-~-- -~., FOR GOVERNOR , .FRS. Subject:to %bedecision of tB IL' Daienll4l4 C - IYTAT L 401416115T10X • t ) t ai otatng Post. ittoit ; 41MIMOSS IPHILLIte, IMEr PITTSSIIMEGII, THURSDAY. 1. EBR I3 A" 8 Soma few toostiti.baritical leadere in this city ans dises vary disistmendila errors* towards M r Shank. yin barl4senksearetl y %Wring for months past to. semen therteitaagian' tifaidegates who would be nominal firi.lisdige"Wilkins,but who would vote fur Mr Muh jleobarg. its the Convention. With all iber labor, elo. .44mm:seed canning they find that theyMnot succeed -in the project. and they have changed their mode of warfare from sneaking deception-tobold misrepresere mama. But the mean and disreputable conduct of Waste men can have no effect with the people. professions of friendship toJudge Wilkins are fable as theirvhitrgesagainst Mr Shunk. They use elder crane only because it is probable he has hie Airiest& in this county than Mr Muhlenberg, and if his ..otdaritr' y can secure the appointment of delegates op i posed to Mr Shunk, Mr M would get: their support This is what the reviir4s of Mr Shunk wish to accom . trplish--the very well know that the contest is solely between Skunk and tifu/slenberir—no.third mon has • ch a nce—and under the plea of pushing Mr Wilk i ins forward, they are trying to consummate the nomna r non of Muhlenberg. Let the people watch them close -Iy:they have defeated the party before, and they w;' A doit again, if their schemes succeed. Among the many mean and contemptible tricks, and -.stories that are circulated with a view to injure Mr :Sauna, we know of none more despicable than then,- -.Amnion that be is the "Portercandidnte." Every per - son that has paid any attention to the political events -of the last - tire or three years, must know this to be Adm. 'What may . be Governor Porter's private prefer , cacti we know not, but we do know that his active 1 4riesdaisr .)ther parts of thestate,. are bitter opponents -of Mr Shook, and warm friends of Mr Muttleaberg li some counties, where it is well known a large ma - _jority of the people are in favor of Mr S., Muhlenherg delegates have been chosen through the efforts of G that ov %Porter's friends and office-holders. The papers Jhavessdhered to the Governor thronghright and wrong. -are no« advocating the claims of Mr M.; and some of . she moat riecidel and tenscrupalous opponents of Mr NSbook irs this county, are persons who tendered Gov , • Yoisbeeps pirblic dinner -during his visit to this city last sturnmer,• arid ire their invitation took occasion to inform Aim tharsthey approved of all his public wets. ‘lfirither of the prominent candidates can be regard ea as the 'Porter candidate,' Mr Mublenberg is enti t tided to that honor, and if he receives the nomination he will owe it to the affirts of the Governor's friend , — 'Mr Shank is the candidate of the people; he looks to I. hem for his support, and is unconnected with any lac. lion or clique whatever. 41rir The steamer James Y Smith, from Apalachi cola, freighted with merchandise for Albany, Baker * • county, Georgia, was snagged about forty miles below city on the 4th inst. The boat was saved, were but - she cargo was almost entirely lost. The goods _mostly insured:. 00trtstwattittset.—A voice from Warrior River hes bearriseard in Mobile, At:ening totho editor of the Her eifollows:--"Prepare yourselves, bail your flat boats;cork your skiffs, build your rafts, tie your hotts ws to the nearest trees, take care of the little nigger, "rep litre your citlhinsn's duds and h.rusehold fixin die, gs, for taking a general fl, at! Sink or swim, live or survive or perish, just as you choose!" Cataracts and • ikto ofs! what art. awful warning for Mobile! .Ito Arrest rtrWasittearos.—We learn from the Wallaingtors.ipecratirr that a fracas occurred on Fri- Asp, near the railroad depot, in which a Mr Flower, reporter for the Globe, and a Mr Hart, a cosiest/on aent of the N. Y. Evening Poet, with some one or two others, participated. Kaires were drawn and Wed too, s it would seem from the appearance of the comba tants after the affray, but nothing serious resulted from ISEATIIR Coeery DELEGATILS.—Some week or two ago, we spoke of the delegates from Beaver, Messrs. Botts and Pow iltS• In,doing so we had no intention prejudicing the claims of Messrs. CLIESIMT.HAAI esti CARTER, mite assumed to have been previously -.4llsted. We know nothing as to the merits of the oriaims of either set. and of course, could express no ..etankot. We spoke of Messrs. Boles and Power, simp ly because they bad been mentioned in an article to -which we were replying, and without the slightest in -tendon to injure the other gentlemen who claims to Owe been fairly and previously selected. Mr EDITOR% It has been generally been supposed that the Chron , kis was a neutral paper in politics; but after reading its leading Editorial article on Tuesday , last, headed -"Democratic Candidate for Governor,' any candid man walla say upstate 'Editor had forfeited that char acter for his paper. The article is not only decep tions but in many particulats indicates the bias of rity the Editors sl ial mind. Iris possible, bywever, and cha would suggest. it, that the Eiitor has been grosy Posed upon by persons who have a deep interest in this 1411,1M0 of aisception. The menders of tke "Union" a democratic paper published etlEfarssugh, and hlenknowg will f observe avorablthat e to she nomination of Mr Muber the tabled. delegates whieh.tho &liter of the Chrtio ble.les homer the peals to compile differs in ma ny restcoksrsfrom theltstrablisbed in that paper-- Me difference in the Chrome's being in favor of Mr. Illukkolseng sndvvith studied elect intended to show aliet. .Ik.,M. at the present time is in • more favorable position than Mr. Shwa; that therefore the contest be eriest mante two will be 'online and animated that a dirt a , sill be no minated, and that the dem:4mm ef Allogbsay meaty should rally their forces on Judge lilifliies. TheSAitor of the Chronicle should know-- dye learned h—which I greatly fear * hesrat alread i lils;'essolP-4klat this is the argumen s t of the Mid lden bees sem:wisesieteed if they can, to make use of the same of Wilkins