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    ant mere ants, with their portioned slices ofpump
kin or snelon--pitcher bearers of iced water—friers of
tnaccaroni, warding effete impartuniLies of mendicants
—jugglers and bagpipers intermingled with Capuchin
friars—strings of loaded asses bearing away the refuse
•f the gardeners' stall-may nil be seen in noisy, but
:detects:tette -combination. The stands of the frnitsel
'_ers„thanki ro the beneficent influence of the climate,
!weitente. gratifying sight; a profusion of oranges and
smogs both green and yellow; of pamenranates, grapes,
fig p j , apples, pears, medlars and nnts, decent
! •s! t - •inanches of rosemary, and bunches of Spanish
l'epping4 , 4l64 eu myrtle stalks, besides pine nuts which
nye:Wed in adjacent stalls, for the purpose of get
attpir sweet kernels—furin a tempting picture
~ f aliendance.
One day in question, the season having bona on
orellints, a mot) than usmil proportiue of fruit
•md/Istgetaliles: wits (displayed in the market; and as
officers - persisted in voting the superfluity
whieir nx6isaril:y rem tined as wiste, a dispute arose
among the people whether this unjust impost ougbt. to
:ill upon the ountrytnen, raisers of the continedity
---or upon the retail vender's of the market. Nuncle
, io, the Eletto del Popolo, or pravost of truae,
agetinst the gardeners; in consequence ofwhich ad
tudicatieth I peasant from l'orzttaii, hu was'oiar
, led to Idata,'-dello's sister felt a zgri...ned. 3 hrawiug
town a basket of 6gs which had been the suliject is
he declared-with tingitardNi veh.sin •!ir-,, that at
: nut their tyr.iresierid ralera •r.lyntld not parti , :ipato in
:he spoil,
"Letthein 11?•';e their sharer" exclaimed L‘la.,aldeilo,
7vho hatcjoined the. 4:fray;.and taking up a bunch of
liga, he strh'ek the pr...vost Nauclei the
Thi3 act of violence hecatnc the Tonal for uni , ,,:ri,al
[moat-. ➢3asaniello, str.oding. on a rairlcct bench, ha•
•Ingtted the populace; exhorting them to second hi,
.-ITorts in the. defence of their libertie.y. and promising
:item eventual redress forail . their injuries. The pco
pie, animatt4i by his eloquence, and by the prospects it
held out, immediately proceeded to open acts of in
.urrection; and not content with destroying the official
tnti private residences of all persons concerned in the
tulministratitin of the vases, they broke into the gun
smiths' shop, and armed themselves with weapons 1.. r
the maintenance..Ol their cause. The Principe di lii
signano, a Newell te nobleman, whom they accidental
ly encountered,' was c. - ,ropelleci ' to act as chief of th.•
,nob; which had now increaied to the number of many
thousands,_ Notwithstanding. the rebellions character
of their proleedings, it is remarkati:o that the rioters
abstained from pillage, except in the seizure of ;trios
for their own dtihnce.
Theft: et object of :)Insanieilo was to proceed to the
palace of the viceroy.- 114Xiiig- forcosl an ci/t. ranee by
overpowering the guards, lie peremptori!y insisted on
the- abalititin of the market tax; to which the Duke of
Area; tuiderthe iaptienceof fear, aed in order to favor
uti !lamest-ape, readily assented. In his flight from the
paAlpsi- . .the furniture and decorations of which wet e
entirAjt. destroyed by the insurgents—he was loaded
will insults; and had much didh-olty i obtaining
ter atCastel Naos°, which he at len,;:lietil'eetcd be d is
tri-4417ptistune3y among the angry iropuluce.
Ili consequence of to desertion of the viceroy and
the Prince of Bisi,;naue, the people chose to consider
thentsers . ea'canancipated from the thraldom of the pro
, overnmeut, and immediately proceeded to c
,,
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lett Aiasaniello as their leader, under the title of 'Cap
tam. .General of the most faithful People of Naples.'—
Thfr,fult act of his authority was to break open the pri
,uas.aiut inundate the city with their infamous inhabi
twilit; and 3 thousand outrages were the natural con
setpienties of this rash step. Houses were pillaged and
innocent persons put to death; while the incidental ex
idesion ea magazine of g-unpowder arravated the (Hs.
Asters of the day. The viceroy, who had taken shelter
in t 1 Castel Nuovo,attempted to garrison and strength
..m.its fortifications, as well as those of St. Elmo and
;he caste Uovo, or Castle of the Egg; but the reg.
oltiii.irtops,,,although joined by the militia, were found
insufficient to defend these places, and the men began
- ana r o symptoms of disalfect l'erceiving his
- sit:UAL:con to be desperate, he prevailed on the Dulte of
Maakione, whom he held prisoner is Castel Nuovo, to
no •utiato for him with the hisnr;ents: who flattered by
the .
us
thetr ovio triumph, now in.reased.their demands—
Insisting upon the abolition of certain obnoxious taxes
which they asserted to be contrary to the spirit of a yet ,
fain charter granted by Charles V. to the citizens of
.N.411e3, which they produced and athected to revert- as
the'eafeguard of [licit rights.
Tu these enuditions the Dult.c of Arcos reluctantly
agreed; but haviug ondeavorod to impose a fictitious
doeument upon them .in lieu of the proinised charter,
his envoy, the Duke of Matahme, was grossly insulted
andthiwm into prison; while Masaniello's party renew
edtheir outrages, burning and pillaging din houses of
all whorit tiry believed inimical to their views. Arm-
• -1 with poles - terminated he an ir.ei buo!:, and marshal
.ad.with some attempt at military discipline, even the
infuriated lazzaroni of Naples, notwithstanding their
rags as I wretchedness, hermii; oivintents tetrible to
their. enemies. They now possessed themselves oldie
church of St. Loreuzo, and made one of its great t - ill
as I tOCBin of genoral alarm: while the cit . y nnsunied an
aspectunawless anarchy, appalline to the better class
°fits ildutdilast . nts- It is true, the Archbishop of No
ples,rhese Supposed disaffection to the Spanish govern
meitatad. long rendered him an object of interest with
che s sual), succeeded fur a time in appeasing the appro.
