nr' A. S. Wooldbridge, Esq. of Richmond, has FOR PRESIDENT,
earranuniested to the National Institute at Washington
a highly interesting . account of the burning of the Mid- J.A.S. BITCHA_NA - N 1
fath... Coal Mines,ia . Chesterfield county, Virginia, in
Subject to the decision of
Jane, 1542. The coal, it in said, was first discovered ,
ma fire at the end of the enr.in•e flue—about one hundred# THE DEMOCR•T/C NATIONAL CONVENTION
and fifty feet to the rise of the main level; and, believ
ing that to be the only place on fire, the workmen
Caought, by subduing it, they ‘rould a. , ;c3m2lish the to-
WileStinction of the fire. But subsequent investiga-
Vmeproyed that a large mass of fire was raging at an
gnher pouit•--eornektundrad feet nearer the shaft. And
en Ikrwerful woo the effsct produced by this fire upon
the first discovered one, by the prozzss of ratification,
that. iksvait fottud impracticable to overcome the dill
-aV" extinguish the fire. .Measurea were forthwith
Oclo3a the shaft. Planks were thrown
tftwitstise o
mouth of it, and ais • ., e imm ad - of clay was
.)moped-and rammed imon them. At the expiration of
..441t weeks and five days, the pit was re-opened; and,
-minx. , the direction of Ti10:1113 Muriliall, Esq. stlt:CCii
fullyput in operation.
Mr. W. hai also presented to the Institute speci
mens of coke and coal fra.n the Midlothian Mines,
inch were °Mail/canes:ly eisht hundred foot below
slats surface of the earth. The coke was produced by
chi fire in the pit.—Balt. Anzeric,z
. - :Ntrin3onnzA.:tt THZ:IBTICAULODIN. — CTI. -. ).; - , tea
-4'4;lEs i 3 071ly i. , 12 narna ziren by the Londan se ',lns
go 'Sidra:tense animal, the skeleton of which was found
iieslong SiJICP, in Missouri by a aerrnia gentleman na
*4 'Kock, and which i 3 now exiibitinz in that city.—
Ads Skeleton is said to be larger than that of any of the
C;Olatt Mei: of monsters which hare hitherto been
pagovered. It i 3 very perfect and in a good state of
Ateeenation, and so large that the iarjent elephant can
aidl .atana erect under the b.ac't boon, which in fifteen
reit ' h and thirty feet long. The wino once, judging
frau' i tie confirmation of the bones, pronounce the tini.
vial DO havo been of the hippopotamus spec i ..s. The
koirrieii 'predicated on the locality where the bone: we re
round, and the sio'ile-=hape of the to —Bay Stale
Opicocrat-
The papers relative to t:o exptalioa to the river
ifiger were rocently presn.,t•al to parliain t • Among
eller documents will he f rind a despatch from Captain
Tucker, dated Feroamio l'o, May 31, 1840, to the Ad
ar. arcaum of Itie mission to King Donny
of Geboon river. 'His .Majesty' seems to have bron
infinitely delighted with the respect paid to him by the
mettieted salutes with which Captain Tucker hcmored
hitri,'buteadlydisappointcd with the prosents—a gold
reNial and chola—scut to him by the Queen of Eng
land. His Majesty' ,gave exprossion to his disappoint
ment by dictating following letter to the Queen:
"To THE. QeEEN OF ENGLAND.
uSts - tEnt. King Danny. of Sandy Point, River Ga
boOrt, mast embrace you for the things you send the by
Chkritain rocker, of your war ship Wolverine, who
dishetl them me this day with grand coremony, which
inn& pleased me. King Denny wa , ton much glad to
sae Queen' s men belong to Lynx, which cost 20 dollars
which I too mti-th glad give to Queen. King Denny
wish very much to be brother to Queen; and will be
vey g l a d su ppose Queen no let Spanish ship come for
slaves, and suppose Queen send plenty English ships
to vie for trtt for ivory, gum, beeswax, dye-wood and
aliens. And King Denny wish my sister send nic a
4teettcoat, with seetimpotes or opanlottes, waistcoat,
tiroaaeers, plenty g rid in them; cocked hat, with gold and
Maher; sword and belt, plenty gold; and two easy
&airs. And- King Denny wishes Queen health and
good-bye. King Denny very glad he hear Queen got
liitsband. "KING DENNT, his X mark.
"King Denny Town,
2 '3d day of Moon, (May 16.) 1640."
