JAS.. _ Subject to the decision of THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVESTIOM. Anon 2Che Malin ,illorning-Vost: PHILLIPS & SNITH, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS SATURDAY, 110VENT - BER 18 '"Villier'Gtivirt&oli.: —.. A short corrirnunication that ap frikiredin our paper on Thursday morning,_ stating that tl+l:fata.'yrist, ins hod .dpclined a calule- . Ante for Governor, has elicited considerable observe soMe.persons; who deem it-AcriProper for toi44ial,Withertiasst hating rem — ived.pernais2-, 4-'*.eion,mnsere us for admitting the Alert paragraphintk etureehrititis. 4'he Write! of -theitnnotunikation 14 a gentlertran4hosia veratityy—so far as cereknowledge' Of him extends,—is entitled to credit, and when we en r Jkit!iiiitellitetit' What source he obtained ' begave us a reference which we considered sufficient ; le .sustain the stntement made in Isis communication. rfiknwe had been any,ground -the time w doubt the Zia set forth 'in his article, ae ' , Would not have pub. }(shed it, bat frchn his information we Celt assured that ate were dd . ' rig a itirianeS3 to all parties It e beliemd ' i . ¢Me statement the more readily from the fact that the friends of Judg,e Witettls, and the democracy thrcugh l• 'Untifie,'State, tre'inaring a strong effort to have bird ; tea Speaker of the next House of Representatives, ~,,ewAit is obvious to every. one one. it would be inoom paste for him to attend' to the duties of that station, • act, as tbe Governor of Pennsylvania of the seine tone. Kngwing the unanimity with which ho is sup' I.,:portld for S,leaker by his democratic brethren in Penn ,tylvetia, and the very fair Prospect of his succeeding, rlthe 'receives a harmoniMissy,Pportfrom his own State Xyas; Were' focus to suppose that he was willing to e.ftenurni the mostformidable obstacle that stands in the • leay of his success. Such were our honest motives in `:publishingthe communicatiwn, and we believed at the thartit would be of more advantage to the hopes —,ek-eardistingnished representative and the wishes of Menai. than any other matter tha t could be ptiblish ed 'as ft'woulclat once settle the doubt in the p wliclclkowion he would -prefer—the Speakership - Governer: • There is danger 1 y indecision in such '"matters, and thb prospects and wishes of the most idling haVe frequently been, blighted by uncertainty ,amon&their friends as to what favor they would desire t toreoeive from their felloiv-citizens. We ho,ie how ever,that this May not be the case as regards Jedge I' Wit:lees 9nd that he will authorize his friends to do „fiae 1 is position titan early day, iu such a maunet as e itee,be.clearly ,, understoo d. *T . We may hereafter notice some remirks which have teen made in relation to the object of the democratic suppernt the United States Hotel. We think one of rthe mular toasts which was. oxpur atm', by the corn. .Proittee but a few moments before they commenced rdadlog the sentiments, will serve to show whether tie original design of those who got u, the festival had ' ; 003MANTOnee to s4lJvernor makine' or not •• 114,:c terms or Ma. Apaus.—Our eitiAens turinn out inn masi, yesterday, to welcome the Hon. JOHN QUISCY ADAMS to our city. Party feelings and po litical differences were quite forgotten for the ,day, l one feeling appeared to exist—u desire to au l Yap& to a guest so distinguished as Mr. Adams. Even tisatheavy and incessant rain with which we were via itia, (as is usual on such occasiops,) did not interfere witis,,t,be arrangements previously agreed upon. At about 11 o'clock, the procession left the Exchange, Hotel, and after marching through the principal streets, I reterne'd again to the Exchange, when Wit.soe M' f.ls.NoLtss, Esq., on behalf of the citizens addressed lidie Adams in a speech of abnut 20 -minutes length.l ite Spoke of the evident pleasure it must give Mr. AdaraS,to stand upon the ground where W'ashiugton, I the friend and cotemporary of his father, had first laid the foundation 'of his fame. That they had gone 1 , elsrbugis the Revolutionary struggle together, resist ing v. 411 manliness and sigor the usurpations of the mother country. As some of the fruits of that strug gle!, he. Contrasted Pittsburgh now with what it was whetilirashington first visited it—its rapid advance in,prosperity and improvement, under the liberal form of government which Mr. A.'s father aided in securing. The first vessel ever built in the west, was built at Pittsburgh, and named the "John Adams," after the Venerated father of he who was now our guest. lie, adverted to the honesty of purpose which had ever' governed Mr. Adams in a long life devoted to the public service, and the gratitude we owed him for having ever sustained our best and dearest interests. Mr. M'Candless adverted to many other. topics, but our position prevented us from hearing him distinctly. It mss, however, a most happy effort, and every way worthy or 'the speaker. 