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I : thimasic REYrstne 1.5 MISSOURI.--On Tuesday
1 .bsst, itscompany with several other gentlemen, among
1 .- 'Amu was Col. Benton, we visited the place where
Mr. Drygint is exhuming the remains of those most
1 wrodeiful animals (the Missourium.) It is near the
Paola:bode Terre, and about a mile and a half from
' , slim:m . "4r. Koch obtained his skeleton, Mr. Bryant
tr - bee almoky,„ eAcavated twenty feet, and has succeeded
prilifimg - : - some of the largest specimens, (and
laZ 4 4assay of xisetn"ne•srly perfect) ever yet exposed to
t' i 'lhe admiring gale of the curious. We saw and mea
-1 sistwAiiifErl4-1 bone, which seems perLct, and in excel
! lent preservation, which measures three feet ten and
1 a half iachei in length, thirteen and a half inches in
Idbuttelitsat hishead, and eight inches in diameter at
1 Its I=l:rt. We als o . saw seven feet of a tusk
.. • . ~_ ..
edam twenty-nme inches in circumference
wherejkleas broken off. Mr. B. is now engaged in
t Vout the balance of the tusk, and be thinks
ig alhale! will be about thirteen feet. We were
liont4.part of a scull which contained the upper
~. pin f r o * j,..w bone, with four teeth and the lower
-Parilatilfethe cavity of the brain—this scull appeared,
*on 4pia. sir.e of the teeth in the jaw, to belong to one
'. of the iisial . ler animals, and measured twenty-one
hides in width. From the formation of the scull,
Ca .ire were*/ to the conclusion that the tusks grew out
~ , _
.4 thataata4 ,hetween the upper teeth and the eyes,
:ter dig piellitles whore the tunas
. fitted in were plain
r. obioushlf- , -and that m toy probably account for
..„.,.. do ..4a e upper part of rho scull—the weight of
V the ' wing pressed it MI and destroyed it. We
t owA,
[- - WON ::-Ikp:ear variety of teeth, one of which
*a . and a half pound-‘. These teeth are
. . .
of johapes and kinds, and evidently belong ed
I . to • -species .of animals. While sumo of th eca
! h.ve large .indentions crosswise, others present
!..
tear] xmooth. suiTace, similal• to the teeth of the
~
, while others again are about four inches
}: . knig - aitinchbroad.a:id resemble on the surface
.. . the -ai: an oi. The rib bones are, fur the most
,t, part . peg the longest piece we saw being only 1
,i' • feet. These are not curved flatwise like]
. _. .
r: . the ribs dart ox, but are curved edzewise—they are ,
1,-..- 613014116 inch and a half thick, and thr.:ie and a half ',
r , ...„,,, , rue_. , The bones in the best state of preser-
,„ a discovered are the vertebra! of the back. 1 ,
1.,,
~ Siz 961Jiegs, were found in a hole about three feet
1,.. ace perfectly sound, the oblique process .
f . t . - et wiettemeafaires..two feet—the cavity for containin,g I I
I' titemeltuarrow is about three inches to diameter.
1,,.., ' ; various sizes, and evidently behinging to
man Tent annuals, are found embedded together, ,
eidiesdka;whitz quicksand or a stiff blue clay. A;
1
-snovelei,lannes are frequently found pieces of char
t. red ietindiked other material, giving evidence
.of the
i .Presrne -Of rational, beings. 'Tile whole would be - ,
L sstglossf..iittense interest to the naturalist and and-
' firom the position is wilich the bones are
men tre4 net believe the animal- .ii..h.l th we. Not
fer-filliv . !wbero these bones are fetal, is a mound
' litHXlOOllllllO-liandred feet high, with a grave on it. - ,
verpospi - -, . This in called -an I.ndim grev;. . This
.
1 Isimikollsbned may be one vast sepit',chr 2 14. a mighty
i Parfillatbaatin'nl....sci eniti;aity to th - _ , ntutlitts of dies)
ardranio they pr010a1. , !:,. worshipped. T' r.; hay.. n o ne
Of thelarel:11411113 yes OCCO found out of this colutty,i
and tifiltas supposed -when Mr. I"..uAi, run ived the
l first gib& *ars foiled that it. was [11: only siseleton77!
i but iiedezli haio since been cli_icov::r. , ..l i 3 prove that
1 . tioameselsatre hid iu the -bosom of the eat th within
~ the bounds of this e:ne,te. We wi=lt tit it some ni,
r e turgarakapd , .i•
' ologist would think it worth his' while
V) Viliik. andenam.n.• Cr. - 7 , pia-.us iv.l'iti. th run tia;sl
Ml=
L ER ON T 111: Clll l .:j7L k- .
T 10N TIIE
The tie r ep itwpit.atio.l the s l ia rt : t t d e x.
PiratiOns inadu jci the act of laughing, it: e tiirectia
ituenotroa the heart, iocr?..k. , inz the cult.itities of itiocxl
within thes,tviti•-•:. in the same manner as the quanti
ty wjfigitioilteseis increased by 111:1.C1.0,ar c4ttractiots.
The passiition of the heart, as might be anticipated.
willf•enty In proportion to toe violence and duration of
the ixtroxysm oflaoghter. When these are moderate
the seed is only exhilierated, 07, to sae a common ea*
pralien,"the heart becomes joyful:" but if laughing'
berried or prolonged beyond certain limits, a se
riesso( effects, more or less injurious, frequently super
vene,., rain in the cardiac region and head-ache then
conniien,and if the parm:y3m be immoderate, the quan
tity4hlocid propelled into the brain is such, that the
intellectual powers become greatly excited, and some
timei to such a degree as to cause their temporary
abessetion. - Even convulsions follow immoderate fits
of lagghwr,and I have linown death take place from
exceeetve laughter caused by titillation.
i'l l ,diet*rbed action of the heart is usually observed
in thine affected with hysteria, which may account for.
the: teroxyirn.; of laughter, the rims sat - donjons, the
Idea* and all the me..-c remarkable phenomena which
ar Cs_nharae-tcristic of that disease. Laughter, indeed,
greyly, disturbs a heart which is already irritable. This
waeetrikingly exemplified in a person who-had a dl3-
11MIIIPARe ,OlVe heart, and could not indulge in lam,hing,
wit the increased action of the heart, by which it
wasteccompanicd, always causing violent headache.