hensioas of the well disposed, by mediating between
the.popultsys and the viceroyi but misunderstandings,
aggravated by accidental causes, soon returned.
rpttiettle time previous to the breaking out of the
instuyectiom the city of Naples had been molested by
certain predatory hands, which the police had found it
self unable to repress; and which now united under a
common bead to join the standard of Alasaniello.—
Perrorse, ono of its chief captains, had formerly been
his intimate associate, and was now intrusted with the
pristmer . ' a of the insurgent party; but this !mai having
beets won over by a bribe from the Duke of Alatalone,
not sally suffered the Duke to escape, but agreed for the
tardier sum of 12,000 ducats, to assassinate Masani
clic:4 in this attempt be was to be seconded by anoth
er brigand named Polembe; and at a general meeting of
the *nide in the Piazza del Popolo, the banditti, to
the
.amount of 500, suddenly appeared among them, on
itorsaltack'und completely armed. Ma.saniello instant
ly required them to dismount. that their numbers might
not extant) alarm tu the minds of the citizens; but their
captain refused to obey the command, while seven of
his isrquebusiers fired at Masaniello, and so nearly ef
feeted.their purpese that the halls perforated his dress.
Irritated .by this act of treachery,the populace return
ed the firet, and having killed thirty of the banditti,
droveille remainder into an adjoining church, where,
regardless of the sanctity of the place, they pursued
the work of death even to the very steps of the altar.
The "Ashes were darkened by the discliarg4 of musketry,
and ihe pavement was covered with 'gore.
SeAlltious, indeed, were tha isrsurgenti in defence
of their favorite Capo dal Popolo, that some of the bati
aiti, litho bad been taken prisoners, having confessed
thatithe duke of Matalone and his brother, Dun Jo
sepb Cortfe„ were the instigators of the plot for the
destruction of Masaniello, Don Joseph was seized and
decapitated by a botcher, and his remains insulted by
overrepecies of outrage. In pursuance of their resed
ment,.:fit,urooden scaffold was erected in the market
place sir the execution of such of the nobles and public
ihnetionetries as wero supposed to have been friendly
to the oistioxious tax; nod havily• ' surrounded the sea
.. Cold wittletipalisade of spikes, they atlis.ed upon them
the bleeding beads of their victims in warning and in
derision. - . A. spirit of insurrection had now spread
itself.widelythrough the city, and the atrocities Curlso
- a revolution were visible on all sides: the
street' 3f Naples streamed with the blood of its nristo
cracie.aisd the conflagration of its scattered palaces
rendeet,ther scene yet more appalling.
Theilierposition of the Cardinal Filomarino, Arch
bishop of Niples, was now entreated by the Viceroy,
and it was judged expedient that a personal negotia
tion should take ph= between the three. Masaidellu
was pireseied toexchange his mariner's jacket for a
snit of"cleth of silver, and to proceed, mounted on a
charger splendidly caparisoned, to the church of Our
Lady of Carmel; where the articles of a proposedebar
.er were publicly read to the people. From thened'
'hey moved towards the fortress of Castel Nuevo, to
neat the Duke of Areas, and the insurgent populace
rowding after the procession soon filled its spacious
courtyard .. In the midst of political discussion
mbicistasiargi, litaisaniello, wilting to convince the vice
ray ithd thecoortiers present of his influence over the
mails of the Neapolitans—showed himself at a win
dow of the nabinett'and the mob, notwithstanding .its
lane of tededuicriis excitement; subsided into the most
t. ir esthless stillness on a mere motion of his hand. At
(mother eignal. - tatise::bells of the city were tolled, as
if by poloc,ceT.fed u'oanionity; but only again to be ea-
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lenced by the same slightexertion of command on the
part of the Capo dcl Popolo. At length. by desire of
the Duke of Amos, he dismissed them wi h a single
gesture to theirliotne.; tor whicithe rec-2ivA, in token
of gratitude, Irai in r..xri,zoitima of his, mchority over
the citizens. the tide of Duke of St Ge.)rge, and a
golden chain; which was placed round Irk neck by the
hand: of the viceroy.
With these honors, however, and the abandonment
of the humble condition of life, the right; of which he
had so energeticallv defended, the fortunes of Massani
elloappear to have. r , ceised their death-blow. The
fiery temperament and that audacious courage which
had suggested hi, resistance to the despotism of the
Spanish government. hut which were unrestrained by
the influence of education, or the lessons of historical
experience, became irritated to frenzy by apprehen
sions of treachery, arising from the conspiracy already
orgnnized by the Duke ut Matalone. Exhausted by
the fatigues of his undertaking., Masaniello had re
course-to 'stimulants to prepare him for further exer
tions: and au immoderate indulgence in ardent spirits
addkig to the excitement of his extraordinary position,
gaee rise to SCOIWA /I).:ll.the captain of the people
freiumntly mule his appearance in a state of mingled
incbrit fy and iusanity.
lie re; irod to his UV, a home—a hovel adjoining the
market place.—at the window of which h exhibited
himself with a blunderu-s in his hand, dictating de
crees to tss o masked secretaries, who Applied his own
deficiencies of scholarship. Even nt a St11111n:1 meet
ing in th.i cathedral, wherc ill ir:e.3 of agreement were
signed between the viceroy and the Cap° del Popolo,
who vood beforo 'the cardinal archbishop, and the
united nobility of the kiegilern, with a drawn sword in
rum hand, and in the other the cha ter of Charles V.,
the articles of which-he bad so valiantly enforced, Muss
saniello, by various unbecoming and inconsistent ac
tions, winced , ymptoms of disordered intellect. The
public heaped upon himself mid his family on
this occasion by the haughty, Duke of Arcos appeared
to have unsettled his mind.
On rho following ,lay, a thousa:el obsurditi.ss oa the
part of the insurgent captain interrupted the discharge
of his MR 7i 11 (hales: ;11.1 at length, having given orders
that the principal posts cf the city should he resigned
into the land: of Spanish ofEsers, he galloped wildly
toward: Vic Nino° of that viceroy, nail insisted on hi,
supping with him at l'ausilippo. The Duke of Arcos
naturally declined this tit:ceremonious invitation, but
terdercd his state barge to convey him to the place of
festivity. Hero having- swallowed twelve flasks of the
wine called Lachrynhr Ch rya threw
hiinst.if into the sra with his clothes on, and anni:ed
himself by Awinnnin2; !ill at length his state drunken
excitement and subsequent exhanstioo. rendered it fie
ce.ftiaty that he should be carried holm, by his follow
ers.