'Ur. Adams, in reply, apologised for his untimely al/jai/I'in our city, and stated that the bark that bore him, 'appeared to sympathise in his desire to visit Pittsburgh, and had brought him somewhat sooner than he 'expected. He spoke of the gratitude he was under to the citizens of Pittsburgh, for having sustained him so nobly some years ago; when surrounded with difficulties he had received more support from this place than from any other in the Union, his7own dis trict and the city of Rochester, New York alone excep t'ed. He explained the cause of his visit to the west —to Cincinnati it was one of purely a scientific nature, disconnected with politics, and he had refrained from any allusion to the exciting pelitical topics of the day, He did deslre f itowever on his arrival here; t - c; exp ress his opinion on all the great questions of public inter est, freely and fully, without committing himself to eith er of the parties. The inclement weathet'hewever, Would debarhim of that pleasure, and he could but re turn his thanks for — the' hospitable manner in which he had ~*n received., ; McAdams spoke about 15 minutes, in a somewhat -faint but clear voice, and we scarcely thipk any one re gretted the drenching they received while listening to a tutus who has occupied as conspicuous a position up on the theatre of life as any man now living. The ladies turned outin tbei r strength and beauty to do itoutage to the 'told man eloquent," and it was refresh , ;deg toles* up-at the windows of any house in the vici nity of the Exchange, - yeaterday. Mr Adams, we understand, leaves our city on Mon- &qv ClNcos/sr.—)er dates are to the 14th. The clay is ialested with thieves, and robb?ries are of night ly occurrence. 'Large quantities of Coffee have recently been re ceived, mad most of tha wholesale deulerb are selling the article at 8c per lb.. The Steamer •"Shepherdess" is to be bold at SbeiifFs sale on Monday nett. The River wad higher than it had been this fall. Flour was . selling at $3,60 and inspection; whiskey, at 18e. • • SALE POSTPONZDTWO understand that the sale of Lots in Birmingham, noticed in our paper yesterday, 'Mat vrai to hare taken place to-day, has been post fari Oa account of the inclemency of the weather, gMil Wednesday, 29th Met. . ~ ;,~. - steamer "Mins;rel" :inane and Nashville this morning. T o Amp going k.. ern the river, we cnn recotrimetik th , :Minstrel as asafewsei cnmfortable bent, end CV* ' McComas asa gentlninaply and eperience.l tom mand .. 1 er. Just try her, and.youls4 so too. .-. ANOTHER C . /NMI/ATE YOR MATOR.—lVl4soitoe Stsairs., of the sd ward, bras been spoken efts s er . snit able,:tandidat. for Mayor. A htiongis 111 r, S., is, wAig of the darkest stripe, we suppose be would be willing to run as a compionsise candidate for the whigs and blue noses. There-williai no acaelgy_of candidates for nosaina,.. tion. Alreaiy thetatiteiia Dr. W. Kerr,'Capt John Birmingham, Andrew Mclhivaine, John C..bavitt, Capt. Robert Potter, Aleitander Jay;es, Agfitandier Hay, Goetze Singer and J. K. lienderson, have been mentioned as suitable candidates for the office, and lie fore the nominations are Made we expect that two or three dozen will be referred to as persons worthy of popular favor. There are several among thn above named gentlemen who would make excellent officers, and would, vro think, receive a hearty support from the people. TORCH LIGHT PROCESSION.-Our Fire Companies. had a procession Jae:, night; to honor 1 41 r. Adams. Al though hastily got up, it was, like every thing- else our -Firemen undertake, an agreeable and brilliant affair. PITTSBURGII Ontpste3l.—The proprietor Of : this must useful establishmeht offers it for ssle. We know ot the causes that hare impelled Mr. Barrett to take this step—if it be sinipty a desire to change hit loca -1 tion, we trust his establishment may fall into tbe hands of some competent person who will conduct it as well. as its present gentlemanly owner. If it be for want of support, it speaks but little for, thegood sense 3 of our citizens—for certainly in no city in the Union Wan es tablishment mom needed fur the cultivation of manly and athletic exercises, than in the city of Pittsburgh. Thunsauds have been rescued froma premature grave by devoting few =moue each day to Gymnastic cxer cisea, and we trust that Mr. Barrett may be induced, by a more liberal support, to continue his 'useful and ti . :-..neficial establishment among us. AyDSi,,AVEßY.—The.Gdiette pu lis .