Wardrop ox. Diseases of the Heart.
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION' OF SLAVES.
The ',Charleston Mercury, alluiing to this snbject,
antkia the eforts of Bishop Berkley, remarks—"No
kontSrths i a ten or twelve years since, when the plan
of isasTing the missionaries to our blacks was firs.t en
terioa upon, we well remember the opposition it raised
isakcieemany of the planters, who were averse to it as
a_, ovation , fraught with ill consegnences, they
c ,W4it. - tell what, but which they were defermined
n 4,
xtotoidrisk. - As all thinking men foresaw, their fears
batkpirared perfectry groundless, and we venture to
sayi_eot.ono who has made the experiment, but will
heartily subscribe to the soundness of Bishop Berkley's
observations. What prejudice still exists, we am sure
a rssf few years more of trial will, remove, and that
trui t eaill come to be regarded in South Carolina as a
Boaster, as lie is, who, throuuh selfishness and pusillan
imig, exerts the shocking despotism of sealing the
~•,..-:.. a his poor slaves to a knowledge of God and a
~ .... . ~ Such
tuturelrorta. a man does nut deserve to live."
(5,F14Yr.11 VE I LS.—HOW fat , hionablo it is for I. cies
noiiiit.days to wear veils the color of glass! The taste
and it gives the complexion of a frog to the
pplat face. Be,iles it is useless=--we tnight add--
hart
t*wom - nt aro gree,i enough without such adyer
titiOtts- disistance! This entre mous of course. It
wept not do to say so before a
"Laughing mouth
Like to aced rose opening to the south."
Ugi.deelaration would not be "good Nrone's wholo
sontle." faucy.—Phila.
OUTSTRIPPING LIGHTNING
- -
therrretramoth steamboat Knickerbocker made her
fin -sillnitsage from New York to Albany in 7h. 33m.
runtlint time. The editor of th . . 2 New York American
whd'i l i;is onboard, gives the following vivid description
of Ads remarkable trip:
.
•:•l'Oa leaving the: wharf . et New York, we came out
broadaido,with the appearance of a thunder storm rising
from the_ west. /Judi we arrived at Newburg, it was
so good and so good 7 —now thunder storm, now Knick
erlxndter. At Newburg we oxpactod that we should
be hasten., and the edge of the storm appeared to be
directly, over our heads. The hativen* at the south
were hung with a black pall, about which the lightnir ,
played. inall its fantastic shapes. The from the
start v htul been blowing from the south a good breeze,
andlogas we expected to be deluged with rain, and
atuided with the bellowing& of the mighty thunder,
the•wind suddenly changed with a strong puff frem the
north; which seemed to check, in some degree, the ad
vance o f the s torm. Like the lightning, we shot from
under its influence, and inn few moments ran under a
raid' 'blood coming from a northern dirention, and were
itisuoitiy - covered with its torrents. It did not rain—
it floured. As we passed from under tho southern
atom, alriend who seemed to-have been for some time
ahnorhed in the grandeur of the scene, suddenly turn
ed CCIASOina. with a smart slap en the shoulder, ex
claimed, 'There, by Jove, we have beat thunder and.
lightning!'. "
ittibert Canvention, for the purpose of forming a
thdaliolitical party, to3orn'il-a. at Poi-Eland, Maine,
leltlreet,
.Gus Fectoar.—The gun factory at Whimerille,
• ii,spir New Haven, COM, has compieteci for the U.S
Govwrinserit, sioee its establishment, upwesis of
100,000 muskets and rifled. The present proprietor
has raw a contract with the Gaverrunmt of $lOO,OOO
or (=idling rifles.
THE HUMBIJ - 11' .
Tune- . "AliceGtey . ."
She', not what fancy pointed bar—
na sadly takehin—
If some one else had won her, I
Should net havocared a pin;
I thought that she was mild and good
As maiden e'er could be,
I wonder how oho ever could
Have so much laurubugged me.
They cluster round and shake my hand,
They tell me I am blest—
My ease they do not understand,
I think that I know beat;
They call her "fairest of the fair,"
They drive me mad and madder.
What do they mean by swear
I only wish they had her.
'Tis true that she has lovely locks,
That on her shoulders fall—. •
What would they say to see the box •
In which she keeps them all;
Her taper fingers, it is true,
Are difficult to match—
What would they say if they krat knew
How terribly they scratch? .
FOR PRESIDENT,
JAS. BUCHANAN,
Subject to the decision of
THE. DENEOCUATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
Otlp Morning Past.
THILLIP.4..t..B3IItH, EDITORS. AND PROPRIETORS
PITTSBURGH, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 1, 1843
11111111MMATIC TICKET.
CONGRESS.
WILLIAM WILKINS, Peebles.
•SSEXELY.
ALEXANDER BRACKENRIDGE, Pitt
JAMES A. GIBSON, Pine.
WILLIAM STURGEON, Fayette.
JOHN ANDEREGG, Pitt.
SHERIFF,
ELIJAH TROVILLO, City.
PROTHONOTARY,
GEORGE R. RIDDLE, Allegheny
emeetuseenEß.
..TAMES CUNNINGHAM, Mifflin.
TREA.ScIZER.
ROBERT GLASS, City.
41GDITOIL
ROBERT DON A.LDSON, Wilkins.
ennenza.
DAVID aIiRTZ, Allegheny
Democratic Coaventift,
We omitted to mention, yesterda, that just before
the adjournment, E. D. GAzz.s.st was unanimowly
'nominated for the State Senate.
When the Convention met yesterday, Dr. Gassam
prented, in person, a letter, declining the nomination;
and addressed the Convention on the subject of the
Congressional nomination. lie said the whole ticket
should have his cordial support. The Convention then
proceeded to nominate candidates fur the Legislature.
Previous to tke balloting. a letter was read from Mr.
