''''''"------""---------_
;L , ' s h e , trusting not to carnal sword and latme.#p a
tautest with principalities and poWers-e
----- ,
"-Spirits throughout,
Vital in every part, not as frail .,
man,'
encountered their enemies with weapons forged by the
stern spiritual armorer of Geneva. The life of Cotton'
Mather is as full of romance as the legends of Arios
to, or the tales of Beltenebroe, and Flurieandu in .kma
oliade Gaol.. All about him was enchanted, ground—
Ailevits - -giaital on him in his "clpset'orrestlingi"- - por
teal bliiied in the heavens above him—while he, com
missioned, appointed and set apart as the watcher and
warder and spiritual companion tel the "chosen peo-
Ple,''-utood teddy for battle, with' open eye and quick
ear for the subtle approaches of the enemy. No
wonder is it that the spirits of evil combined against
Inna--that they beset him as they did old Sr. Atitho
-Ity-khat they shut up the bowels of the General court
against his long cherished hope of the presidency of
old Harvard—that they even had the audacity to lay
inatas ort his anti-diabolical manuscript% or that "ye
divil that was in ye girl deem at and tore" his grand
sermon against witches. How edifying is his account
of the yonng bewitched maiden, whom he kept in his
house for the purpose of making experiments which
would satisfy ail "obstinate sudducees. How satis
factory to orthodoxy, and confounding to heresy, is the
nice discrimination of "ye divil in ye girl," who was
choked in attempting to read the catechistn, yet found
no trouble With a pestilent Quaker pamphlet, who was
quiet and god humored when the worthy doctor wee
idle, butivent into paroxysms of rage when he sat down
toindite Ilia (lieu ibes against witches and familiar
spirits.
All this is pleasant enough now; tee ca i laugh at the
- dostor and hie demons; but little matter of laughter was
'it to the victims on Salem Hill—to the prisoners in
the jails—to poor Giles Corey. tortured with planks
• upon his breast, which forced the tongue from his
mouth and his life from his old palsied body—to be
reaved and quaking families—to a whole community
priest-ridden and spectre-smitten—gasping in the sick
dream of a spirituel night-mare, and given over to be
- lievea lie. We may laugh, for the grotesque is blend
ed with the horrible; but we must also pity and shud
der.. God be thanked that the delusion hat nit-I:urn
bly vanis led; and they who confronted thee delusion in
itsown ngt---clisenchanting with strong, clear sense,
and sharp ridicule, their spell bound generation—the
_German Wierus. Italian D'Apone, the Envlish Scott
•
and the New England Calef---deserve high - hours as
the Lenefactors of their race. Thy were, indeed,
branded through life as infidels and-damnable sad iu
cees," by a corrupt priesthood, who ministered to a
credulity which could so well be turned to their advan
tage; but the truth which they utueod lived after them,
and wrought out its appointed work, Cot it had a divine
commission and God-speed.
"The oracles are dumb,
No voice or hideous hum
Runs duo' the arched roof is words deco is Li g ;
Apollo from his shrine
Can now no more divine,
With hollow shriek the step of Delphos huts ing."
,
Dimmer and dimmer as the generations pass away.
this tremendoue terror—this well nigh infinite haunt
er
aratemptere-this active incarnation of motiveless
malignity—presents itself to the imagination. The
---_ sine tospoeing and solemn rite of exorcism has become
obsacte in the church. Men are ne longer in any quer
- ter of the world racked, or pressed. tinder planks, to ex
. tort a confession of diabolical alliance. The heretic
t now laughs to scorn the solemn farce of the church,
which. in the name ofthe All Merciful, formally deliv
.
ars him over to Satan. Oh. for the sake of abused and
lourcheated humanity, lot us rejoice that it is so, when
we consider how for loug weary centuries the millions
of professed Chrietexelo m stooped, cove stricken, under
the yoke of spiritutal and temporal deapotietri, grinding
on from generation to generation in a despair which
bad passed. complaining, because superstition, in nth
anceiwith tyranny, had filled their upward path to free
, dam with shapes of terror--tho spectres of God's wrath
to the uttermost—the fiend and hi= torment, the smoke
Of whielerisee forever. Through fear of a Satan fur
.
.
thefutero—a sort of a ban-dog of p riestc raft hell in the,
loash - and-ready to be let loose upon the disputers of
its authority—our toiling brothers of past ages bare
pet'eniticed their inhuman taskrr asters to convert God's
beautiful world, so adorned and fitted fur the peace
arid...happiness of all, into a great prison-house of suff
ering, filled with the actual terrors which the imagina
-1"
tion of old poets gave to the realm of Rlindatnan
thus. . And hence, while I would not weaken in the 1
sli s ehfrOt degree the influence of that doctrine of future
retribution, the truth of which, reason, revelation, and 1
conscience unite in attesting, as the necessary result of
oils prvservution and continuance, in another state of i
, existeece, of the soul's individuality and identity, I
must nevertheless rejoice that the many are no longer
willing to permit the few, fur their especial benefit, to
convert our common Father's heritage into a present
hell, where in return for undeserved suffering and - toil
. uncompensated, they can have gracious and conifiirta
k, . ble assurance of release from a future one. Better is r
the fear of the Lerd than the fear of the devil. klolie 1
and mare toceptahle the obedience of love and rever- '
encii than the crushing sumbmission of slavish terror
The heart which has felt the "beauty of holiness,"
which has been in some measure attuned to the divine
harmony which now, as of old in the angel hymn of
I the Advent breathers of. "glory to God, peace on earth,
and good will to men," in the serene a tmosphere of
- , that "perfect love which casteth out fear." smiles at
terrors which throng the sick dreams of the sensual,
which draw aside the night curtains of guilt, and start
le with whispers of revenge the oppressor of the poor.
r.
