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tirepathist. Neither had occasion to employ the apoth
eettry. The nurses and attendants were employed •
constantly carrying the water to and fro, were heartily
tired of their office, and threatened to resign if the wa
ter doctor was elected. At the end of three weeks,
it was reported 'to the council that all three patients
were , dead
The election day - was named; and it may be easily
surmised opinions were various as to the person whit
. would bochosen. The merits of the candidates were
There were nine councillors and the burr,otnaster.—
After the usual display of eloquence, in which the goal•
ifications of the candidates were amply portrayed, the
votes-were equal, each candidate having three. The
casting vote rested with the burgomaster. He was
sorely puzzled, placed his finger on his nose, and seem- ,
ed to sum up with the requisite gravity. At this criti
tntl the landlord of the Golden Calf entered
the council-room, "Herr,"said he in a whisper, "I en
-treat you to give the appointment of the physician to
the alopathist; his ticket is undoubted; besides, unless
ho is chosen, I shall be left unpaid. His purse is
empty." "Yes, ve said the burgomaster, "you have
reason on your aide. The apothecary, too, is in his
favor. Millesimal do ..C.4 and wet blankets are his aver
sion; they would ndn his trade, Gentlemen. I give my
• Vote forth° alopaddia." The councillors bowed as
sent and exnlaimed—' • Recte, recto, &mine."
Thus Cl° Prague doctor gained the great victory-
The citizens of Schoppenstedt were lid alike of 0 1 ,4-
feansola surplus population and a tisein the price of
provisions.
JAS. BUCHANAN,
•
Subject to the decision of
THE DETdOCRIMIC NATIoN AT. CONVENTION.
the laitZ illorning post.
PHILLIPS & SMITH, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS
PITTSBURGH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
DEMOCRATIC TICK E T
CONGRESS,
WILLIAM WILKINS, Peebles.
SENATE.
SOFIN NEGLEY, Butler.
ASSESIRLIP.
ALEXANDER BRACKENRIDGE, Pitt
JAMES A. GIBSON, Pine,
WILLIAM STURGEON, Flip-ttr,
JOHN ANDEREGG, Vitt.
SHERIFF,
ELIJAH TROVILLO, City.
PROTHONOTARY.
GEORGE R. RIDDLE, Aliezheny.
COMMISSIONET4.
JAMES CUNNINGHAM,
TR E An - nr:R,
ROBERT GLASS, City.
CORONER,
DAVID HARTZ, Allegheny.
AUDITOR,
ROBERT DONALDSON, Wilkine.
CANAL COMMIES lONETVk.
JAMES CLARKE, of Indiana,
JESSE MILLER, of Perry,
WM: B. FOSTER, Jr. of Bradford
Cot— J. J. LEHMANOW.iKI. — This gentleman haslnTs
been lecturing, dorm?, the present week, in the Grer
`:::4teiux Lutheran Church, in Seventh street. Col. Leh
maxiowskyser%l d in the Frt•nch army with and under
Napoleon for 2:3 years, and during that time he sh ar ed
in 200 engagements, exclusive of skirmishes, of which
he kept no account.. It is impossible that his lectures
could be otherwise than interesting, when we think of,
tbe important incidents and exciting scenes of lie peg
rind he speaks about of which frie saw, part of
Which he was." Col. Lehmanowsky is now 71 years
of ago, but would readily be taken for a man of 40 or
50—indeed, there are many men 15 or 20 years young-'
er, who bear more palpable marks of age. He is a man
of iron frame; just such a man, as we could readily be.
tieve could have endured the hardships and dangers he
describes so well.
We attended his lecture on Thursday evening.—
When we entered, he was describing, with the aid of a
. small transparency, showing the position of the armies,
the battle of Castiglione, iii the campaign of Italy. He
gave a rapid and glowing sketch of the masterly man
ceuvre by which that battle was gained, and of the
subsequent and c.inchi ling successes of Napoleon's
Italian Campaign—his description of the surrender of
the venerable and skilful General Wurin:er to the
yciung hero of the republic, was extremely interesting.
He next described the battle of Austerlitz; on either
side of the valley of that name, the French dud Rus•
sign farces were posted; th, Russian 3, however, had
the advantage of position, and the ntmtlte us °fate French
did not justify"them in an attack on an enemy well post
id in a .fortified camj•. Under these circumstances
Bonaparte resorted to a stratagem to draw his enemies
"ftaim tbeirposition, and a mateeuvre to defeat them.
,Ide sent a flag of truce to Alexander, asking that he
would gam him a conference with a view to settle the
termsof a peace. The Russian Emperor declined to
Meet the French General in person, but deputed his
aid-de-camp, a vain young nobleman, to go to the French
'top to hear overtures for accommodation. When it
was understood that an envoy was to he expected, Na
poleon gave orders for his army to remain perfectly
quiet, suppressing all those indications of hilarious en
joyment which distinguished a French army when bi
vouacked, when the envoy arrived, Napoleon received
him in the midst of his Generals and Colonels, who with
downcast eyes and dejected ceuntenances seemed al
ready more than half beaten. All this gloom was put
ott by the General's order, who referred the envoy to the
melancholy situation of his forces, as his reason to wish
for peace. As might have been expected, however,
nothing definite could he settled;and the Russian count
went hack to his master, fully impressed with the be
lief that an easy victory awaited them. In pursuance
of his plan the MKT. tiny Napoleon sent his cavalry un
der Murat, to mike a feint attack on the Russians,
thus inducing them to believe that he meant to retreu , i
and when they left their camp Murat was ordered to re
tire before them till he came to the lake, where be was
to make a stand. The plan succeeded—the Russians
earn down from their, strong eminence and fiercely
followed Murat, and as they thought, the retreating
French army. The moment, however, that the
French cavalry made a stand, the remainder of the ar
nsy,who had not moved from their camp came down up
niiiise Russian rear, and after adesperate contlict,drOve
them out upon the frozen lake, which ofirod them the
only avenue to escapes the ice gave way and 30,000 of
them perished. The Colonel's account of this great
battle was of course much mire full of interest than any
other report could be, and absorbed the whole at
tention of his audience.