JAMES D. THORSBURCHI derliniag a nontlnation. The
result of the ballotings were as follows:
Ist 2nd 3rd 4th
John Anderegg, 42
Alex. Brackenridge, 41
V. Stur gems, 15 23 37
con X; Oboes, 32 •22 33 33
Joseph Cooper, •- 10 15 .21 23
Thomas Donnelly, 15 21 20 2
Robert Porter, 17 20 23 dropped
Gen. Jai. Watson, 12 7 dropped.
James Whittaker, 8 1 "
A. Carnahan, 8 4
James Crawford, 5 4 "
Jesse Sill, 10 2 "
R. A. Thunman, 8 2 "
John Stevenson, t; 1 '`
Wm. Ewing, 4 1 "
Santrd Cochrau, 3 1 "
MAUI Putter, 2 1 "
John Drown, 8 dropped.
Joseph McCabe, 8 44
Thos. Hamilton, 4 "
J. S. Long, 3
John F. Richards, 2 1,
A. M'Cleester, 2 it
Ales. Brackenridge, Janes A. Gibson, W. Star
gems and Joke Anderegg, were declared to be nom
noted.
The Convention then proceeded to nominate and
mark for the following offices in the order they arc set
down:
COMMIdSIONEtt
Janus Anderon,
D. Frew,
R. A. Campbell,
James C. Richey,
J. H. Robb,
J. Connor,
James C. CUMMillt,,
Alexander
George Ferree,
JohnCheney,
John Calhoun,
John Sirber,
Jainett Cuhninglitun, 4 - 10 39
Janse.s Citanitsgh.assi, of Miffiin thwnship, was there
fore duly nominated.
After the second ballot, the Convention dropped all
who hti not received more that 10 VOWS.
TREISURER. - - Ist ea • 3d 4th.
Jacob. Tamer, 6 6
John Fleming, 9 • • .
Robert Glass, 26 25 28 33
John Murray, 8 16 30 20
William .Kerr, 7 13' 10 9
Stunuul McKee, 6 4
A. McClure, • , 1
John Crlhivitt, 3 3•;
Robert Glass was therefore nominated
AUDATOIL Ist.
Edward Mc . Cpclilv,. •
Nathaniel Patterson,
J. H. Mcllbenny,
3. McClelland,
S. Woods.
J. Walker,
R. Donaldson, 2F .
, 46
Bolick Donabisoa wastherefaie isomiassedfor Aii
ditor on the second ballot. -
Co norms.. -Ist 2d .3d 4th
J. Johnson, 4.10 - 2
Lewis Weyman, -9: 11
Robert McChesney, @ 12. 4
Daniel Weerts, 10 44 - 33 21
David Hartz, 16 1 1 .0 26 42
1 Joseph Cupples, 7 9
Thomas McCall, 6
David Hartz was therefore nominated for CoroncF , .
The following gentlemen were appointed Delegateil
to meet the Delegates of Butler to nominate a candi
date for State Senate:—Robert Denali:hoe, Thomas
Donnelly, John Murray, John Sorbet., Henry Cassiday.
CrASss DILLOA TES . —The folkrwing gentlemen wcr
iiiiii
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appointed to represent Alleermsy county, in the Canal ' Tait : Arrant Or BALTIMORE.—The Baltimore Sun A TERRI LE PICTURIL
1 1 - Co ttuninlionefe CrurrenOlk lobe held On thesUs 113 t. ittys:-.lThere . are in the city of Baltimore -uvelve Some of our readers give seen no doubt, a Pkture in
—•Chatibers MeV:thin tituiii4 votes; John 'P'irming - , banks of discount and deposite, the combined capital
one of thebeantiful pictorial papers, for salts at mu Coca'
a late number of the "Punch, - er Lvniihn Chtielvaritr
ham 590. L.Armstrong 30; Thomas O'Neal3 l l; Thom- tuck of which, paid in, amounts to $9,426,883. There .
I ' ter at the-arrival of every packet. Punch as tibumor
,as Blaclsmore 45 votes. - are also three savings banks, with a large amount of o us and satirical paper, but in the subject of this en-
On motion B. B. Gternntr:. it was Resolved, that stock.
graving these is more fond for tears than laughter. It
dtedelegates to the Convention be instructed to support is called "Capital and Labot." In the upper portion
new men. - TILE WARIIEN, N!J., Menoea TItIAL.—The trial i s capital, represented by one of the aristocracy, sitting
J. B. GUTHRIE, Esq., from the Committee appoint- lof Carter fur the murder of the Castner family, in in his easy chair, Ewasurro withthe moncoetly - luxu-
ed for the purpose, read an Address and Resolutions, Warren cennty, N. J., last May, was still progressing ries, and 'taking a gias3
. I_ , frorrt . si . lver salye e r,lield
commending the Ticket nominated to the united sup- on Friday last. All the evidence thus far is entirely d by o ' or a
o s t le t e h li , , in f a a i t ,... f i o o o n tn i - an se t e i n t l i i is erz „ , ,ac • i l l ul a e li a a t
r t o b ir, front
port of the party. 1 circumstantial, and nothing has been elicited to fix the its liveried attendants. In the ladies' drawing room,
1 guilt more stiongly on Carter than the h-tter which fat lap dogs. are yawning, and luxurious dainties are
A CONSPIRACY CRUSHED.--UOCIOV this head the I lavished oa a moakey. Now look beneath, men, too
was sent to
the village of Washington.
Harrishurgh, (Pa.) Argus states that the County ' men and children are seen at work in . nakedness and
Court of Dauphin, on Monday, despatched a case of 1 NOVEL MARRIAGE.—Tho Norfolk lierald states hunger in deep dark coal mines, miserable wretches,
exceeding delicate nature, involving the standing of that there were married in Tyrtol county, N. C., a short crippled b , death, Y th la ei b r or: m are aci s a u te 'r' d ' i ' i v i f fi l r n o t _ ‘s. i,
cihmothers es':
an eminent Lutheran pastor, the Rev. Peter Shindel, ; timo since, Mr. Frederick-Davenport; aged 24 or 25, ,
i i n v7t.h. s keleton ' fintTers, while their task master e is y se p a re ted
of Sunbury. Several persons in that neighborhood to Mrs. Amelia Spruill, aged 58 or 60. The bride- on his bags of gold. There is a thick door shut against
resorted, among other means to injure his character, I groom is a perfect cripple, and has been so from a small the wretched, with ponderous patent locks, at which
to an attempt to fix upon Mr. Shindcl the commission child. Ho has to be carried about like an infant, by l l o t v i e s k : l l d 7 i n il a i vainl°" d hopew o e f e weeps
r,i but i; cannot
li
ii
f‘ enter.
to
of a criminal offence, which was dated back soma ! another person. The bride is worth something like
twelve or fourteen years, but which they professed ; 30 or 35 thousand dollars, and Mr. Davenport is a poor
to have kept in profound silence until now! The i man. Mrs. S. was born in Tyrell county, and Mr.