1 There is a beautiful moral in one of Foque's minia
t- turq .romances—" Die Kohlerfamilie." The fierce
spe*Nwhich rose giant-like in its blood-red mantle,
boar" asitateelfieh and mercenary merchant, ever in
- .
cintioing Maize and terror with the gtowth of evil and 1
1 impure thought in the mind of the latter, subdued by
prayer and penitence, and patient watchfulness over the
t 11
hearts purity, became a loving and gentle visitation
,
' of tioft light and meekest melody—"a beautiful radi- I
anee at times hovering and flowing on before the tray-
ellOT' illUrflintaing the bushes and foliage of the motet-
Min forest—a lustre strange and lovely, such as the
eon] may conceiv e, but no words can express. He felt
i its power in the depths of his being—felt it like the
I
I mystic breathing of the spirit of God.
t- "It is confessed of all that a magician is none oth-
i er than divinoram culler el in lerpres—a studious I
I- observer and 'expounder of things.' "—Sir IV. Re- 1 1
t kigh.
The old tales of New England Witchcraft are f
miliar to all. I shall therefore speak only
t of some a f
o
the more recent manifestations of glamour and magic
which have been vouchsafed to nn unbelieving goner
! ation. which, as King James lamented in his time,
"maintains ye old err it of ye sudducees, ye denying
i. of atiiries." "I give the incidents in the order in which
they occur to my memory.
Some forty years ago, on the banks of the pleasant
little creek separating Ber Wick. in Maine, from Somers
worth, in New Hampshire, within sight of my moth-
E..
.srefit' home, dwelt a plain, sedate member of the So
eiety of Friends, named Bantam. He passed through
out a circle of several miles its a conjuror, and a
e skilful adept in the art of magic. To him resorted
,
li farmers who had lost their cattle ; matrons, whose
iseneehold gear, silver spoons, and table linen had been
t stolen; or young maidens, whose lovers were absent;
lend the qniet meek spirited old men received them
,
all kindly, put on his huge i t spectacles,
opened his "conjuring-book," (which my mother de-
t
- scribes as a large clasped volume, in strange language
and black-letter type,) and after due reflection and
consideration, gave the required answers, without no- NY. L. NIACKEN err, a leader in the Canadian re
bellion, who was very active in persuading his even
ney and withont price. The curium; old volume
is twill in the possess i on o f t h e con j uror 's family.— • trymen.to revolt, but when the, danger came, fled to
I. Apparently as inconsistent as was the practice of the United States, and left his dupes to suffer the pc
the black art with the simplicity and truthfulness natty of his treason, is now publishing a journal in
1 "of his. religious profession, I have not been able to New York, for the sole purpose, it would seem, of
abusing dietiagnishe
learn that he was ever subjected to censure on account
cl American citizens. In an effort
of it. '
Still later, another member of the Friends' Secie- i to defend himself against some just ceneure that has
spin Verraont, ef the name of Austin, in answer, 116 I been past upa hie impudent conduct, be attempts .
lie supposed to prayer, and a long-cherished desire to I class himsel f among the honest patriotic foreigners
benefit his afflicted fellow -oreatures, received as he be- j . '
Fey several years, 1 who have caught 1113 '3.iykaivi in th is country, and who
fieved, a special gift of heeling.
apidieruits from nearly all parts of New England ens- ' prove their attachment ,to republican principLes by
shred him with the story of their sufferings, and
: . ing for relief, which ' it is averred, was in many in.
seances realty obtained. Letters mem the sick, who 1 „ , ,
wake unable to visit him, describing their disease, 1 A • leging
.. pray- cheerfully supporting the institutions of the country
that affords them protection. Not so, however, With
Mackenzie, he can see but little to admire in
ware seat him; and many are yet living who believe , our institutions, anti less in the character and talents
that they were moored miraculously, at the
perito of gine when - Austin was _engoged in reading 1
-"'• ' lbetir lama. One of my uncles was ootornissioned l
staintuVei to hits • large number of letter si c k
. : .pereeoe ,na jut! precise' of our distinguished statesmen. All his examples of
Cahoots, genius and bravery , are of 7 foreiga origin, and
from • k in his efforts to detract front the American charaarr
. .
'neighborhood. He found the .0141 man and melt th e men who hatchet-od' the h oer Canadian
sitting;iein parlor, in tlio simplest garb of his
sect-- thoughtful, venerable—a drab coated
that u ere deceived be him: he resorts to the most bare-
Prince Hobealohe. a e ecl the letters in eiknce;
them Orly; Misting ::, after ano•tbalkT-
VlSrge - eOf similar cpbtles, in u cormilr.ofMie
. .- •
- _
apartstanst. -
In the town of Kingston, N. N.U. there lived, et geW
yersins-ago, a family of reputed d.-ulers in raagta.—
There were two pOur old sitters who used tit fright
en school urchins and "children of large irer artits'.'
as they rode by on their gaunt skeleton horses, strung
over with baskets for the Nevrtruryport market.—
They were aware of the popular notion concerning
them, and not unfrequently took advantage of it to
levy a sort of black-mail upon their credulous neigh
bors. An attendant at the funeral of one, of these
sisters, (who, when living, was ab..ut as substantial as
Ossian's ghost, through the stars were visible.) told me
that her coffin was so heavy - that four stoat men could
barely lift it.
One of my earliest recollections is that of an old
woman residing at Rock's village, in Haverhill, about
two miles from the place of my nativity, Nvho, fur ma
ny years, had borne the unenviable reputation of u
witch. She certainly had the look of one--a combi
nation of form, voice, and features, which would have
made the fortune of an English witch-finder in the
days of Mathew Paris, or the Sir John Rodgers of
Dickens, and insured her speedy conviction in King
James's high court of justicary. She was accused
of divers ill-doings—arch as pi-eventing the cream
in her neighbor's charm from becoming butter, and
snuffing out candles at hu;kings and quilting parties.
"She roamed the country far and near,
Bewitched the children of the peasant-1
Dried up the cows and lamed the deer,
And socked the eggs and killed the pheasants."