_Meanwhile, the populace, disgusted •his intempe
rance. and beginning to pet cei Yr that a null so utter
ly lit flipalde of self-government was unworthy of being
intrusted with the guardianshiliot their liberties, formed
a new c mspiracy against hie life; even his own pa Ili
sun4 and attendants were compelled to secure him by
cords during the night,in order to prevent the cons , -
quetires of his brutal intoxication. H :personal friend:,
indeed, expressed their conviction that the frenzy of
their beloved chief.. had been produced by deleterious
drugs, seen tly administered at the instigation of the
ro2 ; alist party, but the early records of his life prove him
to have been constititionally subject to mental derange
ment, and of a condition of mind and body peculiarly
open to 1 7 ,• eff'ect's of extraordinary elevation and pros
perity. Want of rest. and excessive exertions, follow
ed by the unnatural excitement of drunken orgies, ap
pear to have quickened the prryg of incipient mad
ness, and completed his overthrow.
On the 10th day of the insurrection, Masaniello es
caped from the durance imposed on him by those about
his person; and rushing into the church 01 the Carmel
ites, where the cardinal archbishop was engagt tl in the
celehratit.o of mass, he ascended the pulpit, and with a
crucifix in his band, harangued the 4audienc:i, com
plaining in hitter a:ld incohermt terms of their fickle
ness and desertion. But his day of supremac . was over;
the penpie fist:nail with contempt to his ravings; and
the Carmelite priests having ft tic ilily withdrawn him '
from the pulpit, Cardinal Filorficrinn prevailed upon
hint to retire into the cloisters of the church. Here, how
rivzir, he became a prey to the assassins who had leagued
themselves against his life. With shnuts of '•Looir, life
to the -King of Spaill•' and .'Death to Ma3aniello!" •
tit": ... , ter place. of refuge; andl il
,y,e he turned
tow;„rds tin m, uith terms of ft iendly familiarity cn his
lips, and wholly unsuspicious of their design. four ar
quebnsiers and mortally wound.al hint. Mai:aid
ed° fell, and exclaiming “Oh! )e ungrateful traitors.instautly expired.
Thus ended the brief but eventful career of M
the fisherman of Naples. Elevated by cireum
stanccs. anti by the bohl act i% ity of his character, to the.
highest pitch of public favor, be was itwapable Ifnrtin
mining the power he had accidsaitaliv acquit-A. With-'
out judgln ‘.. , 11-coatv,,l, 'ex tv'e or instruction,
he was dehri •nt it nii tit )se moral trouts which are
indi , pen,able to the geniu< nor
could cy.:n the excellence of hi , : cause .F.ecur , hint
against a revor, , e of fortune.
JAS. BUCHAN
,
su, i ,et to the deciiou of
THE DEMOCRATIC NITiONAT. CONVENTION.
it IN )3aili) Morning 1305 t..
PHILLIPS .1; SMITH. EDITOIts PIIOI'IIIET(11tS
PITTSBURGIT, MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1843
THE SCHOOL APPIWPRIATIOS.—The Venango Dem
ocrat, in eng . riting rnAtlet'3 'hat hotild be reformed
during the next seF•siuti of the Legi,lature, make; the
following remark,:
"But to come more direct to amare important point,
we conceive that the commonwealth in her present
embarrassed and ahnost BankrUpt conditias, would be
perfectly justifiable in withholding for a short peri.sl,
say 5 years, from the Comnion school fond, the annual
appio riatiemoftwoh und , eliiousanddollars,which
the people have to pay indirectly in taxes, besides an
• equal amount collected directly as school taxes. Much
as we admire a general system of education, and high
as we value the intelligence of community, yet it does
forcibly occur to our mind, that we should be in public,
as in private affairs, "just before we are generous."—
In lopping off this one item of expenditure, too million
of dollars will be saved to the people in five years,
which in prosperous times would be no trifle, and much
less in these Bankrupt and repudiating times."
We differ entirely from our Venango friend in this
seLsestion, and think that there are but few who will
agree with him. From the manner in which the School
System has hcea sustAtined by the people of Pennsyl
vania. we feel perfectly safe in saving that no embar
rassment will ever induce them to approve any propo
sition that would tend to curtail its usefulness. Every
good citizen would rather be trebly taxed to meet the
enga;emeats of the state, than that the system which
is now shed.ling the lights of knowledge on the minds
of thou-ainL wit, otherwise might remain in the gros
sest ignorance, should be retarded in its beneficent de
sign. Like all systems of human origin, it may beim-
I perfect in its (-Ivo eve iem, er fall somewhat short of its
original design: but that our common school system has
b een p ro d; le tivc ofincalculable benefit to thousands, is
a fact which will certainly nut be denied, at this time
of day. It is a strange system of reform that would
propose to benefit the state by checking the progress
of education, and rather than ray a few dollars for the
maintenance of Common Schools, subject the cominuni
ty to all the evils and crimes which necessarily spring
from an ignorant state of society. We hope our friend
of the Democrat will reconsider his 'suggestions,' end
find something more worthy the support of the "power
ful newspaper family," than a project that would do
much to render their existence unnecessary.
l or The consumption of coffee in the United States
in 1341. was 103,200,249 lbs. for a population of 17,-
000,000; in the United Kingdom the consumption was
28,421,466 lbs fora population of 20,000,000, being
an average consumption of one pound per head in En
gland and six per head in the United States,
SE!MI2EI
FOR PRESIDENT,
Lrsca Lear.--The colored people of Ohio are be.
ginning to imitate the practices the more refined
white population. The following artick, from the
Cincinnati Cinnmercial, shows that they have adopted
one of our most approved and fashionable amusements:
"Not king - since the colored people of Springfield in
this state, lynched a colored man named McDonald,
from Highland county, whom they found employed by
some Kentucky slaveholders at $2,00 per day, to make
himself acquainted with the stations and routes of those
who aid runaway slaves in their transit to the lake, all
of which information he was to report to his employers.