Grand Jury, on Monday last, by an unanimous vote, 'D. in Wasitinglitm - county. it is an old saying that
ignored the bill containing the allegations against ; "maney makes Ale mare go," and perhaps it may York Su; l' ter ri bl e p icture
him, and directed the prosecutors to pay the costs. I have the same ef.ct oti Mr. Frederick Davenpert.
The prosecutors since have made a public recants- IN
1 $ -
; OLMAtt !arit.T Y.---On the 18th•inst., at New
1 tion of their charges. , Orleans, a man named Bisento Yotrnia. arrived at mar-
- .
THE Tic err.—The Democratic Convoution finished ket in the morning with his stock offish, which h_t in
its labiate yesterday, smiths full ticket stands under our trusted for sale to one dile friends. A moment after
editoriathead. -We spoke of those who were nomin- - warashe waii4eard to say thntliew° lll flkil l a man- Has
ated on Wednesday, in out paper of yesterday morning, ing provided himself with a dirk, he went to take
It only remains for us to say that the candidates for .breakfast at an eating house and was then considered to
Assembly arehonest and ecmapetent rnen, who well de .be in a drunken condition, hat had not.eaten two
serve the inipport of the party. The same may be con' meuthfullbofore he appeared re be in it4Aog " 310--
, he was thereupon conveyed to an adjoining room,
maining offices. the gentlemen
Like every ticket that ever was where, in
farmed, it might be improved in some respects.-the inquest, an oitanstitni i innii f tisctnial was 1,313 when
offices might, perhaps, have been more judiciously dis- it yeas ascertained he had died of aneurism of the heart.
tributed avertheeounty—but on the whole, it • ie a good T ) HICKS .01 , TRW:IE.—Tim New York Journal of Com
and a-strong ticket, which every democrat in the county mares state' th - at the o hl e tes e hoxes have boeu bought up ,
can heartily go -in for. That it will be triumplaantly 'in that city and filled again. Of course, the second fill;
carried we haves most perfect confidence. , .
;imps not sure to be so good as ths'first, and is very
Q ap- The Gazette is net pleased with the mintier t eV. 10 ben great 'lea woes'. -
in which the Democraeic Convention wtis conducted; • A Memos.--Ttia Cadde oiz me stete . that a
and parades a whole list of insproprieties * M having "dith salty roc may occurred about 7 miles from
been enacted by the delegates sad bystanders. We Shreveport, between Leuis Wetheraby and Ilezekiali
'shall not enter into a discussion with the Gazette, as Erwin, inwbichihe latter received a heavy trtielitweve
to whether the Covnention was conducted throughout, orb:lc:Weer. in his baek, and expired in about three
upon th? atnotest
.-1 4-i n eii l siee °Cordr• if we should hours. A het, Ori;UCeor ten years old, theses of &win,
betide fols.‘ook4 o o 2 delifiiiiitlion were Ensitiels in on heating the report of tha gun which killed his
that WORect,;theCialtette would have much deerir father, seized his gee and hestened to the spot, and
cause ro"_itiii.4,t r it and vexation in the other and' hid not Wethershe mai, iIIM-It escape, would have
more jai : iii results of the session. The editor shot hien down neon the spots • 111;•hee subsequently
would theit'etingolain that the Convention had funs"' , as-owed his .dster.ninerian to avenge the death of
el a ticket composed of men of acknowledged taleats I - his father.e
unsurpassed bush:lees qualifications and great personal!,
Tu :: EA P IRE STATE.--_\n article In Hunt's Nil:ea
populatin short, a ticket imitieg all the requisites ,
tine for Aueue, furnishes an intereiting a:ay' a of the
to successover the federal farces, wlistlier they fight in
onward progress of tha Eineire SLatl. The first idea
000 body or in separate squads. [Jotter these circum
of a Canal in New Yerk, was stilled in 1768, and new
stances, what folly it would be in us to dispute with
the Gazette now, ab tut points of"order." the Canal Navigation front NeW York,extends in length
! •
. 713 Miles, St an regregate cost of $13,414,52 3:The
DEATII OF Gres. Jecesos.—Thefollewing, froth the Erie Canal cost upwards uf $7,000,000. The average
Globe of Monday evening. will allay that strong am: cost psr mile le- re?tirs, frsi a 1326 to 1313, wes
icty which has been felt by the admirers and friends 572 :24e. In 1790, the population of the State was
of the old Hero on account of the report of his death. 340,1 4 0; and - of the city, 33,121. In 1343 the State
In the elorificetions consequent on the federal victory 2 2,4 4 9,496; the city 31 4 .93' 1 . In 1811, the real and
in Tennessee, many of the svhige said that - General personal estate of the commonwealth wars
„aincd
at,
Jackson coald not survive the defeat of the democracy $281,833,057. In 1.810, $641,359,818. In the city
1--that it would kill him--and taking his cue from this
in 181 4, the real arid persmal estate was valued at
remark, a fellow named Harrison, inside an endorsee 177.398/213: iii 1813, 252,135,515.