SILVER HORSE SHOES
The Omit efJamas I.—the first of th i s? Stewart hue,
was dissolute and extravagant alumst beyond concep
tion. We of this silly monarch's favorites was a Scotch
man, by the unm, of Hays, afterwards honored, as all
suchpatriots ought to be. with a title, when he becomes
Ihrywn by the name of Earl of Carlisle. He was a
vina; worthless rake. His entertainments, consisting
of hot suppers; were the most costly of the day
he squandered some $400,003 in this manner. His
diets was of royal magnificence. So also was his
equipage. James sent him over to France upon a
foreign mission. On entering Paris, the horse upon
which he was mounted, was shod with silver. These
were put on in such a manner that as the fool upon his
back roivelled him, the noble animal threw among the
sMM:tams the giittering sho.es. A silver smith was at
hand, as an old chronicler tells the story, "to take oth
ers out of a tawoev velvet bag, and tack them on, to
list, until he slionli - come to ano - her occasion to prance
and cast thorn oft'.' The means to carry out all this
foolishness, belt r-mt7. - mbor. - d, came from King James;
add he obtained this in cnev by robbing his subjects un
der pretenco of nou-confortiity thousands of men, Pu
ritans and Catholics, were despoiled of their goods to
fill hi 4 coffers, beczn•ae they would not worship as this
'Defonder of the laid.' proscribed: and thus the proper
ty of the conscicni i?tis was squandered among favorites
to enable them to astonish thy' people by scattering a
wlthem silver horse shoe:!—Buxton Post
LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
Ther- philo, tpliy here. Always loot on the
bright side. No matter how dark your path may he—
no matter how many briars ob.:truct your way—look
steadily on the bri'rht side. Happy they whose hearts
era so constructed that all is bright before them. The
bitter is made sweet—the dark, light—sorrow is turn
ed into joy--grief into pleasure—and on ever!,- side the
goodund the beautiful—the bright and glorious, tri
umph over sin and deformity—fear and doubt—and
the very heavens that rather blackness to the suspicious
and moping, are hung in vestments of glory and gran
deurso b.rautiful that the heart cannot contemplate
them without almlst bursting with tit., fulncsa..ar
LATE TRAGEDY AT WARRENTON, VA
We gave yesterday an account of a hostile meeting
of two young ram atrWarrenton Court House,Virginia,
in which one of the combatants, Lee, was shot dead
by ,Moore. IVe are now in possession of facts which
fully explain the cause of the mee; i
It apreears that a most deadly feud has existed be
tweenthe famides of the young men named, for years.
T. L. Moore, formerly a m either of Congress, and John
Scott, Jude of the General Court, both old federalists,
on a precious occasion had a hostile meeting, in which
the Judge ata m2ted, aed we believe did personally
chastise Moore. In every situation these rival honora
ble. were found battling agaiust each other, and the
Judge, who is represented as being exceedingly vindic
tive and arbitrary, as well as crafty, successfully - op
posed Mourels pretensions to a seat in the House of
Delegates, and had his own son nominated and elected.
In thismanner Judge Scott, having great influence, con
tintied to thwart the aspirations of Moore for years.
A few Month- , :jack., a division, and subsequently a
violent quarrel welt place between Judge Scott and a
portion_ of his liegemen, which ended in the preferment
of articles of impoaehment agaiust the Jude, before
the (iraneral Assembly of Vireinit. Here Mooee had
anopportunity to retaliate, and took advantage of it.—
Moore was one of the principal witnesses during the
trial, and was perhaps more Lastnum ntal than any oth
er man, in procuring the impeachment.
The testimony of Moore, that Scott had abused his
official trust, &c., exasperated young Lee, the son-in
law of the Judge, and he threatened him with personal
violence. The son of Moore espoused his father's quer
ret—e. meetinz was had, and Lee was killed.
This statement we have from a gentleman acquain
ted with the circumstances, and upon whose authority
it is given. It is said that both the younff men had
committed murder previous to this recontre—one hav
ing killed an overseer of a plantation, and the other a
female negro slave. while yet in his minority. If this
bottle', it were better for justiee that both had fallen.
Alas.lkor Southern Chivalry !
GTEOGRA H !CIL Dts covrßY Is Vinctst.t.—lt is sta
ted in the Richmond Enquirer, that the steam-boat Col
umbus recmuly made an exploratory trip up the Appo
mattox riser to a place called Walthall's Landing,
obelus six miles up, on the Chesterfield side. The wa
terwas found to be 20 feet deep, where rocks and shoals
we've expected to be met with. This discos - cry is about
tio be turned to good account, for by a very small sum
the diSlartee betw'',en Richmond and City Point will be re
duced 45 to 11 miles Virginia has been settled
•
*boat two hundred years, and the discovery has only
lust been made that a river as familiar to the Virgin
ians sissitt, Mohawk is to New Yorkers. instead of be
ing filairowith-repe4ts and shoals, has a navigable chn.n.
nel 101025 feeetdeer.
the erOW of the Columbia, 40 in number ar
ro• • e 'Thirifas. on the' 9.oth inst. from Seal Island.
it
'llarisraimr was saved from tbe wreak.
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A ROYAL REQUE::T
(ltbe ):Dailts 11laming Post.
PHILLIPS & SMITH, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS
PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2,1893
THE UNION TICIIET.—The Gazette pronounces our
remarks upon the Union Ticket a "mare ruse, to avert
attention front our real wishes for the prosperity of
that ticket," and passes over the shameless pretence
of superior zeal for Autimasonry, by the Unionism, to a
matter of no consequence. The Gazette is very kind
to its opponents—it is very generous indeed, for that
paper to permit tile"arrogant and insincere assumption
of strcngcr autiinasonie feelings than the blue noses
thern;eive.: po,ses4, to pass without comment or re
buke.
The Gazette thinks it has made a discovery: it says
that it is because we are anxious to injure the Antima
sons, that we desire the prosperity of the Union Tick
et. The Gazette has hit it exactly: that is just the
way we feel about the maturr. And we may add that
we are equally anxious to injure the Union Ticket, and
therefore wish the Antimasons precisely as much suc
cors as their opponents. When we said our "sympa
thies were with the whigs," it was not because we saw
any thing to admire in their character, but from that
universal feeling of human nature which leads men to
wish success to the weaker combatant. The blue no
ses have always trampled on the wishes and feelings
of the whigs—tlaey had taken up tickets year after
year, and in the mast cruel and tyrannical manner, for
ced the whigs to support wen, many of whose political
tenets they despised. Is it strange, then, that we
should giva vent t s a little sympathy for the patient,
long suffering, and down-trodden whigs, and wish
them God-speed in their efforts to acquire independ
ence of their blue nosed tyrants? There may have
been, too, a lurking desire of revenge for the many de
feats we had suffered under the unscrupulous and can
ning managemeut of the old Antimasonic leaders, that
made us rejoice in their confusion and discomfiture.