The poor old w o man was at length so sadly annoy
ed by her u.if.immiate reputation, that she took the
trouble to . Y,o before a iiutice of die prince, and make
solemn oath that sire was a Christian woman, and no
witch.
Nut in my years sins!., aman AI 1-vliAged, aged
migit he seen in the streets of one of our seaboard
towns, nt times suddenly arrested in the midst of a
brisk walk, and fixed motionless for some minutes in
the busy thoroughfare. No effort could induce him to
stir notil, in his ( - Onion, the spell was removed, and
his invisible tormentor suffered him to proceed, lie
explained his singular detention as the act of a whole
family of witches, whom he had unfortunately offended
during a visit down east. It was rumored that the of-
fence consisted in breaking off a matrimonial engnget.
mem with the youngest member of the family—a sor
tceres.t, perhaps, in mare titan one sense of the word,
like that "twinaome wen. - h and wnilie," 'Lim 0'
Shanter's witch dance at Kirk Allen-ay. His only hope
was that he should outlive his persecutors; end it is
said that at the very hour in which the event took place
he eimhingly assure I his friends that the spell whs for
ever broken, and that the last of the family of his tor
mentors was no more.
FOR PRESIDE ..NT,
JAS. BUCHANAN,
Subject to the decision of
TH2 DIMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
ZIN Math) ittorning Pos
1941.1.1.11'S fi SMITH, K1311'01:3 ASD PatLlllLlt.'loo.b.
PiI"ISEURG El, WEDNESDAY, NOVENII3ER 2:2
- _=_--
Nirstg ;mos Fos G susoa.—Judging
expressions we tied in our exchange papets, it is ver3
evide it that a strong foelin; exists ia many parts of
the st rt.', on di: subjeatoftlt roast Gubernatorial norm
read which may, if not prudently directed,
lead to boleti:Her:peaces. Discussions as to the merits
a nd competency of particular melt, wit. , have been men
tioned as candidates, have been commenced; old pre
indict.; have been revived, and former sins hone been
brought bet ire the people fur discussion. These mat
ters cannot be investigated calmly; warm partizan feel
ing will be enlisted on both sides, and a controve sy
may follow that will perhaps end,urger the harmony Of
the party. It will be the greatest folly for the party
to quarrel about men, or to endanger their success in
1844 through a foolish devotion to iadivitio ra, If
there is just grounds to suppose that objections CY,I,t
against any oldie candidates. which might prevent the
party from uniting on him, if he should receive the
nomination, his friends should cease to urge him, and
with a motive mare wurthy than man worship, go in for
the candidate most likely to receive the harmonious
support of us all, and against whom no former sins can
be brought up in judgment.
We know of no more certain way to prevent an an
ery discussion in the party, on the Gubernatorial ques
tion, than for the people in the several COW:I./ICS to a
dopt the necessary steps fur the a ppointment of dele
gates at all c trly day. With the selection of delegates
the discussion will in a great measure cease, and rest
less politicians who can only live iu factional strife and
agitation, will nothave it in their power to keep the
party in a turmoil by the continual development of
their hicks and schemes to cheat the people. The
long discussion of the question, previous to the appoit t
ment of the delegates in the 1835, was the great
cause of the unfortunate division and overthrow of the
party that took place that year. If the delegates had
been chosen early, they would have met in good feeling
and calmly considered the best policy to ensure the
success of the party. But as it was, they met under
the strongest excitement, both parties exasperated by
the bitterness trtheir primary proceedings, and both
blindly deterrnintled to sacrifice every thing, rather than
yield the slightest'advantage to their opponents. They
had lust sight of the party arid its principles altogether,
and tilf:Struggle was between two factions,each resolved
on the 'destruction of the other. even if the ruin of
their adversary should destroy their own hopes.
It is not improbahle that, if the people will permit
it, we may have the drama of 1335 reenacted in 1843.
Many of the leaders in the Wolf and Muhlenbers'
struggle are still prominent politicians and are already
conspicuous partizans of some of the gentlemen who
are s poken of as candidates. They seem to have for
gotten the evils that formerly followed their blind de
votion to men, and they again manifest a disposition to
distract the party in an unprofitable discussion about
the merits and standing of their personal favorites.
The people—the great body of the party—have no
mare personal favorites; they support the man most
competent to discharge the ditties of the office, and
most likely to receive the whole vote of the party. To
secure :41011 an event, we believe it to be necessary for
the people to a ppoint dick delegates at an early day,
and thus present an unpleasant discussion in the party
which may result unfavorably to our cause
Ideed falsehisoas. Fur instance, we find in u Jacobson-
NO! thilfolloriajperagrafile ,
'Zirr. SAXES LA ' VrItErICK, of the United States
Navy, the !reliant eommender of the Chesapeake, who
ltd fightingfor American Liboty, of which Eassiish-_
snen-end the sone of Englishmen had laid the &dada
[ions broad and deep many years before, was a native
of Bristol, in Old England, but no friend to Monarchy."
There are but few who do not know . that this is o.
falsehood out of the whole cloth. Instead of Captain
James Lawrence Laing a nt.tive of" Bristol, in Old En
gland," he was born at Burlistricos,,Neto Jersey, in
October, 1781. Such is diet cinner in whichthis cra
ven renegade - we old stool the' glory of - . .rur enentrymew
to gratify those who are pleased to . bearthn - Anterlean
character reviled.
MASSACHUSETTS ELECTION.
1843. 1842.
C
6 2 c
aq
Cuuntiep.