The Col. then took up the history of the campaign
of Egypt. He described the landing of the French,
and their first encounter with the Marnelukes, in which,
owing, as he said, to the novel mode of fighting pursu
ed by their enemies, the French were beaten. This suc
cams of the Turks, said On Colonel, caused great re
joicing in England—the city of Loudon was illumina-
ted; but said the old veteran, as the "old fire of the flint"
sparkled out. they soon got news that made them put
their lamps out again. He alluded to the result of the
battle of the Pyramids, which he then described—the
French array, he said, was formed in hollow squares,
with artillery in the centre of each. When the squares
si.xe attae:.ed, the intenry fell off on eider side, and
the cannon were dirketed with terrible effect upon the
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FOR PRESIDENT,
PM!,
Turks, whet were always liven back, and the equate
was again funned. He made this statement, he said,
because (Troia writers hid assigned to the artillery an-
of Birmingham, Lawrenceville and Sharpsbuigb and
Pitt Township, between the hours of 4 and 8 o'Clock,
P. M.; in the different.TownshiPs and Districts,
be
tween the hours of 3 itnd 7 o'clock, P. M., and the
pills shall be kept open during that time, when none
hut Democratic citizens qualified to vote at general
elections, shall participate in the election, which shall
be by ballot, and shall be conducted by two Inspectors
and a Clerk, to be appointed by the citizens then pres
ent. The Clerk shall record every voter's name, when
his vote may be challenged by any Democratic citizen
of the district, and the Inspector hall receive such
testimony as may be adduced to establish his qualifi
cation to vote, and his adherence to the Democratic
party; an if it ha appear to the atisaction of e
He was asked concerning the charge of British Iris- Inspectors, that s he ll
is duly qualified, s the f
vote shall th be
torians that Napoleon had poisoned 500 Q of his army teceived•
who were sick of the plague when he retreate6 from They shall . be elected as follnws:
Cztettsbnrh. First d sall elec 3
JaTa. The Colonel said it was a story started four Delega y P
tes• 2d Ward,
g 3; 3d he
Ward, W s; ar 4th h Ward t'
2-e as after the siege, in the British Parliament, as tin and sth Ward, 4.
ofF•et for the emelt , : oF Sir Sidney Smith, the British xillegheny.—Lzt Ward, 2; 2.(1 Ward, 2;
2;
commander
at Acre, who bad scuttled a hospital ship 3d Ward, and 4th Wand 3.
on which were2so French prisoners, who were sick of Borough of Birmingham, 2; Borou
ville, 2; and Borough of Sharpshurgl7sh of Lawrence ,
,
r.
the plague. Col. L. said that Napoleon, when asked Pitt Township, 4; Peeblea, 2; Wilkins, 2.; Plumb,
by his surgeon General for permission to poison the Versailes, 3; Elizabeth, 3; Jefferson, 2; Mifflin, 3;
Upper St. Clair, 3; Lower St. Clair, 4; Robinson, 3;
plague-stricken soldiers, indignantly refused; and that
eighteen surgeons were heft in charge of them when
Fayette, 3; Findlay, 3; Moon,
3; Ohio, 2; Franklin ` 1 ;
Reserve, - 2; Ross, 2; Pine, 2; West Deer, 2; F. ' ast
the army retreated„amon g these, the Colonel stated, Doer, 2; and Indiana, 2. Total nffinber of Delegates,
was iti•ompanion of his own, whom he `has never since 90
heard of. That each Ward, Township and District, shall have
The Colonel describe, the horrible sufferingstwo Delegates for one hundred Democretic vote;,
of the led at the lastpreceding Presidential election; on ol-
P efor
army in Egypt ill a most painfully vivid manner. In each additional one hawked •Yotes, and an additional
their march over the great fiesert, their water gave out one, for a fraction, not less than thirty. Provided,
That each Ward, Township and District, shall have
—they cut up the leathern bags in which it had been
natumlehaestr,
o tro De D in elems, , no ß matte r what may be the
carried and sucked the pieces—they killed the camels
in order to get at the supply of water which they carry, s.
Every Delegate elected, shall receive a certificate of
and which enables them to make danger journeys in his election, signed by the Inspectors acrd attested by
the Clerk, of such Ward, Township or District, where
those arid regions than other animals—these desperate
i s t n i e pt h i a s n e t l o ec h t e i e s e i t e h . ts s ai , i l l el c e e rm rti t fi tt c ,t a t tean a a n tally c
remedies failing, the men opened their veins and sack
, as
ed their own blood.—Many, in attempting this, would dence of his elipresented ro
•ction.
unskillfully cut an artery and bleed to death. The fine When the citizens of the various Districts of the
l t l h t i sem p it l proper, a ti t any Delegate te election,
sand which was continually moving through the air,
r
would get into the eyes of the soldiers and blind them tr' instruct
bf „ f o il m „, e e l ahe mtibc,, sa te s time completely. But Cr eh the apparent end, of their trials voting for Delegates, vote The -for such candidates, as thev
was fatal to m my. At the edge of the desert wore wish said delegates to support in Convention, and chi!
persons Imving the largest number of votes, for the
many stagnant and shallow pools of water, containing
t u rn ed
s ti o o ffi n c of es ti s to !ot ri et shall tri fur e , t.
i be
l e v e deemed
r t
t h , a
b ee , the
a species of very small but voracious leech. The sc4-
diets panted with joy at the sight of water. rushed to re
turned with the credentials of the Delegates.
these pools dipping the water ap with their transit, and I Rule 2d. The Delegates elected, shall meet on the
first Wedneaday, sueceeding the election of delegates,
swallowing with the water large quantities of these
leeches. These unfin ornate men soon died in fearful
at the Court flou,e ' in the city of Pittsburgh, at 10
o'clock, A. M. and hold all their . meethia.; at that place.