I meat on a way bill (it was that way the information
Tn: State of N. Yore. 61VA the Magazine, has corn
came) to the effect that the General was dead. Such , ,
pietea, up to the present year, an aggregate length of
trifling with the feelings of the million,: who would be canals, navi;aldre feed era and slacker tter navigation of
plunged in sorrow at Jackson's decease, is unpardona- 11'.:V4 h weirs I (lad !en •n!j-eigl! ,n • ',es. Tim Ede ca
ble. It is a piece of levity without the slightest claim nal is the in tin artery to which all the other canal,',
! to wit—a most cruel attempt to jest with the feelings
owned by the State, arc tributary, except the Champlain
of those who venerate and love the glorious col l :mtri itc anal.
of the Hermitage: - --•-•
"G ENERAL jAcCiON.—The editor of this paper re-1 The New York Journal of Commerce alludes
ceived by the Western mail. which arrived here on last to a difficulty now existing in that city between the
Saturday night, a letter from Gen. Jackson, postmark- ' auctioneers and importing houses. The facts arc
ed at Nashville, the 20th instant; which proves that the , ~..,.
account of his death, written on a way-bill between Luns sta ted:
Cincinnati, Ohio, and Wheeling, Vu., is a foolish and i The importers and the auctioneers have fallen into
mischievous hoax." a controversy, so infectious are the times. The impor
! tern insist that the auctionera shall reduce their char-
Sr. Louts Istraorterxes.—Notwithetanding the get for sale and guarantee, including the State duty of
one and a half per cent. from six to five per cent., and
dulness and scarcity of money during the past year, a
cash the sales at six instead ofseven per cent. interest.
Ihealthfal improvement of that city has steadily pea
i The auctioneers have been consulted, aa we are told,
! grassed, and at present nearly 300 buildings &rein pro- and decline these terms; whereupon the importersl
press of erection, many of them substantial and vale- i have addressed proposals to the large auction house of.
able brick edifices. Within the past year, there has I t Stokes & Co. of Philadelphia, inviting them them to
est rt ab t l n ish t z h ous e here ew ,here, an
ouse. Tdheprom
been completed nearly 500 buildings, and with a few : hav is e i". thPir in uri th it e ed m s e u a P ;
exceptions, they are all built of brick. On Main port to
to send no more goods y to the refractory auction
street, Mr. Valleeis erecting, two stores with lemadsome 1 ewers until the first of September. We do not know
I marble fronts, that when finished will be an ornament exactly how extensive this arrangement is among the
but we understand that it hichides most of
Ito the street. The stone is from the quaffs; at Se Cle- ;IT po E r te u l s e , h houses.
uevieve, and is fine white marble easily worked with a ' ''''
chisel, and ran be delivered by the owners at $1 per
foot
Ist 11(1 341
7 3
11 23 20
7 10 9
6 .5
r .. ; The editor of the Chicago Democrat, in refer
ring to the means that were used to defeat his election,
humorously retnarkst—"We lost about 200 votes for
Congress because we were an old bachelor, and the on
ly wonder is, that we did not lose more on this account.
But the cruelty of the whole matter is, that whilst some
were opposing ui because we were unmarried, .others
were because they 'believed the story that we were in
the habit of whipping our wife."
7 9
2 3
A POOR SPECULATION. i DlED.—Yesterday afternoon, at 3 ,i',.. ,•-'
A thief, attempted a few nights ago, to break son Of James M :Donald, of Ch. trtier, (..
l into a house in this city, hut was frightened from the 19th year of his ags.
ON Dir.—The Spirit of the Times of the 211th, says !, premises by the resistance of the-owner. In the hurry llis funeral will take place from hi; father's residence,
it has heard it whispered about that there is. 8 0030 j 11..., and confusion of the moment ho left his bundle, which this evening at 4 o'clock.
on
was found to contain a ood suit of
e.
tention on the part of the Democratic Conferees to
clothes,
examination,
a g
gold lever watch arid ten dollars i n cash. The GERMAN DEMOCRATIC COMNIITTEE.
nominate G. M. Dallas, Esq., for the office of Sheriff.— I spoils fell into the hands of the victor, and haVo.. not , The •G Tome Democratic Committee will meet on
Mr Dallas would not.accept the office. Were he to i been called for.—Dctroit Advertiser. Saturday crenieg. the tad asst at G o'clock, at the
run for it, email fighting would there be upon the part 1 School Room oldie airman Lutheran Church.
file Con Ftsut ar.—The B trastable Patriot says
of either of the Whig ea,....-tantssigesars. Bela Badger, that this fisher, is doing r:ather barer this year than of 13y order . FER.D. STARK, Pres't.
Morton M". Michael aid Raiph Fernery for a. nomina- late. One schooner arrived at Plymouth last week sem 1. J. C. SCHMF:FLTZ, Se':!'y.
anl3., Salt-W03114:/ save them froci a NVaterloo . die,- ) frcnn Green Bank—where the most success is mtper- -.----
ienced—with upwards of a thousand quintals; and an- TFIE &TEM.
cornfitnte. . - LASt night or the celebrated
' 1 otherwith onwards of twelve thousand quintals after. young Arnarican "fro :c
Actress, . ' MISS CLAItENDON.
MEtteett Coststisstositas.—Tho New Orleans l an absence of eighty days only. '
Picayune of First appearance in this city of Mr. KIRKHAM . , who
rcayone of thet:Bth inst., says--Our reporter was yes=) DEe.VPITATION we STEAM !—As the train of ca rs will.dance. his celebrated JOCKEY HORN PIPE.
tent . ltty informed by Mr. Smith, a gentleman whocame : were returningto New . Orleans on Thursday evening This evening, Friday, September Ist., will be preseat-
I °slain ton to the Behz . e • from week, on the Ponchartrain Railroad, they passed over
' ' or . the 1 1 ' ' ' -• ed the Drama of the
. 1 3 aWag--, ill ' °op g ' 1 a man whose head lay across the track, severine, it from ' DORM GIRL OF GENOA.
Galvessourthata Commissioner on the part of Mexico
; bis body ! It is believed that he was otercome with ,j,„ une ,; te. ,Miss Clarendon.
had arrived at Galveitim, for the purpose of treating ; liquor \NIWIII lie lay down-there. .. . ..
v ORN PIPE, M. K H
IRKAM.
--------- Joct: H
With the Government of Texas as to the bounditry line { THE STEAM ENGINE. f o conclude with tan Comedy of the
e Come
between the two countries. He proceeded immediately 1 The steam engine is so regulated as to make it ea- TWO FRIENDS.