It is said he entered this state in the spring and was
Vansanted along the whole line by the ''liberty party."
He has remained in the North ever since, weaning
himself into the secrets of this semi-masonic institu
tion. Recently he f nerd it convenient to return S,nith,
but his true character became known in the North, and
letters were written to different points in this region to
the colored people to be on the alert and capture the
spy. At Urbana an arrangement was made to seize
him; but he got wind of the matter and came on to
Springfield. From here he was transported 15 miles
north on the "line" when he was recognized and let
go. lie returned again to Sprin2.field, when his color
ed brethren took measures to deal with him according
to Judge Lynch, and after night they took hint to a lone
place,organized a lynch cuurt, sentenced him to receive
thirty-nine lashes on the bare back, and forthwith eXP
cwed the sentence! McDonald was then turned loose
with his face towards Canada, the land of white slaves
and black freemen, and giving him ten paces start,
told him to nin for it, and if caught he should have "a
hundred and twenty." MeDenuld has not since been
s e en or heard from. The violated law will be fully
vindicated, as the whole matter was immediately hru't
before the Grand Jury of the county."
THE Vic;.; PREUDV.NCY.—The Advocatt! of Satur
day has a long article urging the nomination of the
Hon. Ilstru.ta Dzsttr, on the Whig ticker, fur the
Vice Presidency. It claims his nominatiqn as an act of
justice to Pennsylvania from her sister states, and sets
forth his peculiar fitness for the station in forcible lan
guage. That Pennsylvania has claims, and will tir;e
then, we have no doubt, but we arc equally certain that
M'. Defif.v i net her fto °rite, Der will s h e b e sat i,fi c a
with secondary favors. The democracy have long 6lace
designated the fiverite of the honest yeomanry of the
Keystone, and feeling conscious of their claim:: to the
first office in the gift of the people, they will nut compro
mise their rights by accepting the second. The Pre
sidontial candidate or nothing, is the feeling of every
honest Pennsylvanian, and front present indications
throughout the country, there is good gromel to sup
pose that their wish will be gratified.
II
r.—TID , wearers of Ken-dri;ton quite a cm
on Monda . : tart. The Philadelphia 1 Ora
some two or three hundred of them collected together
ashinglon market, and marched up Frankford
road to a house of a mut named Grevry. They did
not find him at home, but beat his brother, who trot
there, broku up the furniture and doors, tore out two
warp:, threw them in the street, and burnt them with
oil of vitriol. They then went down Frout street, be
low Master, to the house of John White, and whipped
him and destroyed the warps in his loom. They after
wards went to the house of an old man named Smyth,
and threaten-il h.tt did not inj , lrk , him. It is said that
it is another nflair of wages, and, of course, there will
he more of it.
A LEGAL PAR r:i • t tz.•tt_. the
I.llow in; ;liar Lnv caiL•:—"Al , etm •at tried
thr• pro3eat emtrt, preit•ntel
dn ' endaqt paid for a picr.c of land by the acre. DI
wai a dipat thaat b m.id try and Ilia 11::411!1 , r 411 , •,1
him. It wai found that he Nrch ttnl wit:tout cumin
oe the diipute.l territqry. 11 •,r b •atea. 11 - then
r..covored b:t-k. from th • gralt,,r warruntr, part
of tip. p..1;-.21211, Inla , y• 1 new i. 0!)1:11:Itql 111
th, suit all }pi is tri‘v ,01 ,- Ci4lll in that.
So that. in (11l lirst Whkil 11 , • did
not buy, IA thr n At pH. rut another ninn
t er it, a.^.l tiaall L Id. Lit!' ;hi laud and ti,
Thisg o ie. b kettio
;Hi] 41.).11 , 1 prove fir-t 1) that he
nos crli id it, 4ez , : il!c it vv.i. whin 110 of it,
and thir.ily that it NV 1 ; W 1 1 ,41.. whoa he returned it.
THE CortuN (Mi•S.) Tri
bune confidently asserts that Ow cult:): crop in that
State will be a full one, and of average quality.
The .Mobile RegiAter says, gentleman %% ho 11;i+
r , cently returned from a tour through 21 counties, in
South Alabama, inform: u; that from all he could i•en
and learn, that there is no doubt but that the planters
will, without m;unumally severe winter, make as much
cotton u.; they did in 1842. In arriving tit this opinion
all tho cA.l!ateral cireilm4tance , act. or (-oursr taken in
to coniitleratiou."
COAL. IN FRANCIL-lii role] once to the acti% ity now
existing is France among her manufiwturers, we tied
in the of imports given in the Paris Moniteur, that
there arrived m her ports 90.Dn't ! of coal, in the first
seven months of 1843. and that t h e duty charged thet c
on wa: at the moderate rate of ooly 1 - 2 cents per ton.
The Fr.meli plying along the c,,a.ts, but par
tic:early in the Maditerranenn,c,insume a large quantity
of this mineral. which together with what is required
for manufacturing purposes, exceed., what her own
miner can farii:h at convenient point,‘.. until her con
t,tr.:,ltced futilities of imereonrse by railways is cur
ried mit.
Ntutu• JERsEy.--The Legislature of New Jersey met
on ihe Ith inst. In Council, the Hon. James Patter
son, of Monmouth, was elected Vice President. Alex.
Bayles of SU:SOX, Secrgtary, and Mr. Shag, of Warren,
Sergeant-at-Arms, all democrats, the coons making uo
opposition. In me House of Asembly, Joseph Tay
lor, of Cumberland, was elected Speaker, by a vote of
33 to '22 for hie coon opponent. James M. Newell,
of Cumberland, was elected Clerk, and Mr. Napton,
of Trenton, Door Keeper. •
The Governor was to have been elected on Friday.
There wet e a great numberof candidates, but the prob
ability was that a WALL, of DANIEL II AISES,
of Sussex, would be chosen. Col. Thompson, of Salem,
is the choice of W. Jersey,but that Fart of thu state hay
ing the Speaker and Clerk, it is thought the Governor
will be taken from the Middle or the East.