convulsions. .1 part of the army nearer the Nilo who runt annually afterwards, at the same hour and at till;
rushed heedlessly through the high reeds on its shore same place, and organize temporally, when affieers
shall be nominated and elected viva voce, a majority of
to reach the water, were destroyed by crocodilea cum
cztzputreeattnentt4tbiontgi
consistwcessa7ftao
coaled there. The fatality caused by these aaWerings
s shall
reduced the army from 60,000 to 6,000, which was all ; Presideut, six Vice-Presidenta, 4 Secretarie: one Door
that returned to France. Of these but 2,010 were able ! Keeper and Messenger.
to bear arms. Rule ad. When the Delegates' seats are disputed,
the claimants shall have a right to be heard before
The Colonel deicrib. , d Gun. Kleber, who was left Isjell the delegation; by one person from each) set of claim- .
Napole In in command of the army in Egypt. He was ants, (to be elected by theniselves) and after beine
a man 7 feet high and weighed 300 pound,[—but with- ! so heard, the convention shall take such steps as the
al one of the most active men he ever saw. He was,
nliture_ , orthe case may Teri tiii !•. !.,0 1111 such are
like Murat, a splendid horseman—but he had nor the j:lrs r trl im ta ' f t o n r e n . eTlx ii •r P s r o ni fT l e i ni n b a l k i l in su iin h i r nin t liY • in a in
qualities of a great general—he was often hemistnang; , will aerate to all it; parts, n fair ). representation in deg
and was talkative to a ridiculous degree "If," s a id • body, after which, the general nominations shall la
the Colonel, "in talking 15 minutes with Gm. Kleber, I made,—they shall then proceed to make the final
you could get in half a dozen words, you might think nruninarions.
yourself happy." Rule .Ith. Each Delegate shall be entitled to nomi
nate one person, who shall be a resident of the distric
These lectures will he concluded ussitight, and we he represents, fur each of the arveral offices to be tilled
would adviais all to attend them. In listening to his I and any Democratic citizen wishing a nomination. may
discourses, the time Named pleasantly by. send in a written application to that elii•et, and his
name shall be placed on the list of persona nominated
for said office, provided, that but one office is applied
; for, by cock person, by letter or nomination. But
, no person shall be placed ill nomination, who (lees
I not send a pledge that he will abide by the mituitel
tiun and support the ticket that may lie - nominated.
R"lr sth: No vacancy shall filled by a sab.ti
tete, except by a direct vote of fourdiftlis of tlw mem
bers present, silk 4111 . 1 l intkititute roust be a citizen of
the district ia wide!' such %errancy may exist—racan
cies Mal; at all times in. tilled by a new election in
the trtdriet where sueb vacancy may exi:t, Tama fm ty
eight hoar.; notice by hand-hill's signed by the officer:
of the delegation, or by ten demooratic tizeits •ef a!e
district.
other position
He desctibed the Mamelukes, their horses and their
splendid appointments—many of them, he said, were
equipt at a cost of 10 to $15,000. He denied, how
' ever that they were the expert or elective swordsmen
they are said to be by some—he says they had but two
cuts, which were merely sweeping and horizontal, and
which were easily guarded by the European swords
!
. man.
We have heard that Mr. Caatc has returned
from the "wilds of Virginia," and the columns of his
organ bear abundant e‘idence of the fact, in the lau
datory notices of Mr. C. and the foul attacks on Judge
INS. Ile has been vamping up occurrences of
times long past, that have not the slightest hearing un
questions now before the people, and naisrepresenting,
the speeches and writings of Judge Wilkins, in the
vain hope of making a little .eapital fur himself. He
well knee's thtit.the long life of NyviLLe B. Cnuo
iri
marked by not n single act to which his friends can re
fer ors cnidering him worthy the confidence of his fel
low-citizens, or that indicates his gtitess for thf. high
station to which he aspires. Ile knows the democrat
ic candidate to be a gentleman in whore the people can
safely confide their niost important interests, confieent
that they will be supported with an energy and vigor
seldom eqnalled; he knows the esteem in nhich our
candidate is held, fur the many valuable services hebas
rendered the public, and that from all the stations to
Which he has been elevated, 'be has retired with increa.
sed laurels and augmented strength. It is no, wonder,
then, that N'EvILLE B. CRAIG should pour forth his
virulence on such a competitor, and revive the futile
falsehoods of former years; but as the life of %Vitus*
WILKINS is a sufficient contradiction for all the Craig
isms that can be concocted, the rancor accumulated in ,
the "wilds of Virginia." can do no hams.
TUE rbt. A UPULENT T ICKETS AGA us.-11/e publish
this morning another statement from A. Millar, Esq. ,
explaining his motives for mixing himself. among the
regularly nominated candidatea on the democratic tick
et. We have no doubt but Mr. M.'s note will be suffi
cient to satisfy the paid ic that he did not intend a (rasa,
hnt to guard against such a contingency, he should
have placed it at the head of his sheet of tickets, irr
stead of labeling it in a mariner calculated to deceive
anyone who would not examine it closelv..
COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE.
The Democratic Committee of Correspondence met,
pursuant to adjournment, at the house of H. Casidy,
in the city of Pitt_sburgli. ou Weeltiesdny,theMtb
a quorum being present, the Committee was called to
order, by the Chair.
Olt motion, Resolved, That a Committee Of Finance
he appointed, whose duty it shall be to collect from
the candidates the fund.; necessary to defray the ex
penses of printing and distributing tickets.
Whereupon, The Chairappointed Charles Bartlett,
John Murray, Wm. Kerr, Chambers McKibben, and
John Sarber. said committee.
- .
az 'notion, Resolved, That Rudy l'atterson, John
Lavelv and J. B. Guthrie be and they are hereby con
stituted a committee on Naturalization.
I John Murray, from the Committee, to whom was
referred the resolution relative to a revision of the
Delegate System, made the following report.
