the want of confidence which exists in those still remaining.' Business to Philadelphia. Bicknell's Reporter of the 16th says: The Money Market of Philadelphia was perhaps never easier than durina the week which has just I gone by. The superabundance of idle capitel is indeed surprising. We heard ore transaction a few days since, in which some first rate paper - was negotiated as low as 4 per ct.per annuli,. The re voluti ,n in rates is indeed wonderful. On turning back to our filer, the reader will readily perceive, that but a short time has gone by, comparatively speaking,since money was in demand at 1 and 15 per et. a month, and in some cases stock and other securities were given. How are we to account for the change? H 3. business increased, or is the currency increased? Neither. The fact is.gx aCtly the reverse in both respects. Business, as compared with the day. of speculation, is indeed limited, while the currency has been reduced throughout the Connery to the event of many mil lions. The truth is. however, that bubble epecu !sarong, which formerly made men mad for the ' time, are now utterly exploded . Gambling in stocks has received its deathblow in a great mea sure, and men prefer to invert what they have safely in bonds and mortgagecor in ground rent., than to indulge in the wild system by which the country was chara.rterized in former years. PITTSBURGH MARKE T. Reported for Me Morning Post by Isaac Harris FRIDAY MORNING, May 20,1843. It is to business men pleasant to walk along our rivers and canals to see the business doing on them, the steam and canal boats come in all we I I loaded with goods and passengers. Business con. tinue-s fair and a good deal is enin g in both the wholesale and retail stores, m , nufactories and warehouses. Flour is coming in plenty and is taken at $2 81142 871 for common; $2 9043 for choice brand from boats and wagons s3as3 25; from store 3. Fish—Our fresh fish market has beenovell supplied, a canal boat load of fresh shad ar iced from the Susquehanna and has been retailed out; spring salted fish are coming in plentifully and sel'ing by the barrel; herring $4 5044 75, nu 3 maekart I $8; trimmed shad $ll. Fruit—Dried Peaches $1.31 12k; dried apples 41.150 cts per bu; raisins per box $1 871ja 2 25. Groceries—C•dree, sales of 280 bags, Rio B,} at 4 mn; and other sales in small lots at 81119 eta; from the country Nal() eta per lb. Sugar—firm and advancing, sales at 51 a6c per hhd: one sale of 35 hhds. at 50 cash currency. Ildolni.ses—Firm and looking up, one sale for cash 21 ate; and small sales in lota 22,123 c per gal. and by the bbl. 21c. Provisions—Bacon, demnid goad; sales brisk, in large lots, cnunrry cured die; and city cured 4c per lb. hog round; sales of 5 tons salted shoulders If per lb cash, a large lot of smoked shoulders 2fc; sides 4a4lc; hams 5.15 i. Lard; sales 5351. Cheese; sales 41a5a5fc fur choice quality in lots. Ashes is • becoming plenty, rather declining. Scorchings 3fa4; pots 4f; Pearl sssfe per lb. Flax seed e 5 eta. if par money is paid; Iron—Blooms $45450; pig metal $17418 per ton. A smart business man —A clerk in Philadel. phia has been arrested for stealing goods from his employer, and selling them to him again.— What a first rate "financier , ' that fellow wou'd make. If he escapes trom his present d'fficulty he will be the President of a Bank before many mattFUR CINCINNATI. The steamboat CUTTER, Collies mas er, will depart for the above and later. mediate Ports on Friday at Mo'cloek a. m. For freight or palmtop apply on bOard or to BIithIINCIIIA 51 4. go. _may 19. Water format I Cost of a • Parre,fted swish* Pt °deists •11 Western Prairies. You hear complaints of the low price of beef — Do you know how low it ran be produced/ believe you arc advised that Do finer beef wroccesi eaten than that made upon prairie grass. Let mi tell you the actual cost. t can boy calves at 01 50 each. I have and can hire them wintered tap til 4 years old, for $1 50 each winter. Here;theit, I can have the finest steers; four and a half yeah, old, for i t,67 50 a head—cows,:of course at the mart cost, including a couple of' calves. The wet of sheep growing, Mr Murray and myself base at. ready stated. As you are whole hog men, I will give you a few items, and leave it for yon to ley. pher out' the actual cost of western pork. In the first place pigs are a spontaneous production,. Corn on the farm, the present year, and perhaps it is about an average, within fin) , or 'sixty mile. of Chicago. is not worth over 123 cents a babel Oats Bto 10 cents, and t otatoes less. And tibey being so low, I will not pretend to fix a price npoat beats, rutabagas, carrots, &e., hat they can be rel. sad cheap The snmmer feed costa little or leetb• ing , and every other year, hogs will get. fat upon the mast. which our oak and hickory growls produce abundantly. '1 he next question, that I expect your eastern readers to ask i•, 'Can prairie farmers raise grain at these prices?' I will elate a few .acts, and they shall drew conclusions. The first root of land is $1.25 an acre. Tie 8 , 114 ploughing we generally count as cost though ars mite msly. This is worth $1,50 an acre; or fob better understood, I will say differeolly. Pntisl. land is abundorit at government price; but timber is mostly in second hands and is held higher. quarter election of prairie land, that is, 160 *ere* at 1,25 is $3OOl irnber, say 40 acres, vi hich is more than enough say at $3, 1* Breaking up the prairie, at 1,50 240 Fencing into fu r lots, eight rails high *ad stakes. 