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to the assistance of the husband, and relieving Waver 'Do me the honor," Senor,' laid he, 'to partake of a
slight dejeuner a lafourci4ette in the cabin. We will
the child, enabled him to give his attention to his wire,
whom he laid gently down upon the deck, . alw . hope for the pleasure of your company at Omer.
'Me knee valastima, senor,' said the o ffi cer. ,l an , Supper you will probably eat at home.'
And so saying, ho motioned courteously toward the
grieved at the necessity, but you must return wit:lame.' i
The American Captain, who had been contempla- cabin stairs. The Spaniard looked in the seaman's
ting this scene apparently unmoved, now ejected from face, and tend in its decided expression, and the slight
his mouth a huge quid of tobacco, replaced it by anoth- smile of intelligence that played - upon it, that he must
er and then stepping up to the officer, touched him on not hope either to resist or outwit his polite perempto-
the arm, and offered himahe pass be had received from /TY entertainer. So, making a virtue of necessity, he
descended into the cabin
ids passengers. The Spaniard waved him hack almost
The joy of the refugees, at finding themselves thus
wittidisgest. There was, in fact, something very un- I
iinkee contemplated the scene of despair and misery llaumat in the apathy and indifference with which the' °llex ,ectedly rescued from captivity they so much
dreaded, may be more easily imagined than described.
! hey remaine for withng a word;
before him. Such cold-bloodedness appeared prerna-
T d some time
, but the tears of the lady, and the outu
loo tteri ks of heartfelt
tare and unnatural in a man who could not yet have seen
1 gratitude of her husband, were the best thanks they
MOM than five and twenty summers. A close obser
could offer their deliverer.
Ter, however, would have remarked that the muscles
ends face were beginning to be agitated by a slight I On went the schooner, fainter and fainter grew the
outline of the land, till it sank under the horizon, and 1
ppavulsivo twitching, when, at that moment, his mate :
nothing was visible but the castle of the Moro, and the
stepped up to him, and whispered something. Ap- I
preaching the Spaniard for the second time, Ready in.
topmasts of the vessels riding at anchor off Havana.
vited him to partake of a slight refreshment in his cab-
They were twenty miles from lend, far enough for the
In, a of the fugitive, and as far as it was prudent for
Chant a courtesy which is usual for the captains of mer-
ent vessels to pay to the visiting officer. The Span- those to come who had to return to port in an open
*lira accepted and they went below. I boat. Ready's good humor and hearty hospitailty had
The steward was busy coveting the table with plates I reconciled him with the Spaniard, who seemed to have
forgotten the trick that bad been played him, and' the
of... Boston crackers, olives and almonds, and he then
'enoorked a bottle of fine old Madeira, that looked like Punishment he would incur for having allowed him
liquid gold as it gurgled into the , s lasses. Capt. Rca- self to be entrapped. He shook the captain's hand as
h
sly seemed quite a different person in the cabin and one stepped over the aide, the negroes dipped their oars
into the water, and in a short time the boat was seen
the deck, Throwing aside his dry say-little manner,.
I from the schooner as a mere speck u pon the vast. ex- 1
.]testes good humor and civility personified,• as he lav
ished on his guest all those obliging attentions which no Pans° of ocean.
.one better knows the use cf than a Yankee when he The voyage was prosperous, and in eleven days the
ol
wishes to administer a dose of what he would call 'soft vessel reached its destination. The Colombian officer
his wife,and children, were received with the utmost
wawsler.' Ready soon persuaded the officer of his entire
guiltlessness in the unpleasant affair that had just oc kindness and hospitality by the young and handsome
wife
-ourred; and the Spaniard told him by no means to make of Capt. Ready, in whose house they took up their
Pet. quarters. They remained there two months, living in
himself uneasy; that the pass had been fir. another
son, and that the prisoner was a man of great impor / the must retired manner, with the double object of e
tanco, whom lie considered himself excessively
-
luc k y I conounzing their scanty means, and of avoiding the no
"to have been able to recapture. tice of the Philadelphians, who at that time viewed the
Most Spaniards like a glass of Madeira, particular- patriots of Southern America with no very favorable
ly when olives serve as the whet. The American's eye. The insurrection against the Spaniards had in
wine was first rate, and the officer seemed to find him-
jured the commerce Between the United States and the
self particularly comfortable in the cabin. He did ant' Spanish colonies. and the mercantile and loving spirit
forget, however, to desire that the prisoner's baggage lof the Philadelphians, made them look with dislike on
might be placed in the boat, and with a courteous apol-
any persons or circumstances that caused a diminution
"ogy far leaving him a moment, Captain Ready hasten- of their trade.
ad to give the necessary orders. At the expiration of the above mentioned time, an
When the captain reached the deck, a heart-rending oPportunity offered a vessel going to Marguerite, then
the head quarters of the patriots, and the place where
'IMMO presented i tselfto hi rn. His un fortunate passenger
the finn exped i dons were formed under Bolivar against
was seated on one of the hatchways, despair legibly
the Spaniards. Esteem], that was the name by which
written on his pale features. The eldest child had
the Columbian officer was designated in his passport,
climbed up on his knee, and looked wistfully into his
father's face, and his wife hung round his neck scb- gladly seized the opportunity, and taking a grateful
bing audibly. A young ne4ress, who had come on and affectionate leave of his deliverer, embarked with
board with them, held the other child, an infant a few his wife and children. They had been several days at
months old, ia her arms. Ready took the prisoner's sea, when they remembered that they had forgotten to
hand tell their American friends their real name. The
latter had never enquired it, and the Estovals being
4 I hate tyranny,' said he, 'az every American. Had
accustomed to address each other by their Christian
you confided your position to me a few hours sooner, I
would have got you safe off. But now I see nothing names, it had never been mentioned.
to be done. We are under the cannon of the fort, th a t Meantime, the good seed Capt. Ready had sown
brought the honest Yankee but a sorry harvest. Hl3
0011k1 sink us in ten seconds. Who and what are you?