COUNTERFEITS ON THE BANK OF MISSOURI.—WeII
executed ten dollar counterfeit bills are in circulation
in the counties around Independence, \ lissouri, and in
the South part of the state down to the line. The pa
per is bad, but tho execution good. A gang of coun
terfeiters are thought to be engaged in circulating this
sort of money, and also of twenty dollar bills, which
have been noticed before. It will be well enough to
keep a look out for bad money.
THE "BANNER DISTRICT."—The Easton Argui
thus justly compliments the sterling democracy of that
district: "The 10th Congressional district, composed
of the countie3 or Northampton, Carbon, Mouroe,Pike
and Wayne, has given the largest majority for the dem
ocratic Canal Commissioners of any in the state. It
reaches nearly THIRTY—FOUR HUNDRED. This
is truly a thumping majority.
'The opponents of Democracy cant even get a foot
hold amung the mountain boys of Northampton, and
her four republican daughters."
Ur:WC:Kt:Any is an:living immense houses at the
Chesnut street Theatre, Phila. FORREST is at the Na
ixmal, doing a good business. .
Piot Oasoct.—A letter from-William T. Perry,
dazed 30th March, 1843, published in the Blooming
ton, lowa, Herald, states that he is doing well, and
earning a good living at his trade. Ho is a carpenter,
He arrived there on the 29th September, 1842. We
copy the following from his letter:—
We have not been sick a day since weleftthe States.
Hannah Ali,' was married in two weeks after we ar
rived het e—she has done well. [Quick business—
great country for tunnurt ied Now to the coun
try, which is nut as I expected to find it. It is rough
and broken, and generally heavy timbered, principally
with fir, yellow pine, cedar, hemlock, spruce, oak, ash
and maple. It is well watered, and about one-tenth
prairie, of excellent quality. The timbered land is al
so excellent for maiming. In the streams 's an abund
ance offish, among which nre the finest salmon in the
world There is enough to live on in this countr!:.—
The inhabitants are generally good farmers, raise large
quantities of grain, and from 40 to 100 head of cattle,
20 to 60 head of hogs, and horses without number.
Clothing is cheaper bete than in lowa. There is !loth-
Mg to be found in your stores, but what we have an
abundance of, and at a cheaper rate as they arc
brought here free of ditty. Nothing will bear txpor
talon front rows except good rifles. They are worth
about $5O in this cirtatry. God cows willeell at from
$:3O to $56 per head. Screra/ of our company are
rlissati.tfiedu:ith the country, and contemplate going
to California this spring. For my part. lam well
sad and expect to end my days in Ore4cm. This
place (Oregon City) in situated at the head of naviga
tion, at Ow foot of WilhammutFalls, the greatest wa
ter-power in the world. ft contains twelve dwelling
houses, three stores, one blacksmith's shop, one coop
er's shop; two rcaw mills and a grist trill are in opera
tion, and another the three run of stotics is to be
erected 'his summer. Two churches and a number of
dwellin.Ts me to he put up this suminer. I get $1 a
day for my work, and tools fornisleid. Common la
bor is worth $1.75 per day, without board. No ardent
spirits in the eountry.
Ekrti.Y SLEIGIIINCn—TIIO Volunteer, published at
'Montrose, SUATIARIunt county, in this state, says:--"It
was particularly animating to our feelings on Moi,d iy
to hear the lovely tours of sleigh bells ! In Northern
riiiiii , yl‘ania. we often glide smoothly tier the pathway
Hof lire while oar S jut hero neighbors arc wading Liao'
the mud !
Bkit ra 'OW last Sundacthisdistinguish
cd rang2+- +v.++ the ge st or 1I r. Van Burn at Linden
vrild. Ile left the next rnmeting. t.) pay a flying vial
t Ma4.311.C11:1,q1,:, and front thence he returu to N.
JoUrt92YME9 T&ILOILi ur \r.lll butt::.—New York
rapers.state that ono hundred and eighty elopluyer3
have agreed Toth- bill of price 4, tintl that there eve .
te.i,in to Indi,•ve all will add their names to the Ht.
Te The New York Express sari that counterfeit
five dollar note:, on the IVestern Bank of Baltimore
are very uu in that city. They are close imita
tions of the gonnine plate. Letter C. payth:e to 11.
Thomas Spencer, jr., Cashier; Samuel
June., jr., Pre.Mlent.
i.rrY' The Secretary of the Tteasury notice that
$133,553 01 of the Mexican indemnity is ready for
distribution to claimants, on presentation of their cer
tificates at the Batik of the. Netrapilis.
firi . .& man, named Edward Douros, having been
triad and convicted at Michigan city, for disintering a
body, has been sentenced to pay a fine of $lOOO and
stand convictod lend paid, which is, with him equiva
lent to io: iifr , uale. s releas..d by an act
of Ev.ecntive clemmicv.
CA , F. REV. GEU. MA11.3 ALL.—Tho jm)
in [IN. ca:e geatl,•:nln cam in y,st,,rday
inz, and it:ited that th could in,t agree on a rerdkt.
TIION worn nt back t d,•!ib..rate trail 9 o'clos:.:. thin
LANDIN CO 111 Sri:Cll.—The s.:hr Itichrn.md,
(runt ci y, w.t.11 35:1 toa: 01 caal, 1.t,1,d her cargo
B Frt i c .s', z,n. The tu.'.l, were hoi-tcd up as fast
1. 1111,1, Ivhip"—and the cargo landed
oath
iN IT 1: .: POSSIBLE!—It Stoited at a nl,!,•ting of
the S._mmitre-e,,2, of I h that some of the girls re
coi;ol o , me co It a hoar for lurd worl:, aid this
was paid iu c i r COi :I 1)-1 reit t , cd tt the tu!l
a d I,c Hunt
The szn 111 pox i+ Cincinnati tu un
alartniu;• vx.tent
MELANCIIoLY S[1(3114: OF AN OFFICER OF
TUE NA VY
I.a , t night and early this morning Lieut Goo. C.
Wyche, attached to the United Statesship Ohio, was
seen in the t.tmetsat different tim .s very mu.:.hintoxica
, tell and haN l ing fallen down a cellar, was, on account of
his helpless condition, taken by the watchmen and put
into the Watch hrm:e attached to the new Court House.
the room being somewhat cold, officer Stratton had
him mlsen about four o'clock this morning. to the lock
op in the 51Im- building. which was a armed by a stove
funnel, and in which he would be more comfortable.