But with the prospect of success of the Union Ticket
over . the blue noses, all our "sympathy" with the whigs
must cease. The whip arc every where our natural
onemi3s—we certainly have less principle in common
with them than we have with the blue noses, and we
have had experience enough to prove that in all the
oats of deception, duplicity, humbug and political
fraud, they are a match for their blue nosed competi
tors. Their late bold and successful manoeuvre, in
deed, proves conclusively, that they have not served
their long and severe apprenticeship to their Antima
sonic masters for nothing—they are now able to handle
the tools themselves, and in such a manner as to make
their instructors stand aghast with fear and surprise at
the perfection they display; and to admit among them
selves that their abused pupils can now fairly beat
them in the practice of political legerdemain.
The Gazette well knows that we have no affinities with
the wises; no kind of concern about their ticket, except
to see it get as many votes, and perhaps a fee more,
than the blue nose ticket. If we have said snore
against the antimasons than against the whigs, it is
because we know them. better. We have had to bat
tle with them for the last ten years, in this county,
while the whigs played but a subordinate part. We
have had to keep watch and ward against their base
stratagrrns, and have had the mortification to see their
infantous and hypocritical projects to defeat Democra
cy sometimes crowned with success. The Unionists
are but "new beginners"NVC have no old scores to
settle with them as we have with their quondam allies.
But we assure the Gazette that we have no partiality
for their enemies—and just as much real respect for
the blue noses as for the w•higs who have cast off their
yoke. AP we want is, that for the sake of encourag
ing the 'rebel whip, they may get for th-ir ticket just
about 100 more votes than the blue noses can get for
theirs.
THosE DiscLosunEs.—We agree with our corres
pondent "Holly," that the silence of Mr. Craig in regard
to those disclosures is perfectly unaccountable. It is
not to be doubted that he is as true to the cause of An
timasoray as ever he was—he seems to have as great a
horror of the abominations of masonry as he ever had—
and why, we hear it impatiently asked in every quarter
—why don't the man disclose? Perhaps, as our friend
Holly softly whispers, he never did really care any thing
about it, but has been acting a part foreign to his true
feelings all this while. Time will resolve these doubts.
I - Ic must make the disclosures; the country people will
have them—if they do not get them, the grave charge
of the Unionists that Mr. Craig's antimasonry is ques
tionable, because he neglected to bring in a bill hist
winteragainst extra judicial oaths, will obtain general
belief. Why don't the man disclose?
:'The American does not appear to be pleased
with our democracy, and charges us with the terrible
offence of buying new type, under the expectation of
receiving additional patronage! Having received such
liberal support from our friends and the public while
using our old, we candidly confess we had a notion that
a new dress might still increase it, and even if some of
"Uncle Sam's" fat favors should chance to come along,
we would not receive them unkindly. He's a pretty
clever old fellow, and wo would as soon print for him
as for any one else- When we consider the success that
has attended our efforts thus far, we do not fear that
we shall be less successful in our new dress, and as it
is all paid for, without the aid of "poney purses" or
"backers," and under our own control, we expect to go
ahead in fine style, regardless of the growls of the pan
ders of a miserable faction.
A FtLRFUL ANTAGONIST. — The assistant edit or of
'Hill's Patriot' rejoices in the name of Guppy, and in
herited from his father a hand sword, a pair of pistols,
an adze, a butcher knife, and a horse-whip. What a
diTadful conflict there would be should he and the Flor
ida editor of the Banner meet in hostile array. We can
almost imagine we see the wool flying.
None FORGERlES.—Forgeyies seem to be the order
of the day in the eastern cities. Many were re
cently committed in Boston and Philadelphia, and we
now give a first rate one from New York. A man na
med David Crowley has been arrested and confined in
prison, for forging four checks on the Seventh Ward
Bank, the Chemical Bank, and the Butchers' and Dro
ver's Bank, amounting in all to 1,800. The checks
were all cashed at the Seventh Ward Bank.
Crowley is an Irishman, and had obtained the money
by sending boys to the bank with the checks. The
third check was found to be forged, and when the fourth
was presented it was cashed, and the boy followed.—
He gave the money to C. who was immediately ar
rested. It is supposed that he has forged several oth
er checks, and obtained money on them, previous to this
last speculation, and inquiries have been set afloat, to
ascertain the extent of his transactions.
Tau LAST WO:MULL—At New Haven, Conn., on
Tuesday last, awing a heavy gust of wind, afeather bed,
bolster, and pillows fell from the clouds. So says
an exchange repel..
THE GREAT MATCH AT CHELSEA, MASS.—The
New York Herald of this morning says:—The match
between Elworth and Fogg, to walk 1000 miles in
1 1000 consecutive hours, commenced on Wednesday
evenimg, at 20 minutes before 6, after a grand salute
of 50 guns. The following is the time for the first 12
miles, to 5 o'clock on Thursday morning:—
Elsioorth's Time. Fogg's Time.
Ist mile 9m 33s 11m
2 " 9 25 10 45
3 " 11 40 10 47
4 12 13 10 19
5 " 12 36 13 35
6 " 14. 20 12 45
7 " 16 17 14 17
8 " 14 56 15 19
9 " 16 45 15 59 !