Say quickly for time is precious.' employers bad small sympathy with the feelings of hu
manity that had induced him to run the risk of carry
'l am a Colombian by birth,' replied the young man,
ing off a Spanish state prisoner from under the guns of
'an officer in the patriot army. I was taken prisoner at
the battle of Cachiri, and brought to Havana, with se v- the Spanish battery. Their correspondents nt Havana
oral companions in misfortune. My wife and children i had some trouble and difficulty on account of the affair,
and had written to Philadelphia to complain of it.—
Were allowed to follow me, for the Spaniards were not
sorry to have one of the first families of Colombia en-
Ready lost his ship, and could only obtain from his em
tirely in their power. For months I lay in a frightful Players certificates of character of so ambiguous and
dungeon, with rats and venomous reptiles for my only unsatisfactory a nature, that for along time lie found it
companions. It is a miracle that I am still alive.—
impossible to get the command ofanother vessel.
Oat of seven hundred prisoners, but a handful of ema- In the autumn of 1824, I left Baltimore as supercar
- „goof the brig Perseverance,Captain Ready. Proceed
tyciated objects remain to testify to the barbarous cruel- goof
to Havana, we discharged our cargo, took in anoth
of our captors. A fortnight back they took me out
er, partly on our own account, and partly on that of the
of my prison, a mere skeleton, in order to preserve my
life, and quartered me in a house in the city. Two 1 Spanish Government, and sailed for Callao, on the let
of December, exactly eight days before the celebrated
days ago, however, I heard that I was to return to the
dungeon. It was my death-warrant, for I was convin- brittle of Ayacucho dealt the finishing blow to Spanish
ced I could not live another week in that frightful cell. rule on the southern centinent of America, and estab-
A true friend, in spite ef the danFer, and by dint of gold. lished the independence of Peru. The Spaniards,
procured me a pass that had belonged to a Spaniard however, still held the fortress of Callao which after
dead of yellow-fever. By means of that paper, and by having been taken by Martin and Cochrane, four years
previous, had again been treacherously delivered up,
your assistance, we trusted to escape, said theloung
a
man, starting to his feet, and clasping Ready's hand,nd was now blockaded by sea and land by the patriots,
his halaw sunken eye gleaming wiidly as he spoke; under the command of General Hualero, who had
'my only hope is in you. If you give me up lam a marched an army from Colombia to assist the cause of
den! man for I have sworn to perish rather than re-
liberty in Peru.
turn to the miseries of my prison. I fear not death—l Of all these circumstances we were ignorant, until
we arrived within a few leagues of the port of Callao.
ern a soldier; but alas for my poor wife, my helpless,
deserted children!' Then we learned them from a vessel that spoke us, but
we still advanced, hoping to fin an opportunity to slip
The Yankee captain passed his hand across his fore- I
head with the air of a man who is puzzled, then turned me
In attempting to do sowe d were seized by one of
away without a word, and walked to the other end of
the blockading vessels, and the captain and mvseif tak
.
the vessel. Giving a glance upward and around that en out and sent to Lima. We were allowed to take
1 our personal property with us, but of the brig or cargo
seemed to take the appearance of the sky, and the
probabilities of good or bad weather,
he or d ere d some Iwe heard nothing for some time. I was not a little ,
t
on
sailors to bring the luggage of the passenger upon deck, easy, for the whole of my savings during en years
bat not to put it into the boat. He told the steward to I clerkship in the house of a Baltimore merchant were
embarked in the form of a venture on board the Peree
rum,give the soldiers and boatmen a couple of bottles of
and then, after whispering a few seconds in the i veranee•
ear of his mate, he approached the cabin stairs. As he I The captain, who had a fifth of a cargo, and was half
owner of the brig, took things very - philosophically. and
passed the Colombian family, he said in a low voice,
and witbortlooking at them, / passed his day with a penknife and stick in his hand,
„ , whittling away, Yankee fashion; and when he had
•"Tru..e. in Him who helps when need is at the greatest."
i chopped un his sriek,he would set to work notching and
Scarcely had he uttered the words when the Spanish hacking the first Clair, bench, or table that came under
officer sprang up the cabin stairs, and as soon as he saw his hand. If any one spoke to him of the brie, he would
the prisoners, ordered them into the Ekkat. Ready, , grind
his teeth n little but said within... ' and whittled
however, interfered, and begged him to allow his un- away harder than ever. This was his c haracter, how
fortunate passenger to take a farewell glass before he ever: I had known him for five years that he had been
left the vessel. To this the young officer good natured- in the employ of the same house a s myself and he had al
ly consented, and himself led the way into the cabin. ' ways passed - for a singularly reserved andtaciturn man.
They took their ; laces at the table, and the captain . During our voyages whole weeks had sometimes elapsed
opened a fresh bottle, at the very first glass of which ' without his uttering a word except to give the necessary
the Spaniard's CVOs glistened, his lips smacked. The command
conversation became more and more lively; Ready
spoke Spanish fluently and gave proof of a joviality
which no one would have suspected to form a part of
his character, dry and saturnine as his manner usually
was. A quarter if an hour or more had passed in this
way, when the schooner gave a sudden lurch, and the
giassea and bottles jingled and clattered together on
the table. The Spaniard started up.
-'Captain!' he cried furiously, `the schooner is sail
ing!'
'Certainly,' replied the captain, very coolly. 'You
surely did.not expect, Senor, that we are going to miss
the finestbreeze, that ever filled the sails.'