I
to the seat of Government to have ran interview arch' pable of being applied to the finest nod most delicate Helena, • Miss Clarendon.
I mitnufacturos, and. its power so increased as o set f PRICES OF Al3l,ll33lON.—Dress Circle, 50 cents;
President 13otiston. - i weight and solidity at defiance. It has heccrrn,.• a -him. Second Tier, 374 rents . : Pit, 25 cents; Upper Tier, 12i
THE MActcrtrztr'Sivoßr 4— The New York Cinder . arupetnlons ahlosfor its force and its flexibility , forth; w•tits. The box 'beet will be kept open daily from 10
prodioionifi•or which it can exert, the ease and p i e.. to 12 and frmn 3 to 5 o'clock. where seats can be pro
and Enquirer states, on the authority of a private lettex, l
"„ciiiiou ' , and ductility with which it can n be varied, di's. cured an application to the Treasurcr.
that the elegant sword - angered for Commandei:Mnek , , ...n, a ..;,;..3 applied. The f.,,,,,,t, of 1 h .
1 uiulne.a.uu appi.......: —— an elephant, that The most riliti Ord , 'r will b 2 i'VpeCted aild enforec d
by
entie, by citizens:of Philadelphia, will be presented in I can pick up a pin or rend an oak, i 3 as nothing to it. I t . proper officers appointed for that purpnse.
a day or two by George fl. Martin, Esq., on the totirtof : tan engrave a seal, and crush masses of obdurate metal
, . I like wax before it,—draw, out, without breakinz, a
the subscribers. ..1 thread as, fiat: as gossamer, and lift a ship of war like a
Ytt..}..ow F iIf,FA.-.The New york correspondent of bauble in the air. It can embroider mush and fot•ge
anchors—it can cut. steel into ribbands, anti impel
the Phila. Mercury says dna figreat apprehension 'ex
; loaded ships against the fury of the winds and waves.
lets there on account of the yelloW fever, which threat-'
A. NEW HST ' —M ' '' C W ' ' -
illi3 in a late letter says—
ens to visit us. The city, it must be confessed, is j et -I was "
was honored yesterday by being called into a
-
now in a bad fit, while Yellow Jack is walking about . private ricer of the full fashion-4 hat, lying at present
near us. The late flood left oar cellars damp and ma- perdu in tissue paper, and not to be visible to the pro
ny of them are yet filled with water, which will soon miscuouseye till the first of September. I ventured
throw out baleful e s h o bstham s and the most lanche• modestly to suggest an improvement,but was told with
the solemnity of conviction, that the hatters had de
ly OtairtPlefreS are to be anticipated. There have tided upon the-fashion, and the blocks were cut; - and
been several deaths by bilious malignant fisverat Kings- there was no appeal. It is rather a lower crown than
too, accompanied by the usual frightful symptoms', has been worn, slightly bell, brim a thought wider.
black vomit, &c." • and. very mucharched underneath."
,
4 4
5 2
11 - tistEiot FLOUIt.-11‘2 following fact speaks fur
itself. It is taken from the Baltimore, A.ruericcuat-41:*,,
present sea ion is the first in which Western Flour has •
been sent to the Baltimore market in any quantity, -by
th • route of the l'elinsylyania Canals. The price paid
f its traosportation from Pittsburgh to this city was
00 to 03 cents per barrel. The paree's received hero
have turned out to be of yeay tine enality, and have
been very generally approved."
Every day wa receive some such indication as the
ahove of the future productiveness of our public works.
The business on our Canals and Railroads is yearly in
creaeille, and the traitsportation of Western Flour to the
B a timore market, must, in a very short time, become
a s.)arco, of immense revenue to the Commonwealth
GREECE. othiag but the mast iajudicious and reckless legittle.
By tile recent foreign arrivrl, it appeal , important ti_ia—ootaiog but the mist suicidal policy—can pre
changes have token place in the political ecoaamv. , f Pe.Jasyivania from coming out of her presentdify
this small kined no, consequent upon t.te determination
tinulti:s \vim her honor aad faith untarnished.
of the representatives of the three great powers, by
their protocol, to see the loan of sixty Mii:i7:lS of francs The following in relation to the
prospects do ,
paid. A letter dated Nth ‘ns, .TuJe l 2o, says:
ee 4.etled that 4,0J9,070 aulually shall be Louisiana, and other cotton growuvY
"It is w
nail; and to effe-e this theatmost eccoomy is necessary. from the Neoy (./Lleans Bea. of the 17th it
lo every department of the Government the salary to' lata change of weather mile
the employees is reduced: in the (so called) navy—the , very beneficially upon the crops boo
- are recalled front London and Paris—the ; 7oa, and from all appearances the
consular establishments of Prevesa and Saktaica are conti:vi for some time longer
abolished—thc Bavarians ousted from all putts of trust. we arc fir from 'acing nut C'
"The Council of State is reduced to twelve persons,unustill backwardoe.isore
s.i
and the old evem I
prefects of being gni.lcd by prects and sub- plants to the many vial
; prefects is under serltY3, con-i.12r311 , 1. Til ore to pcy.joa r ~,,)
have in al rate salaries, cot to exceed 300 drachm: per
month. Lard the picking,
DANIEL O'CONNELL.
an end to vegeta , '
The correspondent of the Albany Evening Journal " As may b e rea dil y
says: All that have seen pursued
and heard•of this extraordiu-supposed, the economical system "From the
b the G o vernment is bat little palatable to the ;era tine p,
ary matt, in Ireland and England, serves but to in- army, who, already insufficiently paid, begin to cry out ton; nor
crease my admiration for his talents and his character. loudly against the injustice practised upon them. appro ,
That he is a true, and unpurchtteeable Irish patriot I aN„ t hi n can be worse than the state of our country, di n -,
haven() shadow of doubt. And that ho is destined by
and it is descending hourly from its glory, till, finally, it i ,
Providence. in some wise way, to work out and perfect must be allotted to some European Power capable of ;
the restoration of Ireland to the family of nations, I turning its resources to better advantage."
most undoubtingly believe.