Suffolk, 4444 6396 493 4344 6015 402
Es:ex, 5880 6618 2020 6905 6535 110
11i,1ilesex, 9196 7971 1410 9578 7128 865
Norfolk, 4383 4212 718 4467 3927 418
Worcester, 7936 8920 1625 7938 9078 1214
Hampden, 3547 30J9 302 3585 2325 257
Hampshire,l76l 3494 423 1867 3244 341
Franklin, 2337 2778 269 2360 2603 306
Bork: ire, 3727 3379 262 3216 2760 210
Bristol, 5136 4274 521 5445 4003 424
Plymouth, 3669 3918 616 3933 3702 677
Barnstable, 1506 1793 241 1445 1810 209
Dukes 262 246 45 250 189 42
Nantucket, 260 493 31 351 581 54
REPLY. •
ANTISSERRY, Nov. 2, 1843.
GI:ST4 KM KNl—Your favor of the 28th ult. has been
received, in which you state "that you fuel constrained
to address toe on this occasion, and earnestly urge up
on nee to pm mit von to place my name before the
public as a candidate for the office of Governor, Alib
i ject to the deeisian of the state convention, and pledg-
I Mg yourselves to usiu all honorable means iii your pow
er to secure my 'lamination to that honorable station."
A request of this sort coming from my immediate
neighbors and friends. personal as well us political,
places me in a most painful and embarrassing position.
To say that 1 would not accept the, nomination, if of
fered by the party, would be regarded as dising enuous
and uneandid, and, on the c ontrary, to say that l. would
accept it, would seem to imply a belief or an expec
tation on my part that I had some chance of getting it,
of which, candor constrains me to say, I have not the
must distant hope.
To be the recipient of an office in the gift of a peo
ple numbering, is voters, at least 200,0 0, and scat
tered over a surface of 46,000 squane miles, is a con
• tingency so remote as scarcely to deserve any previous
calculation.. Ilence it has often, (I might almost say
invariably,) happened that our most expert political
soothsayers have been baffled and disappointed in their
------- s ------ - . , anti c ipations and predictions. Your partiality for me
WHERE THU.: MUNN! Goes.— Th e N. Y. Herald
has sureiy indecent you to place an estimate upon my
says—The salary paid by thg Anti-Slavrry Society t„ standing and iredifications far above any aspirations
James G. Birocy, tho" Friend of Mau," and the Anti- I that have ever o indkiulged fe . a elin nd
gs yet for this spontaneous
ng
Slavers . candidate for Presidect cf the United States, expression of yur nd towat a (cooli
from those who know me best,)cherish I shall a feeliaie
is i 2,330 per annum, besides traveling expenses.—
of regard which no time nor circumstance shall efface.
That paid to the intensely benevolent Joshua Leavitt, Constantly ens-ierd in agricultural pursuits, my cir
.
editor of the Emancipator, is $l.BOO per annum, and cl ~f intercuurse islive. necessarily
and althinigh limited
tonu t
s the neigho
to lierav B. Stanton, $l,OOO and his traveling expen- aood in whioll l ensible f
the good opinion of my follow citizens,neither my habits,
seri. Who wouldn't sympathize with the, poor slave
inclination or pursuit, make me a fit subject for politi
for 1.2,000 per annum? Benevolence is a good trade-- cal life.
a great many imp:dons persons have found it out. Another consideration may perhaps have weight on
your minds on n reeonsidoration of this matter. It
by not escaped ysur observation that the democracy of
Allegheny enmity lairealready beinight into the field no
less than three aspirants, all of winim stand deserved
ly high in the ranks of the party. We not only claim
a western candidate far that high (ace, bat we ask the
party to give tho nominee to Allegheuv county. Pub
lic attention has been drawn to these distinguished in
di rid ird s; many of the lea Ii rig partizan newspapers
have:Or-mealy roil Up tli , .li' fi 19 ,, in bell Of °Nar par. iie
idar favorites. and theit friends are loulaless evei . ...... .
Where a cticr! y one aged is eimeentratiag their forces. Farms, &a, for Sale, lExchaaige and Rost
In view of all these circumstnce. aid others whirh - 1 - 7 0 li. SALE, abaut a &no) „rood small and middle
w ill d o
saente to yourselves, I respectfully sue s 14 sized and large farms, at from 10 to $3O au acre.
test to y.m ,11,t'ier all idea of pressing lily iamb Upli For sale or exchange, several houses and lots in Pitts
the attention of the party had nut I).'ner be nbandun !d. ha reh. Allegheny, Birmingham, Lawrenceville, &c.
Very truly and respectfully, ',',:f e'en e..al firms wanted to rem by gi wail termats.—
Your friend and "lit serv't. i l'er,in, hay big Naln3 to rent or se,cliange inav advance
\ V " - G . i /ANV K I N S • ,Oleic iatemsts by calliaz at Harris's Agency and In-
Messrs. Johnston, Thompson, and others. i tedi;ence iiiime, No 9, Soh street.
51,034 57.995 8.979 56,234 54.735 66.32
Majority against Briggs, FIVE THOUSAND
AND SEVENTY-EIGHT!
REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED.
Colintio:, Democrats. Whigs - . Towne no: chosen
Suffolk none 35 1
Essex 13 17 13
Middlesex 24 113 15
Norfolk 12 8 5
X oreester 16 19 22
13 , 2 3
4 17 4
7 9 10
9 9 14
12 12. 3
7 7 9
5 10
none none 3
4
Ilamptlen
Hampshire
Franklin
Berkshire
Bristol
Plymouth
Barnstable
Dukes
7.`; nitteket nono
from th
r - T , The s ummer Britannia, Capt. llewitt, wt
twenty passenrrs, 17,003 letters, and a large number
.ofnewspapers, left Boston on prtrs,l,ly.
F RE.—The U. S. Frig•Lte tut:le:led at the
urtwklya Navy Yard, La.: fire ycz.terd 1y morning
abort half-pait 11 o'clock, a:1,1 aat roma:l-ably damr
aged bctui . c tin flames ciuld be subdued.