- ing a leiter from. Daniel O'Connell, is reply to an address from thelAepcialers of Cincinnati, on the sub ject of American slavnry. We certainly can see no reason why this letter it published; Daniel O'Connell's opinions of slavery aro well known; they have been given to the:stead, time after time, and, although the entlinahotat peculiar Who Irish character, has impell ed him to speak of Amerrkan inarirttions in no very just or cOmplim en t ary terms,the philanthril;ic motives which imrellecl him to utter them, will scarcely be questi oaed by any liberal American. There is no half way with him; no mincing of words; no despicable calculations of policy; but what he thinks he says, just as an honest Irishman would do. IT the publication of this letter by cert ant papers ' be (deal pied to injure the cause of Repeal, it will full far short of its purpose. The American people, wheth• er mai ve or adopted, will not certainly hold the Irish nation responsible for Daniel O'Connell's vagaries.— They would encourage and sympathise with the Iri.(11 in their noble straggles for their rights, if the great agi tator were to abandon the field to-day, and oppose 'the very measure he now aupports with such vigor. Sureli these oditars wool I not have us refuse our sympathy ton whole nation contending for privileges which the I most open and shameful fraud wrested from them, sim- Iply because one prominent citizen of that country May I have spoken harshly or unjustly of uzor our institutions. Yet such ttit?aio tn he their wish—elie why publish this letter of O'Connell, the argument of which he has often before expressed. IstrmtsoSMn.NT OP AMERICANS HAY-rt.—We learn that Capt. Thomas, of North Yarmouth, Me., and Joseph B. Curtis, of Leeds, in the same stste, master and mare of the brig Zebra, N. Yarmouth, still remained in prison at Gonacies, by the last accounts, having been confined 66 days; and no proceedings had been taken on their case by thentichoritirs, awl tbey do not expect any thing will be done uutil the I.:thtsul States Government takes the mattri into hand. ETV" According to the Nantucket Telegraph, the whole quantity of whale cil imported this year is very near 200,000 bbls, and such has been the demand that 16,000 bbls. constitute the whole present stock. r4PLet the people remember that the whigs of Louis iana, at the recent election, voted against extending the right of suit age to the poor man—the democrats voted for it. They did the same thing in Rhode Is land. DISASTERS TO WHALE SHIPS, &c.—The whale ship Pdrker, ofNew Bedford, has been lost on a ledge( of rocks in the Pacific, with four of her crew. She was insured for 3'2,000. The whale ship Nassau, discharged Luther Fox at Sandwich Islands, for murdering the ships mate, hav ing by a blow nearly severed his leg from his body , causing death in a few hours. The Stewart of the whale ship Maine,had attempted to murder the Captain with a hatchet, while he slept; having inflicted two severe wounds on the Captain's head, and fired a pistol at him, as he rose for help, the wretch jumped overboard. and was drowned. The wounded officer was at Honolulu. Eighty American whale ships had touched at Lohai on, Sandwich Islands, during the two months prem .. ceding April, (29, IE4I. LONGEVITY.—There is a negro woman now living in the parish of West Feliciano, who (the Bayou Sara Ledger says) has attained the age 'of about a century and a half. Incredible as this may appear, it can be established by the best of ISVidence. She belongs ton gentleman whose ancestors were re. markable fur lung life; his father and mother both reaching the age of ninety; they recollected in-r in their infancy as a !piddle-sized woman, and it is 20 yeais since they died. She is an African by birth, left two children there, and was owned by the family before I the father of the present owner was horn. THANAS6 I V IN G.—The Governor of New Jersey has, •byproclamation, set apart Thursday, the 7th of De cember next, us a day of public thanksgiving and pray er. The people of New Jersey have great cause to b e thankful for their deliverance from whiggery, and they should pray without ceasing that they may ho pro - cted from its evil influence for the future. "ELT" Iron 111h:CRAYT.--Gen. E. K. Tollieoffer,late editor of the Nashville Banner, has been elected Comptroller of the Treasury of Tennessee. In New Jersey, Mr. Yard, of the Emporium, has been appoint_ ed keeper of the prison, end Mr. Newell, of the Bridg ton Chronicle, clerk of Assembly. RtGaT.—Robert Dole Owen, and Edward A. Han negan, recently elected to Congress from the State of Indiana, have declined their previous appointment of Delegates to the National Convention, on the ground that that important office should be disconnected from all other official stations. ,- „,..-.- Carrsik.—Advices from Kingston, of ticeiliti, °Ail -- Gpon News.—The Gl r fishermen, says the ma-faite .-. PROPOS.W. , . * i. t , th f p 4 / 1) 0P0 ,esili Alskw risini ill he lisci re&d noti thv a 7 , b o ni ti ldlir be the rs. that Mr. Jameson , %kr, Speaker.oillhe Legislatile 13ay State Democrat, bavirt grit meccas with -- . tooiti'mi H e ad . I