That the short space of time allowed the members
of the committee, in which to perform Vie duty as
signed them, has prevented them from giving to the
subject, that consideration, which, in their opinion, it
requires, in order to devise a system as perfect as cir
cumstances will permit, and at the same time be ac
ceptable to a majority of the Democratic citizens of
the county. The committee, however, submit, as the
result of their labor, the following:
Rules fur the government of the Democratic prima
ry meetings and county conventions, in the county of
Allegheny.
Rule Ist. Each and every Ward, Township and
Borate:h. in the county of Allegheny, shall, on the
second Saturday of June, in every year, elect Dele
gates as is hereafter designated, to represent the same
in the Democratic County Convention. They shall be
elected for one year, and make all nominations for
Congress, Senate, Assembly and county officers. They
shall also if need be, elect Delegates to a State Con
vention, provided the Convention to which they shall
elect Delegates, is called to meet between the time of
the assemblage of the County Convention, and the nest
ensuing Annual October election. They shall appoint
a Committee of Correspondence for the county to con
sist of nine members, none of wirm shall be mem
bers of the Convention, which appointed them, butt
they shall perform no other duties by virtue of their
election en the second Saturday of June.
The meetings for Delegate elections, shall be held
in the cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny, the Boroughs
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ka=i
Rale 6th. No election of delegates shall be valid
unless held at the time and place designnt'd in the
call nod iu conformity to the toles herein prescribed
MX, weeks notice of the time and place of holding said
.election to be given iby the Democtutic committee of
correspondence.
Ride 7th. The democratic citizens of the vcrieti4
Ward., TOlVnAips anti Dist Hies of the county of Alle
gheny, shall elect the number of delegates designated
in Rule Ist on the sconad Saturday of.lanuary, in each
year as may be tiecessary, to meet in comity Olelegatien,
for the purpose of electing delegates to the Fourth of
March convention for the purpose of mabing each
nominations as the Democratic State Co/mention tarty
Dee proper to make, confirming to the rules herein
prescribed; of which election the democratic com
mitti.-e of correspondence shall give at least four weeks
notice in all the democratic papers of the county.
The delegates to each county convention shall meet at
the court house in the city of Pittsburgh an the first
Wednesday succeeding their election at 11 o'clock, A.
M., when after having organized they shall elect to
the state convention the number of delegates to which
the county *may be entitle& tui4 they may or niay not
instrect them as seems to them best.
I:11/C 8. No delegate elected originnlly or to sup
ply a vacancy, nfter accepting the appointment, shall
be eligible to a nomination by the delegutien.
Rule 9. The names Eddie delegatAi shall be alpha
betically arranged, and called over in that order 0* all
occasions.
Rafe 10. Delegates shall mike all motions from
their seats, and it shall be the duty of the Messenger
to hand all consmonic itions from the members to the
' chair; btu in electing candidates each member shall
rise from his seat. when his name is called and vote
rice roce, when ho shall resume his seat, two of the
secretaries acting as tellers to record the votes.
Rule 11. The county delegation in each and every
yearshall appoint, from among their number a Treasur
er, who shall make cAlection from that body for the
purpose of defraying the necessary expenses of the
delegation..
Rule 12. The Secretaries of the Delegation shall
keep accurate minutes of the proceedings of the dele
gation, in a Wok to he procured for that purpose; and
at the expiration of their term shall deliver over the
same to their successors in office.
Rule 13. The door-keeper shall be supplied with
a list of the delegates elect, and shad not admit any
person within the bar while the delegation is in session
who is not a delegate.
Rule 14. The President, or in his absence the ,
vice President shall be empowered to convene the
Delegation for special purposes when necessary, or
when requested so to do by the Democratic Committee
of Correspondence.
Rule 15. These rules shall govern all democratic
delegations of the county of Allegheny.
Rule 16. These rules shall not be altered, amen.l
ed or suspended, except by a delegation chosen for that
purpose, to revise, correct or amend the same.
Rule 17. These rules shall be printed and read at
the organization of every Democratic County Delega
tion.
Rde 18. A majority of the whole number of dele
gates shall constitute a quorum.
Powers. The convention shall have power to ap
point committees of conference and define their pow
ers—to define more fully the powers and duties of the
committee of correspondence, and to adopt such addi
tional rules as may be deemed necessary, not inconsis
tent with the foregoing, provided such additional inks
are only binding on the delegation which may have a
dopted them, and may at any time be dispensed with
by a vote of the majority of the members of the dele
gation..
On motion, Resolved, That the report be printed
in all the democratic papers of the county, and that
the democracy be nnuoAted to instruct their delegates
to the next convention in reference to its adoption.
On ro Won . ] adjourned.
J. B. GUTHRIE, Chairman.
JOHN MURRAY, Secretary.
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ommunications.
HON. JAMES BUCHANAN AND THE PRESI
DENCY.
To the .Citizens of Pennsylvania:
In relation to the Presidency, the maxim of Penn
sylvania should be "'tulls vestigea retorsum." Hav
ing once taken our stand, nothing but the most iMpo
sing necessity, should induce the Democracy of this
groat state to surrender claims thnt are due to her up
on the most obvious principles of political courtesy and
party faith. If we now tamely surrender our rights,
either through supineness or a morbid dread of failure
in our assertion of them, or it; misled by manifestations
of feelings elsewhere, we should become dubious of
success, ann press ourclaims in u halting, hesitating
manner, when again can we assure ourselves of a union
in our favor, or what reason have we to flatter oursel
ves that a future period trill be more auspicious to the
justice of our cause, than the present? The claims of
Pennsylvania can surely never be stronger than they
are now; she has for more than half a centmy stood
steadfast in the cause of democracy; she has frequent..