"
Without answering, the officer rushed upon deck, and
looked in the direction of the Moro. They had left the
the fort two miles behind them. The Spaniard liter
ally foamed at the mouth.
'Soldiers!' he vocifera ed, 'seize the captain and- the
prisoners. We are betrayed. And you, steersman,
put about.
And betrayed they assuredly were; for while the of
iner had been quaffing his Madeira, and the soldiers
and boatmen regaling themselves with the steward's
um, sail had been made on the vessel without noise or
bustle, and favored by the breeze, she was rapidly in
creasing her distance from land. Meantime Ready
preserved the utmost composure.
!Betrayed!' he repeated, replying to the vehement
ejaculation of the Spaniard. 'Thank God we are A
mericans, and have no trust to break, nothing to be
tray. As to this prisoner ofyours, however, he meat re
main here '
'Here?' sneered thu Spaniard—' We'll soon sae about
that, you treacherous'
'Here,' quietly interrupted the captain. 'De not
give yourself needless trouble. Senior, your soldier's
vans are, as you perceive, in our hands, and my six sai
lors wall provided with pistols and cutlasses. We are
more than a match for your ten, and at the first sus
picious muvemeat you mike we tire on you.'
The officer looked around, and became speechless
when he beheld the soldiers' muskets' piled upon the
deck, and guarded by two well armed and determined
looking sailors.
'You would not dire'—he exclaimed.
!Indeed would I,' replied Ready, 'hut I hope you
-will not force me to it. You must remain a few hours
longer my guest, and then you shall return in your
law; you will get off with a month's arrest, and as corn- I
pensatton you will have the satisfaction of having de
livered a brave enemy from despair and death.'
Tbeofracerground his teeth together.but yet he did not
give up all hopes of getting out of the scrape. Reels
cusps was evidently out of the question, his urea's taus-
IMO being in the power of the americans, who, with
cocked pistols and naked cutlasses, stood on guard over
them. The soldiers themselves did not seem very full
of fight, and the boatmen were negroes,and consequent-
Von -combatants. But there were several, trinca
u and armed cutters, cruising about, and if he
could manage to hail or make a signal to one of them,
the schooner would be brought to, and the tables
made He gazed earnestly at a sloop that just then
ara!sed them at no great distance. staggering in tow=
-atkibeharbar under press of sail. The American
mimed to read his thoughts.
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(CONCLUDFD os MoNMAY.)
From the Philadelphia Times
SONG OF THE TOURIST.
"ilß—"Street Home."
Though stages, and steamers, and railroads they 'come,'
Things aint half as nice as we find 'cm at home;
The towels is wet and the basins is small,—
As I likes to be nice vy I don't wash at all!
CWorns of American readers:
Small! small! rather small! &c.
The sheets is unpaired, and uncurtained the beds,
And the pillows hard sturd where we lays down our
heads:
To cock-tails they wakes after night-caps of slings,
And they butters the beefsteak when breakfast they
brings!
Chorus as before:
Small! small! rather small! &c.
With fire bells we're lolled, and with gongs wre'e
awoke,
And they'd drown us with spit if their fumes failed to
choke!
They're cannibals, too, as we've often heard said,
For one told me himgelf that he chewed 'Niggerheatl."
Chorus-4=ll, &c.
I'm wandering west, from my comforts 1 roam,
Ths merry first time as I've ever been from home:
The nice mutton chops as one gets at his call,
Give me them with the "half an: half" nicer than all!
Chorus and groans—Small, &c. STRAWS.
SOMETHING RICH
We condense the following good story from a. South
ern paper:
A gentleman arriving at New Orleans, was prompt
ed by curiosity to visit the battle ground of General
Jackson's fame. Arrived at the spot, he fell in with
an old negro who bore the marks of valor on his per
son in many a scar and wound. The gentleman in
quired of ebony how long he had lived in the neighbol
hood. He answered, forty years. "You recollect the
battle, then?" "To be sure I does, I was here myself."
"You can tell me the situation and relative position of
the forces, then?" "Yes, I'm the child dat can do
dat ting—there (pointing) was de cotton bags, all al, mg
out to de wood; gosh, how I did work dat day!" "The
day of the battle, eh?" "No, massa, de day before, in
caring dem bags from do city." "Do you call that
work, when compared with the glorious achievement
of the day after, when you received those scars which
make yonrold age so honorable?" "Oh. I didn't get
these scars on that day by no means-.-I got 'em when
I was blown up on de Mississippi, about fiveyears ago
this blessed hill—that was a blister, and no mistake
about it." • "Whece were you, then, on that - glorious
morning?" inquired the gentleman, who was impatient
to get all the information he could. "When the first
gun announced the commencement of the engagement
—where were you then, my good fellow . " "About
'dattirne, sir, Iwas running like de debbir up tease'
relal!'d the old dark 7.