10 " 14 23 14 45
11 " 15 15 14 24
12 " 15 30 13 23
The shortest time made by Col. Elworth, it will be
seen, was 9 minutes 25 seconds; and by Fogg 10 min.
utes 18 seconds.
These matches may possibly lead to a species of
exercise which will improve and developo the mus
cular powers of man and accustom him to habits of
endurance.
The greatest pedestrian and runner in the world was
Monsen Ernest. He died lately in Egypt from a dys
entery. He was born at Bergen, in Norway, and
died, while on a walking trip to find out the sources
of the ricer Nile, and was buried near the grand Cata
ract of that famous river. If Miloon of Crown, who
carried away most of the prizes at the Olympic games,
in the pedestrian line, had been alive, be would have
found a victor in Mensen Ernest. The must famous
of his trips in a kind of running walk, were, Ist, from
Paris to Moscow in 14 days. 2nd, from Munich, the
capitol of Bavaria, to Nauplion, a City in Greece, a
distance of 956 leagues, in 24 days, 3d, from Con,,tan
tinople to Calcutta, 1124 leagues, and back again,
making 2248 leagues in 59 days, or about 38 leagues
in 24 hours.
At Mayonce, lie once run on the frozen Rhine at the
rate of 6 leagues an hour, and at Frankfort he once
started with the mail in full gallop, and arrived two
minutes before the same.
TRIAL 07 Root s.— n the case of Rogers, who
was tried at Boston last week for the murder of Mr.
Lincoln, the keeper of the state prison, the jury were
unable to agrae on a verdict. The Post says:
The jury retired at precisely tea minutes before 12
o'clock.
At half past semi, the jury tame in, and the foreman,
Isaac Scbolficld, Jr., smug that they had not agreed,
and that there was no probability of their being able to
agree.
The chief justice enquired, if th • c could assi6t
them upon any point of law on whirh there might be a
doubt.
The foreman replied that the jury were perfectly
s;reed in their understanding of the principles which
had, been so fully explained is the charge, and that the
difference of °pi:llya Vra.; wb 1 y iarcierence to the
weight of cr.:dunce.
Tirs court creletel the r,apers to be taken from
They stoc.i for ..i.r , quittal to fear for conviction.
Mr. Parker, then moved fur the
is,ue of a new retina for j7.irir;, in order that a new trial
might be bad at tha pr-.1.,0ut t...!rrni bat the court refused
upon theground thai.:i would not be prdiatiaabie to try
the c as e 1 1.74 art at tho on vim; and it v....Li thereupon
confirmed to the December term.
M. Par% -r tirue 1 the qu.i.-ition whether the
prisoner should h., remind lto the state prison, to serve
oat the re,:ndiader of his r2iitence, or b.., committed to
the city jail to await the second trial.
The court decided that the claim of the law on the
indictment for murder, took precedence of the unexpir
ed sent: nee, the period of which will terminate in Sep
tember, and ordered the prisoner to be remanded to
AVe have heard it suggested that the ferocious dis
position manifested by the porkers of Cicinnati to the
inhabitants of tbat place, is caused by the bloody per
secutions of the swinish family in which the people of
Cincinnati indulge so deeply. It is no wonder the
hogs should endeavor to retaliate for the remorseless
murders committed upon their race. The pleasant
state of society described in the old Irish song, where it
is said that
"The landlords and the piris arc a going hand in hand,"
does not prevail in Cincitniati. But a deadly hatred,
fearfully reciprocal, has taken possession of the people
and the porkers of the Queen City.
MOVEMENTS Or THE FASHION ABLES.—Frank John
son, Russel, Yankee Hill, and George Monday, are at
Saratoga. They say Count D'Orsay and Lady Bles
sing-tan aro there also.
CLAY'S SPEECIIES.—We noticed, some time since,
that Messrs. Greely & Co., of New York, had published
a volume of Clay's Speeches, but expressed a doubt as
to its containing his celebrated speech against a Na
tional Bank, delivered in 1811. We are gratified to
learn from the following pargaraph that we were mis
taken, and that some unbought sentiments of Mr. Clay
appear in the same:volume with his efforts in favor of
the stock-jobbers and mg money speculators:
Clay's Speeches.—Greely & Co. of N. York, have
published an edition of Clay's speeches, which they are
circulating all over the country. We believe the speech
he delivered in 1311, against the U. S. Bank, is not
among this selection.—Pittsburgh Morning Post.
Ee'We assure you, Mr. Post, that you are here en
tirely out of your reckoning. The Speech to which
you refer is published, every word of it, in our edition
of Clay's Speeches, with every other speech of Mr.
Clay's that you or any one can desire to see. Will ytm
do us the justice to make the needful con - ection.—N.
York Tribune.
riP Bannister has taken the Pittsburgh theatre.—
Sp. of Times.
No lie /ain't. lie took it for a night, but finding that
ii took ?nor mom, to nay the expenses, than he took
in, as theatrical emusem :tits don't take here in warm
weather, he took himself off to Buffalo, we believe,
wnere no wilt play a thriumg original drama when he
takes a benefit.
THE CONVENIENCE OF A PAPER CURRENCY.—The
people of Brooklyn have been swindled to a large a
mount by the circulation of notes purporting tobe issued
by the GLosi Bank of New York. It appears there is
no such Bank inexistence.
IThe Richmond Star states that a woman in that
city came so near dying from intemperance, that her
friends had a shroud made for her, presuining thin she
could not live long. She, however, recovered; and the
first thing she did was to hasten and sell the, shroud for
liquor!