960 rods. or three miles, 15,366 rail* at one cent, 153,66; 3,840 stakes at 3 cent, 1920, A gond enmfortatde double log cabin, such as first settler, generally occupy, 50 Other smallibuildinga and temporary'sheds, 50 Average coat of a well 'with pump, $3O, with ' buckets, $l5. 15 I will . add, to cover eontineenciee, such as half en acre of land, well pale 4 in for gar. den, a cow yard, hog pen, at.d other fit. ings, .112 This makes the coat of the farm, indepepds& ent of the wood land, jest $5 an acre—`'' the total Here, then, are 150 acres of as rich a moil as it is possible to imagine, all ready for.the emigrant to take possession of and put in a crop, for' the sum of $9OO. The first crop of corn will average about 15 bushels; iii path, about 20 bushelst.ill, wheat, about 10 b,•shels; potatoes, about 150 tor. or rotabagas. 300; buckwheat, 95; bean., peas, millet, pumpkins, melons, &e. dkc 'a right smart chance,' and some of the latter 'as big SO a gnood sizeable boy can tote.' The second crop will be some better, though the sods may yet be in the way of cultivation. After this, you have a deep, loosc, rich, black soil, which as you do urn, it, an it will do unto you. The practice g-neral. ly adopted is to take the skin and starve the body —burning straw and was.ing manure—`running over' four times as much land as can be en/liens red. In my statement of prices, I have taken this County (the north-western one in In'tiana) for a basis, in others there may be a slight variatien. Both in this State and 'Millis and lowa Teeritow ries. there are thousand. of locations to be had at about the rates stated.—(American Agriculturist. 1)7 eat in 111;nois.—The last Alton Tel. egraph says:—"We have lately passeti throutiii the countiei of Madison, Jerseii Greene, Pike, &hurler. Scott, Moroni- Sagamon, De Witt, Christian, and Macet.e pin, and find that, althoufh mush of the wheat is destroyed, there will yet be more than an ordinary crop, owing to the exceic in quantity that wastput in last. fall." Mrs Miller has pe.itioned the Connecti— cut Legislature for a divorce from her.htie hand—who has had so much trouble in ab• ducting her. Suction Salto. DRY GOODS AND PARDWARE. TM/a MORNING, at 10 o'clock, a tvell selected lot. AL of seasonable Dry Goods, consisting of Clothe::- Car. simeres,Cassineits, Kentucky Jeans, Brown and Stich. ed hheetlngs. Prints Red and While Flannel-, Ticking, Checks, Suspenders:Combs, Knives and Forks. Penn sad Poektu Knives, 4-c. ke. AT 2 O'CLOCX, P. ~V• 4 sets Brittants Ware, 1 doz Mahogany Chairs, 5 t• Common and Fancy Chairs, Tables, work and wash Stand*, Bureaus, Bedsteads, Looking Glasses, Trunks, Off Painting*. Castors, altd variety of Second Hand Elousehold and Kitchen Fond. tuna Baleen!"Dry Chats and flardwafe dt , ery etraning ii early gas light. SA 51'1.17A FINEqTOCK 46 CO: auctioneers, ecvner of 541) 4. typed!: NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS lI pM LIP ROSS has returned from the F. amen, <Mee. and Is now receiving a splendid assonmont cifirelley and Staple Dry Goods, to which the attention of pey.. chasers is respectfully invited. These Goode will he sold at eery low prices, the meet or them at a &neat sacrifice. Per eons' wishing to pair. chase will find ft to their advantage to call at 1t0.99, North—west corner of Market and Fourth street., Where better bargains wit! Pe offered than can be afforded by any other establishment in the city. may 19. Fro the m )mgesllf . the Court Quarter Sessions of the Peace, in and for the meaty of Allegheny. The petition of Sas Allison of the Fifib ward •f Pius. burgh, In the connty aforesaid, humbly shewelh. Tuat yonr petitioner bath provided . himself with ma terials for the accommodation of travelers and others at hie dwelling house in the city and ward aforesaid, and prays that your honors will grant him a firener to keep a public house of entertainment. And your petitioner as In duty bound will pray. JAS.; ALLISON. We, the subscribers, citizens or the Fifth ward or an City or Pittsburgh, do certify that !heat:toss petitioner Is prgood repute for honesty and temperance, and Is well provided with house room and conseniencies for the accommodation and lodging of strangers and travelers, and that nid levant is necessary. Gto Porter Tilly Pott r Wm Lemmon Matthew Smith C J Shaffner Geo IVlLCr..eken R.,bt Glass Marshall Miriam" " James Gosling Wm MeKelyy • Joseph 'cabinet-in Robt Whiteside may 20-3td&w• ITIO the Honorable the Judges of the Court ofGeneral 1 Quarter Sessions of the Peace,ln and for the county of Allegheny, The petition of Geo Splane, of the 3d. ward of the city of Pittsburgh, In the county aforesaid, kombly 5 hewet h. That your petitioner bath provided himself with ma. trails for the accommodation of travelers and others at hisdwelting house In the city and, ward aforesaid, and prays that yourillonors will grant him a Utilise to keep a public house of entertainment. And year petitioner as in duty bound will pray. GEO. BPLANE, We.the subscribers, citizens of the 3d ward of the city of pittsburth, do certify that the above petltioder la of good repute for hone<ny and t einfienhee• 614 is well provided With haute room and convenionetes for the ae, commodatlon and tonging of strangers and travelfrit„ and that said tavern 1a necessary. Thomas Vnung W m Si rwell .1 R Hartley Jacob Raynor Wm Skillin Thomas Fitzgerald - - Robt Grey Thomas Barber Andrew Milliken. Thomas Kinne John Job Ilbol2 Jame. Stuart y . ' may 20-3tditew*
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