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FOR PRESIDENT, •?" - (DEMOCRATS! LOOK TOYO4TICKETS, AND ' Marne ccerelerasierit of tint N . L aiirie 4 .,
BUC-HANANii -
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_EM .. , : , 11. NOT YOURSEL TO BE IMP°. spWciimg ofLibe ic
~, recent . -m_ orate' of ,
SEDXPON BY THE TRICKS OFTHE ANTI-'' Mi&ileton
MASONS! . 1 "Bell anr Roberts are still confinedin our jai}.;;—
Tickets are now in circulation in all the-townships 1 The latter has the clelerium . tremens. Circumstances
smith ofthe Monongahela River, with all the democrat.-,
thicken against them. Yesterday, Bell was taken "to
, it names on, excepting Col. Trovillo, for Sheriff, and , Westfield, to point out the ground he went over that
Geo. R. Riddle, for Prothonotary; and in place of these 1 day (Sunday) with Roberts. And here a circumstance
sterling democrats, you will find the name of George S. ' took place which would setve to fasten the crime on
Hays, (the Antimason, Clay Whig, and Abolitionist, ' them. A stick used fora cane was found in the house
for he has no fixed principles, he is every thing to every near the body of the murdered woman. Bell acknowl
body, and nothing at last) for Sheriff, and A. Jaynes, edged that Robots cut a stick that day and left it at
(another of the same kidney) for Prothonotary.
the house of one Whittlesey. While at the house of
Democrats, .I ask you again to examine your tickets Mr. Bacon with Bell, lawyer Tyler pretended to send
well; see that every name corresponds with the ticket for it, and it being brought in, Bell said it was the same,
published in the Post and Aurora. These tickets, no ; and when told where it was found, heinstantly remark
doubt, have been issued from the Gazette office, for no ' ed. "That beats the devil."
other establishment in the city would be guilty of so "Yesterday, another man was arrested in Meriden.
base a forgery. His name is Hall. The circumstances are, his hand
A DEMOCRAT OPST. CLAIR TOWNSHIP i being severely cut, and large quantities of blood on his
1 clothes. He has already been in our State Prison.—
' There is not a doubt in the minds of any of our citi
zens but that the three are guilty.
JAS.
Subject to the decision of
THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION
Zl)e Oa)) lllortting Post.
PHILLIPS & SMITH, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
PITTSBURGH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1843
DEMOCRATIC TWEET.
CONGRESS,
WILLIAM WILKINS, Peebles.
SENATE.
JOHN NEGLEY, Butler.
ASSZBIBLY,
ALEXANDER BRACKENRIDGE, Pitt
JAMES A. GIBSON, Pine,
WILLIAM STURGEON, Fayette,
JOHN ANDEREGG, Pitt.
SHERIFF,
ELIJAH TROVILLO, City.
PROTHONOTARY.
GEORGE R. RIDDLE, Allegheny.
COMMISSIONER,
JAMES CUNNINGHAM, Mifflin.
TREASURER,
ROBERT GLASS, City.
CORONER,
DAVID HARTZ, Allegheny.
AUDITOR,
ROBERT DONALDSON, Wilkins.
CANAL COMMISSIONERS.
JAMES CLARKE, of Indiana,
JESSE MILLER, of Perry,
WM. B FOSTER, Jr. of Bradford.
BEAVARIS OF FRAUELS.—Knowing the total want of
political honesty in our opponents, we have on several
occasions, cautioned our friends to be on their guard a
gainst tho frauds that we were certain would be at
tempted on the eve of the election. We have not been
mistaken; the vilest means have been resorted to to de
feat the democratic candidates. A correspondent in
forms us that tickets are now "in circulation in all the
townships south of the Monongahela, with all the dem
ocratic names on, excepting Co!. Troaillo, forSherhar
and Geo. R. Riddle, for Prothonotary; and in place of
these the names of Geo. S. Hays, for Sheriff, and Al
exander Jaynes, for Prothonotary,aro substituted."—
These are the antimasonic candidates, and the fraud
has, no doubt, been concocted by the antimasonic
clique of the city. These hypocrites, although uttering
their daily cant about their superlative morality, hones
ty and honor, have no scruples to engage in the base
employment of eonaderfeiiing our ticket., for the pur
po4e of cheating democratic voters. We are.loath to
suppose that Messrs. HATS and JAYNE 3 were privy to
this franc we have always regarded them as honorable
men, who would scorn such dirty means to procure an
election. We look upon this fraud 111 one of the mean
est that could be committed by a candidate or party.
It is an attempt to cheat the citizens of theit:Yotes,and
to gain by a trick, worthy of a sweat-cloth gambler, a
support which could not be obtained by an honorable
appeal to the voter!.
Demosrats, be vigilant! be cautious!—examine well
every canto on your ticket before you vote. Keep a
sharp look out for this and other frauds of our despe
rate opponents, and expose every man you find thus at
tempting to defraud the people of their choice.
"Sella Tot isio. - -Our good friends the Antimasons
are making some largo calculrtions as to the disaffec
tion that they suppose exists in:the democratic ranks.
and they hope to receive the votes of all the dissatis
fied in our party. At best, this is but a pleasant illu
sion, and we don't like to knock away the last plank
that yet sustains the shivering and quaking carcass of
Antimasonrv; but we can assure them there is no ground
to indulge in such a foolish hope. The democrats feel
that they have never had a better ticket, or one more
worthy to call forth their energies in its supporr, and
though many may have been disappointed in not having
their personal favorites placed on the ticket, yet they
find no reason to abate their zeal in sustaining the can
didates selected. Theynre all good men; on the score
of democracy and competency unexceptionable, and in
personal character are irreproachable. What ground,
then, is there for a single democrat to scratch his tick
et? He has no political reason for doing so, and be
certainly can find no moral objection for withholding his
support from the democratic candidates.
We have conversed with intelligent persons from al
most every district in the count•, who assure us that
si better feeling never existed among our friends, or a
more general satisfaction with the wkole ticket. It re
quires
bet a little exertion and watchfulness to trium
phantly elect it.
If there are any who intend to lend themselves to
the opposition, they are but few, and very prudently,for
their own credit, keep their designs quiet. They can
not influence the result, and the hopes which the oppo
sition have in their disaffection will but serve to in
crease the mortification of the disgraceful defeat that
awaits them.