to bare themselves elected d Allegelegke ates /0 dth 01 Marsh oetwentses, to repreberg. sent eossMiestaliessAmthim for Mulden sg she -Be no-doolit know* mere abut the intentions of 'llisetsPisres thee i its bat my advice to him is, that • if he isitiliestemaintaio a eestral petition—m.46ns for his stalmeed° a greater degree of credit than be is wMiat ahead be ghee to them of the partisan presses cm political 'objects, to be sarefal from what , peorreo ise amiss his in(cortnation. Ifs can get ne Maori* for 'the result as published in a number of Coterdro.. end to one who is comereem with the facts elf Was they exeknown,the injustice whichis done to * Mink by the Editor** matentem is so apparent f,, tbitiglie are aivossa to think it wsa coometed Card** vertillm• r_. Moak or Mt. Malmberg will. cis --emeliXdams party, and an k 4 m otisses which , mime M a false one - •In Al teresq there - • swim w e deal as too tise preferowt of potpie for diedeeroVr 110 Ibo aurn•V i to. laoll Ake Wilkins t ;#lldiollaiiitisfeis ids mama impose. mset the pen 411111,11liclkagage" logroula by cumin V - , - .deli tied skßfal 1:7.z .. •:: secicss of those worthy follows, and *WI MK has Se to rebuke them the at proper time. !JOT NEUTRAL. -.---------------- DENNISTON CATeE,--CIIARGE OF JUDGE 1" ed. Noelettbetanding the great imams of asses e . e SNOWDEN. " I still mod lately flattered myself drat tilt:, t. [cersotortsitn.l .. ask., ..eota , eatrug 4 emight. rtesbe ea . &mei • - , "...-- of forteee to amj elle my just, 'he tire mash boo& of WC:O I Z Dentili we 4e0. 4 4 1t 'ef eitMsr i ly tin as eniulecteenritit Otheirirs ' aiW Awe 104 0 . *EY Pre matted bills. .pa y a leitiio a Mimi( ' for my.fiodlir bei‘keeNlitle ei l °caliber, Co,, 22 W,c. note4:keeD a lattillai 11 wile o g lay o rs I:aiy - esei4y4lll4 o . rs , , Witxiry & *pain July fltatoether note of* eisies • e stabbed a ime k hopeo.,l -- Jointer, 14 $1,048 27 interest $46 21 totato anteent If, gentlemen. there were assets sufficient . as is al charged as paid by wc. DA,Co., for redeM*ll o( ' leged by the defence for the purpose asserted, the fact these bills 14,738 90.. These tester, hone dwelled.. bests bet very temotely Upon the issue beim* you; Ind morry of Mr Bell, were transmitted, to the hones of w k et he t t h er e wer e or net ,l'hne, the test of, twit onbr W Dell 4* Co. for collectio o, and btrelelm Denolstdo will prove. It neither justifies nor palliates the alleg told him be hada friendwho would.buy them. They e a c h arg e. paid 75 per cent in full of the claim. The payment J. B. Nicklin was clerk and book keeper fur M's was made on the 6th and 20th of ManehelB4o: Clete Denrrisson & Co. and J. &"C. C. Denniston on all $1,319 13. Before the arbitrators Julia and freer 1835 till let Feb. 1841. • Ile undertakes to ex- Charles tried to meke it apperar,that the differenee was plainseaerror in the cash book of J. &e• C. Den the profit of James C Debi & Co., but the are niston, Feb. 1841, as an catty "By error in April Musters charged that suns to John. $5OO. It means April 1848. He said the cashbook - The crow minimization of Mr lerClorg , was chief - added up.AprillB4o is set down as amounting to $5,- lyconfiued to en expleoation of his own affairs, gad 079,80. In settling et end of the year, the Ledger will be re escer' i heaeafter. It is proper bowever to and cash hook did not agree-the books aid not bal team Miles place, that the witness, Mr M'Clotg. ad - ants - and the error was f o und in the addition of the mitteeithathe hadcorrected entries in his own books, cash Book. The attention of Charles Denniston was and that every settlement is liable to sae called to it. He stood Dr. 2,437 70, Od, creditor That in 1831, an domisio of a remittance of $3,000 $233,11. He carriplained of this , amouht of his in from M'Clure, an Denniston, had been made by him, debtediless. Re found himself charged in the Ledger which had been allowed. on ?recite:Mg his letters ac- i n April 1810 $59495. He had no recollection of knowledging its receipt. There was also an omission drawing so much. Alter Feb. la IS4I. he convers of $l,OOO made by his clerk. ed with Charles about it who eed ' him to let it stand, Mr Cochran, the clerk of MrCburch, who was app • , and the witness balanced Oat , book eßy maw $500." red receiver, proved the mutilated condition of the Charles afterwards collected money which was ac letterbook. It was cut in two in his presence - one counted for on the cash book, and out ur that he re or two letters were expenged-two letters were cut mined the $5OO which had been charged in April. out. The reason given for this was, as before stated- The cash balance on the Book wars balanced by the that they did not concern the business of M'Clurg, error. Denniston & Co. The letters were afterwards delis , Thc Books were kept at different periods by differ to witness -they were loose, packed in a box, in ant persons. By John Denniston, A. M'Clerg, Jr. by a very ad condition. without order or arrangement - George B. Smith, a clerk named Holbrook, and by some rolled in balls and some open. Denniston stated the witness. Blank papas were left at the end of the he had been examining them and had nut had time to ' year, and sometimes leas than whole pages. They put them in order. were not parti :tiler about dates, and especially at the There was an account upon the books of M'Clurg, close of the year. This be accounted fur by soling Derinieton &Co , against J 13. Shaffner. By some ,hettha some accounts are not settled up until the close of \ means James Gibson assumed part of this aeht- Suit year, and when upon comparing accounts, charges was broughtiu Cambridge Cu.. Ohio, in the name of or credits are omitted, they are entered in December, M'Clui, Dentston & Co. fir the use ofJames C Den- in the spaces left for that purpose. This he said wits niacin & Co. It was fur 9600. 