MAIL Roll:lERlL9.—Sitlee the 23LIt Oct., the acs
tern mull to and front Augu-ta, Geo. has been aeveral
time.; robbed, of amount.; already a..icertained to be
1300 to #'-0)0. Saiiiiekia roottleil on the Pibtinarder
t t Cmnak, E. A. Cramile, mid a inan by the name of
William Butler, aha had char;e of the mail on the
Georgia Rail Road, and they base ht.:en arreited.
reA cording to the Newark Advertiser, the iimn- I VALUABLE BEAL ESTATE.
ber of wooden clocks manufactured in Connecticut histl r u m , . undersigned will offer at PUBLIC SALE, or
year, was 50.1.000. The number will be greatly inl .1 LeAse, on 'Wednesday the 29th of November
7t. 10 o'.•locit A.NI that valuable property.on the
creased this year in conseipienoe of a foreign demand. 1
oath side o.f.theMe.n.o.leahela riv.?r, opposite this cite,
Within an hour's ride of Hanford a thousand clocks I ' L e e, kid otf in lots, embracing between 20 and 30
are finished daily. Neatly every ship that clears for teire's of g,remal.
Europe now takes out this species of freight. [his is well known to be the most relvantae,eous 10-1,
1, alien fir manufacturing purpo:es in the vicinity of our
'PRI:I7IES WITH THE Is eless.—The Indian de-Igr•at m anufacturing city, haying an extensive front on
1 •I* "b
k• C 11111 l.' • d
partmcnt has instructed Gay. Butler, the U. S. Agent 1 -1
' -
tic ri, r, an, C o xt,ou nig ac t•i ea 1 , d ce tOra t e
vicinityifimirmtleid,ilii.dityci its coal over any other, an . in w h ich
for the Cherokeeseo meet the Prairie Indians at Cache ' and extending back are me:that:se
creek or Red River, on the .23tli of Nov., to renew old hi e [ nines; railways from which can be run directly in
treaties, and negotiate new ones. Much good is ex- hot ,N. . al, °odds property, us is now done in the neigh
i hood. Their are also several strata of coal beneath
peered to result from it. 1 the suKace on the property, which will be valuable in
---------------...-:
Fatacn Srottnitoxs.—A Convention, composed time, by the use of shafts. oue of which is ascertained
of claimants and the proxies of claimants on the Unit- t o h c 12 u 13 feet In tl ' i ' l--e " .
'
1 portion of the property being elevated above the
ed States forspoliationi committed by the French I'd - i proper level, and the clay being of the best quality for
or to 1800, is now in session in New York, and will pro- b: irk making, can be used very adv intageously in im
bably report soon. provent.mts.
I Its advantageous location fer Manufacturing and
A Goma Ix v asrstrer.—The Tremont It:sum:lce ! Building. the Slack Water
. aviption of the Monon-
Comran: of Boston have declared a semi-annual divi.. galiela, its being nearly oppetskothe Mouth of the Penn.
sylvania Canal, and aifording• every facility fur the re
dead of licerity per cent. payable on demand. ! ceptioa of materials by river, at all seasons when navi-
Tneertsr on the ditties of County and Township 0 111.1 gable at any other point in the vicinity of the city;
iits proximity rind connexion. With which, as will be cers of Pennsylvania ; by JAMES Desitor :
the case by a bridge so soon tits it becomes occupied,
This is an extremely valuable work to county and' altogether render it, in every point of view, one of the
towaship officers, and will be of great aid to them in most desirable locations fur
_investment and improve
la' The official returns of the votes cast for Geyer- discharging the duties of their several offices properly. meat.
Notwithstanding the number of extensive Works
nor at the late election in Georgia exhibit the follow- It is for sale ut the principal Book stores of the city.l
which have been erected within the past few years,
ing result; For Mr. Crawford 38,713, for Mr. Cooper.e, . 1 manufactures have never flourished more successfulh•
"CLEAR THE WAY, FOR lIENRT CLAT."— This'' 13
35,33.5—showing rho Whig majority on the Governor ' s ' titan at present; the yearly increasing extentuf our city,
„ was the rallying cry of the Michigan ' Coons.' at the , the immense emigration to the West, and its unequal
ticket to be 3,338 votes. late election ; then the party was fully committed fur led rapid settlement, which our city must ever, ,as it
TEXAS.—Theßahintaro American says:—lt is said does, most advantageously supply with manttc-
Clay, rind on his popularity they placed their hopes. l ""s x
that the Government at Wu_shington has received infer tares, will yearly increase the demand, and great as is
The Press says, that all three of the whig candidates I our character as a manufacturing place, when we re
mation which goes to sustain the serious charges re- for Congress avowed themselves in favor of Hce et' view the great increase in our number and extent of our
cently made against Governor Houston of :Texas. If CLAY for the President in 1844. The democratic ' manufactures e ithin the past few years, we must con
this be so, the fact, we presume, will not be long with- • sider it in its infancy, as the great manufacturing and
candidates on the other hand declared themselves in
held.commercial point it is destined to become.
-- - - -- favor of the nominee of the Democratic National Core lln addition to the rrranufactUringiifiron. Nails, Glaris,
A CAUTION TO GERRTMAS DEa L—The result of the vention. The result is that the whigs are beaten,end i Engines and Machinery. Cotton Yarn:, 4-c., which are
election in Michigan. for the last three years, is a the demnerats triumphant, by an average majority of I operated a dvantageously here. we require in this region
manufactolies of Cotton Goods, as the immense quanti
warning to dish t ole
aced that knavery in
a s- overeTWO THOUSAND each ! ties of these articles yearly brought from the East for
tion will not be tolerated by the honest people, and. This is " clearing the way for Henry Clay," right i this, and Western and Southern markets evince, the
that efforts to cheat them out of a fair re presentation smart. --Teets to the different hands generally through which
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hey pass nt bwetowtieldensatittienfmanumfalenuturefitertnund th in e western
generally results in the overthow of the p irty that nt- , , „
' ,DVSSTenr.S OF .Mosstrutt Vior.r.r."—This isl
tempts them. We learn from the Detroit Free Press, .