ly, by the firmness and consistency of her yeomanry,
stayed the storm of battle, and decided the political
campaign. She has permitted her statesmen to be
overlooked time and again, and been willing to follow
where she was entitled to lead, mothering the success
of the govt cause to the elevation of her own distin
guished patriots; and now, when, with a unanimity un
precedented, she has placed in nomination one of the
most eminent citizens oldie Union, she seems destined
to sett his name passed by, unheeded in her sister states,
and to oreate no seartrith c(•rrespotident with the feel
ings that have i nduced her to bring her illustrious states
man before the public. Is this causen by the neglect
of those who have beer, thos active in sustaining tha
claims of Pennsylvania, or lv some inherent difficulty
in persuading other states to du ue lastiee? If by the
first, it is time we should arm for die conflict; if by the
last, it is time to proclaim to those around us, that we
will not permit ourselves to be neglected or despised;
that Pennsylvania, cool and cautious and forbearing as
she is, has yet the spirit that will render her indignant
at wrung, and the firmness that will not submit to injus
tice. ‘l' hen we look around us, we shall readily per
ceive that tiers is no want of activity on the part of
the friends of ether candidates, to pus them upon the
people. In some parts of this state. die puce is em
ployed in setting forth the claims of General Cuss; Mr.
Van Buren's friends are organized in force; the gallant
Hero of the Thames liar his advocates and his news
papers; and Mr. Calhoun is not without a reasonable
support. Every one seems 0 iger to trench upon the
manor of old faithful Pennsylvania, but in no state in
the Union is there a liberal, generous, and honorable
spirit exhibited towards the Pennsylvania candidate.
It has ever been so in relation to every thing Pennsyl
vanian; we have not acquired die art of putting our best
foot foremost. There is an inherent modesty in die
composition of our people, that prevents their cum men
ding themselves to public node,: an awkwardness in
proclaiming, their own intrinsic worth, and a diffidence
in enforcine ' their claims, that renders them constantly.
liable to suffer from the pretensions of others of infe
rior merit, but greater audacity. We scorn to want
moral courage in sustaining our own rights, whilst we
cast ourselves into the grip with great intrepidity when
the riizirts of others amass:tiled: we overlook our own
peculiar advantages, why neverour aid is hi coked in die
great cause of democracy and oar country, and suffer
other,. to pluck the fruits of the tree which we have
planted.. it is, inpart, for these !masons that Pennsyl
vania is now eater:MlT the humiliation of having her
favorite candidate for die Presidency passed by, by the
great National Democracy, as though he were not em en
in die field; occasionally insulted with a complimenta
ry-notice, but not looked up to as one who is rut for
want in earnest for the highest and most responsible
station that can be coveted by man; as on e whose own
tunbition will be satisfied by the bare tender of his
limn ? . in the National Convention. and who will then
willingly fall baek, whilst others grapple in the arena
for the glorious prize of a whole people's fa% or. Let
us ask ourselves seriously, are we, who have contributed
to place Mr. Buchman in this position, doing him jus
tice, ourselves credit, or the State honor, by having
nominated and •'applanded him to the echo'' merely.
and then left him to win his own way to the PreAli,o
tiil chair! to make a personal appeal to his friends in
other states, to .subsidize Now , pap•ers, and to urn' his
elevation to the :station to which it is our duty to labor
wet t iiimeasiiig perseverance to raise him! Do we not
know that Mr. Buchanan rests his claims upon his lir
portant service,., the confidence of his friends, his states
man-like properties, anti that elevation of mind and
thnnghr that word', milder it impro.4l;le for hint to wove
'in this ma tb•r himself/ the beinocracy of Penrisyl
vanii 11.• submits him:elf, in the to trifidence that we will
stand by hint, at the Democracy of other slate s st a nd
by their respective randidatos, with resolution and in
dustry, by invoking the aid of the democracy of 'their
sisterstates, nod by making use of all measures consis
tent with an honorable support of n candidata, that are
calculated to ell:WI-CNA IlaVe we done (116?
If so, when are the to:Wm...es:of our good faith and in
dustry in his cause to bc found.
one EDITOts rue Po ST :
Orkeiettren: In your paper of the 20th inst. you take
orice of n o ne tickets that I had printed for the ap
proaching clettion, which con term Praudident. On
Tuesday morning, berme I knew that my tickets were
printed, your Mr. rhino me 'tithe street, and in
f,irm:d me that one of them had lieu brought to yoor
office, and it was the opinion that I had intentions to
((ref:ire the voters with them. I gave him iny reasons
why I had done AO, and he appeared satisfied. The
next moronic., however, they wore wired in your pa
per under the head of Fraud. tinowiw z that, as the
leaders of a p Lily, you felt hound to make capital out
of everything you could, I kept silent, supposing you
were done with it; but in yours of the illst ins:. you a
gain rn onion th.t matter without any qualifications, and
"akis I did not expect after what I told Mt. r
I ant there fore under the necessity of asking von to in
sert this, with the motives which isidured me to have
my tickets printed in the Manner which you condemn.
They %zero as follows:—.ls an 1111Cpt 10(.0 rolun
leer candidate for the offie.; of Prothonotary, I thought
it was right .lAI prope r to have the tickets ache differ
ent political parti '5 en my stand. I did not wish to
have the tickets of tot competitors there, nor wish to
be charged with ii stroving them, which must have
been the case, if I tool: my supply from their stand..
I therefor.% alter consulting, with friends of each politi
cal party, who stlitl it would he both fair and honorable,
concluded to print Tickets at my o wn expen s e, wad,
my own mono on them. My ohject was, that those who
chose to vote fur me, might procure at my stand the ha
knee of the ticket of their choice, and not be wider
Tito necessity of going to ;mother, Meat` WM.MI
he ran of no appeal to their party feelings, or oilier
means von know are ofteii used) to induce them
to vote for another and not for Inc.
The reason why the names of th- parties (which ap
pears to be the git of the offence) went placed at the
head of each ticket, was simply to designate them, so
that my friends might have no trouble in th e selection.