THE BANK OF ENGLANDie-AN INTER
ESTING SKETCH.
"We availed ourselvesthis miming of the permis
sion obtained by Mr.' Wiggin, to visit the Bank of Eng
land. An official (Master or Usher) with laced dress
coat and three-cornered hat. escorted us leisurely
through an iostitutio.a that is so potent in controlling and
regulating the money pulsations of Europe. It is situ
ated on Thread-needle street, hut fronts upon half a
dozen others; and occupies an irregular area of eight
acres. There are no windows through the exterior of
the building, light being supplied by sky-lights and
open courts within. - Thre is a. cluck, by which bank
time is kept, with dials indicating the time in sixteen
different offices. The bank With its various offices are
open from 9 A. M. till SP. M. The bank has its
printing office, book bindery, engraving office, &c.—
Checks, blank books, Bce., arc all printed within the
bank, its are the bank notes. In the room where the
circulating, notes are printed, there are eight presses,
all constantly employed, and which throw off about
8000 impressions daily.
We saw two presses rolling utf five pound notes, and
others upon the various denominations , up to a ..1000,
which is the largest now the bank issues. The dates
and numbers of the notes as supplied by smaller presses
in another room: The paper is delivered to the pres
ses counted (an inuidred sheets at a time) and when
worked and returned,„another hundred sheets are giv
en. Pressmen work fivo hours, and earn from two to
three guineas a week. In the office where redeemed
notes are examined, cancelled, &c., 136 clerks are
constantly employed. When we entered this room our
.attendant was sharply reprimanded for bringing stran
gers there, but on being informed that it was "the Gov
ernor's order," we were allowed to pass. Forty thou
sand different notes are frequently sent to this office, to
be cancelled, in a day.
The bank you know, n 3. er re-issue; a note. Whoa
returned to the counter for payment, a note is cancell
ed, filed away, to be burnt at the expir'eioa of ten years.
The armory of the bank contains a hundred stand of
musket , , with pistol;, cutlasses, hand grenade-s. &c.,
and has a night guard thirty-eight strong. In the office
where the bank notes are counted into parcels, tied
with twine and placed in pigeon holes, we found five
staid, ninhodirial, matter-of-fact looking clerks. whom
ou would mist for th..ir f lees. O ne of these old chaps,
with the precision of "OLD Owes" and the good na
ture of "Tim Linkenivator, i ' took his keys and nnlnck
ed the deresitories of paper wealth. Tho "rags" -of
each denuminntion were in separate parcels. When
see came to the "high number," he placed four parlta
!'''s in my hand, and remarked, "you Mow hold . - ± - 2 1.-
000,000 sterling-in your hand, sir."—Yes I was ac
tually in possession Of INVENTY MILLIONS OF noLLArts
--a sum.mach larger than the whole 0-eate of John Ja
r& Astor! But it all re.tweed to its pigeon hole, and
(left me a fir homier min than the ose who ate encem
-1 hexed with overgrown fortunes.
Another of the old cler'is oriented the gold dormito
ries, where repose nit endless number of bars, each
containing- eight hundred sovereigns. We were next'
and finally conducted to a sithierra 'can region enriched
by gold and silver bullion. Here bars of the precious
'needs wore as plentifelly heaped as those of iron and
steel are in the stores of our friends Benedict, Towns
end and Corning - . The silver we did not meddle - With,
but we handled bans of Gold, each weighing eight thou
sand ponarls sterling, that we piled is barrow loads of
seventy thonsand pounds sterling each. Much of this
blili:Fi was recently teceiVerl frooi China, as an instal
ment orlon the surn.Tolin Bell makes the Celestials pay
for their obstinate refnial to "take opium." The Bank
of England has now, in paper st.d specie, nearly thirty
eight millions of pounds sterling - . There are eight
hundred persoas, in its vivito; departments, constant
wed within its wade."
ly emplo
Vocal• ana Inatrunicntal -Concert,
D Y tue Pupils of the Pe.otsylv,wia institution for
the instruction of the
AT CONCERT HALL, FRIDAY, SEPT. 1.
FOR E.V.TICI'LARS SEE SMALT DILLS
A Blind Chinese Girl, brought to this country by
Mrs• Gatzlatf, lady of the celebrated missionary in
China. to be educated and sent back, %NM read the
Scriptures.
Specimens of the skill and industry cf the Miutlivil:
be exhibittid, anti some of these will Le fur sale, before
and -after the exorcises. •
Admission 50 ennui; Children half price. Tickets
to be had at the Eickiiiige frotel andihe door. I.),:nrs
area at 74 o'clock. Concert to commence at 74
o clock.
`_~\.
io ertial fillattero, 8;e.
PITTSIIVitGiI MARKET.
Reported for 1 , 12 -Post, - by Isaac Harris.
RID AY )101.0( LNG, September 1, 1843.
Business to rev; and our streets present
quite a busy seen:. with drays, carts and wagons, and a
large quantity of goods passing through, or teueivin
daily and opening by . almost all our wholesale - Mat'stee'':'
tail stores kind commission searelsonses. The storks
now on hand and daily receiving will soon make the ws
ry best assortments fur merchants and consumers.—
All our manufacturirig departments seem busy led ire&
occupied. We look daily fora rain and fine rise in
our river, and a few weeks' tales_ and active besalme.
will soon make money much more plenty in the beads of
the people—for it is very plenty and stpunliantia fop
banks and with capitalists, inviting inrestisiems Ist thec
safe and ordinary business demands.
F t; tt—itas fallen a shade. Sales from beau and Wllb.
gone, $3,71..a3,37.}, and $4 for very choice brands: and
from stores $4a4,25 per barrel.
Gnsts—AVheat 75, Corn 37Aa40, Oats 17a18 cents
per bushel.
HAY—$6 a ton for near.
SEED—of all kinds in demand. Flaxseed 75a1110..
Timothy $1,12ia1,25. Clover $3,75a4 per busheL,
Assts—Potashes 4; Pearl in demand at 5; Scorch
in,T,s 3.; cents per lb.
