FROSPECTS OF THE UNITED STATES. I
1440, the United States bad a population of 17,- 1
16. Allowing its future increase to be tit the
. 33} per cent., fur each succeeding period of
years, we shall number in 1940. 303,101,641.
• experience warrants as to expect this great in-
In 1790, oar r.umber was 3,927,827. Sup
, it to have ii,creasecl each decade in the ratio of
iter cent., it would, in 1340, have amounted. to 16,-
426—heieg mere million less o,an our
tatted nurr.herhas shown by the census. With 300,-
000,000, we should have less than 150 to the square
i.---4-1140 for our whole territory, and hut 220 to the square
at* (Or our organized States and Territories. England
bres 300 to the square mile. It does not, then, seem
probable that our progressive increase will be materi
argfrelted within the one hundred veaus under con
tddiratiOn. At the end of that period, Canada will prob-
Atnumber at least 20,000,000- If we suppose the
yortipa of our country cast and west of the
APlTachlan chain of mountains known as the At-.
Untie slope, to possess at trot time 40.000,000,
eir near five times its present number, there will be left
260,000,000, fur the great contra! region between the
Apolachian and Rocky mountains, and between the
• 4 etard MaXICO and Canada, and Cur the country west
of the Roelof mountains.
Alicrwitig the Orezon territory 10,009.000, there will
be left 250,000,000 for that portion of 1111 A 111":1;!Cln
Blares iving in the b 'sins of-the Mobile, :‘
and St. Lawrence- if to these we add 20.000 000 for
Canada, we ha , 270,00,000 a: the probaldo number
that will , inhabit the Nonli American V I.IICV ;It the end
of ttri ono hundred years commencing in 1340. If we
oMlPpouto one-third. or 90,000,000, of this numb,str to ro
s sidein the country, a; cultivators and urtiang, there
-4111.b0 180,009,000 icft for the towas----mougli to pep-
Ile 360, each containlng half a minion. Tl.is dues not
seem as incredible as that the valley of the Nile, scarce
ly ttvelve miles broad, should hav e historians
ttAlts, cOutAinca '2O 000 r ides.
But lest one hundicd tears went too 0 , be re ..
lied on; in a co'en'nti rt having so many elements, let
oaf see how rains . ' s %%id •t• and fifty t.ottrs from 1840, or
forty-seven yea: = 1. - o: t time. r nit) of increase
we have adooted ennoot br objected to as entravan - ant
fordds period. Lt.l ;NI. accord; to to that ratio, our
number will b' 7:2009,000. Ut the-0, '20,000,000,
will be e fair allouvanec for the _Atlantic slope. Of the
g 50,000,000, 0,000,000 may reside west of
; .the Rocky Mountains, leaving 43.000,000 for the groat
"valley within the States. If to these we add 5,000,-
- 000 es the population of Canada, we have an aggregate
_of A 4,000,000 for the North American valley. One
third, (or say 18,000,000) brine set down CO farming la
borers and rural artisans, there will remain 35,000,000
Barth° towns, which might be seventy in number, hav
ing each half a million of souls. It can scarcely be
doubted that, within the forty-seven years, our agricul
ture-WU:lbn so impr as to require less than one
third tofurnish food and rant materials for manufacture
for the whole population. Good juci7ss have :said that
we are not now more than twenty or thirty years behind
Leland in our husbandry. It is certain that wo are
adopting her improvement; in this branch of industry;
and itis not to be doubted that very many new improve
meats will be brought out, both in Europe and America,
which will tend to lessen the labor necessary in the pro
' auction of food and raw materittls.—finnre Merchants'
Magazine for Tall,.
A GOOD ONE.
Two gentlemen were passing throath a small town
1:1%1371.1nd, not long since, and coming near a place
where the Feople were sinking a well, one of the gentle
men =monied to his companion; "Hero is good c h a nce
for a joke." No sooner spoken than a voice was heard
*ling front the well, saving. "For God's sake, help
me out, or I shall die !" "Stop, said some of the pas
sers by; "surely I heard a person in distress." A
crowd immediately collected—a person stepped forward,
**same time vide. - ' if any one was down in the well?
"0 yes, I'm nprlydrowned I" was the reply—then fol
lowed a ALep_Zoan. The crowd increased evety
tnin
-140-•-.1.;:,,tt-s an ripe; w-we procured—down went two
hatirane men to rescue the man from his peri:ous situ-
They returned, however, covered with mud,
brining the intelligence that they had discovered no
orte. Once more the voice NV 3.3 heard exclaiming,
1"Yon surely would not me die down here !" Once
more the gentlemen returned to the bottom, to make a
more thorough search in the mud and water, which
wasehout two feet deep; but once more returned with
the same information, that "no one was there, except
the devil, and he did not show himself." A great
shout of laughter now was heard from below —off scam
pered the bystand er s as if his Satanic majesty was in
reality at their heels; whilst Wyman (the ventriloquist)
walls companion returned to the hotel to laugh at the
joke kid dispel the fears of the villagers—nor were they
satisfied until he gave them an exhiYitionof his ventrito
quil powers.
BPULtTu.--in Wesunorrland count:, Pa., they have
s mammy with the followiag designation: "The Mil
ler's Mill Riflemm and Turtle Creek Guards."
Imagine thc commander ordering his company
above named to a charge !----Stand firm "fellow-sot:ern'
• our name 'a a protertion.—St. Louis Gazette.
Gr" It is said that upwards of 40,000 pounds
copper has been shipped from the mineral regions of
Wiaeonain the past year.
farrhe Cincinnati G3.7..:Lta Ssyi that cizy is filled
vrithrogues, and there are Lo accommod i3ns for tll4`M.