Those were Illy motives, and none other; the idea of
Frond never was entertained by me. If I had intend
ed fraud would I not have had the Tickets printed pri
vate/se, and not issued them until it would have been
too late for you to warn your fri•-nds? My contrary
course mast etuborse my motives ae pure; anti pal and
the public, will, I hope, so appreciate tlrun.
ALEX. MILLAR, of Pittsburgh.
ROMAN ANTIQUITIES
Rim:, July 4.—Great pains are taken here to pre
serve from further decay the architectural relics of the
ages anterior to Christianity. The tottering portion of
the Colosseum lies been propped up: and the temple of
Nerva is about to be repaired. Our public roads are
likewiso undergoing great improvements. The here
tofore incommodious one, the Monte Cavo (Mons La-
tiatis) has been leveled; and they are building a via
duct at Genzano. The great road across the Pontine
marshes will be improved; the gloomy desert which
formerly surrounded the traveller has been planted with
rows ofelm trees; whils ton either side the eye is gratified
bvthe pleasing aspect of cornfields and pasture lands.
The malaria of that district nevertheless, continues to
exercise a baneful influence on health.
MAICING THEM "SHELL OUT."—The New York True
Sun says that some e nterprising persons in Brooklyn
have established an institution in that city fur the pur_
pose ofhatching chickens on a large scale, which is to
be dignified with the name of Polotokion It compri
ses five or six king buildings, and - several acres °Baru],
What a roguish idea it is to go to so much trouble to
cheat the poor chickens out of their shells!
1_ port of 'Pittsburg!).
eported by Sled* and 3fitclfell, General Ste
Boat Agexts, if',2ter street• am
ARRf VED.
*Daily Beaver Packets.
Tioga, Blashgold, St Louis.
Belmont, Poe, Do.
Minn.() Chief, Devoutly, CM .
'Bri ' dTewater, Clarke, Wheeling.
DEPARTED.
"Daily Beaver Packets.
Belfast, Smith, Wheeling,.
* Columbiaim, Illnrdock, Cin,
*Adelaide, Bougher, Do.
All boats marked thou (") in the above list, are Provi
ded with Evans' Safety Guard to prevent the explosion
steam boiler,.
On Saunday evening, Sept. 22, will be performed
ItICELEIED THE Tanta.
Richard, Mr. Morritt.
Songs by Mad. Grashen and Master Augustus.
T o conclude with
THE spuuT OF THE BLACK MANTLE.
Wolf, Mr.. Merritt.
Boxes 50 cents—Pit 25 cents—Gallery 25 ccnti, for
colored people only. Dour, open at o'clock, curtain
rises ut 8.
ATE SALE.
ATDAVIS' Commercial Auction Rooms, corner
of Wood and Fifth strocts. An extensive as
sortment of DRY GOODS, nittuntly purchased in the
East for cash, and which will bc sold at a small ad
vance nu Eastern prices, for currency or approved ea
(Lased mites. The assortment consists in part of
20 pieces vrool dyed blue black broadcloths;
1.5 " super. blue (-loth;
10 " brown, olive and mixed cloths;
" super. Beaver cloths;
5 " pilot cloths;
10 " cassinett=, assorted colors; some very
fine;
50 " flannels, twilled and plain white, red,
green and yellow.
20 " English nmiloo, a:sorted colors.;
100 all wool blanket shawls;
200 cotton plaidshawl;
1,000 doe. spool cotton, all colors;
• 100 pieces bleached and brown muslins, and
treat variety of other articles nsm-dly found in a Dry
Goods House.
r_-,7" Also, an zu , s - ortntent of boots, shueg, and hats,
which will all he sold at prirs without regard to the
latotttlyan- e s in the Euit.
rcpt 23.
1 10 the 'lntim-able the Judges of the court of Gelle
rul Quarter Se.. , ion, of the Poarg in and for the
count 2, of Allegheny.
The petition of :John Bollinger, of the ith Ward of
the city of Alleglymy, in the county afore aid, humbly
sheweih.
That your petitioner proeiried himself with ma
terials for the accortimoflation of tra-?eit.rs and utlierg,
at hi+ dtvellig hon., in the city and ward aforesuid,
and prase that your IlonoN will be pleased to grant
Limalie2nee to k,op a horute of public entertainment.
Arid your I . ) , 2titioncr tluly It tiad will pray.
JOIIN BOLDINGER.
Wo, the stab , ;critters, citiconi of the 4th Ward of the
city of kliegbenv, do certify, that the above petitioner
is of good repute. f,r hone st y and temperance, and i 3
well providod ith ItotHe room e..D4 ec.nvenience fur
the aceiiintnothithm tnni lod.ting of strangers' and oth
er:, and that ...aid tavern is neee,sar...
Jacob Gith‘er Chas. It unbaut.;lt Jaz.. A:ben3ort
KlittTartit (4. V. Witsae: ier Feli x (4, tht .. er
Jamb Lihm`ll J011:I Vet fitly Abram Hays
1. Watder V. Seriba John Walter.
Hides,
1 4ii2t LIGHT HIDES, suitable for Upret
L II If
000 heavy Slants!: Bides,
950 city Alttghter
700 Ma)rl4 Goat Skins,
In store and for sale liv
IVAI:TER BRYANT CO.*
fwp2-ii lrn&u'..)t-
rAELE EEAL ESTATE.
HE undersigned will ofrer at PUBLIC SALE, or
_L Lease, an &therday, Me 13/1i of Norcnibernext,
at' a le o'clock, A. M., that valuable property, on the
south sid- of the Monerigabola river, opposite tlis city,
lately laid oil in lots, ernbrat:ing between '2O and 30
acres of ground.
This is well known to be the most advantatteons
lo
caticn for manufacturing pnrperres in the vicinity ref oui
great manufacturing city, having tin extcmn\-e front on
the river, and extending back to Oral 11 ill, celebrated
for the quality of its coal over any other, and in which
immediate vicinity and extending back are inexhausti
ble mines: railways from which can be run directly in
to work: on this property, as is now tine in the neigh
borhood. Then: ire also several strita of coal beneath
the surface at this property, which will be valuable in
t by th e u s e of shaft+, one of which is ascertained
to be 1..! to 15 feet in thickness.