SLAVERY IS TEXAS.—It is proposed in England to
organize a society to advance a sum equal to the slaves
in Texas-0 money to be paid to the owners of the
the slaves, and slavery to be abolish t. 41 in that republic.
It is said that Lord Aberdeen has agreed to recom
mend the plan to government also, that the government
guaranty the payment of a loan cm condition of Texas
becoming a free state.
:==;M
FLORIDA.—A writer its the National Intelligencer
thinks that this Territory will do very well for the very
Ipoor, or the very rich, or those persons whose constitu
tions are inclined to be consumptive. As a how
for the hardy north man, whose living is to depM
upon his own. labor, the writer considers Florida a
miserable resort; he thinks that for the wealthy, [ those
who can buy slaves, and who can afford to do nothing
themselves, we presume] Florida may do very well: for
the very poor, too, who could live on the wild pro
ducts of spontaneous growth, without labor, depend
ing upon a precarious subsistence, he reccommends
that Territory. The writer alluded to concludes by say
ing that, for the rich and the poor, Florida is an easy
country• to live in; but how comfortable, or how long to
live, is, he says, another question:
THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-THE GREAT
Respecting the resources of the vast empire west of
the Alleghenies, and of the steady and rapid develop
ment of the agricultural and other treasures with which
it abounds, the St. Louis Republican of the 17th inst.
thus speaks:
"It surprises some of our Eastern contemporaries to
hear the 1 apers in this vast valley discussing its pro
gress and change. Every year developes some new
feature or hidden store of natural wealth which opens
to enrich the hardy pioneer and add importance to its
trade. As ahemp. tobacco, sugar and cotton-growing
country, the Mississippi Valley is second to no region
in the world; and the already vast quantities of these
commodities which are produced are yearly on the in
crease. Darin. , ' the present season, our steamers have
penetrated the Des Moines and Platte, two streams
which before were considered unnavigable, and thus not
only increased the extent of their navigation, but open
ed a direct communication to market for the produce
in districts adjoining. Every exchange we receive
from above, either from lowa, the upper portion of Il
linois, or Wisconsin, all bring intelligence to us of the
increa_4e and flow of immigration into these sections.
The rich bottoms of our own State are rapidly be
comingpopulated, and buts fewyears willelapsebefore
this vast extent of territory will be teeming with life,
and cultivated by sinews that will force from it its in
nate wealth.
All that is needed to complete tho extent and vast
resources of the West, is ad enterprising American
population in Oregon; the opening of that outlet to the
Pacific, and the trade which will naturally concentrate
there, will finish the might of this region. The Mis
sissippi Valley will then be the great heart of this coun
try, and will provision and sustain with its mighty re
sources the vast veins streatching to either ocean."
Or The Washingtonians of Boston hold their meet
ings on board vessels in the harbor. This is a good
idea. Hundreds can be induced to attend them in a
place so novel, who would go no where else.. Would
not the Stearn-boats now lying at our wharf be good
places for our reformers to hold forth and tell their ex
perience. River men would be drawn thither, and ma
ny, if not all, who are now drinkers, persuaded to take
tiw pledge.
EV' It is currently rimmed it: Philadelphia that a
grand financial scheme is now on foot in that city, Nevr
York, and perhaps in England, to inflate the breathless
and soulless carcase of the United States Bank, and
that Nicholas, of Andalusia, is to be the prima mover.
Where is the "generous confide.nca"c.::lnta from 7
Goon.—A clown in a Bestow Cava) lot the fol
lowing: Why are ladies' cenetz. like as oppalitiea
steam boat 1 Boca' , e they operate a. - . 1 ttc pr4;..uure
Eystem and mince the fair (ram)
re p A chemist has pab:iihri a statcmaat that
ia rain avatar, which run; ovi-ir the roof+ or
h 00,,,, JR hi g hly i n jurious to thr coin?lrxian, burn
jig it silinw nal brown. Sanli rain water as tows
from the ronis of partinularly. A
au w.)ll:ci have a queer cn.nplimi9n aftnr 6 , urh an ap•
p'l au I 1
DE AD..-110 ReV. Squire Chow, sup-,ri - lendent of
the Liberia mission, under the care of the Mizsionery
Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, who ar
rived in New Yocit about two months since, from M.m
rovia, Africa, died in that city on Wedneodav moraine.
'~IAD'LLC Catse., a vocalic t, is creating quite
a sensation in New York. The friends of the Theatre
are making great weparations to give her a splendid
benefit, in which %P. BULL appears to take a leading
part, as it is very proper he should.
1,,i".11e who has two cakes of bread, let him dis
pose of one of them fur some dowers; for his brand is
food for the body, but Bower 3 are food for the souL—
Galrn.
0:7 - fhe Reporter of the Supreme Court of New
York, on his way from Utica to Gotham, was robbed of
his trunk, containing all the decisions of the Court du
ring its late sessions. Somebody was fond of law.
17/7'A BEGGAR. 60 years old, was recently. arrested
near Paris, on whom 14,000 francs in gold were found,
tied in a belt round his waist. He wai opposed to the
Chinese maxim, "Go it while you're young."
lEFF'On a grape vine in Chchea, 'Mali., a leaf has
been found, ni_qiinring one fort one inch in breadth.
The Louisville Journal, speaking of Major
Noah's political eccentricities, calls him "The wander
ing Jew."
ErA meteor of remarkable brilliancy passed over
Mount Vernon, New York, on Wednesday evening.
Parson Miller expected it.
Sam Slick says—" Patriotism is infernal hun
gry, and as savage as old Scratch Wit aint fed. If you
want to tame it, you must treat it as Van Amburg does
the lions—keep its belly full."