RV: MT.—Never trust a married man with a secret
wholoces his wife, for he will tell her—and she will
toll her sister---and her sinter will tell every body and
any body.—Ex. paper.
No! no! that will never de! If you have any se
crets, tell them to your aunt—and she will keep them.
She hates tatding.—Et. Louis Organ.
MONtiXENTS.—The hei , zht of
The cross on St. Peter's Church at Rom., is 540 0
ft
Crew on St. Paul's, London, 36
Pantheon, at Paris, 355
• `...' .2. 0
Bunker HillMouumcnt,
The Monument, London, 202
The Washington Monument, Baltimore, 165
The Place Vendome, Paris, 140
,
,
, Trajan's Pillar, Romc., 140
I Pompey's Pillar, Alexandria, 120
MO= RASCAL.S.-.-AVO copy the following from the
Jackson (Mississippi)6outhron of the 19th:
"Pefaications and Elopentents."—lt is rumored
in town, with how much truth we know not, that the
examinations now going on by the committees of the
House s have developed, and are still developing, facts
which render it probable that other individuals, and
fiat too in higia station, besides Pagan(' and Graves,
will be implicated in the peculat ions and forgeries upon
the public treasury. The higher the station the dark
er the crime. We hope the committees will do their
duty, without respect to office, station, or personal
popularity, and thereby secure the lasting gratitude of
an injured people."
THE PEOPLE, AND THE CORN LAWS
The average increase of population in England is said
to be SOO,OOO per onnum. But about 200,000 persons
emigrate every year, which leaves the annual increase I
at 100,000. By the last census, says a writer in the
Loadon Despatch, it appears that in spite of the high
pressure, which during the preceding ton years, we
applied to emigration, there had been an increase
amongst us of 3,000,000, and from these and otherdata,
it is evident that nothing less than emigration to the ex
tent of about 500,000 per annum would be sufficient to
keep the country in a fair supply of food under the pres
ent Corn Laws.
Ate meeting of the Anti-Corn-Law League at Dru
ry La.ue Theatre, one of the speakers said:—"Amongst
a variety of other arguments in oppoition to the Corn
Laws, he said that they caused a wholesale slaughter
of the people. In slar.chester the mortality of the chil
area of the poor was very great, compared with those '
of parents in more comfortable circumstanceA. It had
been ascertained, that out of 1,000 poor children, on
an average 571 die under the age in" Live
out of the same number of children cf the upper and
middling classes, it was found there were only 70 deaths.
It would be impossible for the Ministry to maintain the
Cora Laws much longer. No one who read the de-.
bates of the House of Commons, or witnessed the pro
eAseditigs there for some time past, but must see that the
Government felt their imtbility to continue such an in
justice to the people "
tre About tt-entv periJas were pui.un._ - ttl near El
mira, Chemung county, N. Y., t feu-clap; agu, by eat
ing cake nt, a weddiog. Tito poi3oaoas quality was
irnpartoi to the cake by "sugar nark," with which it
wan c overed, and a coavoaelitrart ai which wlaai was
FOR PRESIDENT,
JAS. BUCHANAN,
Subject to the der6itei of
Tag DritOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION
The Dail") itlorning j)ost•
PHILL:FS S 51111211, EDITOM AN!) PIIOPRIETORS
FIRDAY, AUGUST 4, 1E43
THE NEW PLAN OF UNION' BETWEEN TILE WHIGS
AND THE BLUE Nos es.—As the election a pproaches,
both branches of the fed-pal party begin to see that
the vote fur the Democratic tizket will be greater than
that polled by the factious on both their tickets, and
they are busily engaged in devising some method of
averting the consummate disgrace of such a defeat.—
There is too much malevolence, ill-feeling, and jealousy
amongst the heads of the contending factions, to per
mit them to think of coming together, were there a
possibility that the aggregate vote for their candidates
would exceed the Democratic vote—in that case they
could assure their allies abroad, of the fact, that they :
still maintained a federal majority, though it was divi
ded upon certain points. But now that this result is
impossible, they are endeavoring, though with evident
reluctance, to compose their differences, and bring out
a single set of candidates, that will make a respectable
show of opposition to the triumphant progress which
the democracy are making towards a complete victory
in this county. These leaders are well aware, that if
they keep both tickets in the field, they will be blamed
by their partisans out of the county with having wil
fully brought defeat on the party—while, if they can
arrange a single ticket, and withdraw one now in the
field, they can charge their inevitable defeat on "Gene
ral Apathy," or any other of the intangible "general"
Cause they choose to fix upon.
But while such are the real fears and feelings of the
leaders of the respective cliques, the mass of their fol
lowers are amused with a very different sort of conver
sation. They are told in the most confident language
by each set of elcetioneeters, that the opposing branch
has no chance for even a decent vote. The blue-noses
say that the whip will not raise mare than the vote
they received on previous occasions when they ran a
ticket; and the whip answer by pointing to the old A n
timasenie leaders who arc supporting the Uuion ticket.
This state of hostile feeling is carefully cherished lest
the negotiations on foot should all terminate fruitlessly.
As we know that the mass of the federal factious will
neverbc permitted to hear of these manmuvres unless
they should be crowned with success,—for the federal
leaders always treat the followers as so many cattle,
to be traded, transferred and sold at pleasure—we will
give the latest rumor that has reached us of a new plan
of union
It will be remembered that we developed a project
that was much talked of some weeks since,—it provi
ded for the assembling of the rival Coon Conventions
in a joint body, and the formation of a ticket from those
now in the field. The basis of this arrankement was,
that Mr. Craig and Mr. Morrison were to retain their
respective places, and the rest were to be left to the
chances of intrigue and management. We have rea
son to think that this plan is entirely abandoned.