A portion of the property being elevated above the i
proper level, and the cloy being of the best quality for
brick 111:th inf. can be used VeVy advantitgeously in tin-t
provements.
CASSIUS
Its advantageous location for Manufacturing and
Beildirz, the Slack 'Water Navi•mtion of the Mononga
hela, its being nearly opposite the mouth of the Penn
sylvania Canal, and affording- ever: facility for the re
; ception of materials by rice., ar. all seasons when navi
gable at any other point in the vicinity of the city, its
proximity and connexion with w hieh,as will be the case
by a bridge so s(4111 it becomes occupied, altogether
render it in every point (Wyk iv, one of the most desira
ble locations fur investme nt and improvement.
Notwithstanding the number of extensiv • Works ,
which have been erected within t years;tuan
ufactures have never flourished more su• - • - essfully than
at present, the yearly increasing ext•nd of our city, the
immense emigration to the W , 2st, and its unequalled
rapid settlement, which our ci ly must ever, as it now
nnist advantageously supply with manufactures,
will yearly increase the demand, and great as is our'
character .• ; a manufacturing p k iace, when we review
the great in' rease in number and extent of our manu
factures witlOn the past few years, we must consider it
in its infancy, a= the great manufacturing and commer
cial point it is destitced to hecome.
In ;Alit ion to the mini facturi arr °Chun, Nails, Glass,
Engine ,, and Machine-v, Cotton Yarns, S.:c. which are
operated advantageuusly here, we require in this region
manufactories of Cotton Goods, :1; the immense quanti
ties of these articles yearly brou.:ht from the East fur
this, and Western and Southern maskets evince, the
protit, , , to the different hands gene rally through which
they pass between the manufacturer and the western
merchant. would satisfv a manufacturer; in addition
there L. the carriage west to east of the materials, and
oa, , t to vet of the mannfacturi'd a rticle: , , insur
ance, time, c. , otTerim- ever- 2 , inducement to enanpnn
ies of our own or Ett , tern Capitalists end competi
tion.
Applications have been made• for a number of years
past for locations on this property for Manufacturing
and Building purposes, audit has been laid ntrinto lots
containing-nearly an acre on the river, for the former,
and 2-1 by 100 feet for the latter purpose, fronting on
50 feet streets, and 20 feet alleys.
,
It will be sold Mu body, (exclusive ufn, few lots) or
portions will he sold togethe r : to •init the view:: of indi
viduals or companies Wishing to pureln,:c, or otherwi i : e
Separately in lots. Some lot: nyiy be exchanged for
buildings on this property, or fora farm,
The terms will be made perreedy easy, only a small
portion rtquimd down, and the remainder in a term of
years, payable annually or otherwise,
It is not desired to dispose of the property under the
late and still exis ing depression of real estate, except
for its fair value, but from the frequent applications for
its purchase, and the inducement:, offered at present for
improvements, every artirle and expense connected
therewith being so low, it is considered the present
possession for these purposes by :7ersons or companies
of wealth ; would be so advantageous to them, together
with the terms on which it i; offered, that induces the
offer of sale at this time. NEVI LLE B. CRAIG.
Committee of Mrs. Sidney Gregg.
aug .I.—latrd&ttts
FEET 6 INCHES WATER 7N THE CIIASNET.
THEATRE
WENLOCK OF WENLOCE;
oR,
MIME
- A*
AAVt Blizr AND porUL-rolit 18441.
N DE.PAUTMKNT
BUTCatI of 1' rerr, • 10,A CIO// e,
A , lti.t 14, 1843.
SEALED Pl { ( )I'(},SA 1.•;, endorsed -Proposal, fin"
Beef," a tid • Prl/pil.Zl:6 filr it.. 4 the rate nsay
be, vrillbe r c ic. d at mail. 3 D'ciock - P. M., oil
hlonday, r!ie 4th-tuber next, for fu
and deii% eri.;g, free of all cost and risk to the United
State»,
Seven thousand eight hundred barrels Of Navy Beef;
And seven thousand eight hundred barrels of Navy
each barrel to contain not leas than two hundred pomace
net weight of Beef or Pork; no excess 'dm eight in eith
er article will be paid-for. To be delivered at the re
spective Navy yards and Naval Stations as toilworn.—
81.71. BEef. Bbls. Pork.
94 94
42,158
'2,565
107
At Portamouth, N. H.,
At Boston, Mass.,
At Brooklyn, N. Y.,
At Philadelphia, Pa.,
At Baltimore, Md.,
At Washing-ton, D. C..
At Norfolk, Ya-,
At Charleston, S. C..
At Pensacola, Florida,
At New Orleans, La.,
•
Said Beef and Pork must be delivered, one-half be
tween the first day ofJunary, 1844, and the 15th day of
April, 1341; and the other half by the 15th day of June,.
1844, unless earlier deliveries shoal& be required by
he Chief of the Boreal!! of Provisions and Clothing.- 7
OlTers must be made for each half separately and dis—
tinctly—that is, for the half deliverable :betvrett first et
January and 15th of April, and for the` udfielicerahle
by 15th June, 1344.
The Beef must be rackea from well fattened cattle,
slaughtered between the first day of November, 1843,
and the first day of February, 1344. and weighing net
lass than six hundred pounds, net weight each. The
legs and leg rands of the hind quarters, and the shins
and shoulder clods, and at least eight pounds from the
neck end of each fore quarter, or the parts Nos. lA'
and 3, on the drawing or delineation of the fore and
hind quarters of an ox, which will be attached to and
from a part of the contract. must be wholly excluded
from each barrel and half, and the remainder of 4lie car
cass ;oust be cut in pieces of not less than eight pounds
each.