BE ES NV AX—lud,:analid at 26 cents a lb. -
FEATILEIti—SaIes at 2° cents per lb.
Gnoc carts—The stocks good. Coffee has advise ced about one cent per lb. in the Eastern cities. Ria,
sales at Ba9A cents per lb. according to quality.
Su
gar, N. 0., firm at 7 cents per lb. in hhde., and
per lb. in bbls. Teas, Y. H., 37ia75; imperial, .
85; Gunpowder, 60.180; Poochoug, 60a70c. per lb.
IMola , ses, N. 0., 26a27 cents per gallon.
Prc.)vtstoss—Baron is not so much in demand; city
cured 4 /4A, country 3fa3Ac. a lb., hog round. Cheese
plenty at 4.1a5 c,nts alb Lard, sales at 51a6i ends. -
alb. Cattle: for good beef Cattle paid by Butainer .;"
per 100 lbs. $2,75a3,50. Hogs $2.,75a3. Lassa•
and Sheep 75 to $1,25. Calves $1 to 3 each.
laos—Juniata Blooms $47a50 Per Lk:m..l rig,ll44k,
lens adv anced; sales at $21325, and souse Al
$21t023, and 50 tons of good Hanging Reck., s2s,..cash
currency, and at 4 a 6 months. ~ •
LEAD—Pig 3 . ..t0...par funds. ,
S.llT—at the Canal 9541, and from store:4l;lg
/1,25 per bbl. ,
Woor.—remains at from 20.1.33 a: per lb., intiNediag
to quality. • •
PIIILADELPFSIA INIONEI" MAR RET.—Biatierli" Re , "
porter, of tlae:29h. giros a favorable statement oc.thek
business of Philndelphia. It stays:— , -"Every dibg
round us in the world of trade wears a cheerfttlugerai
and although we look for nothing extravagant or spec-,
ulative to a culpable degree, wo state with pleeissie7,l . :
that our merchants ho:d a most encouraging tone, and
'talk of u rovival with the utmost confidence.. TON:
even now, cnal:ers arc to be met with occasiona/ty,„
men vie and grumble, butiit our remasiui
allude to tlio ou;i,.ess %coral in a general sense. The
si 4ns of the tines are certaioly favorable. Therglocer •
and inactivity ‘which have so long characterized' oar'
s
commercial circles have disappeared, and the fall tied.
will be sound and wholesome."
o:ter cities a.sn seem to be rizing into activity sod
prosperity. T supply of maney in New York cost
tinoes quite as abundant 113 ever. 'no: Express sisyr..•7
••I h is now a very active badness doing by -our def .
goo ]s, hardware and grocery merchants. Our city is
full of strangers; many of them .are fram the Soulkstrf
\Vet, who an laying - in their stocks of goods.
elia-es are :11a12 with great cautiOo, but the amount is r
Mails large•' _
The,. following in relation to the prospects of the Plea
t?ri i.t Louisiana, and other cotton growing states, is
fr.).Ti the N 2,v ():IPai3B2e of the 17th inst;
Thar lates change of weather most have operated , -
very beneficially upua the crops both of sugar and cot
too, and from appearances the present dry spell wiA
conc.!, for som s time longer. Yet, as the saying is,
we arc fir frail' being nut of the woods, owing to the
uno , t-a.l back w aid •tess of the season, whirl eiputseitthit.
plants to the many vicissitudes likely to overtalte.thion - r!
uL .u,./.1 a. ilcavy rains, which would re
tard the picking, and an early frost, which would pit 4 "
an end to vegetittion.
"From the interior, our accounts continue to repre.
sent the great improbability of an average crop of cot
ton; nor is it in our opinion at all likely that we shall
approach within half a million of bales of - the extras*, a •
dinary yield of last season. We have notlistaired any '
new cotton as yet, while Inn year at this tine' it was
beginning; to arrive in quat.tities. Taking all them'
circumstances into consideration, we see no reason
ditta-from oar preciously expressed opinion, that thi
nest crop will not amount to an average.
"The sugar cane Inglis well. but the late orningof
the spring prevented the r!lnt Flom attaining that. nasta‘
city which it ought to hay.- at present,und the griadirg -
season will be retarded full a fortnight, if not three:
weeks, thus exposing the crop to an early frost; wine'
would go far towards destroying the present preepata-!
of a fair vi .71d. Btu it is very generally conceded thsilt_i
the crap will fah eh-'rt of this year's, which has resaik.,.;
cd foil 135,000 hbds.
Joiic,
ia the
Port of Pittsburg!).
Reported by S,selde and Mitchell, Geseral Bttiesr 3
Boat Agents, Water street.
TAVES T Y.TWO IN CH WATEIt THIL c HANitt4
'According to Copp:, M. - irk, at tho Wood. a u*.et
ARRIVED.
A pine, Cocl.lura,
Minstrol, Ingram, do.
DEPARTED..
Muskingum Valley, Brown, Cin
Alpine, Cockburn, d''•
Poi Rent
That COTTAGE, situated in the
4d liiii
Lawrenceville, at present occupied by ":t
• r.
Toe p,a e h Is a v?rt' fine Tanat , rl and good eissart
:w.nt of fr.iit tr. , el. A p..rson renting havea l
?riVilPge. of engag•latv, for tl/2 ensuing year. P
sion given on th! I , t. of October next. •
Apply at. No. fe Commercial Row, LiberiretaerV
or to Wm. Torrian, Smithfield street.
sep. 1, 1843.
Money Wanted. -
lIE faliowing sums are vvanr , :d soon—from 12
months to 1,3, 4, and 5 years---.either for.ea
dursell notes or for bowls and incrtgage, on goodly/IV
erty with several times the amount,,the
paid punctually cv(_.ry 6 or 12 months, or wbeeforDotee
t‘f hand, the interest to be deducted—.vizz for *Mk
$5OO, $lOO, /20v0. $6OOO, $9OOO, $05.000. 014
every instance the d - mt witi be made perfectly sage-sritil.
secure, All let:ert (post paid) promptly . sncidatier
ISAAC
Agent and Comnianien Merchant.
Flo. 9 Fitd! lame,
sep 1 'aa