Between 2 and 9 o'rloc': this miraiag, officer Strat
ton repaired toth , place and mud him haazing lifeless
from the gratin_ over dr , door. Navin, }sang himself
with hi: handkerchief. It sdr wa, warts, and the
act now hive 6,.en (low. utnnrt 3 o'clo,1:.
pelt. W VOI wa, a v man nl,ont •_'3 or 29 years
„r„—, u•a: te,•ll dn• . ;e• , l . bn iin on a
(lark pa it a!olo:, pdir of bo
II t• wm4 tnrn•d out of one• or two plaro:, in the
course of the ni :in, and this citcuinstance, connected
w ith Q v , ,zroro nt he' In; confined in tho lock-up on hi:
retnrnino- to a :obey gate•, doubtless led to tle• molan
cholv
Limit Wy c h e vei: foramrly from Vit7inia, and lately
at Inched to the U. S. service at Portland. Me.. and W:l3
lately at this station. Ilia appearance was remarkably
genteel and hisdeportm eat chivalrous.
This is another of the melancholy results of the [lse
of ardmt spirits, and the fact s.lmuld speak to the public
mind with n voireofsolemn and impressive warning.
In this connecti o n ths, w 3 wou!rl observe that some
persons or acquaintances mast have beet dof to th e
calls of humanity, or they would have taken charge of
him before. in his helpless state, and before he was
consigned to the walls of his prison house.
An ingm•:t was c tiled by Carmer Pratt an i h , l.l^n
about 11 o'cloc!:, this forenoon, at which many of the
officers of t h e Navy were present. A verdict was ren
dered conformably to the facts related by us above
touching the mariner of the suicide, viz: hanging him
self with his own hand':er^hicf.--Boston Times, of
Oct. 2.5.
THr, N=W HAVEN AFFAIR.—The Neu• Haven
Courier of Tuesday sav,;:—
"Lewis Fassitt, recently a uhltaiber of the Sopho
more Class, in Yale College, arrived in this city yester
' day noon, in company with his brothers from Phila
delphia. The esteemed Father of young Fasscu, as
well as his brothers have thus acted most judiciously
in the matter, and by El ready and prompt return of the
offender, they have done much to disarm popular pre
judice, as well as to show that they cheerfully will a
bide the result, be it what it may.
"Distinguishedlegal counsel has been I etained, and
an examination will probably be had to-day. If so,
we shall publish the fact to-morrow. Young Fassitt
has voluntarily returned to the scene of his wrong-do
ing, and now he will throw himself upon a jury of his
countrymen. God grant him a speedy and hon °ruble
Oliver lance."
d ETIQUETTE.
The corn mandan t of a Portuguese fort, seated under
a splendid canopy, in a richly ornamented saloon, re
ceived an African envoy, whom he lid not invite to sit
down. The envoy made a sign—instantly two of his
slaves placed their hands upon the floor. and their backs
served him for a seat. "Your King," said the com
mander, "is he as powerful as our King?" "My King,"
replied the negro, "has a hundred servants like the
King of Portugal, a th iusand like thee, and one like me,"
and instantly departed.
- ,
EXPENSE OF FUNERALS IN A CITY—EMBEL`-
; LISHMENT OF BURIAL GROUNDS, &ie."
The amusing N. Y. correspoudeet oflhe Nationel
Intelligeocer makes his letters interestiniln going oat
of the common highway for subjects upon which to
treat. The sight of an improved "iile-preserring
collie exhibited in the New York Fair, led him to
make some inquiries of an undertaker, from whimi ho
obtained the information which follows: from funerals
it was but a step to grove yards, his lucubrations upon
which we are sure will be read with instruction and
pleasure. But we will let him speak forhirnself:
"Incidentally Mr. D. informed me that a respecta
ble funeral in New York costs from two hundred to
eight hundred being rather more expeusively
done in New York and Boston than in any other city
' except New Orleans, (where they say a man may of
' ford to live Who cannot afford to die.) In Philadel
phia they make the coffin with a sloping roof, which,
he rem irked is inconvenient for packing in vaults,
though it seems accommodated to the one epitaph of
the Romans—sit ill{ terra leris. They line their cof
fins more expensiVely in Philadelphia titan elsewhere
—with satin or velvet instead of flannel—and bury
the dead in silk stockings and white gloves. IVs have
not yet arrived at the ceremony of hired mourners, as
in England, nor of plumes.tu the hearse and horses.
Notwithstanding the incredulity of my friend the un
dertaker, however, asphyxia; or a suspension of life,
with all the appearance of death, is certified to in ma
ny instances, and carefully provided for in someceun
tries. In Frankfurt, Germany, the dead man is raid in
a wel l- room and his hands fastened for three
days t a bell-pull. The Romans cut uhf one of tbefm
gers before bunting !he corpse or otherwise bestbwing
it out of sight. The Egyptians made sure by embalm-
ing. and other nations by frequent washing and anoint- !
in;. Medical books say we should wait three days in I
winter and two in summer, before interring the dead. j
It has been suggested that there should be a public of-
fiver who should carefully examine the body and give a j
certificate, without which the burial should - be illegal.
"The embellishment of burial grounds is one of the
most beautiful and commendable features of our time
and country. There always seemed to racier toomuch
I horror connected with the common idea of deport and
but ial. The Morivians make Hower gardens of their !
grave yards, and inscribe upon the stone at the head of
the buried man the "thu day he came hithor and the
day he went home"—his birth day and time of death.