The Pork must be packed from corn fed well fatten
ed hogs, slaughtered between the first do of November
111 ana the first day of February, 1844, and weighing
not less than two hundred pounds each; excluding the
heads, joles, necks, shoulders, hams, legs, feet and lard,
and ell refuse pieces; and must be cot in pieces weigh•
ing not less than six patinas - each.
Both the Beef and Pork must besalted with at least
one statute bushel of Turk's Island, Isle of Man 0r.%
Übe's salt; and the Beef must have five onnces of fme,
pulverized saltpetre to each barrel, exclusive of a pickle
to be made from fresh water, as strong as salt will
make
One-third the quantity of Beef awl one-a - gra rthe
quantity of 'Pork must be packed in half barrels, and
conttin one hundred pounds net weight of each, as
the case may be.
The barrels and hale barrels unist he made of the
I,,st seasoned white oak or Whitt' oak staves and head
, ing; if of the former, to be not less than three-fourths a.
1 an inch thiCk;if (lithe latter, to be not less than one inch
thick for barrels, and three-fourths of an inch forhalf bar
rel , '; and to be hooped at least three-fourths over with
the best white nak or hickory hoops.
Each barrel and half barrel must be branded on its
head "Navy Beef," or Nary Pork," as the case maybe,
Kith the contrattdes name, anti the yetirwhen patkoa-
The Bett . and Pork will be inspected by theinspeeting
officers at the respective navy yards and stations afore
aid, and by some 'sworn inspector of salted provisions;
who will he selected by the 'respective commanding
otlicer:; but their chztgais 'for Such inspection must be
paid , by the respeetis-e coatructur, 41 /JO 'must likewise
have tile banels put in good shipping order, to the 'sat
isfaction of the commandants of the respective nary
yard-, and stations aforesaid, after the inspection, and
at their own expense.
Bi,blors must specify their prices separately and diF•
zinctly, in separate °niers for the Beef and fm- the
and for each of the places of delivery, covering all eitu ;
lenses and all charges.
The Department reserves to itself the right to reject
all offers from persons whohaveheretofore failed to fub
til their contracts-
Bonds in one-third the amount of the respective eon-
tracts will he required, and ten per centum in addition
will be withheld from the amocitt of each payment to
be made, as Collateral . security for the due and faithful ;
performance of their te.speetiee con'Cructs, which winos •
no account be paid until the contracts are complied
with in all resiv , cts, and is to be forfeited to the United
States, in The event of failure to toznplete the deliveries '
within the prescribed periods. And in case of failure
on the part of the contractors to deliver the aforesaid
beef and port: within the times specified, the Chief Of
I the Bureau of Provisions aria Clothing shall have the
sightio (final porchases to be rortde to supply the deg
eieneit.s, and any excess of costs shall be charged ' to
and paid by the contractors. Payment will be made
by *r:c United States (excepting ten per centum to be
withheld until the completion of the contracts, as be
fore stated,) within thirty days after the said beef and
pork :hall have been inspected and received, and bnlis
for rho same shall have been presented to the Nat;
aenti respectively, duly approved by the commandants
of the respective Navy Yards and Stations, according
to the terms of the contracts.
The parts of the beef to be excluded will be partici - -
larly desi;nated in the engraving to be attached to thie
contracts; persons interested can obtain them on appli
cation at this office.
Succei , •sful bidders Will be forth With notified' of
acceptance, and a contract and bond will be transmit=
tea to them, which must be executed and returned to
this Bureau within thirty dap. aug 19--t3OB.
GENERAL LAND 07FICZ 7
June 23, 1843.
1-1 A OVICE having been received from the Registo
of the Land Office at Lexington, Alissouri, that
the removal of that Office to the town of Clinton,
in Henry county, as directed by the President, will be
effected on or about the 3,1 day of July next: this is to
give notice that the public sale of lands ordered to
held at Lexington on the second day of October neat,
by the Executive proclamation bearing date 'the Bth'
inst., will be held at the time prescribed in the town
Clinton aforesaid. TIIO.II. BLAKE,
June 30—laws 10 Commissioner
- —.
The Bible in Spain!! - -4
I -, OSTER has received a supply of this popular wort' `
lir,. Burrow, which he offers for sale at his Liter.`"
arc Depot. St. Clair street, opposite the Exchange.
sept 1.).-6t
Christine,
A TALE of the Revolutiun by d. 11, %ft
sale at Foster's Literary Depot, St, Clair
opposite the Exehangc•,
sep 22-1
Bishop Doartee Pamphlet,
A FEWCOJ'ii ssisbop Doane'sPamphlet on "Pei
cyi:ra" received and for sale at Foam's Litte r. ,
ury Cit•put, St. Clair greet, opimßite the Exchange.
Sept. 22-3 t.
Mrs. Ellis' Works.
A fresh supply of the popular works of Mrs. Ellie'
jot received at the St. Clair streetLitera.ty DePok
po,i ti..: Exchange, pt 42.1 w
C HEAP LlTERATURE.—anycheap
publications can be had nt eastern prices by
ing at FOSTER'S Literary Depot, St. Clair strezet , op
posite the I:xchatige. sep ,
A ruEss SIMPLY -
O F Cooper's New Novel—lVTANixrrrt--at Fos.
ter's, St. Clair street. cep 22,1 w
FRESH
TEST RECEIVED frum T IM.
rd ost exedra.
el ment, direct from the Importers, 15 bag cets'
Young Hyson TEA, also ten 13 lb. boxes ditto, an 4
which I which I will sell at the very lowest price.
ISAAC CRUSE,
148 Libenydrreetr,
sept '2 4 2 —lro r
.A RD 0.1L,-41 Barrels Lard Oil, from the Lex!4
..?
Lingtou Wcrrits, of superiorquality, received 010
consignment and for sale at redar„.4 price, by
sep 21-3 t AVERT, OGDEN & CO. ''.i
2,258
2,563
107
15
n
2 ,563 -
15
91
47
2,563
15.
15
47