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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
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may 20-3tditew*