the name of a now work, by Capt M a rriatt. it is -tTieercm hunt,
the carriage :ve y st 'l to east of theremnaterialS, additionand
that in 1840, the whigs had a majority in both branch. severely criticisedln some of the eastern papers, and east to west of the manufactured articles, besides insur
es of the legislature of Michigan, as well as the Guyer- l ance, time, Sec., offering every inducement to compan
i= said to be a plagiarism—most of the, mate: sal, and
, ies of our own cr Eastern Capitalists beyond competi
nor, and in order to secure themselves in power, they, much of the languag,ehaving been stolen from K eadall's
1 tion.
in making the new apportionment of Senators and Re F e ea , h
Santa ....etc-es. Applications have been made - for a numbers:if years
presentatives which devolved upon them, gerrymand- ------------------ past for locations on this property for Manufacturing
ered the state so as to secure, in their own opinion, a -:'The Baltimore Sun says:—The German Re- and Beilding purposes, and it has been laid off into lots
con a taining nearly f nn acreon the river, for the former,
permanent majority for several years in the legislature, formed church has expelled from its connection, a per
-50
6_ 9 e 4 t b s y t 100
ts
eu e ui L.
oi ; the
t . ln e tter purpose, fronting on
but more particularly in the Senate. And now see the s on who was admitted, as a minister under the name aii Ys•
res ult of their sinister leLislation: They have not of E D Smith Since Ids admiesion• it has been ascer- I t will be
be
in a body, (e Y r:LUAIVer Ufa few lots) or
elected one single Senator since, a period o f three tined t hat his real name is Elijah Bowen, [ ion qons portions will be sold together: tomtit the viewi of indi
viduals or companies wishing to purchase, or otherwise
years, nor over five, that is, one in ten, Representatives! convict and scoundrel. Ho obtained admiss by his
I separately inlets. Score lots may be exchanged for
What a severe popular rebuke is this, and what a seeming piety, and through forged papers. _ buildings on this property, or for a farm.
marked lesson to politicians that "honesty of the best .-.---__ The terms thi s be made perfectly easy, only a small
A DRVIICARD BURPED To Dgeee.—The cabin -
portion required dowa, and the remainder in,a term of i
policy. - JOHN LE FEVER'S
New& Cheap Stock IhrtabliVwlwat,
_...----.------------ of a canal boat was destroyed byire at Rochester, N. years, payable annually ot;otherivise.
BITAv."O.,E6sI,WDZDAMASODI:DIRKAELTLSETRYL I :
3,
Cr:seism:krt.—The Franklin Fire Company have Y., on Tuesday of last week. Soon after the fire was I It is not desired to diSpose of the property under the I
presented a splendid.ailver trumpet to the Rev. E. Y. subdued, the half consumed body of a man was found late and still existing depression of real estate, except; •
for its fair value, but from the ferment applicutions for 1 , ,
h o d
hi an evidence of the high esteem in which on the cabin floor. It presented a revolting picture . ttput chase, and the inducements offered at present for iTVSOL LD most respectfully announce to the citizens
they hold hirh. We learn from the Democrat that the deceased was a iinprovements, every article and expense connected : lof Pittsburgh and the country generally, that I huh
The 'Razor Strop Man' tins arrived, and is come. form and description, and would solieitaserchaval
Scoewlman named John Howie, recently fmm Toronto, therewith being en low, itis eansidered the present I commenced the manufacture of STOCKS, of aim: Il e
ing quite an 'excitement: . where his wife resides . Howie and a negrotnan drank possession for these proposes by persons or companies 1 riety,
Businiss aithei Canal is very brisk, and large :Plan- f bilik • to • of wealth, weld be so advantageous to them, together , and others wean and examine for themselves. ae lam
.. ... ,a. quarto w { cry between theta, a s =nate before •
with the terms on which it is offered, that induoes the I determined to sell on the most accommodating Aerate
titles of produce is constantly arriving. , . bra
the fire broke out. The negro escaped, but Howie efferuf sale at this time. NEVILLE R. CRAIG jar cash, and hopeeby strict attention to business, te
On the 18th, the river was rising. fell a victim to his folly. Committee of Mrs. Sidney Gregg. merit a share of public patronage. aug2lll--
.
Er'.lfter passing n sentence et' death upon Wil
liam Chri4e, found guilty of murder, in eulnberland ,
Judge Buchanan arose, and with hint the bur,
the other members of the court, and the whole astern
bly, when he off,:•Nd to the Throne of Gra--e, a mos
.fervent prayer in behalf of the d.0.n.-d and nafortuaate
man. The scene is said to have been deeply affect
MISSISSIPPI FP N IC3EiI from the Louisville Jou
rnal of Thursday, that a nun named Mark Chutney was
shot at Holly Springs, Mississippi, oa °tidily, the
Gth inst. by another named Williams. They had a
r quarrel, when Williams armed himselru ith a gun, and
was parading the strects. Dudtiey, desiring only to
scare Williams, picked up a gun and walked out into
stt eet, and, without being in earnest. thinking W
NVOlIld run, asked" hire if he was ready; whereupon
Williarnsasediately raised his gun and shot hi:n
through theilsesid. Mobley expired on the spot.
A T IT AG A.M.-40113er Miller preached at Roches
tec N. Y. on *lit Sunday week. He says he expects
the cud aim'.
E7 . Tbe survey and demarcation of the North Eas
tern Boundary, as defined by the treaty of Washington,
have been advanced the past season with much indus
try and with much success
CORRESPUNDtNCE
, .
PnosPaat HELL, Oct. 28, 1843.