1 bis a mount does the custom of all houses in large business, In the I not appear on the books of fd'C., D. & Co. John told , cash book of M ' Clurg St Denniston, the dates inter witness it was for 'the used James CD. & Co. I mingle throughout the book--the result. of carelessness. Mr Cochran also testifies that nine different accounts Monies are received, receipted for and not entered till remained open on the books of Mi,Clarg, Denniston long afterwards as o f the proper dates. Such is the & Co, amounting together to $1396; that he wrote to custom. John Deiston kept the cash of birClurg, the persons indebted, who all replied,that their accounts 1 Denniston & Co. ond the business of the witness was had been paid. These collections are not entered in to toter on the cash book from his receipts, and the the books of McClurg4r, Deuniaton. Chas C Dennis- check books of four or five banks. In his absence the ton ad.nitted that he had. received the tatney, There witness received, paid out and entered the hashca with was a note given by January, Heustea &to, dated very few exceptions, the entries are in the wt- API 4S . 1 843 . PaYeble six months later deie to Me - ing of John Denniston or the witness. Alexander Cling & Denniston foe $229 12, which John Dennis- M'Clurg, Sen. had access to the store and books. , too admitted to have teen paid, bat be supposed the Never heard him complain till 1839 o- '4O. omission to credit was an oiersighe Be did not In the day Book of M'Clurg, Denniston &Co 1840, , charge himself with it in the cash book. Jess e Jarvis James C. Denniston & Co. are charged with fifteen is indebted on the books of McClurg, Denniston CoCo k accoonts amounting to 95.670,97. In these accounts a balance of $982 23. He gave MC D&C a 1 there arc erasures and alterations of names. These check on the Bank of Morgantoen for $3OO. John D I erasures and alterations are thus explained by Mr. g ave les receipt for this check. J D ulledged the re 1 Nicklin. Ile says, the accounts were transferred as mission to credit this sum slept° be au error. The re- collateral secm a ry . Mr. Joho Denniston complained ceiik is in John D's hand writing. The receipt speaks that they were too much in the aggregate. Five of of a note $948 54. It is not entered in the bill book. them were therefore scratched out. Three of these The witness saki the books were not kept as they (W a gner's, Keister's assd Mitchell's) were rearansfer should have be g ave his reasons for saying so. red. The five accounts were erased upon the day Nieklin (Dennistores clerk) is a r wear c ommercial book. Mr. N. objected. and J oho Dennistou scratched book keeper.. Book keepers do not all keep their them out himself. In the Journal, the names were books on the same system. McClurg had several limos altered by Mr Nicklin, instead of scratching them pointed out to him (Cochran) these ineccuracies. - out. They were so dltered that no person could tell Re (McClurg) bud access to the books when Cechran whose accounts thewere but the witness himself. was not present. The a ccount of Trevor, Messick & The erasing of them he said has h en semis effect as Co., was closed by him (Cochran) try the assumptiOn though they were re-charged. Mr. n said he of A McClurg • The account against Boles was closed w ould take all the , blame and responsibility:, that it in the same manner. would restore assets to the concern and that it vrould Mr Ebbs and Mr Wilson both testifiell to expressing . .. l only bother and worry Mr. M'Clurg. This explana used by John Denniston to this amount-"that he did tine was also given before the arbitrator*. Mr. not care about breaking himself so that it had the same M'Clurg was not satisfied with ie. He threatened to effect on McClurg. prosecete and declared he would have satisfection. Mr Lightner thought the' one hundred dollars was a On the 4th of August 1840, in the cash book of M'. liberal allowance for the use of the room in which the Clung, Denniston dr, C ~ John and. Charles Denniston arbitrators sat. are charged with WOO, and John &Charles charged Mr Higby, a partner of the fi rm of Kings, Hie/ & on their book James C. Dennhe °n & Co. eeh the ' Anderson, proved the discounting of their note for the same amount o f t h e same date 'By re ference to al'. use of Rigby, by John Denniston for $3OO. John 0 Cling, Denniaton & Co.'s Ledger Ise Acerst. 1340, told him hehad a friend who furnished him with cur- . 1 e r , ; - H. --enreetori there stands credited a little veer reney to make sound - ling to support his family, that he $16,000. and debtor $lO,OOO, leaving a balance of had other funds at his commend. The C3OO was about $6,000- The charge of $3,000, against James claimed by B l' Hartshorn (brother-in-law of James was a settlement. of cash between James C. Denniston Denniston ) James D iscrerlimd with it by Mr HigbY and John. There was no scratching and no blank the assignee of the firm of K., H. &A. There is al- left for making the entry. So says the vileness. so a note to o d e order of Samuel Denniston for $5OO With regard to Armiir's account. The w itnesses' which is credited to Clarke 4- Tharo. Thaw is the capitulation is briefly this: Armor had bought goods brother-in-law of Denniston. James C A D & Co obtain- of M'Clurg, Denniston & Co. with the u nderstanding ed credit on the books of K., H. & •. from the as - that the house would give him their custom. His bill signee (Rigby) for five several notes amounting to included the accounts of Juhn Denniston, James C. $2590. One to Samuel Denniston $500; one a draft Denniston, Samuel Denuiston and T. K. Boiler. The on James Anderson $300; one a draft on Chenowith whole a mounting, to 260,51, which was created on his & co., Louisville, $1500: one a note on It C Stockton account in the Books of M'Clure, Denniston & Co. $140; and one to S Denniston $l5O. Acute of firm and charged in the same books te " J. &C. C. Dennis for $1654 was placed to the credit of Clark and Thaw. ton. James and Charles Dcnnisenn and Roder had The note was in the band writing of Mr King not as much coming to them from M'Clurg. Deanision Wm G Anderson proved that the note foe $1650 was & Co. as would pay their bills to Armor, and John payable to John Denmston. It was composed of a & C. C. Denniston assumed their debts. note of $4OO--thie bill $180: one of $75 and $36 1 in With r egard to the charge of $9OO for rent of room money which the witness received himself. This is for referees, witness said he saw John give the money the due bill mentioned by Mr Rigby