This is clothing with the proper aspect an event whieh
is only an unlinking of a chain, no part of which can
decay—the spirit to return to its fountain and the body
to be reproduced in other forms of life—and it is a cu
rious thing that most Christians represent Death as a
frightful skeleton, while the Greeks, who bad no hap
piness in their hereafter, painted him as a sleeping
child or a beautiful youth. Death in the East was for
merly attributed to the attachment oft particular dei
ty, who took his favorite to a better w.. 11,1; to the love
of Aurora, if the death happened in the i:turaing: of
Selene, if it happened at night; of the wate.-nymphs,
if drowned; of Jupiter, if killed by lightning. 'fbe ca
verns whew the martyrs were laid were called "cham
bers of repose." And this, surely, is the butter impres
sign to give to death to those whose minds are.foim
ing. Query— whethera society for the purpose dem
bellishing cemeteries and brightening all the common
surroundings of death and burial would nut he wor
thy the attention of some philanthropic enthusiast?—
The soletnnities connected with a future life need not
make the gate to it always so dreadful; and, fur one, I
should be content to put the separation of soul and bo
dy on a level with the unlinking of a friendship or a
change ()pi 71 ion —e roeting a cenotaph for eitherof - the
three ebung.s, us the l':.timgoreans did to the memory
of those who hdi their But this is more tin es
say than an epistle.
I,Jort of pitt9burgl).
Reported by Shade and Mitchell, General Steam
Boa: .-1 , , , ,•711g. Water street
6 FEET b INCHES WATER IN THE citAxxr.i.
A VE D.
• Daily Beaver Packets.
\liaytrel, Ingram, Ciacinnati
West Point. (hare,
*Neptuar.. De Cam:), New Or!ean3
Fulton, Forsyth, St Louis
Viola, Nell, Brownsville
Lirjan, Brownsville
"Jas SAlall, Cincinnati
*Columbiana, Cincinnati
DEPARTED.
• Daily Beaver Packets
Belfast, Smith, W heeling,
Ilarrisburiz, Wells, St. Louis,
Allegheny Belle, Hanna, Cincinnati,
• Bridzwater, Clar'.i.e, Wheeling.
I),•ati !narked thu=rl aro provided with
is ;wi Safoty Guard, to pc.l%ent the Exp:osion of
, .
LANDS FOB SALE.
FARMS or improved land in Butler andath
Beaver counties, to suit purchaser;; in a
hi h stile of cultivation.
Farms in Armstrong county, near FtwTort; 100
acres clea red; 150 bearing fruit trees, 3 dwellings, yarns
ke. Fur particulars, enquire at my office, Smithfield,
near 4th street.
oct 30—dif
rigar&C.
ek 13LS. No 3 mackerel;
1./ 12 do Baling;
5 Casks Grand Bank Colish
♦LSo,
50 Bag: grrtn: Rio Coffee:
.10it reni.ived and far ?ale by
ort 30: 2t
DuitwiNG SCHOOL,
Burke's Building, nest to Merchants and Mann-
fact rens' Bank.
R'. KERR tv.,thl inform all those interrAterl,
-1 that 1, • op •,y..1 a =tillool at the abov e place,
for the purrio.i• of in...truf-t ion in the art of Ortho
gra•iliii-al antil'ct:pD t a Hours, from 1 to
I'.
-' ' •
COFFEE, TEA, &c, &c.
0 BAGS bc,t. ity Rio grei.ta coTee,
Aft" ,_1 150 packag-e6 Tea, vari•ins qualitic a , part
prime,
20 boxy,: loaf and lump
Neix Ot tn. Sn nr.in 'link:m(l
N...'? Ma..ii:trol, in an , l half
Tn slur,' and for sale on iitcc.imino •1^714,
LAVA V,
N. 1. ('‘'r-1
NEW GROCERY sTottF
STACY LLOYD, JR
LLOYD & CO.
AATHOLES.I LE and Retail GannEns AND Cox-
VV MISSION NIF:ItCHANTS, No. 1401.2.• street,
a few doors above St. Clair street.
Lre Where familiei can at all times be supplied
with good Goods alfait
Oct .
All RITING DESK AND COUNTER for Sale
low by LLOYD & Co.
140 Liberty. street.
ti fi DS. N. 0. SUGAR, just received, und for
el sale by J. G. &'A. GORDON.
027.
LIGHT! LIGHT!! MORE LIGHT!!!
GOLD'S PATENT LAMP for burning PINE OIL,
has surpassed even the expeetations of those who
bought them. A large and anperior assortment of
them: consisting in paat sf Bronze Branch Lamps,
with two, three, and four Argantl Burners; Centre
Table Lamps with marble base, brass pedestrals, drops,
shades, Sz.c. ''Pluin bronze, mantel and side do, Hall
do, Kitchen and Nursery do, with a variety of others,
only to be seen to be admired.
Also the celebrated PINE OIL which for cheap
dess and cleananeas, stands unrivalled. The above
maybe obtained at TUTTLE'S, 87 at.
Oct 26
` • '
.1. K. HENDERSON
F. SELLERS,
A. G. REINHART
BEFORE YOU BUY ELSEWHERE,
LOOM IN AT SOU OYER'S,
Corner of Wood and Water its,
WHERE a., choice an assortment of ready made
clothing, cloths, cassimeres, satineus, vesting.,
flannel shirts, drawers, cotton, Angola and lamb's wool
hoed and half ho,e, silk and gingham cravats, hdkfs,
stock*, and in short, a little of everything adapted to
the use of gentlemen, all of which purchasers will fird
made up, and also made to order in the latest and *Mkt
improved style, and at. prices which, he flatters himself,
will successfully compete with any establishment west
of the mountains.
Having Ewalt! arrangements in the eastern cities, he
c , frAtantly recuivinc , acaeglicas to his already
well , i'eleeted and seaJonable .t.tocks. ciitu -hi= a
tbr.n, if yo ti wish to furnish yourself with choice articles.
nir Gaud and yet Cheap, for Cash! - -
Remember the plate—corner of - Wood an - d
streets. oc2G-3m
Wm.l'escoes
PE&COCE & BLISS,
GREAT WFSTERN, PLAIN AND FANCY
Glass Cutting Establishment,
SJIITIIFIELD STREET,
NEXT DOOR TO THE TEMPERANCE RAU..
WIIEIZE all kinds of rag, plain aniipresica glass,
of ali - descriptions; can be purrhased Ovary rea
sonable prices, taTithir with a great variety
cut glass, window li•Mts fur steamboats, pirate bones
and churches, wholesale and retail.
Persons wantiag any of the, shore artirle., will ao
well to call and examine fur themselv es.',"te fora purcha.
sine elsewhere.
B. Watcli and Time piece G:a3ses always
on hand. 025-3 m.