DEmsiStru—The undersigned, citizens of Wilkins
And Plum tp's,f,tel constrained to address vision this oc
casino, end earnestly urgo:you to permit:us to plane
'your nam: berorc the public, as a ctindidate for the
otfwe of Ciover.mr, subject to the deCision 'of the state
couvention, and, w..: PjeA,'; ! ntirselves to dse nil Atmorti
-file means in our power to secure io you the nomina
,
riot to thathonrablestatien. .. •
We are of opinion that were your claims and quali
fications fsirly _and. lioncilly investigated by the people,
hat yriu 'would stand a fairt:tharico to receise,sik nom•
ination; and ii nominated iiy , the democratic party, we
feet sanguine of summer - - ----,_ . -
-- .Respecttnlly yeurfellow•citizens,
Edwara Thompson, ...,- Juba Johnston,
.lames Johnston, "James S. Long,
Robert Donaldson, - Francis IVilson, sr.
Jarons Johnston, jr., Charles K. Johnston,
John Cyphers, John Duff, sr.
John Duff, jr. Hugh Donaldson,
Alexander Duff, Henry Morrow, jr
John Samson, Henry W. \Vilson,
NVilliam railcar, Charles B. Johnston,
Samuel Ferguson, Andrew Sands,
John Mathews, James Cyphers,
Francis - Wilson, jr Samuel Mc'ManiA.
George Duff, Mathew S. Johnston,
Jacob Stutlar, John Morrow,
Jacob 11. Johnston, Abraham Taylor,
John Hall, John McGinley,
Ruh..tt. Coats, Thomas Wilson,
John Adams,
NV ILLIAM G. llswsiss, Esy'r.
• W
'At New NJ, Thursilay n` anted.
t h e toms .
of Ex-Gvernor Peoniapink.was bY WOO dad ash ERSONS haying homes to sent
or thieves, by the pr)ing of wiz:dor - , and itieut" MEL.
.1.
Agency,well to teats
. tbeir nem , s_at the Nests'
Rent state next door to toe roetvm
$3O worth of wearing apparel stolen.
_Ln2O EGOLF & FOSTER.
IPMtirly of the :Clambers off Confess have arri
wed at Washington. Hon C J /NGER3OLL arrived on
Wedueliodayou4dtwAli..kalgiair,sat_Brown's. Hun \Vit.-
; LIAM WILKINs left thie city tin Monday, and we learn
from our exchanges that rnan , membece from other
harts of the country are wending their A•ay towards
; the narlhutd. met rot, alh.
•
• A:0
vt.ho has been dangerously
for sOlOO timiCpatc.,- is rer,overiag. •
ANOTIIEIL FUR5sCrt li.i Bl.Asr.—Another of the
Anthracite Furnaces of Columbia county. in this State,
has gone Into blast. The furnace at the mouth of
Roaring Crcek has been idle for mare than two years.
It has lately been taken by Mr Wood, and after the I I
necessary preparations and arrangements incident to
such an establishment, it was put into blast on Mon
day
le.st, by Mr Benjarni . Perry, of Danville. In twen
ty-five hours after the fire was put in the furnace, and
twenty- , t s a n -z r )
ba ho a u n rs a ticu f i te g r ra the
ym b e las tal t aa p
, a - nd s
t ; o
et
furnace
he urn ric e made
has
been going on successfully ever since. The. editor of
the Danville Democrat says:—We have seen soma of
the iron just made there, which is pronounced by cum
'ridges equal to the Scorch grey.
FIVENIX BANTE TRlAL.—Wymin, the late default
ing costlier, was to have been tried at Lowell, on
Monday. He pocketed some three hundred thousand
dollars.
REWARD FOR THE ARREST OF YOUNG SAHRDERS j
THE FonnEß.—Tile reward claimed by different per
sons concerned in the arrest of young Saunders, th'e
New York forger, has been decided by Ex-chancellor
Kent, as follows: $l5OO to Angeline Osborn, the col
ored with whom part of the money was left in
charge by Mrs. Ragge. $l5OO to Pomeroy, of Bos
ton. $5OO to Constable Clapp, $lOOO to young Jones,
and the balance, $291, to Mrs. Hunter, making in all
$4794.
port of Pittsburgh.
Reported by
B S!(cb A le g an
ents. Wa d Mi! terchellare, G a. ouwal Steam
oat
• EXT WATER 1:4 THE CHANNEL
ARRIVED.
• Daily Beaver Packets,
Allegheny, Dean, CM.
Oella, Bowman, Brownsville.
,Mottaltala, Parkinson, Mon. City. •
DEPARTED.
• Daily Beaver Packets
Alpine, Cockburn, Bro-snsvilla,
"Bridgewater, Clarke, NV heeling,
Lehigh, nice, Cin.
Mor.abala, Parkinson, Mon. City.
beats marked thus ["] are provided with
I:vau,i' Safety Guard, to prevent shit Explazionorateam
Boilers.
- _
T, l Ol l SALE lm% Cur cash orapproved exchange, 12
great groan of matches, 20 dirten Allegheny city
wafers, lOU gross suspender and shirt buttons, 300 do- .
zen all bile; Wit.dOW glass, 12 pounds cotton boss, 1000
crafter atgerA, tin ware, coffee mills, jooking glasses.
pdn packet knives, scissors, 3flo ' o +lnglish
20 doze!, red, black and blue ink pencils, pens, school
Nyci ting and letter paper, books and stationer!.
ISAAC II A-'t and Corn. 51erch't,
n 22
icu 9, sth street.
FREIGHT FOR PHILADELPHIA AND BAL
TIMORE.
I WILL raw iv* sad ship 30 tam Fraigibt 'his al.
S. DEVIN E,
U. States' Um.
T 0 purchase, as Wszitsaall piece a grousd is tbe
tv of the city. If chetip a good purchaser will
be obtscned. -
apply at Egolf & roster'. Western Real Es te
ta
Agency, next door to the Post Office. la* -.:
St. Peter's Church at Bosse.