for $1650. Th e \to James. John entered' it on the cash book. A. money on the due bill was obtained of John & James. M'Clurg und lohn Denniston in examining the books, The money on the draft on Louisville VMS received had the use of the desks. The arbitrators sat at night, from John and partly from James. Could not tell bet there was no gas lights in their room. how Semi Denniston's name came on the Louisville On January 8, 1841, in the day book of J. &C. C. draft. It is in favor of S Denniston. S Denniston is D enn iston, there is an entry transferring fifteen ac the father of the Defendants -Never understood that counts to the credits of Jo'in Denni4tOn. John's ac he owned any prperty. The firm of K. II &A. were Fount on the ledger. in July, is credited $12,865 79; indebted to John & James Denniston from $4OOO to in December, $3,602 8L To equalise the accounts $3OOO. The money was obtained at different times, in of John and Charles, John was charged with this list the years 1841 1842. of accounts. The list was first written down, and the James M'Kenna proved the sale of 30 shares of Gas a mount filled up afterwards from the Books. On corn stock belonging to McC. D. &Co. It was sold by or- inr, to S. Drum's name he found no account against der ofJohn D. Dec. 31, IMO. It was bought by Theis him, bat one against S. A. T. M. Drum; he therefore K Bosler; at $46,50 per share; the par value was $5O. ran his pen over the name of S. Drum and entered the The defendants on their part contest this credibilisY others. Charles Was to sign the agreement under the of the principal witness, Alexander McClurg. The transferred accounts. They amount to $1t,124 63, alledge that he is mistaken in many particulars, that including $6,500 to James C. Denniston & Co. James his mind is highly prejudiced and excited against them signed the agreement by mistake, instead of witness -that he charges them as' wing the primciptil muse ing it. This error was corrected by erasing his name of his failure, which was in fact nut true-and that un- and putting it in the proper place. Three accounts in der these circumstances, his testimony ought to be to- this trunsfesred list, Sinseback & Simpkins, Barnabas tally rejected, or at least must be taken with great al- Wagner, and Lawrence & Cross, amounting together lowances. To establish these positions Mr McC• to $2,224 26, are re-transferred and lessens the origi. nal et t •y that much. was subjected to a long, tedious, and scrutinizing cross examination, embracing a history of his comreercial J. C. Denniston & Co. held the due hills of John trensactions with different houses in Pittsburgh and Denniston for $6,500. For this sum John charged elsewhere. His losses in these houses, his liabilities. himself, and credited J. &C. C. Denniston. John's the advances made by his fr:ends, and the methods account in July is Cr. $12,865 79 as before seated, adapted by hien to secure them, and for the payment and it stands dr. in December $5,602 81. This was of bis individual debt, all passed in review. Large due bills held by J. C. Denniston & Co. for sash given amounts of stock in the Monouguhela Bridge, Naviga- to John & Charles. It was chat gad to John's account lion and Fire insurance stock, Waynesburgh Bauk b eca use h e stoo d cre ditor. stock, and Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road stock had The entries in the day book of J o hnhn and Charles been applied to t hose purposes. Some of these stocks Denniston , of March, 184 t, appears ve been made had been transferred to his brother W T McClurg, aa previously The head is March ; under it tiro entries trustee for the payment ef his debts to whom also he of October. November, &c. Three of the entries are gave ajudgment as trustee, amounting from $75,000. by Charles -one no date, one October, next February to $lOO,OOO. Under this judgment- his real estate in 1839; next by Charles is Nov 9, uext five are by John, Pittsbergh was sold by the sheriff and bought in by his all under date of November 9. The Journal entries trustee. Mr A McClurg's interest in this property and are iniJohn's hand writing. There is no date after the real estate were ell returned in his schedule, on his March. They are marked posted. The three last application for the benefit of the Insolventlaws. It is c harges "bills payable" are without date, apparetaly in not necessary or requisite for us, gentlemen, to enter February. Hadar been done correctly ft wouid have into the particulars of t he very estentire cross-examin- shown the disks. It looks, as McClurg says. as if en 'aim' of Mr McC. by the eminsel for the defendants in tared as of March-, after the 25th These The mots ordertoestablisistheir positions. It is for you tojudge sion does not alleot the entries. can be found and say whether be less not given a fair and full coati- by the pages. The reference is to page 66, but it is bition of his affairs, awl to what extent his testimony f o und on 65. may be justly received. So far at least as it refers do Nicklin couldnot tell how the difference In date arose the Wells el the varia " firma * a" is remTeborated by on the sale of gas stock. The entry is made by wits them, you can have eo doubt, and you will feel yours ness in the cash book of McClurg, Denniston & co., selves to be on safe and solid ground, But it is not a nd ca rried throughout Dec 24. The 'victim:leec hes our intention gentlemen, to enter into any argument it Dec 31. sport the testimony or to draw any inferences from it. On the 2111 Oct, 1840, in J& C C Denniston'sday, That is y our r evinee • n et ear' We wish merely to book, merchandise is charged with 4488 cu . for Does bring tip to your recollection the pimcipalfacts adduced retuned I C Donniston & co, an invoice of Ist-Deli in this long and intereating trta . 1. 