The new project is, as we are informed, the (Wire
withdrawal of both the tickets at present before the
people, and the formation of another, spick-and-span
new, by a Convention organized on the plan of 1840,
and other years, when all the various families of coons
nted the same ticket. To • accomplish this scheme,
we are told that all, or nearly all, the candidates have
been consulted, and that many of them have consented
to the arrangement. We have not heard how it is to bo
settled between Craig and Brackenridge, but presume
no objection will be offered by federalists so devoted,
to any project that may promise a better result than
now seems probable, or rather break the fall of the fed
eralists of Allegheny. All that they have written of
each other, all the contumely and abuse they have heap
ed on each other's head, will be construed in a Pick
wickian sense, and the supple and subservient coons
will shout far joy, when tivse twidoullity champions
shall have buried the hatchet.
The next and only remaining difficulty will be be
tween Morrison and Hays—and touching their arrange.
ments we are told, that the latter has sent a message
to Morrison, making kiitrwn his willingness to back out,
if Morrison will do likewise. To this proposal, Mr.
Morrison, as the story goes, replied, that Mr. Hays
had better make his overtures through the public
prints, and over his proper signature—and adding, that
he, Morrison, is ready and willing to do as much to
wards compromise and union as Hays will do.
As for the remainder of the candidates, we have
heard nothing of their replies, nor, indeed, arc they es
sential in the negotiation. What they think about the
matter is of small consequence, if the aspirants to the
scat in Congress and to the Sherifftilty, can arrange it
to suit themselves.
And thus it is that the leaders of the federal factions,
transfer and bargain away their confiding and simple
followers, as if they were so many sheep at the sham
bles. I'erhaps the publicity we have given to this pro
ject may defat it entirely—or perhaps it may be found
impracticable. In either case, the organs of the fac
tious willimpudently and pertinaciously deny that any
such thing is thought of, as they did when wo exposed
their former plan. But we assure all who take an in
terest inthe matter, and particularly the nose-led coons
who are to be traded about, that we have these de vel-
opmonts on good authority.
It is proper to state here that we have alluded to this
affair, chiefly for the advantage of the masses of the
federal party, whose leaders and organs would never
trust them with such secrets. 'Whether the scheme for
union be successful or not, makes not the slightest dif
ference to the democratic party. In any event its suc
cess is certain.
AMUSING.-The Gazette is publishing longwinde I
articles suggesting the proper course for antimasonry 1 The flag designed for the China mission was
to pursue on the Presidential question.' It certainly manufactured out of American Silk, by J. W. Gill, of
does not suppose that any one is stupid enough to . Mt. Pleasant, Ohi... It is 151 feet in length; s t r ipes
think that antimasonry will be in existence twelve crimson and wliite, 15 inches wide; the square EtA fee s
months hence, or that even if it should, it can have any long, 3 feet 9 inches wide, of a beautiful blue.
influence on such a great national question as the elec- ' I
RETRiBUTION.—A fellow in Baltimore persisted in
tion of President. The only foothold that antima-
following two young ladies afew evenings ago,and very
sonny has in the union, is in Allegheny and Lancaster
much annoyed them with his company and conversa
counties. Everybody knows that hero it cannot possi
tion. A gang of large boys who observed what was
bly survive ly.yend the October election, and it is e•
going on,being very happy in having something to mob'
- quallyas well known that in Lancaster it is in the
fell on the impertinent fool and gave him a most tre
same tottering condition; yet in both these counties we
mendous beating, scarcely leaving life enough in his
find the blue nose organs gravely defining the position
carcase to enable him to crawl hsme
of the antimasons on the I'resiclemtial question. How
ridiculous!
EXTENSIVE ROBBE [ULT.—A Jewellery Store in Phil-
adelphia, was entered on Sunday night last and robbed'
THE PROGRESO OF TEIIPERAYC E.—The Concord
of gold inbars, diamonds; coins, bank notes, and other
(N. H.) Freeman says, that some young fellow made
property. A reward of a thousand dollars is offered.
his appearace a few days ago among the Irish laborers,
who are now at work in that town on the Fitchburg OF The amount of real estate assessed in the name
Railroad, and opened a grog shop in their midst.— of Jacob Ridgway, deceased, in High street ward,
The laborers held a meeting, chose a moderator, and Philadelphia, is $191,000, being three more than in
then proceeded to consider the case of the interloper. Ch es nut ' war d.
The conclusion to which they came was, that he have
24 hours given him to decamp from the manor.
11:TClement of Alexandria, one of the Fathers, held
that every time a female looked in a mirror, she broke
t ar A woolen tatt,aufactaq has been established at the second commandment, because she made a like-
Xilwiasio, =eel herself.
ERIE CANAL.—The Crawford (Meadville) Demo
erat of the Ist sar:—"John B. Butler, President !
of the Board of Canal Commissioners, Thos. L.
Wil
son, Secretary, A. B. Warford. Prineiral Engineer of
the State, and John Mitchell, Supervisor of the Erie
Extension, arrived in this place on Wednesday even
ing last. Whilst here a considerable amount of bu
siness was done—many claims investigated—the un
settled affairs of the Extension arranged for final set- ;
dement, and measures adopted to transfer the Coaneaut
Line into the hands of the Erie Canal Company. Tlfry
left town on Friday.
"Not the least important of their decisions whilst
here, was one, that the Feeder Dam at Bemus'
dills
be lowered two feet, which it is hoped, will prevent the
water from backing upon and destroying the fine mill
property at Magnffin's Falls. The job was taken by
Mr. David H. Lockhart, who is well qurlified for the
task, and who will proceed at once to execute the work.