ASSEMBLY. -- It may be proper to mention a rumor
which has circulation in Allegheny city. The Blue
noses expect to concentrate the vote of all sorts of pets.
pie upon R. S. Cassal, Esq., a candidate for Assam•
bly on their ticket, on the ground that if elected he wilt
use every exertion to prevent the rebuilding of the
Aqueduct. We are sure the Democrats will not be
diverted from the support of their ticket, by such a
scheme as this, and we think the citizens of Pittsburgh
ought to he apprised of a design intendcdtoinjuretheir
best interests.
'The whip of the First Congressional'District,
are supporting a professed democrat named Croatia.
tat against Mr. Mc Celly,the regularly ruminated dem
ocratic candidate- This is the usual device of Fede
ralism. "Divide and conquer" is their motto, and if
they succeed in breaking the democratic strength, they
will then cast off the tools they used in the operation,
as unworthy of their fellowship or friendship. A per
son professing to be a democrat, who will permit the
opposition to use him fur the purpose of breaking down
his party, is indeed a mean creature, worthy thefriend
ship of no one..
DEPOPULATION.-At the Sandwich Islands, in the
Rev. Mr. Lyons' field of tabor, Waimea, during the
last year there were in a population of 5,600, four hun
dred and thirty-foar deaths, and in the same time these
were only ninety-eight births.
NRSV YORK FASHIONS.—The new fall bonnets,
says the Aurora, range from $l5 to $3O, and head
dresses from $lO to $l5. Materials fur bonnets-rsilk
and satin are now worn, (it being too early yet for, vel
vet) trimmed with lace, and a very light and airy style
of feathers. The head dresses are ornamented with
costly tassels of gold and silver.
JEWISH FESTIVAL.—On last Wednesday the most
solemn festival of the year with the Jews throughout
the world, took place, it being the day of Atonement.
Josara Gttiots, democrat, was elected Recorder
of the first Municipality, New Orleans, by a majority
of 183 votes over his federal competitor. Mr. G. re
ceived 52 votes more than the clemocraticcandidate for
Copisesi did is the mins &vio l /sat, Jet"!
/MEE
PAINFUL OCCURRENCE.—IN Jantlaty last, a com
positor employed in one of the London printing offices,
proverbial for the orthographical accuracy of its issues,
was so mortified at the detection of an omission of a
letter in an article ho had set up, that he committed su
icide by boating his brains out with a mallet.
SAD Acc ID Esr.—The wife of a Mr. John Bulger, a
citizen of Marengo, Ala., in drawing water from a cis
tern, became dizzy and fell into it, the water being sev
en feet deep. Every effort was made to rescue her,
but in vain. As a last resource, her husband was let
down by a rope, who succeeded in grasping the body
of his wife; but whilst the neighbors wore rising them
the rope broke, and both were drowned. They left an
only child, about eight months old.
!.."7•The Cincinnati Daily Message says: We were
surprised to see a man yesterday with a segar in his
mouth, and a volume of smoke issuing from the -back
of his neck. The man had been shot five years ago.
the ball entering the back of his neck, and coming out
at the mouth, which is very capacious and generally
wide open. The wound had healed, but loft the bole
made by the passage of the l ullet. He keeps it cork
ed up, except when smoking, and sometimes, when ita
a groatharry he eats with his month, while his drink is
• • by a servant into the bullet hole!
NATIONAL THEATRII.—We aro to be treated this
evening to Coleman's genuine comedy of "the Jealous
Wife,'" in which Mr. Robert Hamilton. the stage man
ager, will appear for the first time within several years,
and play Mr. Oakley. Mr. H. is said to be a correct
and gentlemanly actor. and will be well sustained, es
pecially by the ladies of the corps.
rgr This is a "first rate notice" of our friend Ham
ilton. and is from the Boston Post. During his sojourn
here, he made many friends, and we know of no man
connected with Theatricals in this city, who was so u
niversally popular and well esteemed.
FRANCE.
We see it stated that the French have possessed
themselves of another post in Africa, which they are
fortifying fora permanent post. It would seem that
she is determined not to be outdone by England in the
grasping nature of her policy. The Herald justly ob
serves, that her occupation of Algeia, her seizure of
the Marquesas, her intention in regard to Spain,
her alliance with Brazil, her line of Atlantic steam
packets, her sending a special minister to China, her
every movement in fact exhibit plainly her determina
inn to be paramount in Europe.
FROM CANADA
The New York Tribune says a slip from the office of
the Torotto Banner gives us the speech of the Gover
nor General of Canada on opening the First Parli
merit on the 28th ult. It alludes to the recent birth of
a Princess, to the death of Gov. Bagot, and to the re
spect which his remains on their way to England re
ceived from the people of the United States. The act
favoring the admission of Canadian Whcnt and Flour
into Great Britan is approved and the Governor promis
es to submit measures for the improvement of the Prl)-•
vincialJudicature.of the Municipal instiurtions, schools,
Jury systems, and Assessment laws of Canaria. He
speaks in high terms of the gratification derived from
his recent tour through the Province. of the progress
of Internal Improvement and the general aspect of the
country. He commends the prisons of the Province
to the attention of the Legislature. There has been a
decrease in the Provincial revenue which he trusts will
be only temporary. He has appointed the following
persons as members of the Legislative Council: —Hon.
Messrs. NVm. Warren Baldwin, Christopher Widmer,
Rene Joseph Kimber, rEmilius Irving, Louis Massue,
Pierre Boucher de Bocherville.
Wit.t,tast Pcste.—William Penn and Thomas Story
sheltered themselves from a shower of rain in a tobac
co-house, the owner .of which said, "You enter without
leave—do you know who I am? I am justice of peace."