1839. It was made by direction of John Dennison. It was alleged by the delistioe that M'Clarg. D. de It was agreed to bathe spring of the year, bathe *ma ce. bed ntod9 ample Proiriiii ors for ell *brie creditor". is was sot entered till the fall, when the note was tor and with this view en sedgitment ref &Mtn & Den- up : The goods were all invoicedat the hiladelldire nistou to B. DarliVon hodiVni. Wird& was read, prices, sad note; the auction prices. soolfive per otio. for gawky lots em_Weed st ; nod tho ssoirawet of ii• was added for the freightage and expreses. Thedif- WClortaobu Delailima &t. C. Deardatita d os'book femme between the auction price and teet inwsipe tormato, protnissary notes, and rights was ows prise was, it is supposed, 33 to 51) per cant. Se also red. The hew/Went pew 04 elthodkaa 01 A. never madeactdcultuion, but titereductionism siesta) MrCitarg it is said preyed the same lime, wed pos will mach. recollect - w ere also read to yea. At the close of the On Ma esomesamisetiou t he w it n ess s aid that' * i second ettbeihde Idr. DI'C. reuerks as fillnol94, flee per one urea added on the bowknot the i ' "It its ?slimy to rem** the-4/f~#llavel s® fiss could mossy whether it was sor ICOper cent, u pteditotot on the valuation I .Id-''-iSit or/ huiliwoo globe& was then examined audit 'glowed . itnt• et 2 ano estate in 1839. Area the cower= stern ilisselv• tr 2„ipsr cent was added oaths IrtirOke. ThirWlol.o4 FOR THF. POST .-.---- . \.„ jfiesiglood reasons which it is witeecessitry here to re-i ft pout, :why the amount of the n" " was not in his ()yin- lea *law a reduction . lavoicaz Moo :it lei ete="ed that the ' o-*eiterft6ol„igb.. laid • . would get - rid- liticantg enti 'their dill cubies et the same tiaie4, 3 :nel aidterredts take dillie backatibUifame price." - Tbiaappearedto ealie the matter at the time. DorN-know °flames or Charles being persons of any property. Tkliilloodoh sale was in March or April 1839,nd the sale to James C D &as iri Ootabei 1830. . The dilfereocei druids cocO ritioceunuxl for at theanOtice'l gals* was ,spoken of as $9OO or 1000. On the first of Jan 1842, the amount due Jobil Den \ niston individually bY .1 & CC Deipilston was $7,262 98.' They transferred over $11,466 to equalize the 200 are chilled back again, Can's tell the reaso $2, n why Klia muchlCh was transferred Charles , aceount. had collected some. The name of she witness was to \an article, t‘stitYing ro McC & D's signature, et sea -1 ble James to bring Salt fur his use against Covert end others. There is no efilnection between the 15 ee -1 counts on the books of S & C C Denniston and the 15. accounts on the latolts of McClurg, ,Deasiston & CO. Don't know when the frye was put before thewh 40 in I the error of 500 in April. 42 was not there ets added the annual up la April - It w nd of the as put thereear. af ter-wards- First discovered at the e y Thehorks would nut balance at the end of the year and thus the error was found. 1....tvi Nichlin affirapdArorhat he 6,.01 been a book keeper, more or less for 21 years—that it is customa ry at the end of the year to leave blanks till the balance sheet icqusrle out. for the nest yea; sometimes whole pages are left without:dates, and follow t reason hose precee ding. He then preceded to show the why the blanks the end of the year, were left which must be fresh, gentlemen, in your recollection. The dates at the end of the year in theseentries, for similar rea sons depend on the circumstance of the case. In the cash book it is diffictilt to avoid intermingling dates. With respect tothe s6.soocredited on the books of n on the Soh & C C Denniston, and charged to Joh of Jan. 1810, witness remarked. that if the due bills had been standing' Oat without any entry in the books, the fi rm of .1 aCC Dennistan, would have been bound for it. If either one of the fires placed these entries, to his individual credits, then that individual would be charged individually with the amount C s of the dueb ennistonsills. If this be the fact, the entry in J & C D books is a correct one. Cannot say it it oss to equalize in the manner done in thesebooks. roue examinntion, said it wet not common to intermiobliter ngle dates—to strike out a numberof accounts—to ate accoonts—to charge the names in IVCCOInna, Sze. The receipt of Mr Dunlop for 83,100, as attorney for Mr Magaw to James C Denniston & Co. were _ - •L. ._. _ read .James Samuel W Black, Esq., proved t hat James C Den nison &Co., claimed either the money paid by him, or the property. : Mr Thaw proired, that $5,000, batmen borrowed by John Denniston of Mr Wallace, and put in as cap ital in the firm of McClurg, Denniston & Co., that he has to maintain John Dennistons children,and that nothing has bees put into his hands to remunerate him. Charles C. Dennison states that the expense ac count in the cash book of J. &C. C. Dennison, Fe for b -25, 1841. charging ..rent, $450," was not assumed their father. lie also states that in conse hed quence of execution issued, anetof being - sued and put, and the goods of J. 4. C. C. Denniston levied on for the debts of M'Clurg, Dennison & Co., they sold out their goods to J. C. Ponniston & Co. to save their own creditors; that the sale was verbal before - witnesses was , and carried into execution on the spot, and thatit n ecessary for them so l dCCed to this arrangement in order to avoidheing out by the Sheriff. We agreed to give J. C. D. &Co. the goods at once at what they cost. J. & C.:C. 13. invoiced them and received their notes. To avoid difficulty with Mr M'Clurg, the wit ness invoiced the goods (auction goods and all) at the Philadelphia price. J. C. D. & Co co mplaied. — John D. said be would make it right. They claimed a deduction.. The aisle amounted to $22,443 01.