MATTERS EAST ANT) WEST.--Tll3 OR. Message
says:—On noticing our Excluinges, we aro convinced
that business mutters are us much at a stand in all pla.
ces, both East, West, North and South, where com
mercial men look for the largest transactions, as in our
owa city. At this season of the year, we need look
for nothing else. Thu Western Merchants have sup
plied themselves with goods from the East, and return
ed to their homes; the Eastern Merchants have retired
to their country residences or arc traveling for pleasure,
in the expectation that no business could be dono at
home. The farmers are under heavy headway, har
vesting their grain and getting in their hay. The Ohio
Rivor is low, and there is but little dnn wad for ship
ments, so that take it all 't npther, during the balance of
this month and the whole of neat, business matters eve
ry where will be pretty dull.
As ExotEss W•RFAR g.—At a late meeting of the
friends of Clay in Lancaster County they came to the
fearful "determination of FIGHTING on until Pennsylva.
ilia as she surely will have, a Whig Governor, and the
United States have, as they surely will have, a 'NI
President; and until prosperity and happiness shall thus
be again be restored to the State and the Nation."
What an everlasting fight that will be. Some dine
since the editor of the Boston Atlas resolved not to give
"reA to the soles of his feet" until Henry Clay was e
, leetud. The poor man is ".eking on as hard as he can,
and every diy the prospect of being relieved from his
rash vOw appears more gloomy. Ile will, in all proba
bility have to walk for the t...n-m of his natural life and
then drop off without having his wishes consummated.
We fear the pugnacious patriots of Lancaster are in a
similar predicament, and the present generation will be
turned to day—not for Clay—before they stop fight•
rrThe following is an official statement of the pre
sent condition of the Debt of the Vi.ited States:
STATZMENT OF THE C. I. LOANS, JULY R, 1843.
Negotiated in Payable after
1841 Dec. 31,1844, 0,672.976 83
1842 " 1862, 3,418,109 /37
1843 4,883,338 :36
July 1, 1833, 7,000,000 00
$20,974,443 11
Amount at each rale of interes,.
At 6 per ct. At 51 pc.r ct. At 5 2-5 At spr ct
84152,433,030 02 $3,213,791 36 $16,155
844 3,418,100 37
843 4,833,333 36
$10,744,493 25
TREARURT
Register's Office, July B, 1813.
T. L. SMITH, Register.
The above statement shows the Mock
debt of the United States to be $2 . 0,974,445 11
To which add Treasury notes issued
under act of 31st August, 1842, 3,025,534 89
Showing the total debt of the tit,ited
States to be $:2.1,000,000 00
The proceeds of the seven million loan recently ne
gotiated, which matures Ist July, 1353, together with
balances in the Treasury, will redeem the $3,559,145
of Treasury notes outstanding on the Ist of this month,
and which were issued prior to the Ist of Augn.st, 1842.
The annual charge for interest is. $1,172,300.
THE FOURTH •r NAUYOO.—The Burlington (Iowa)
Gazotte of thy Bth instant says:
"Many of our citizen' spent the fourth among the
saints at Nauvoo. They returned nio.:11 pleased with
their visit. They were escorted by the military from
the landing to the Temple, where seats had been reserv
ed for them. Two boats, with five or six hundred pas
sengers, from Warsaw, Quincy and St. Louis, also ar
rived about the sarn3 time, and thus swelled the num
ber of invited guests to a thousand or more. The city
itself of course turned out its thousands, rendering the
ceremonies of the day highly interesting. The prophet
(General Smith) mule a speech to the immense multi
tude:"
RESIGNID.—Tho Mississippi Free Trader, of the
11th ult., states that the Hon. Washington Barrow.
Charge d' Affairs to Lisbon, has resigned, and will
return to this country.
re The editor of the New York Mercury says he
does not believe mosquitoes arecontagious, because he
can't catch 'em•
CAC, , ED BT A MC/USE — The great fire at Valparai
so on the 13th March was caused by a mouse. It,
seems that a 1110114 e had been caught in the store of
Julien and Lopez. Some persons in the store hearing
the trap stirring, seized a candle and ran to the spot,
when the blaze came in contact with a parcel of tow'
from which the flames were quickly communicated to
other combustible materials, and in a very short time
t he whole building was on fire. The loss foots up at
$915,000, of which $560,000 was in custom house
(payable Jul;, 1853) F. 000.000
For the l'ost.
Messrs. Editors:—Among the county candidates of
fered for the consideration of the party, the name of
\Vta. G. HAWKINS i 3 announced for the office of Proth
onotary; a name that has been associated with situa
tioncof the highest distinction and honour, and whose
age and adhesion to our principles point him out as a
tit candidate fur any situation in the , ift of the county.
The standing of Col. Hawkins in the state is too well
established to need any eulogy from his friends. His
modest and retired habits, however, for a few years
back, may render a reference to his past history neces-
I sary to those who have entered the arena of political life
since he closed his public career.
About the year 1815. Col. Hawkins, being then but
a young lad, was placed as a Clerk, for the purpose of
instruction, in the Prothouotary's office of Green county,
where he remained, alternately attending the duties of
the office, and at the same time prosecuting his studies,
(with a view of gaining admission to the bar,) till about
the year 1818 or 'l9. In 1020, he gained admission to
the bar, and continued to practice till about the year
1832 or '3. In 1829, a vacancy occurred in the State
Senate, in the Senatorial district composed of Wash
ington and Green, and Col. Hawkins was nominated
and elected to that situation by a majority of upwards
of 1000 votes, although then barely constitutionally el
igible. In 1828, he was re-elected, from the same dis
trict, without opposition. Near the close of his first
session, on the second term, Col. Hawkins was elected
Speaker of the Senate, by a vote of 22 to 10, and after
this, was re-elected unanimously till the end of his term;
and it is a remarkable fact, of which I have been cred
ibly informed, that while Col. Hawkins presided in the
Senate, not a single appeal was ever taken to his de-
cision.