St Peter's Church at Rome,
LARGE PAINTING of this splendid Temp Ta
fa will - he exhibited for n short time at TIMM'S
LONG B.oom, corner of Fourth and Market streets. Of
this Picture, Bishop England gave the highest eulo
gium in the Catholic Miscellany, 30th January, 1836-
Jc i 3 on its way to New Orleans, together ‘vith 50, otbet~
paintings, which are now opill to the p u blic.
A ,Imittlnce 25 cent: tickets fin-the season 50 cents;
children half price. G. COOtTE.
'Olen daily from 9 A. M till 4 P. ISI and, also
from 6 till 0 in the evening.
N. B. The Rev. Clerry of all denominations are
ireApectfully invited, free of charge. 023.
FASHIONABLE .
HAT AND CAP DIANIIPACTORY,
"Co. 13, Fifth street, between Market ari l ;
Wood, and earlier of Sigth and Grant s - li.
._.....
I& H. WALKER feel grateful to the
• public for tit liberal patronage bestow
ed upon them, and beg leave to state that they are now
manufacturing and have constantly nn hand a very su ,
perior article in Beaver, Russia, Neurria, and every
other description of Hats. Aim, n. variety of cloth,
sealett and fur caps; all of which will be sold at the ee
ry lowest prices. As no part of their manufacture is
dune by machinery, but be the best workmen by hand,
they can recommend with confidence their Hats. as be
ing superior and more durable than thoso generally of
feted to the public. Merchants and storekeepers eon
be supplied upon equally as IoW terms as in the East,
ern Markets, L & H. WALKER.
M 2 3-3 m.
Situation Wanted,
lA..A S Teacher of French, Spar.iih, Greek, and the La
tin Language.
The undersigned wishes to acquire eperfect knowl 7
edge oftke Eng that the recompense looked for
will be very moderate, if he could get lessons in En
glish front those avhum be unvino,truct. Inte
ly a Profeisor of the abovO lauguagei
of Baton Rouge and St. Charles.
For a character fim competemy and morality, he can
exhibit letters of the mait respectable gentleman iu
New Orleans and Cinciunuti.
Veßeference in this city ca:t be made to Rec. H.
J. J. Dean, at St. Paul's Church. and Captain James
May. PAUL EMILE THEVEAU,
019 Washinztun HO/13e, Water st.
WESTER?' EXCHANGE
COFFEE HOUSE,
No. 9, MA It ST REX;
PillSbUr,gh.
Y ST E RS and other refinslancots, will be served up
hl good order. Namely: Oysters raw,fried,stewed,.
and on elnifing dishes. Also, Is THI.:SI.IELL nt the stancy
or rousted, as soon as the season is suflieieutly advan
ced for their safe transportation.
THE PROPRIETOR is determined that this establish
ment (which is the old oyster depot) shall maintain
its reputation for the good quality of his ALE, LI 7
QCORS. CIGARS, and such refreshments as travel
ers or citizens may require. oct 18-1 m.
Farms Wanted.
SEVERAL improved farms wanted, (within 20
miles of the Pittsburgh market). Perstins dis
posed to sell %yin please call at my office, in Smithfield
street, near. 4th, soon
olo—tf
NEW OLOTUING
Cheaper and better - aux cam he kad •at any other
place west of the mounteists.
Call for Bargains
‘T THE THREE BIG DOORS,
Ne. 13.1., Liberty St., near the Jarksou .Foundry.
THE subticribar n-speet fully inform his
friend.; and tlieOic, that his full shock of
Gools comprises a larger an more varied assortmeit, •
than has ever been opened at any house in this city, and
from the favcrable terms at which his purchases were
made, he is:enabled to sell clothi:e cheaper than it ran
be had in any other establishment in this city. He
would request the pubde to call and examine his splen
did assortment of all the ;it-ticks of dress, at.d from
the excolleace tx the material. the style of worb.mari
ship and the very low price at which all his articles are
sold, he feels confident that every one will lied it to
their advantage to purchase at the "Thr,e Big Doors.'!
As none but the best cutters and workmen are em
ployed, ordet s to make clothing will be attended to in a
manner not surpassed by any other establishment in
the cite.
He would again return his thanks to his fziends and
the public for the unprecedented patronage ieestosed
upon hi 4 establishment, and believing that they have
f;nt:,,l it to their advantage to deal with Lim, Lo would
repeat hi:t incitation to all those who. wish to purchase
Clothing of every description at the lowest. Nice, mean
at No. 151. Liberty st. JOHN 111'CLOSK EY.
Observe metal Nate in the pavement.
018-tf
JAMES WARDROP &CO
Manchester Nursery,
OFFER for sale a large u4sortment of Frain
m&
Trees, Evergreens, Shade Trees, Shrubs.=-
Winter Blooming Plants, &c. consisting in part of Ap
le Peach, Nectarine, Almond, Apricots, GI tile Vinet,,
English Gooseberries, Currants, Raspberries, &e.
:EXTRA LARGE SHADE TREES, very suitable for plant
ing on the streets, which will afford good shade the
first season. Also, choice imported Dutch Hyaeistas
and Tulips; part of them are selected for flowering in
pots or glasses during the winter. CUT FLOWERS.
viz: Japonicas, Rose Buds, Heliotropes, &e. furnished
during
the winter at the shortest notice.
N. B. Purchasers may be furnished with careful
men to plant the Trees, at a reasonable charge.
ol9—d&w2w.
JOHN LE FEVER'S
New & Cheap Stock Estab li shment;
NO 61, DIAMOND ALLEY,
BETWEEN WOOD AND MARKET STREETS
T WOULD most respectfully announce to the citizens
of Pittsburgh and the country Eenerally, that I hair•
commenced the manufacture of STOCKS, of every va
riety, form and description, and would solicit merchants
and others to call and examine for themselves, as I am
determined to sell on the most accommodating terms
for cash, and hope, by strict attention to business, is
merit a share of public patronage. aug. 19-6 m,
Sitter Almonds and Ginger Hoot.
RECEIVED this day, a choice lot of Bitter At..
month, real Jamaica Ginger Root, and common
Ahso, a few catty boxes choice GceteOwasa
LLOYD & CO'S,
140, Liberty it. .
do.
TEA
oct 7
M. Buss,
J. I:. nENDERSON
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