To which Story replied, "My friend here makes such
things as thee—he is Go% ernor of Pennsylvania
DEPLOAAISLE.—SeveraI respeemble matrons in a
fashionable quarter of this city, were thrown in quite a
consternation last evening, by a somewhat whimsioal
mistake of an elderly gentleman. He was reading a
New York paper, and came to the sentence—"We are
now able to state that the Yellow Fever is all over in
New York"—meaning that do fever had ceased. The
ladies immediately took fright, and, like all frightened
things, lost their presence of mind, and interpreted the
sentence into an announcement of the prevalence of
the dreadful disease. By industriously using their
tongues, the neighborhood soon resounded with the aw
ful intelligence, and the news would have been more
widely disseminated, had not one more thouzlitful than
the rest, procured the paper, and read the paragraph
correctly. Albany Argus.
BosroN DRINKING Hoesas.—A correspondent of
the N. Y. Herald, speaking of the "drinking houses"
of Boston, and the very retired spots in which they are
located, says a dry stranger, in want of something, wet,
is compelled to engage a native pilot to get a private
drink.ln following one of the most celebrated, a few
days since, on an excursion of this nature, he says he
was led through several dark, dull, dreary, devious
bye-paths; and finally "turned into a snuff store, on pass
ing through which, he entered into one ofthe most qui
et out-of-the-way places in the world," where every
thing was elegance and luxury. Now, to our mind,
nothing more forcibly indicates the omnipotence of
public opinion, than these arrangements to do that se
cretly which is only an offence against the reforming
spirit of the age.
MORE TURNING OUT
John Y. Heart, a clerk in the First Comptrollor's
Office, has been dismissed, and Hopeful Toler, Esq.,
of Virginiaappointed.—Pki/a. Independent.
That's what we call a to/tr-able Hopeful appoint
ment,—Excitange paper.
That's what we call a Heart-less affair.
IXPORTANT DECISION. -It has been decreed in the
county court of Baltimore that in case of the failure of
an insurance company the stockholders are bound to
ply up the instalments on their stock, so as to make
each share fuU. The case heard was the U. S. Insur
ance company vs. Deer. - The company failed in 1834;
receivers were appointed in May of that year, and in
July following the call was made. The decision affects
many other similar cases.
nowt. LACING.-.4t hasiong been a matter of regret
with men of good sense and good taste, that many of
the females of this country injure their health and real
beauty of form; by the absurd practice of wearing tight
stays. The folly seernsnow to have spread to the men,
if indeed such blockheads merit that appellation. It
is a fact, that an exquisite fainted away on Friday, in
Bond street, and was assisted into a shop where be
was some time before he recovered. Medical aid was
sear for, when it was ascertained that his stays were
too tight
Maitataor,l leak upon a man's attachment to a
woman who deserves it, as the greatest possible safe
guard to him in his dealings with the world; it keeps
him from all those small vices whioh unfhttered youth
thinks little of, but which certainly, though slowly, un
dermine the foundations of better things, till in !Abe
end the wholefabrio of right and wrong gives way un
doribsomeals dianostA
Port of Pittsburg!).
Reported by Sheble and Mitchell, General Steam
Boat Agents. Water street.
3 PEET 5 INCHES WATER IN THE CHANNEL,
According to Copper Marks at the Wood street Sewer
ARRIVED.
"Daily Beaver Packets.
*Cutter, Gray ,Cincinnati.
Lehigh, Price, do.
Ohio Mail, Ward, do.
Herald; Dawson, St. Louis.
*Columbiana, Murdock, CM.
DEPARTED.
*Daily Beaver Packets.
Fulton, Forsyth, St. Louis.
•Cutter, Gray, Cra.
*lndian Queen, Ferguson, Cin
Belfast, Smith, Wheeling
All boats marked thus (*) in the above list, are provi
ded with Evans' Safety Guard toprevent theevplosiou
.bist ea m boilers.
North Shore Herring.
e lUSTI UST received, rew barrels SALVADOR FIZRRING
Also, a Cask Prime DRY CODFISH, et
Bitter Almonds and Ginger Root.
RECEIVED this day, a choice lot of Bitter Al
monds, real Jamaica Ginger Root, and common
do. ALso, a few catty boxes choice Gus POWDER
TES. LLOYD & CO'S,
oct 7. 140, Liberty st.
T UST RECEIVED and for sale by WM. THORN,
efi No. 53, Market street,
500 tbs. pure palm soap in the bar,
600 " " " " in casks,
100 " variegated soap,
50 " white Castile, (only lot in market)
100 " almond soap, in lb. casks,
50 doz. shaving soap,
10 " Glenn's rose spermacetti soap, for chapped
hands and for softening the skin.
The subscriber has on hadd a larger assortment of
the above articles than a iy other establishment in this
city, and is also receiving a large supply of fresh drugs,
&c. . THORN,
Get 7 No. 53, Market street.
itea►are of a Settled Cough!
I)R."' LNN ES Sudorific Lung Syrup, being a safe
and effectual remedy fur Conga. Catarrhal Fever,
Influenza, Plettrasy, the first of forming stages of Con
sumption, Asthma, Whooping Cough, &c. Some do
zen of certificates of its valuable effects can be pro
duced, one of v. hich i 3 now offered.
This is to certify, that I had a very severe Cough all
last winter. and was very much rsinced. After trying
medical aid to no purpose, I was advised to procure a
bottle of Dr. M'Llue's Lung Syrup; it gave me relief
imm"diately, and in two weeks I was able to go out,
and full) believe it to he one of the most valuable med
icines nJw before the public, for Cough and breast com
plaints. ELIZABETH MORRIS.
fresh supply of this valnable Cough medicine
just received at the Drug store of .1. KIDD,
oct 7 No. 60, corner of Wood and . Fourth sts.
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.