In the spring of 1834, Col. Hawkins purchased the
farm in the neighborhood of Braddock's Fields, where
he now resides, abandoned his professional pursuits and
public life, and is now, and has been since that period,
devotedly and practically engaged in the cultivation of
the soil. During the few years that Col. Hawkins has
resided in the caunty, he has been repeatedly urged to
accept of nominations which would have conferred up
on any man an honorable distinction; but they were sit
uations which would have imposed upon him the neces
sity of absenting himself from his family, to whom he
is tenderly attached, and from whom he had been sep
arated in early life on public business. To the accept
ance of the situation now sought for, those reasons have
no application; and we hope we shall not be deemed
presumptuous in saying, that upon the score of fitness
for the office, personal worth, and consistency of polit
ical character, the claims of Col. Hawkins will not suf
fer in comparison with any or all of the candidates of
fered for nomination.
It has been a source of constant irritation and com
plaint for years back,that all our nominations were made
under, and subject to, city influence, and in confirmation
of this, we are daily pointed to the fact that out of some
14 or 15 offices, but two or three are filled by citizens of
the county, and they offices of the lowest grade, and
the least profitable. The fact is undeniable, that all the
officers at the Court House, (except the soliuuy office
of County C o mmissioner,) yielding, perhaps, to our ci
ty friends a clear income of $20,000, are in the pos
session of the city residents. We are well aware of
the influence which sa,•h a host of officers exert upon
the people of the country, as well as those of the city,
who come in daily contact with them inethe character of
suitors, juror:•, witnesses, &r. NVe should perhaps,
rather look for it than be surprised, that a combination
of office holders and others, acting in concert, and oper
ating in a thonsaud ways upon the unwary and unsus
pecting, should for a time, doinjustice to some portions
of tho community. That the country should contribute
more dean one half to the construction of a noble edi
fice that cost $:300,000, and also largely to the expense
of administering public justice, (three -fourths of which
cnißinates from city litigation,) and yet be deprived of
a share of th• , prafits_of the public ottieci, is passing
strange, yet not rn ire strange than true. Hitherto our
country friends have been called to meet in Convention
for the purpose of recording the •mines of the noun
aces preeiottsly armed upon be our city cliques.
It is ❑ant• high time fir the democratic party to look
well to the situation in which it is placed. if candi
d ices arc to be selected months, aye, ycars in advance
by a self-constituted clique in the cities of Pittsburgh
a id Allegheny, and the country democrats are to be
used for the mere purpose of coati riniug these, let it be
publicly proclaimed upon the house tops, as it is private
ly in the markets, and at the corners of the streets.—
If the c.neary poss:. , ses no rights to be respected, and
no materials from which to select, point to us in living
ruler, the peculiar fitness and claims of your city can
did that we may exercise the humble privilege of
c hoosing between them. A COUNTRYMAN.
FOR TILE Moaxixo
As the time approaches to settle the Democratic
nominations in Convention, the candidate; thicken, and
I am happy to perceive that We have five gentlemea
mentioned for Congress, viz:—Messrs. Wilkins, Sta
ler, Alex. Brackenridge, Gazzam, and Lowrie, any of
whom will fill it well. Their respective friends are set
ting forth their in -its, and I also as a friend propose
to test them against each other, by respectfully election
eering upon their merits and demerits: just as you prove
the truth of a sum in arithmetic by adding up back
wards. And first, as I happen to have been longest
acquainted with Mr. Alex. Brackenridge I will begin
with him.
Firstly: I object that being a native of Pittdmreh, as
he is, be has never been known to make a bo a st o f it;
probably because his good sense tells him that this ac
cident makes him, per se, no better than his fat 6 r,
was a SC04.6111'111; or perhaps, he has in •t io leis :if:-
time with Irishmen he liked better than himself. Be
this the fact or nut, I suspect he has qhrowly found out
err now, that hn would have been more lucky to have
been born in Philadelphia, New England, ur old mother
Franklin.
Secondly: He is too unassuming for a public man.
I know a fact in his history, which would have made
his political fortune if handled rightly. In the late
war, before lie was twenty-two years of age, he volun
teered in his country's defence, and in a company of
strong, of as brave and patriotic young men as ever
marched, he served a full tour ofdutv, with the appoint
ment of Second Serjeant. Honorably discharged, he
returned to his studies in Carlisle. This was during
the same year in which our distinguished citizen, James
Buchanan, was in the ranks. This service of James
Buchanan was not forgotten by the people of Lancas
ter, when they elected him repeatedly to , Congress.—
But there was this difference between the two, that Mr.
Buchanan served on horseback, while Mr. Bracken
ridge shouldered his musket, and carried his knapsack
in a forced march of 120 miles and remained encamp
ed tinder arms rand military duty triple the time. This
little piece of Brackenridge's soldiering, is an honora
ble incident in his early life; yet lie never speaks of it,
probably because no gun was fired. But this was not
his fault. He was in the field ready to spill his blood,
was honorably discharged, and after his return was im
mediately promoted. Now he ought to have made
more noise about this, talked more aboutit, and made
political capital out of it. He is either too modest or
too proud to use his advantages, which I set down as
my second objection to his nomination.