LARGE PAINTING cf this splendid Templet
willA ,be exhibited for a short time at IRIIII3I ,
L 3s o Roux, corner of Fourth and Market streets.
this Picture, Bishop England gave the highest ealo
glum in the Catholic. Miscellany, 30th January, 18315..
It is on its way to New Orleans, together with 50 fiber
paintings, which are now open to the public.
Admittance 25 cents; ticket* for the Sea EKE
children half price. G.
L-irOpen daily from 9 A. M 014 P. M. and ale*
from 0 till 9 in the evening. •
N. B. The Rey. Clcrgv of all denomination are
respectfully invited, free of charge. 023.
New Fruits. • •
RE C ETV ED this day Is:ew Bunch Raisins, ofsuperi
or quality, in boxes, half boxes and quarter baits;
Also. fr 0.4.1 Figs. LLOYD & CO.
Nov 16. No. 190 Liberty at.
To City and Western Merchants.
SEMPLE & BARKER, No. 50, Wood street, are
in course of receiving additions to their former
stock of Seasonable Dry Goods, to which they infitS
the attention of the trade.
Their assortments of woolen, worsted and Ain
goods, arc particularly desirable. All of which will
be offered on the most liberal terms for cash or appro.
wed paper. ul5-1w
.3. liEnox
EGOLF & FOSTER,
Western Real Estate Agency,
Third st., next door to the Post Office, Pittsburgh, Ps.
LvPAgency for the purchase and sale of Real Es.
fate. renting Houses. collections. &c, &c. Terms
moderate. References given on application et. the
office. n 1 5.-tf •
M. SGOI le
MILLMAN, JENNINGS & CO.,
- 43, WOOD STREET,
HA v E in store and are receiving
4:25 bags Rio Coffee, part strung and green,
50 pkgs Y H anti C l' Teas,
^5 boxes Russel & Robinson's S' s Tobacco,
10 " Burton's s's
10 Thompson's B's
5 " Robinson's 16's "
I:2's "
5 " superior pound lump
100 " fresh Malaga Bunch Raisins,
2000 Lonf Sugar,
20 boxes No band 2 mustard,
SO " No 4 cho.x)late,
25 " ground pepper,
10 kegs " ginger,
5 " "
5 boxes cocoa.
5 " Rice trout,
2000 lbs Oak Tanned Sule Leather,
1000 Yards t i w linen," • -
5 bales hops,
All of which they offer, with a general asmortment tot
groceries, dye stuffs and Pittsburgh manufactured!
goods, on liberal terms. nr7 .
NUMBER PIETY-NINE,
North IVest Corner Market and Fourth Streets,
PHI LIP ROSS
HAS returned from the Eastern Cities and is no*
opening a rely large and beautiful assortment olf
SEASONABLE DRY GOODS,
Comprising everything that is new and desirable in hitt
line of business.
Ills goods have been purchased on the most advain-•
tngeous terms, from the I m porters, Jobbers nail Mati- ,
ufactrirers of the East, TOR CASH, and they can nod
will be sold, as low, if not lower, than goods of the
same quality call be afforded by any other establish. ,
ment in the city.
The early attention of purchasers is respectfully in.-
•ited. nl7—lw
F ASH lON AB LI:
PUT AND CAP INIAIMFACTOItir ,
NO. 13, pfih 3.freet, beliceen Market crag
Weed, and corner of Siza and Grant as
& H. WALKER feel grateful to the
I. public for the liberal patronage bestow ,
ed upon them, and beg leave to state that they are now
manufnetnrinz and have constantly on band n very su
perior article inßeaver, ,Russia, Neutrin,. and every
other description of Bats. Also, a variety of cloth,
sealett and fur car*: ull of which will be sold at theve
ry lowest prices. As no part of their manufacture is
done by machinery, but by the best workmen by hand,
they can recommend with confidence their Hats. as be.
ir , superior and more durable than those generally of ,
feted to the public. Merchants and storekeeprri can
be supplied upon equally ns low terms as in the East
ern Nltukets. I. & H. W.ALKEIF, •
' 43-3 m.
Groceries.
THE sti.seribers respectfully inform their friessis
and the public that they have commencedthe
WHOLESALE GROCERY AND PRODUCE
BUSINESS.
At No. '2O, Wood street, two doors from the corner sr
Front street, under the firm of W. J. HowAso & Co.,
where they will be prepared to supply all 1)1014 who
-nay favor them with their orders, with groceries sod
Pittsburgh manufactured articles,on terms s
not fail to give satisf3ction,
WM. J. HOWARD, -
ROBERT RODGERS.
al--de.wlm.
•
Lippincott. Mills.
THE subscriber having purchased and thoroughly
repaired these MILL!, is now manufacturing,
and kill keep constantly tin hand, a full supply of all
the different kinds of Nails, Spikes and Brades, etc--
made from the best quality of Juniata Blooms, and as
soon as the necessary additions can be made to the
.machinery. he will manufacture every description of
Bar and Sheet Iron, usually made in this market—
Orders left with S. Cuthbert, at No. 94 First street.
near Wood, or at the Mils in the Fifth Ward. will be
promptly attended to, JAMES ANDERSON.
sep 29-3 m
T O RENT, a comfortable dwelling house with
about five rooms iu it, rent not to emceed $BO to
$lOO per annum.
Apply at Egolf & Foster's Real Estate Agency, um, t
door to the Post O ffi ce. n2O
Two New and First Rate Steam Nagisbas.
0N E is 20 horse power, 10 inch cylinder, and 4
foot stroke, will be sold with or without boilers.
The other engine is 12 horse power, 7i inch cylinder,
3 foot stroke, one boiler about 22 feet long. 30 imams*
in diametea. These engines are made of the best Ms
terials and in the most substantial manner, and win bt
sold on accommodating terms. They can be owe at
the warehouse of the subscriber at any time.
nl3—tf H. DEVINE, U. States Line.
OSTER.
PITTSECRGH
Wanted
FOR. SALE CHEAP,