THE undersigned will offer at PUBLIC SALE, or
Lease, on Saturday, the 181 h. of November next,
at
. 10 o'clock, A. M., that valuable property, on the
south sid - of the Monongahela river, opposite this city,
lately laid off in lets, embracing between 20 and 30
acres of ground.
This is well known to be the most advantageous to
caticn for manufacturing purposes in the vicinity of our
great mantifacturing city, having an extensive front on
the river, and extending back to Coal Hill, 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 works on this property, as is new done in the neigh
borhood. There are also several strata of coal beneath
the surface on this property, which will be valuable in
time, by the use of shafts, one of which is ascertained
to be 12 to 15 feet in thickness.
A portion of the property being, elevated above the
proper level, and the clay being of the best quality for
brick making, can be used very advantageously in im
provements.,
Its advantageous location for Manufacturing and
Building, the Slack Water Navigation of the Mononga
hela, its being nearly opposite the mouth of the Penn
sylvania Canal, and affording every facility for the re
ception of materials by river, at all seasons when navi
gable at any other point in the vicinity of the city, its
proximity and connexion with which,as will be the case
by a bridge so soon it becomes occupied, altogether
render it in every point of view, one of the most desira
ble locations for investment and improvement.
Notwithstanding the number of extensive Works
which have been erected within the past few years;man
ufactures have never flourished more successfully than
at present, the yearly increasing extent of our city, the
iminebse emigration' to the West, and its unequalled
rapid settlement, which our city must ever, as it now
does, most advantageously supply with manufactures,
will yearly increase the demand, and great as is our
character as a manufacturing place, when we review
the great increase in number and extent of our mann
factures within the past few years, we mast consider it
in its infancy, as the great manufacturing and commer
cial point it is destined to become.
In addition to the manufacturing of Iron, Nails, Glass,
Engines and Machinery, Cotton Yarns, &c, which are
operated advantageously here, we require in this region
manufactories of Cotton Goods, as the immense quanti
ties of these articles yearly brought from the East for
this, and Western and Southern muskets evince, the
profits to the different bands generally through which
they pass between the manufacturer and the western
merchant, would satisfy a manufacturer; in addition
there is the carriage west to east of the materials, and
east to west of the manufactured articles, besides insur
ance, time, &c., offering every inducement to compan
ies of our own or Eastern Capitalists beyond competi
tion.
Applications have been made for a number of years
past for locations on this property for Manufacturing
and Building purpases, and it has been laid off into lots
containingnearly an acre on the river, for the former,
and 24 by 100 feet for the latter purpose, fronting on
50feet streets, and 20 feet alloys.
It will be sold inn body, (exclusive of u few lots) or
portions will be sold together: to suit the views of indi
viduals or companies wishing to pticcha,e, or• otherwise
separately in lots, Some lots may be exchanged fur
buildings =this property, or for a farm.
The terms will be made perfectly eaq, only a small
portion required down, and the remainder in a term of
years, payable annually or otherwise.
It 13 not desired to dispose of the property under the
late and still exising depression of real estate, except
for its fair value, but from the frequent applications for
Its Purchase, and the inducement s offered at present for
improvements, ei•ery article and expense connected
therewith being so low, it is considered the present
possess 4n for these purposes by persons or companies
of wealth, wouldbe ao advantageous so them, togethei
with the terms on which it is offered, that induces the
offer 9f sale at this time. NEVILLE B. CRAIG.
Committee of Mrs. Sidney Gregg
!in; I—lsted&-ettf
A Ulf
WHICH may contain, perimps 10 gallons, (of i
Y contents nathing is known) was left at ti
housoof the subscriber some weeks since. The own*
is requested to come and take it away, or it will be sol
to pay charges. WARNER HOLTHAUS.
oct 6.3 t
;digit
THE light-draught Steanserele
ERO, GALLAGHER, Master, wil
leave for the above and intern:di:Hu
Landings. on SATURDAY next, 7th inst. at 10 o'clock
A. M. For Freight or Passage apply on board,or t
Oct 5. JAMES MAY.
Er The Cicero is furnished with Evans' _Saint'
Guard to prevent the explosion of Boilers.
J. W. Burbridge it Co.,
AGENTS for the sale oel3zarry's Powder, Wate
street, between Wood and Smithfield streetd
oct 5 lm.
Pittsburgh
BUFFALO ROBES by single robe or bale, forsale
by - A. _BEELEN."--
CHEESE.—A lot of superior Western Reserre
Cheese, in good order, low for cash, by the cask.
Apply to
THE Rev. James F. Clarke, of Boston, intends to
deliver a course of Lectures on Unitarianism,at the
Unitarian church in Smithfield at., commencing on
Friday evening the 6th inst., at 7 o'clock.
The subject will be:
First.—The necessity of reform in Theology and
the Church.
Second.—What is Unitarianism ?
Thirdly —What think ye of Christ?
Fourthly.—An examination of the Rev. W. J. Bakes:
well's pamphlet entitled "Unitarianism untenable.'!
Mr. Clarke will also deliver a discourse on Sunday
morning, the Bth inst. on the text "What shall I do to
be saved?" and in the evening on "Will yeaiso be his
disciples?"
The morning service to cemtnence at half pest ten;
and the evening service at seven o'clock.
All persons desirous ofknowing what are the opin
ions
of that "sect which is everywhere spoken against,'
are earnestly and affectionately invited to attend.
octs-4t
LLOYD & CO,S'
140, Liberty at.
COME to the plantation of the subscriber, near'
East Liberty, about the 23.1 ult., FITS SHErr—
tbree ewes and two lambs. The ewes have Afferent
marks, and the lambs have no marks at all. Tbe own- `
er is regnested to come forward and prove p petty.