- Thirdly: I object to Mr. Brackenridge because he
accepted the Presidency of the Branch Bank in this
city, at a time when the Bank was above suspicion and
deemed Democratic, and did not change his politics
when the Bank did. During all the time of Mr. Bid
dle's controversy with Gen. Jackson, Mr. Bracken
ridge remained firm to his Democratic principles, justi
fying General Jackson as a republican citizen had a
right to do, and as an agent of the Bank performing
his ministerial duties without reproach. It ia also
known to many that Mr. Brackenridge was then and
always has been liberal
suit his contributions to the Callse
of Democracy. As a pporter of Mr. Van Buren's ad
ministration ho was conspicuous from the first. And
what is extraordinary, not all the Bank salaries in the
world could even tempt him to attend a Clay meeting or
an Anti-Jackson one. He was too untractable for this.
Not always so with some other good Democrats. I
know some, now highin the ranks, and candidates too
in Allegheny county, who about that time attended Clay
meetings, denouncing General Jackson, offering reso
lutions, and making speeches too. With that corrupt
and vile institution the Penna. Bank of the U. S. Mr.
Brackenridge had nothing to do. There was too much
of the Independent Treasury in him to expect that.—
His coarse was here fully comparable to the lamented
late Trevanion B. Dallas, who acted for many years
without reproach as salaried Attorney for the Bank.—
When he was our candidate for Congress, it was never
hinted that employment in a Bank killed one's democra
racy, any more than it would be wrong fora democratic
mechanic to take pay for work done in an aristocratic' .
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I iron or cotton mill. But as to Mr. Brackenridgethe is Pittsburgh Tillaim
quite a different person, and not entitled to the lama 4 Mr The Public arc respectfully informed that the
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privileges. He ought to have givennp his democracy, . above establishment will uses on Monday evening, the
when the Bank assailed Jackson. It was criminal to ; 14th inst., with an entire new company, for dos fall
take a salary of five hundred dollars a year, and appose ' season, under the management of W*. P. Hzkrrook
Clay: quite a want of conerem sous:. I sejthese things ! The house will be neatly repainted and docorabed, end ...--
down as my third objection. every thing will lie done to render the THIATRE (owes
Fourthly - . Mr. Brackenridge when ha had the oppor- I more) a place (- instruction and amusement.
tunity to monopolise offices for himself and his connex. I aug 4-Iw.
ions, neglected his advantage; a folly entirely behind ', ' —
Tin and Sheet Iron Illreetes
the age, and ranks him unfit to hold the candle to our 1 Copper,
modern Statesmen. With such scruples how can he rri HE subscriber respectfully informs his frinois and
ever expect to become a first rate politician? And none JL former patrons, that he has removed his eateb
but a first rate politician ought to be a member of Con- lishment from No. 61, Liberty, to No. —, Third st.,
gress. He might be respected in Coirmess fir fair nearly opposite the Post Office, where he continues to
talents, devotion to the tariff, zealous for the interests of carry on the Copper, Tin and Shett Iron Business, in
his constituents, and the like, but what are these in corn- all its various branches. He respectfully selisdas a
parison with talent for intrigue and artful sycophancy! continuance of the patronage so liberally extended to
Devoid as he is of these rare qualities, can ho expect him heretofore, and pledges himself that no pais shall
ever to get a foreign mission? No: he has not tact e- be spared on his part to merit the same.
nougb even now to conceal his preference of Buchanan on hand, Manufactured Ware, of all kinds, 2 :I1 =
to Tyler, although the latter has two years of patronage will be sold low for cash. Spouting, &c., made test`
yet. The country has already had a trial of Mr. Brack- ' der at short notice.
enridge's public life. He was twice elected as the 1 aug -1-1 m R. M. DAWSON.
Democratic candidate to the Legislature of 1818, 1819, 1
1820--and in those stormy sessions of the persecution I To Let, •
~,,,,n . VOR a term of years, my. house, store ram
of that good Governor, William Findlay, no man stood 1
At. w: 1' and work shop, on '2d street, opposite Jas.
I up more firmly to the party than B roc kenridge, or gained
Park, jr., &Co The shop is brick, 19 feet wide, by
Imore flattering reputation fur his steadfast support of
30 10ng,3 stories high. I have in it a small swam en-
that good Governor, against the vindictive measures of
gine, about 5 horse power, which I will also rent, if x
Leib, Binns, &c. Yet he was so unmindful of his own
desired. For further particulars enquire of une,fets dam ,
interests as to demand nothing in return, for himself; ORRIN NEWTON.
returning to his profession a private citizen, while his : p remises '
more fortunate collcame, with a democracy hardly vet 1 1 aug 4- tf
in the green leaf, wisely pocketed the commission of a ...,,,,, ....
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II NGI7III-8171MMIS
President Judgship. It is evident, therefore, that he : - .I `.:F 11111 ‘ 0 / 31 / 4 /S TS,
does not understand the grab game He has attended 1 AND OWNERS OF MACELINENIT.
at least a half dozen State Conventions, at considerable .
10 ABBIT'S ANTI-ATTRITION METAL —Tills
expense, and has nothing to show for it. Now I look'
1.3 excellent invention for the reduction of friction in
upon a man who works for nothing and finds himself '
!machinery has at length been introduced in our eity.--- ,
in politics, to be as great a fool as if he did so in private
1 It consists of al fined box, suitable for an revolving and
life. Besides all this he is suspected of too much hon
-1 sliding motions in the various kinds of machinery,where
esty; and too dull to learn the Indian ]ono rage, or take
i great weight or speed are applied; these boxes reduce
up the lumbering business. He don't, therefore, come
1 friction iu a remarkable d agree, requiring but little oil,
up to my ideas of political perfection, and this is my
and are warranted entirely free from the objections
fourth objection.