---- The last note for $4,488 60 was given up to .1. C. D. & Co. as a reduction on the invoice. We were indebt- ed to them for a great many favors to save oar pro-' pertly frem'sacrifice, and to enable us to assign to Mc- Knight and Darlington. We c onsidered the realm- Lion a fair one and made it. After the dissolution of the film of M . C. D. & Co the new firm. 1. & C. C. Denniston, had a credit of eight and in so Daniel Deal instances ten months on the goods they purchased. received two of the notes of J. C. Denniston & Co., and at their maturity, gave a dditional time for the payment of them. 3. C. Denniston & Co. ought to have had a large amount of cash immediately after purchasing. It was the season wheedle heaviest bu siness was done, customers coming in end purchasing for cash. J April and October are the heaviest months. We never furnished J . C. Dominion & Co. the money. to purchase the Whitney notes. J. C. Denniston went bail on the insolvent bond of Jocn Denniston, who had been arrested at the snit of James Caldwell, of Wheel ing. The bond was forfeited. Property of James was sold to the amount of 2 or $3OO. James had to get out of the way to avoid arrest. I wrote to him that Caldwell's attornies would attach the property of J. C. D. & Co in the hands of Kings, Higby & Anderson. and that he had better transfer it to the order of Sam'l Denniston till the matter could ho settled. He gave me authority to have the notes put in any shape I chose, and /did so. Affairs were afterwards arrang ed with Caldwell. James came back, and I James. t the Kings, Highy & Anderson affairs to James. The "error" of $9OO was owing to b nn alteration made by witness in the books. Ho put "115 efore 40.'' thus us making it '540" and carried it out into the ledger. Ile dill this to avoid difficulty with John, John knew nothing of it nor did Nicklin. Witnesswishedis jour- it to be kept secret. The stile tb J. C.Co. nalized on this last of September, but took place on the 3d of October. There must have been a vacant space or the entry would not have been made. Wit. ness knows anti. C. D. & Co. held due bills of John &C. C. D. to the amount of $6,500, given by John Dennison. They ran from Omober, 1840, to some . • totem 13.41. I sanctioned the uansfer of the 15 ac , counts to John. Mr Clark, of the firm of Clark & Thaw s , s issu a ysed t W 4 purchased some of- the paper which wa by Kings, Higby & Anderson to Jornes Denniston--abein $2OOO worth. It was bought at a discount. We Gave a lump sum for the quantity we purchased. An unusual number of witnesses have been brought to impeach the character of the prosecctor. These witnesses have, in general declared that where his interests are concerned, or where his feelings are high ly excited as has been the case in his &tiptoes with the defendants, they would not believehim on oa test th. itnon You g entlemen, will judge of the weight of this y. For ourselves, we do not attach t•it mush importance. This imputation on his chayacter basbeen rebutted. by a; great number of very respectable and disinterested witnesses who iiil bear a contrary testimony in his be half; who have known him from his youth, until the and who say that his character never was impeached time of the present (Invites. When in addition to these facts, we call up to ouerecollection, that the respect ive houses with which he was c onnected, occupied a high and extensive influence upontheor operations iof the the manufacturing end cernmercial wld—ohat n failure of these houses many unkindly feelings would ,be engendered, that crimination sod re-crirnination would the natural result of such a state .of things— be we do not think it all strange, that the rape, indefinite, and difficult qnestion, 'what is his general diameter' should be answered according to the prejudices, the feelings, or the predelictions of the witnesses. It in s human nature that it should be so; and we must co fess, we can give but little weight to the re duced he m sestina ore :my under such powerful inlluences. mote we are from the influences, the more likely we tire to arrive at the truth; and this is peculiarly the ease with respect to the witnesses= behalf of the prosecu tor We have now gentlemen detailed to you the mere outlines ofthe case. It is not acesstny s aid to entercient mi nntuely into the particulars. Wedure s suffi %loanable yak tweleosify the differint items of the tee• ilmony, and thus to akiyour deliberasions The inter lineations, the obliterations,and the a lterations on the loos of the books, the blank spaces left, the internam ing dilates,. the buttlwriting nt which these c he ts sious were made, the objects to which they woe appliedsh illoend the acpliusations given of them, most all be fre low recollection. if from this review r oshould oonta to the *iodation: that a, conspiracy :pelmet, and de fraud Me: McC)thiaod ,theta ui the manner set forth in the indictment was so by tholccused, then A b p on duty, painful a may e to find them guilty; if on tite 'other hand, you shall not arrive at this tolloillsiolls or if Val have a uyeatonable" doeht of the guilt. tf sidihr one or bath of the defendants you will aceptit. We shall only add that the offence alkviged . 7 .-------------- ------ tea miaderneowikthe costa follow the serdiet; sal( ,:,.• ; DEATHS FROM INTL.. ► - not guilty, Oleo **can say whether the cretratee 1 . 44, cia meerr ,ii, his awake o f 4. , Pirriini ti&thleiwidiml Pi th * cows. r 1 , q ,„,, -- - --- . ~wfsavtktsteal° pp, geZn.• , %Nob! Yalu,.• ) , -- , - 4 ,, 6 ,* tabs pss ihe whole number of seen who died daring n. le 4.14.6&icte et ;0-. The w ood. ',ei n e.% th e in t e r county,. was ows boadrod read obta•. eemeatetei wit" can ,thel,iffthips t i oe th firs 01l wiser. wousaskaid inutotrum"-411" kg, it I Txrarely occurs that you can have ahem testinto- Maiiwa hundred died from imemperanos. if me ny evistence of a coaspirscy. The testimony ite ,l "ilk i lakkat7 fast•it would sot dopertehod f do "I& mustleoerally cireumstential. It otal he. isArre4l: i n viben inriann‘l_n";_tedn't ninOm:fentlis= from Collateral circumsiances. The proofs of larder ' ge, Y. the roP Witre \ration ate of the same chleaeter. Whole this is the ,th i P i 2 . .4°, the de Pet sonar in Blooms wore. cue, the acts of one alone with a cots aad.,, m g 4 P SI ! c o " "emote in dor W°Portimi moinigttm directed to a common object,are the acts of the othei : . : ,lemPerate and the MOSt iIMMIPPOraII. curds gnat Tun will apply these principles to the evidence you ' n"nwea:-PrnYing easlativell that the Grass* dint of ' have heard, and decide accordingly. You have heard making use of illuminating drinks, is to ' deism', pre au the testimony ia thaws the gamm a eatHes b y the , maturely more than one-third of the busioas mob iis wart. and in the oommerste and atplaistion °icons:std. 11 our ~n try _, • The various' point* made by the prosecutioa,,the era- I Jal e , inn s, tha4though fanny intemperate men lived , sates end alterations, the charges, the sale of 'J &C. C I t'l3 old ag e, r t . an in "'nig° th e wiaPionam.liwml an ', Deanisum's eta* of goods, and are all given as proofs 'Perak:oM than the intemperate. of conspiracy, oft common design and participation of the defendant 'On the other hand the 'defendants alledge the vale was a fair and bona fide com---tirat it was made with honest intent and for honed purposes': that the various particulars; darted against theta by the prosecution, nee ausoeptilde Of explattation,, were not made with an evil atidcorratit des4o,but duit. they were honest efforts to protect : themselves and secure their creditors the payment of their just debts, end that the ciacurnstances of the, case are not sermient to Isar taintheyhaigeef conspiracy.' Iris for joo, rtsailemen of thylury, to decide. You will examine all the par ticulars set forth and the explanations gives; `carefolly and impartially. and give your vordicusccerdinglj. As welefore stated, the accused ground Alai(' *deuce in part upon the illegality of the indictment; they say,that it ought to w- bavuebeen brought on the statute, mania at common la--84. have a rgued t he l e n b e fore re -- and quoted their authoritiee t you have beard the reply and the authorities cocted bi the course for the persecution; and you hove the opinion of the court. You have been appealed to as the judges of the law and the fact. You can do so if you deem it advissable. The constitution and the law authorizesit,and we leave the whole to your decision. The folkiwing is Thomas Hood's song, alluded to in an extract published in our paper of Saturday pub _w. __:..:.~..~ The Song of the 'Shirt With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavytind red, A woman sat, in nowtonanly rags, Plying her needle and thread-- Stitch! stitch! stitch!. in poverty, hunger and dirt, And still, w i " th a voice of dolorous pitch, She sang the Song of the Shirt!" "Work! work! work! VV bile the cock is crowing aloof! A n d—work—work —work, h the roof! Till the stars shine throug It's 0! to bee slave Along with the basbarous Turk, Where woman }ri never a noel to save, if this ia.christien work! "Work—work—work ,. Till the brain begins to swim; Work—work—work, • Till the eves are heavy and dim! Seam, and gusset, and band, Band, and gossot, and am, Till over the buttons" fail asleep, And sew them on ins dream! "0! Men. with Sister's dear! 0! Men, with Mothers and Wives! It k net linen you'r w e earing nut, But human creatures' lives! S t itch--stitch -- stitc h, In poverty, hunger, and dirt, Sewing at 'once, with a double threfad, A Shroud as well as a Shirt. .But why do I talk of death— That Phantom of grisly tame, I tiordly fear his terrible shape, It seem so like my oars— It seems so like my own— Because of the fasts I keep, 0 Gods tbatbreml should ba so dear, Aud flesh and blood so cheap! "Work—work — wor k! My labor never flags; And what aro its wages? Abed .4 straw A crust of bread—and rags; A shattced roof—and this naked floor— A table--a broken chai:-- And a wall so blank, my shadow I thank. Fur sometimes falling there! • ..Work--work — w ork! From weary chime to chime; Work—work — wor k, As prisoners work for crime! Band, and gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and band, Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumb' As well as the weury hand. Y o rk--work -- wo rk, n the dull December light; And work--work—work When the weuheriy warm nod bright While notti•rnouth tho caves, The swallow 4 cling. Al if to show me their sunny becks, And twit me with the spri!ig• 'Oh! but to breathe the breath, 4 00 f the cowslip and primrose sweet— With the sky above my head, And the grass beneath my foot, X For only one short hoar To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the vroes of want, And the walk that costs a meal! 'Oh! but for one short boor ! A respite however. brief! No blessed leisure for Love Hope. But only time for Grief ! A little sweeping would ease my heart. But in their briny bed My tears must stop--for every drop Hinders needle and thread ! ALLICOUVIT COVSTI S. S. .... " L.s. 4 . 1, 1 f 0 the meattlekof;beackarlsomni:inertiarz. birieneuelersaw With, fingers weary aud worn. ........ administrators of the nate 81 atieskaa. With eyelids heavy and red, 1 Jones. dec'd. .. A woman sat in unwomanly nip, 1 Anatomy, to wit, Feb 5, 1844, On motion ef Ci 0 , Plying her needle and thread— ' i Loomis the Zona appoint V . 11..;Sbeak,E2Z stre. ilm Stitch—sttch--stiob ! ' todistribute themoney in theme of the Inpovprty, hunger and irt tursabove named. By dte Court. ""tit And sal wish avoice of deletions pitch— - THOMAS FARLEY, Clowki ,-, Wouiil th at i ts wais could leach the Riob!-- Notice is hereby given that the Auditor • She sang this 'Song of the Shirt !' in the above cause will attend to the duties 2 11 te ll e 11.4 ip- • ----------------- ' \ dot atbis office in Fourth street, Putsballbay tow RENTIJCKY. Woodsy tbe 4th March, 1844, at 3 o'clock, P. PI. .... Mr. R. T. has of common Schools febB-3t FRS. IL StIUNK. in Kentucky, has submitted his annual report. to the , RAZlll2ll6llZstetle lifirtiwc• . . Legi distort of the Suite. It is an able and manly doer I ril HE subscribers have taken ont Robert Aa', , urnent, anddoee credit both to his head and. hetus• — After speaking dale wants of the State and of what '- ministration en the rota of flwbert . is doing in the North and Russia be exclaimmi ' late of the city of Pittsburgh. deceased. All peraunk the estate of said dec'd vrill make imam. "With the lights of the civili s ed world etleelit US 1 indebted to and al s hav i a i i m , aga bit and especially of our sister States, much, very much, i diote payment , IP. g . 