The Mobile Ladies make bustles of wire
They are said to be more comfortable in warm weath-
['The Boston Post says that "in the torn of Hull,
there is no minister, doctor, lawxer, justice of the
peace, coroner, church, poor house, or pauper."
O:7'A breach of about GO feet has occurred in fht.
St. Lawrence Canal at Long Sault.
LV"Six prisoners escaped from the Oswego jail on
Saturday night. They got out with false keys—the
true way to do it.
ra y. It is estimated that the average number of let
ters stolen from the mail, in England, are one to a
thousand. Of those containing coin, one in fifty.
RATHER A TOUGH STORY.—The Baltimore Patriot
states that a-quantity of wheat at the Baltimore County
Almshouse, the other day was cut, threshed, fanned,
ground, bolted, and baked into bread, all within the pe
riod of twenty-three minutes!
MORE rtocougo.--Caldwell, the editor of the Man
chester N. H. Gleaner, got another flogging by a man
named Monegan, in consequence of something publish
ed in his paper.
g:rThe steamship Hibernia, arrived at Halifax on
Tuesday morning, 18th inst. in 37 hours from Boston;
and went on with 43 additional passengers, including
those of the Columbia, who did not go in the Marga
ret.
rpThe Philadelphia Times says:—Beau Hickman
is en route for Pittsburgh." Who is he? We have
not seen any thing very remarkable in our streets yet.
'lt is so hot South that the mail is always drip.
ping wet when it reaches Philadelphia, caused by the
rerspiration of the mail bags. So sap the Times.
FROM FLORIDA.
The St. Augustine News of Saturday announces the
return to that place of General Worth who was on a
visit to Tampa Bay. It is stated the Indians whom
General Worth met at Tampa ritanifested all possiblefriendship; so that no fear is apprehended from the
band that now remains within the Territory.
Almost every day witnesses the arrival at St. Au
gustine of emigrants, wending their way South in quest
of land. Two hundred and seventy-five "permits,"
under the armed occupation law, have been issued from
the land office in St. Augustine. The number issued
from the office at Newinuasville is not precisely known;
but it is presumed that two hundred thousand acres are
now nearly taken up.
CANADA
The meeting of the provincial parliament of Canada
has been again prorogued to the 31st of August, and
not even then to meet for the despatch of business. The
delay is reported to arise from the non-preparation of
the "ministers" with the measures they intend to bring
forward.
Mrs. Charles Hill, late of New York, has announced
her intention of opening a school at Montreal for the
accomplishments of dancing and calisthenic exercises.
The Treasurer of St. John's Co., New Brunswick, is
reported a defaulter to a considerable exteut.
During the progress of an election at Miramichi, in
which party politics were carried to an inordinate ex
cos.', a Mr. J. Hen was so seriously injured as to render
all hope of his recovery doubtful. The progress of the
election was likely to be defeated.
FIFTEEN DAYS LATER FROM CANTON
By the Horatio, Capt. Howt.ssn, we have Canton
dates to the 12th of April, (says the N. Y. Courier &
Enq.) but no pa2ers. Nothing new of importance had
transpired since the. departure of the over-land mail.--
A mercantile letter furnishes the following items:
The Chinese appear to take no notice of the trade in
opium now going on at Whampoa, and there are some
who think it will be legalized. It would seem to us
that this will be the case eventually, though we doubt
if it will before some time yet.
Freights continue to be low: first cla33 vessels for
Great Britain can be had at S. 3 10i. a 4, and for Uni
ted States at 18 a 2011.
Exchange on London 4s 9a4 10; Mexican dollars 53
diact.; Carolus do. lOs premium.
We have nothing new in politics. The American
squadron is about leaving for the United States, but as
we have before remarked, we hardly think the British
plenipotentiary will attempt to obtain any exclusive
privilege for his countrymen, knowin g as he must, that
other, nations soon would compel the Chinese to accord
the same to them.
We take occasion to recommend to our friends gene
rally cauti m in regard todip nei, ts o China the com
ing year. particularly of such articles as may be expec
ted from England also, as there is every reason to look
for an extravagant supply of almost all imports.
FROM RIO GRANDE
A correspondent of the New York Tribune writes as
follows under date of June ;1,1343:
"There has been a variety of occurrences here glace
I last wrote to you. The war between the imperialists
and the rebels has commenced with fresh vigor. On the
31st of last month the rebels, ten thousand strong, all
well armed and two-thirls mounted, encamped within
twenty miles of the town of Rio Grande. It was not
known that hostilities were even cotxuntu.c d until it was
ascertained they were even commenced until it was as
certained they were marching toward the town, it being
supposed that the idea of taking Rio Grande was aban
doned by them. The news created a great deal of a.
lam among the inhabitants, who were. entirely unpre
pared for it. Troops were immediately stationed at
their old quarters about the town, numberinz about
eight thauaa-4, and mom are expected Enna Riu Jaaci
rn daily.
No maven/cat has taken place or any account up to
thr.t prasent ciao, cane pt a few skirtr.isLes between the
cainp , , of no advantaze to either party. It is suppo
sed fr math° tardiness of the rebels thaidtey are waiting
for rrinfrecinent.i.
Disinces (ha Bld colrce gcarcr. and high. Flour
brings a good prico. Maas are at present rather
scare', bat will he plenty in a week. \V generally mi
ry,ad ind-=1 thane has been very little s.ick
m,c NlthilLS! of any interer.4 from Rio Ja
n. ire since the marriage of the French Prince.