I have other objections; but these I have mentioned found with those now in use.
I
These lined boxes have been introduced in many - sof
are surely quite enough to kill him offi. so wait till you
i the Eastern Rail Roads, and in various manufacturing
hear from me again. A DE MOC RAT.
I establishments in that section of country, to which the
limit; of an advertisement will not allow us to refer,sad
nearly thirty well known s uperintendents,engineers,mas.
chinists and engine builders in the east certify that, "in
the use of these boxes, friction is reduced ins remark
able degree; oil is required oaiy in small quantities,. sal
the wear is hardly perceptible, during a period in which
a hard metal box of the same thickness would be wits
out; journals running in these boxes attain a smoother
surface than they have seen on those which lavaboes
run in any other box." They also certify "that doper ,
tentee of any
improvement has received the highest a•
ward of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic's AMID•
clarion, for specimens of these boxes, (some of which ~,,,
had been run on the crank of alocomotive engine siert
than thirty thousand miles,) at the fair of the Luau
tio-3, held in Boston in September and October,lB4l."
The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, also awarded
Mr. Babbitt the premium for the improvement in bar
e.=, under the Scott Lepcy. which co:lF:nes such awards
to amt. and us , ful improvements.
The Committee on naval airairs reported strongly in
its favor, in consequence of which the right to use it was
purchased by the Government for $20,000. The com
mittee refer to, and make a part of their report the lets
ter_- of S. V. Merrick, J, Erricsen, George C. Read, C.
W. Copeland, Com. L. Warrington, Hon. A. P. llp
-hitt, and Charles Howard, recommending the knew
MCSSRS. EDITORS: — The time is fast approaching
when our nominations have to be made for the various
offices in the County. Congress will be filled with a
man in the city, or immediately adjoining . , the Senate
in the city. The probability is that the Sheriff' will be
in the city; the Prothonotary is wanted badly in the ci
ty; and I will now ask where is our Assemblymen to
come from; must they all be in the city? I see the
name of Joseph Cooper, of Moon, suggested as a suita
ble man. That section of the county lying southwest
of the Monongahela. and Ohio Rivers is certrainly enti
tled to a member; and that part of the county laying
northwest of the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers is entitled
to another member, let them settle upon the man.—
And I would respectfully ask if that part of the county
east of the Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers is not
entitled to another member, if so, we would suggest
subject to the Convention, the name of John Richards.
Esq., of Elizabeth, as a gentleman every way qualified
for a seat in the State Lcrislature; a gentleman of
t;tera Democracy, and will give entire satisfaction to
all, and especially them who knows him best. Leav
ing the fourth member to the city, as there is now . one
Commissioner from the east side of the Monongahela,
and one from the northwest of the Allegheny and Ohio
Rivers, the one to be put in nomination should be from
the southwest side of the Monongahela and Ohio Ri
en. v-
FAIR PLAY.
['The Italian Opera don't draw in Philadelphia—
the women are too ugly so says the Spirit of the Times.
rFA new steering machine is being exhibited in
Baltimore, which ineet3 the approbation of ship owners
and ship masters. It is pronounce,' to be superior
to anything of the kind in use.
N,7w3 from Havana to Cl 3 Ist, sh3w that the
yellow fever is raging there extremely. It appears how
ever, to be confined within the city, as only two or three
eases have appeared in the island.
4Eommercial illatters.
PITTSBURGH MARKET.
Reported for the "Post," by Isaac Harris.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1843
Business has become very dull, the rivers very low,
and very little doing. Few changes in our market, ex
cept in the articles of flour, corn and oats, which have
advanced a shade.
FLOUR—From warns and boats, s4a4 and
from stores, $4 50a4 75 a bbl.
GRAD—Wheat 75, oats 20a.25..), corn 28a30 per bush.
No changes have taken place in any other article
since our last quotations, to which our readers arc re
ferred.
CINCINNITI.—FIour selling, at $3 37. Whiskey at
18 cents
[',The New York Tribune has cheering advices
from the Manufacturing villages at the cast. Business
is generally active, and the wages as high as they ever
were, considering what money will buy. New build
ings are going up rapidly—fifty in Bayer, N. EL, alone.
And, what is better even than this, Manufactures are
extending themselves, and new branches of business
being started throughout all parts of the country.
PHILADELPHIA. MONEY NIARKIT.--Bicknell's Re
porter gives the following account of the condition of
the money market in Philadelphia:—
"Our Money World still continues calm. No im
portant change is likely to take place until the active
Fall Trade commences. The Western merchants are,
however, already beginning to arrive. A heavy sale
of carpetings took place last week, by Claghor.,, Ito
bins & Hill, Atictioneers , and we are as-ur,A that ma
ny of the buyers were store-keepers front the Western
cities. The bidding was spirited and t..e prices were
fair. A sound and wholesome trade is looked for with
confidence. The crops are good, the country is in a
healthy condition, exchanges have not been in such a
favorable way fir a number of years, specie is abundant
in the Atlantic citi s, and the, prospect may therefore
be said to be full of encouragement. * * *
No change in the Money Market. The rates range
from 4 to 5 per cent. per annum, with little demand.
"The Western merchants continue to arrive, and the
Fall trade will commence unusually early. The first
regular package sale of the season, will take place to
day, at one of our auction stores. Domestic goods
have advanced somewhat in price, as will be seen by
our quotations. The prospect is considered very fa
vorable foran active trade.
Port of Pittsburg!).
Reported by Sheble and Mitchell, General Steam
Boat Agents, Water street.