4 is due from us to the present and all the future gamer- ' acid estate wil l NANCY GLASS, atious. The eyes. 4 one hundred and 51wesight thou- ~. ~, GEORGE ItY GLASS: sand children are gaging upon us. They are saying, ..f . " ----------------- present them for setuernest. owtrat 'ball We del" Will the paned—will the phi- 1 W. O. lanthropistl--and above all—will the Legisk!une of a 1 26 im ps New 00 ,,,,, 1 M, j ust rea sived.ersti proud and noble Suns shut their eyes against these, for sale by HAILMAN, JENNINGS &CO. ' wood lit. looks, and amp their ears agednat such so appear-- • 43 God forbid! Lot princely 'quit:44'4,-0 04 4 I=l9'l sumptuous farse--eneds—cauale — all exam, until a deep, and broad, and solid found' adios for universal ed• acation 'has been laid. A foundation capable of fur nishing a good and substantial ocloation to every boy and girl in the Couronweeltit. The total antonntef tbeEducation Eng is $991,000. In closing. be mpg Theis are, in the State, 15 313,112 children between the ars of 5 and 16—sts excess over tharloortad by tholes. Superintendent of 45,048. Twentroine ehiandM one-hallows will be the appneliouglawt forma for the year 1844; but,lf Saga peels were issued for the amount intetsat it. the Beata of Zilqoatiari, and e aided to the —eredeeLieSeli of 0/99,000,it woad be 514142,8131 k iet — instead:of 2iii cents pet child, it. would thenbe 95 cent*: The Saverinandoot world moat respectfully ask, is this any thing mere than tied .. - WHIG MAXIMS. . . We take the following _brief seminary of modem. .. ' 6 :laic reeiag" fres th 9 Mithilr'n-4,4triut. Piel sp mg for themtelveg tusd they sho'w Fete', clealii.ini wisdrroi andpehry oftbs opproltu pfsile Oa.' Heavy tariffs make goods falL lielivittitispidw rivers fell. , !. - •r , ' ' The mom recta% Mainificuyea seeds, tYke elleer.i s - they become. 'The coons you pay for an article dog *a Wants you. • — , Every nation ought to be independent in itiMiL. The ban way lobe imiependent, is buy nothing, end mil, nothing. Theiefole, every man ou,ght to mantic% owe'. . hits, .shoes and ninthew, and raise his own cern *id cottoo, tea, sugar end coffee. - - Distributiooef the rocas& of the public Imalsi "gt. free!hprat''-7giving away oar , own inormr, aninior rowing money to pay our debts "ecosinoy, of _ coots bighting book paper; adding to the wealth a munity. Weeith is only machinery. Let a riatsfiteet7• himself rich and 6is rich. Cell a piece ofliapnr.a dollar and it is a dollar. lidaintaining and supporting the Coasting:km of the United Stancip—taking thiseeto pewee • ouvef , iv-. Adding to the strength of a -wheel,'taking eat the spokes. , ... The best way to en co urage trials* to cheeke impor- tations. The best way to regulate commerce is to d stroy it. To the abo4e admirable Maxima wit.would take tba liberty of adding another. taken from the wiliest. of : some celebrated philosopher, whose ;tame -w e . emu* recollect. an a man down, tying his bondi, Friendsbip; knocking d then picking his pockets. . . MARRIED--On Tuesday the Oth hut. hydra Nev. Mr. Dean, Mr BeRNARD Watil 191, of lrittshentl. to Miss MARGIABET, &mem , of John Wilson, ofEttit Deer township. . - losi: at Dttn—On Wednesday averting the 9th bast eight o'clock, Oliver Ormsby Evans of, this city, in the 29th year of his age. His CI lends and sieciwun. Lances are invited to attend'his funeral on Friday morn.: fig at 10 o'clock, from his late residence No Witei street; without further notice.' :1 Sassolaths*, • ' •,! fP HE partnership, under do ain - of 5b0140:1 1 i Mitchell, is this day dissolved. D. B. Until will contitras the Steam Boat Agency es4'oeigiddelb° Business. and is atone authorised to Whitt sodossill. this llamas of said Arm, B....sttEnr., Piusb'gb Feb 1.1844. Water it. near Woad. "The Cry is StilCtisrf Maar NOTHER arrival of new and cheats Limatnes juat receive& at Cook's Literary Depot, M. 411,1 t street. Loitering* of Arthur O'Leary, by Charles Letter, authorof Charles O'Malley, Tom Stukrt; Jack ii-` . . ten ! &c. Shinning 11. a tale 0s a tape Cater. Of the • mocha n . is weed merchant, by one who knows. Myatt res de Paris, par Eugeoe Sue, smear de .161- thikie. aaderiags f a JOOfrieSOSOIS Tailor tlirough IV Europe and the o East, by P D Golds:um,. trausbsted.. 1 from the third German edition. b‘ Wm Hewitt. I New Sketches of every day Life, a Diary, togeth- I er with Strife and Peace, by Froderihn Bremer, trims lated by Mary Hewitt. • : TraveLs in the Californias and Scenes in the Pe kific Ocean, by Thoroas4 Fatithant. " _ z . Lady's Science of EtiquellA by an English Lodi. of Rank, to which is added the.ladies' Ihnd Beek of the Toilet, a Manual of Elegance and Fashion, moo,-, (tae a portrait of the Countessde Celabrell 4,... Jasper Crowe, by John D Mancour, amber *wet, @muse, &c. Memoirs of Silvio Pallico, or Mg Prisons, trine laved from the Italian. The Medical Examiner and Record of iffeffiell Science, edited by Rob't M. Houston, hi P. send nsontit'y. . i - Little Prenchanan araillie Water Lots:aimi other. I 1 tales of the timei, by *bore P Morris. Jamie. Trees, from No I to 6,, containing the teat. currenr.y, tariff, Densooticy., ate. Whig Alowneae andU S Itnekter, Greedy & Mc. RI Elrath, New York. ----------- : % TO 'THE . JOURNEY MEN T AII..ORS OF TIIR UNITED STATES. • 1 1 - Ll' AVING oboerred, in some of the -nerstspapers of .1.1 this city, an advertisement, signed uJons Mc -1 Gwen-sr." for 200 Journeymen Tailors, to tali et hie in this city, where t store hey would get constant cm , payment. pl oyment, and receive trash in The Society have tboug'itt it proper (having the welfare of the trade et heart) to espese this hese whose- ' \ rnent,by stating through the public journal' that the Journeymen of this ity, aro at prompt on is strike against an attempt heirs& made by this and other bai tviduals toreduce their wages; andel' Joarneynnw are \ hereby cautioned against coining to this city with de espeetation of getting employment front this toviater ' 1 iitmtanon; who has then thrown out be an inducement 1 for them to come to this place, as be has expreemebbt I t determination NOT to r at the Bill. er o t feb7-6t By ordf,ba Society I. Bic* lll3CrAlt re b , LNNINGS tain receiThi atm' *lf isle bi & CO. 43 Wood ressomm.-- -- Mum Mos Sale. arrillE subscriber offers for sale the Timers; -L Stand, situate in Minemilbts Fut Tower alp, *boot one mile from she city , .-4 The Renee isalarge two awry fame, wellSelcolb. tea for . Tave rn Stand, and provided with the iede mum 7 accommodations for such apurpcse. Howl& sle° sell with the boom the newapirmt lease of des tele being sia years from the let of April nest. Pease.terms, wishing to perches* can do so on eisant"gems Emu's' ef dm subscriber near the premises. 0-I,wd lit 'At. JeltiThS. -G.,s