MR. EVERETT AT OXFORD
The row at Oxford, upon the presentation of Mr. Ev
erett for the honorary degree of D. C. L.—ill-manner
ed and ruffianly as it was at best, and utterly inexcusable
under any pretence—it is stated in some accounts, was
not all intended for the American minister; but that he
had the luck to share in a glist of hisses and groans
which were actual.) , meant for a certain Proctor who
was obnoxious to the disorderly and unrestrainab:e gang
of undergraduates present. The version of the story
published by ne on Wednesday, with the other items of
intelligence by the Caledonia, represented this gang in
one sentence as uniting with the 7:alt.-place's"
iu con
damnation of the pr•rceedings and on the same grounds;
while in another, the Proc:er is thrown in, to make a
diversion in favor of Mr. E. However the fact may be,
the atonement mad• imm. - Aiately, as woll by the Exec
utive functionaries of the University, as by some of the
dissentients themselves, shows that all parties were
heartily ashamed of the procedure, and were anxious
to smooth the matter over.
The fact however stands out, that Mr. E. is the reci
pient of one of the highest honors of the university, in
spite of the dissent of a considerable number of the bo
dy with whom the power to award these honors (so call
ed) rests—and that a protest against the legality of the
award, is written (in Latin too) on the same page
which is to perpetuate the record of it. Under these
circumstances, it strikes us that there is but one:course
for the American minister to take. Worth.oss as such
honors must be, even when freely bestowed, they be
come, when contested, things to be eschewed rather
than appropriated; and we suspect Mr. E. needs no
promptingfrom any quarter, to throw up the parchment,
wax and all. Albany Argus.
TERRIBLE BATTLE BETWEEN BEARS AND RES
IANS .—The colony of Weshmaie-Laba (Siberia) has
been the scene of a sad occurrence. Th e colonists,
Sabanietf Bialohorski and Dymtreff, in hunting in the
great forest of Laba captured two ;Anon bears, which
they took home with them. Three days had passed,
and these savage pets had begun to recognize their
masters, when, during the following night, a terrific
howling was heard in the village. The Siberian colo
nies, which are devoted to exiles, are always sur
rounded with palisades. The colonists, however, whosa
curiosity got the better of their alarm, left their huts;
but what was their terror at seeing the houses of Bia
lohorski and Dymtreff surrounded by a band of bears,
standing on.their hind legs and howling with rage.—
The colonists ran to arms; one of them sounded the
alarm bell. The cossalts of the garrison mounted and
formed in the place d'armse. All the colonists armed
with muskets and axes marched against the enemy.—
The combat began with musket shots, the bears in re
turn tore up the hedges and did not fear to attack the
men. The contest was terrible, and was not finished
till one of the cabins was set on fire. This conflagra
tion drove the enemy away. Eight bears remained on
the field; five men lost their lives, and thirty were
wounded, some of them severely.
WHERE IS THAT YANKEE?
Speaking, a few days since. of the Yankee charac
ter, and of its existence in its primitive state and
strongest dovelopernents, in a portion of New Hamp
shire, equi distant from the Connecticut and Merrimack
rivers and the lineof Massachusetts,a gentleman pres
ent related the following circumstances, which seem
to us sufficiently curious and characteristic to publish
in the Sun, for its readers, who will see the propriety
and pertinence of the quo-tion which heads this arti
cle.
"I knew a specimen of tirt.chnraCter von sneak of,"
said the gentleman; "I knew a man who came from
that particular portion of the Granite State. When
quite a youngster, he had an ambition to tee the
world, and found his way to Concord, the capitol of
the State, where he found emnlovment in the family
of Judge Smith, and stood behind his chair, chang
ing his plate, when required, and listening to his con
versation. Two years after that he made his ap
pearance at Cambridge, 'Massachusetts, and entered
the sophomore class of Harvard University. He stood
then about the fortieth-in his class, but when he came
to enter upon his junior year, there were not more
than a dozen abovelthri- In another year, thee weal
but seven who took precedence hi aeboleethir, 114
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when the senior class came to graduate, be Soul th
fourth on the list of appointments; =I it was par
sidered a matter of doubt, whether he were not eseitled
to th e third; and it was generally cOnsidered, that
had there been another year of trial, the gentleman
who took the first honors - of his class, would have
had a hard struggle for his laurels."
That gentleman, we may add, W 33 our info:wawa,
one highly distinguished among thti literary raw
men of this metropolis, and just as he had
he stepped on board a steamboat, bound fors ilia
mer excursion far down Long J.l , nd, and he deft ha
such haste, that we had no time to ask, ”iirbere's
that Yankee?"—?l. Y. Sun.
SUPPLY OF COAL.-A late number of the Mks&
Journal states that the quantity of coal in the market
at the present time, is about 50,000 tons short a#: t*a
supply to the same period last year. This arises toes
the fact that the stock remaining over last year, amount
ed to about 100,000 tons. The overstock in &Gaping
of the present year was only 50,000 tons. The supply
this year from all the regions, is about the same as bw.
year. The Schuylkill region is the only one that bar
increa.sedits shipments, and this increase is mexicana.
by the diminished supply this year from the Pinegurre,
Shamokin and Wilkesbarre regions, all of which emir.
cluded in the estimates of supply and consumption oC
coal last year. The market will require an increased
quantity of two hanchrd thousand tons this year, to
keep prices steady and the trade regular.