FOURTEEN INCHES WATER IN THE CHANNEL
Alpine, Cockburn, Cincinnati,
*Columbiana, Murdock, do.,
Warren, Ward, Beaver.
DEPARTED.
Vigilant, Reno, Cincinnati,
Warren, Ward, Beaver.
All Boats marked thus (*) in the above list, are pro
vided with Evans's Safety Guard.
arThe River, at Cincinnati, was still falling at
last accounts. There was five and a half feet water
in the channel
HORRID MURDER.—The cook of the steam boat
Scioto Belle, in a quarrel with one of the deck bands,
seized a large knife and plunged it into his side, the
blade passing through his heart and causing instant
death. The murderer was immediately arrested.—
The affray occurred about one o'clock this afternoon.—
St. Louis Gem July 25.
For the Morning Post
ARRIVED
Mr. S. V. Merrick states that the metal having been
long enough in use to test its merits fully. he has no
hesitation in saving that it is one of the must valuable
improvements that has come to his notice. The effects
produced are: a great diminution in friction; a saving
in oil—one half or more; an economy in the original
construction, the brasses being much fight-r, a taring
in repair, the metal lasting longerand being replaced at
a less cost; and a s tying in fuel, consequent upon diL
minished friction."
The metal has also been introduced with great ad
vantage, in lining carriage and wagon bexes,forwhielt
it is well adapted.
It is al,o, amongst many others, strongly recommoo,
ded by Mr. Ctiar,eJ Howard. President of the Bald
more and Sn;cuuni Lana Railroad Company, who par
chas.-d the right f r taw road,a distance of seventy to
for $1,050. Mr. Howard gives the article the foible'.
ing recommendation:
"The price was considered a high one, for the com
paratively limited extent to which the Company would
have an opportunity of making use of the patent righr,
bat see were satisfied that it was for our interest to a
vail ourselves of the invitation. I can now say, that,
having better tested its value by a more extensive ap
plication of it. I think that the company would be very
unwise to relinquish their right to use it for amuchlugh
er cons idorat ion than that which was given for it; and I
have no doubt, that if such a proposition were to be
made to the Company, it would, without hesitation, be
declined.
The great merits of the invention are, that it E ..tx-noatta
the heating, and consequent cutting and destruction
of the bearing's, which are so numerous on the steam
engine; and on the perfection of which depends the val
ue of the engine; while, at the same time, there is a
very great saving of nil, the expenditure forms a mate- .
nal item in the cost of working a large engine. In the
locomotives of the company. I find the saving to be fad
ly one half of the quantity which was required before
Mr. Babbitt's invention was applied to them. Some
of these locomotives having run several thousand miles
I can also say that this invention makes the mackdoeti
much more durable, so that while the effective paean
of the machine is increased, the cost of repairs dr _
minished."
ra?' The composition alluded to having been used
in this vicinity, the proprietor is enabled to refer tothe,
following gentlemen as to its merits, viz:
WM. LYON, of the firm of Lyon, Shorb & CO.
EDWARD MORGAN, Engineer of the steam boat
West Point.
JOSEPH HAXILTON, 2 Engineers of the steamer
JOSEPH TAYLOR, s Brunette.
riP The boxes and composition can be purchased
& inspected at the Bell and Brass Foundry of ASDW.
FULTON, comer of 2nd street and Chancery Lane.
aug 4-2 w.
AN ORDINANCE authorizing . the Mayor to bee
row Six Thousand D.thirs, to pay for pipes iii.
the Fifth Ward and other places.
Section 1. Be it ordained and enacted by the citi
tens of Pittsburgh, in Select and Common Cow** ,
aasembled, that the Mayor be authorized to borrow on
the credit of the city, the sum of Six Thousand Daus,
and issue certificates of Loan for the same, in rams we,
less than ore hundred Dollars, bearing an intereat of
six percent., payable half yearly, on the first days of
April and October every year, which certificates she
not be redeemed without the consent of their hebk*
before the first day of January, eighteen handredwad,
fifty-four.
Sec. 2. Be it ordained and enacted, &c., That the ,
faith, credit, funds, and corporate property of the City
of Pittsburgh, is hereby pledged for the payment of
said certificates. and the interest accruing thereon.
Sec. 3. The proceeds of said certificates areberibhat o ,
set apart for the payment for new pipes, and the expels
sea of laying the same, and taking up ma relaying tbs -
,
old pipe now used for conveying the water from th e IrtY . .
to the Basin on Grant's Hill.
Ordained and enacted into a Law in Counmls, this
31st day of July, A.. D., 1843.
E. J. ROBERTS,
A. MILLAR, Cl'k j S O . C.
WM. EICHBAUM, Pres't C. C. .
Cl'k C. C.
HN SHIPTON, Pres% S. C.
Ana. 3-41111., •
AN ORDINANCE respecting sales of Horses aid *
Cattle at Auction.
Section 1. Be it ordained and enacted by tbeciti
tens of Pittsburgh, in Select and Common Connell as'
sembled, That from and after the passage rid&
Or
dinance, it shall not be lawful for any person to
for sale at Auction any Horse, Ox, Cow,
or at.
any Street, Alley, or Square - belonging to the City, un
der the penalty of five dollars, to be recovered es pm
vided in other cases, one half to go to the city, and the
other to the prosecutor, and all Ordirumre 4 , or Par 4
thereof, inconsistent with the present Ordinance, are
hereby repealed.
Ordained and enacted into a Law in Councils, this
31st day ofJulv, A. D., 1843.
EICH BAUM, President C. C.
E. J. ROBERTS, Clerk C. C.
JOHN SHIPTON, President S. C.
A. MILLAR., Clerk S• C. Aug. 3--41.14.