Oct 5.-3 t WM. JOYCE.
qi HE subscriber:, offer for sale a small farm situate
-I- in Upper St. Clair Township, Allegheny county,
about eight miles from Pittsburgh, containing , fifty
three acres and a half, on which is erected a square
log dwelling house, frame barn and other outbuildings;
there is, on the premises a bearing orchard of choke
fruit trees. For terms apply to George P. Hamilcm,
attorney at law, or either of the subscribers near the
premises. OBADIAH HIGBEE,
-NAT & D. RINEHART, Manufacturers and
.) dealers in all kinds of Tcbacco, Snuff and Ci
gars,No. 138, Liberty street, and head of Canal Basin,
Pittsburgh, Pa., would respectfully announce to mer
chants and dealers generally, that they have determined
to adopt the moor PRINCIPLL with regard to - the
taxes of tobacco kegs. &c. The people may rely upcnt
it, that hereafter, the tares of kegs and boxes gill be
connect. They hope, by strict attention to busines,
together with fi3rnishing the very best articles in their
line, to merit, as heretofore, a liberal share of patscin
age.
Orders promptly executed. 04-1 w
New Lisbon Patriot, Stark County Democrat, But
ler Herald, and Franklin Arch publish to II MOtlllt. of
one dollar, send one copy of paper to advertiser, and
charge this office.
9 jl DOZEN Patent Buckets and tubs assorted sizes,
..„ , ‘J 30 dozen of all sizes of Window sash window
glass ofall sizes to suit, by the box or retail—Nails and
spikes—Carpet chain—A variety of shovels, spades,
axe-handles, hoes, augurs, brushes, coffee-mills, Louis
ville lime, the balm of life, Brodie's anti-billions and
anti•dispeptic pills, Evans' camomile and aperient
pit anti billions pills, events in Indian histo
ry, history of the backwoods, American pioneer. Sew
all's pathology of drunkeness, permanent temperance
documents, bacchus and anti-bacchus, and s large Yuri.
ety of temperance documents, Sabbath and day school
books, ink, quills, writing and wrapping paper, &c.
for sale low for cash or approved country produce.
act 4. ISAAC HARRIS.
JONES, DITEMIIt & CO,
No. 48, WOOD STREET,
A RE now receiving an extensive assortment of
11 FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS,
which have been purchased in Philadelphia and Neat
York, at the leteest prices for cash. Their stock cmt
sists in part of blue, black and invisible green cloths;
blue and black pilot and beaver cloths; plain and fan.
cv cassimeres, sattinett. , Kentucky jeans and kerseys,
black and colored merinos; black, colored, watered„
changeable and figured alpaccas; plain and rich. printed 2:
muslin de laine; domestic, Earlston and Cbusan ging.
hams; li nsey3. plain, striped and plaid; tickings, checks,
bleached and brown cottons, a great variety of fanny
s
r
nrint• giraffe and buffalo cloths, Genoa cords. hosiery.
•
gloves, suspenders, buttons, Canvass, padding and
buckram, besides an infinite variet y of other articles,
all of which they will take great p leasure in chewing
to the mercantile community. They flatter themselves '
that the variety and prices will be found such as to in
duce all who give them a call. to make a bill with them.
02-1 w
LTAVE now received and opened their Stock of
11. FALL AND WINTER DRY GOODS, corn
pri*ing the greatest variety to be found in any house
in the city,
These goods have been very carefully, and it is be
lieved judiciously purchased for cash, most of them at
the lowest spring prices, and will be sold accordingly.
Goods can now bo bought cheaper than in any of the
Eastern cities, and merchants will do well to examine
here, before going farther and faring worse.
sep
- -
New Fall and Winter Goods.
HAMPTON & SMITH,
No. 112 WOOD &nuns ) ,
A RE now opening and offer for sale a cely large and general assortment of seasonable 1)17 Goo*.
consisting of plain waved, and diamond, beinteo aqui.
broad cloths of every color, cassinaerea.tariloatta,joesto,.
kerscys, linscys, flannels, baize -3, blenched, osid., toottirs
cottons, drills. ticks, Al pacca hastresblack anctente ed".
plain and printed merinos, m0t4.411.de lama, itiakric,
nens, Mat tioni and other silks, likens, laces,cainlnica,.
moslins, merino, fancy and blanket shawls. seiging-,
silks, spool and skein tbretui•s&c, &e... together with.
an assortment of carpets, fuss Boor dada, ak offi
which we are able to sell as cheap as goodscan nay $
bought in any market, east or we. sep 21
. ,
Penmanship and Book-iresping t ;
THOSE who wish a thorocrgh koovrleeke of these
brunches. would do well to &let Mit. S. W.
STEWART'S Commercial Academy, en Fount Street, •
near the corner of Market and Fourth, beim engsgint
elswhere. oct. 3—im.
INcLaue'l American Warm Specific.
II TORE. 'ROOFS,—McLssit's \Vomit SPXCIYIO,
LY SQMC 2 months agai ; PqrChaSed A viii of Mc.
Lane's American Worwi Specific, I gates boy of
mind most Of a vial; ~ e posed 40 very hove worms,
From that time his heart}} iippreved,Fery 14 1 •101 I had
tried two other Verinifuges to co pprpose. I believs t
Dr, Mcl.ttne's the best article before the poblic.
D. CALHOUN.
Main tp., Allegheny co., Sept, 30.
For sale at the Drug- Store of JON. KIDD,
oct 3 Corner 4th Lad Woc.•00,„
For Saint Louis and Guiana.
Notice.
Stray Sheep.
For Sale.
JOHN McCULLY,
Ex. of Joseph Higbee, dec'd
Oct 3-3 t
The Bight Principle:
For Salo
E. A. DROWN & BEIOTEIMEt,
327 WOOD STREET,
A. BEELEN