P A r,A PHIL A S C . —"Get out of the way Old Dan Tuck
er; you came too late to get your supper," is thus elo
quently rendered in prosa: "Remove thyself from the
place thou occupiest, aged and venerable Daniel Tack
er; thou art too tardy to participate in the vesper meg
with your juniors and betters.'
u...—At a Fourth of July celebration somewbere
out west, the following sentiment was given:
"Christopher Columbus, the discoverer of Amelia".
—very much obliged to him indeed."
For the /Worm's' Poet
Messrs. Phillips and Smith:—ln the Post of the 31st
ult. I perceive a ctnnmunication headed "Tke soississer
for Congress," over the signature of 8, in which he
speaks of "street politicians." Will S. have the Idol
ness to inform the public, whether by "street politic' iiets"
he means a Congressionalctindidate, that is in the COW
stant practice of making personal appeals to nearly
every democrat he meets on the street, soliciting diele
support as the just reward of his condescension in onn..
ing over to the d m. , cratic ranks. This practice of
puffing- nal ca7ci.d.,:e (with a view of forestalling pub
lic opinion) at the expense of hundreds of Denxiceuis.
with equal taiont; aid richer claims on the party, be*
become disgusti.ig, to all reflecting men of the party,
and is, I presume, extremely annoying to editors, who ,
must feel some delicacy in refusing importunate sob.
scribers. At least this is the opinion of one who 'has
voted the Democratic ticket for 29 years.
EQeAL JCSTIOZ.
FOR THE MORNING POST.
Me sirs. E lif.ors: Questions to be answered by muse
city Democrat.
1. How much of the public taxes are assessed and
paid by the citizens .of Allegheny county in conspari.,
son with those assessed and paid the citizens of Pitts
burgh and Allegheny'?
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2. What is the proportion the former bears to the
latter in reference to population?
3. What are the offices of Prothonotary,: Sheriff,
Clerk of the s , ,,veral Courts, Register, Recorder, sod
County Treasurer worth per annum.and how•loeg have
those offices been held by city gentlemen, msd when.
their ofri .- s will terminate respectively?
4. How lour hay , - the offices of Senator and Cole
gre;sman been Irld by the city?
5. If there was a fair distribution ofthese offices,
what proportion wou:d the country be fairiyeatitled to,.
having reference to the population and county m w
e
meat?
6. Are the claims of the candidates in the city otos
impoiing• a character as to render it proper and nacea,
aary that the country should yield all claim to a sham
in the profitah'.e nr:lices. and yet be compelled to bear
portion (at least equal to that of the city) of all public
burthem:l
7. How many offices are now held by 'citizens of . the
county, and what compensation do they get, is Confir
parisen with those held by gentlemen of the city.
‘r.ommerrial illafterg.
The New York Sun has the following in relation to
the certificates of loan hereafter to be issued by the gm
ernment: The Secretary of the Treasury has given ao
tice that the certificates for the loan of 1843 will hare•
after be issued in sums of $lOO, $5OO, $lOOO, $3OOO,
$5OOO and $10.00041 with sums engraved on the plate
and the vignettes of the various plates varying front
each other. The same policy will be adopted in the
exchange of certificates of other loans, as far as practi•
cal. The object of this course is to render the bonds
more convenient, and to prevent counterfeits and alter*
°dons. No certificates wifl be issued for a fractional
part of 100 dollars, except for sums between 100 and
200 dollars, and in this case only upon transfers of such
fractional certificates as have heretofore been issued.
It is earnestly desired that the holders of certificates
in which the sum is written without being engraved,
will return them to the Treasury• in exchange for those
in which the denominations are engraved. The ad
ditional security which will thus be afforded to the hold
ers and the government is ea,ii:y perceived.
The certificates to be exchanged having endorsed on
them an order for such exchange by the holder, mil be
left with any Depositors of the Treasury, by wham
th ey will be transmitted, and those received in Pawn
will be delivered to the holders free of all expense.
The following is an official statem:mt of the exple
scs of the United States, from the 4th March, 1841, to
the 3d March, 1843, inrluive.
Fr ),n March 4, From March 4,
1841. to March 1842, to March
Head; of aspen(
tures. 3, 1842
Civil, miscellaneous and
foreign intercourse, $6,215,946 49 $6,865,451 IS
Military, 13,903.898 41 8.248,917 a
Naval, 6,246,502 83 7,963,677 4963
$26,366,347 73 23,078,047 17 ;
The above is exclusive of payments on accamt or
trust funds, the public debt, and Treasury notes.
Signed, T. L. SMITH,Reer.
Treasury Department,
Register's Office, July 19, 1843.
Port of pittsburl44.
Reported by Skeble and Mitchel, General Stamm
Boat Agents, Water street.
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ARRIVED
Warren, Ward, Bea• - er.
DEPARTED.
Pinta, Vandegriff, Cincinnati,
Warren, Ward, Beaver.
All Boats marked thus (' in the above hit, .011111.
tided with Erans's Safety Guard. :
COUNTY TREASURER
JACOB TOMER, Esq. of Pitt township, wellknowa
to the Democracy of Allegheny county, as a statmeb,
re.iforna Repuhlcan of the Jackson school, will be a
candidate for C•mory Treasurer, subject to the decis' los
of the Democratic County Conven:ion.
au; 2—tc. As OLD DENOCRA.T.
COUNTY TREASURER.
At the solicitation of many radical democrats, Mr.
SAMUEL McKEE, of Birmingham, has consented to
become a. candidate for the oirice'of County Treassaer
subject to the decision of the Drznocratic Claim Coat
ventioti. Of Mr. McKee it may be amity said, aa iv
known is to bappaar•. •
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