Habits and reverie* of the nature I have sketcholi
••••were, - tts nay be supposed, by . no meats favorable - an ;
-.serious Study, and I scene knew low it wu, tuttiat
• what rare intervals I succeeded in gaining a Roffman,
knowledge of the law to be actuated to practise as a
garrison.
- A year passed away and found me butlitde changed
•or improved in the weaker points of my character. 01.
tioillew occasions on.which I was employed during
Abu since of time,dittanaged to acquit myself totem ,
bly,.but withouttiving any indimtions dtalenti an 4
itrati.oisintws family interests, aad not meritof my
'own, data at usually early sit` Verne' appointed
!walks priMmuStir at. die criminal ~ ertW a small pro
%obi:attests.
4iiii'asr - ritas loused AT my news appointentat,; it was.
lerignis feeling more like ardor in my profession than'
7 1‘1111fing I had yet felt, that I entered . the court on
;the dponiatday of the assizes. -
•The first-tut& -only important case that came on for
qried,‘was that of a .murder committed on a traveller,
410.0 f Nhickr an inhabitant of
,a neighboring village
%eras- aoeuded. I opened ' the prosecution in a tame
• speech, amounting to no more than a plain statement
, of the filets, The .evidence was gone through, and it
keitarlawin i h o day when it again came to my turn to
address the court. Butl was now in a very different
frame - of mind from that in which I had first spoken.
Arktbeproceedings bad advanced, my interest in
ind a feeling of istrtizanship against the prison
.-er, of which . I was myself unconscious, bad rapidly
'increased. I had also become irritated by the budg
'ering cross-examination which the counsel for the de
fence had made EOM of my witnesses submit te. It
was , with a Hushed brow and -almost unintelligible
volubility of diction, that I began speaking for the sec
ond time. As I proceeded, however, my utterance
-.became less rapid, my. ideas more collected. I felt
that I was eloquent and that feeling made me more sn.
I was listened to with the deepest attention, and when
I wound ep an energetic and powerful speech, by a
-forcible appeal to thri justice of my country, and a tre
• mendous denunciation of the murderer's crime, a loud
buzz of applause bars' from the hitherto breathless
audience.
As I glanced round the court, and drank in the ad
miration expressed on every. con itenance, my eyes
met those of the prisoner.. The revulsion of feeling
was it/stunt, from the prideof triumph to the dejection
of compassion and remorse.
- _ The accused was a man who bad been a soldier
from his childhood, and bad left the service only a few
months before the commission of a crime for v hich ho
was now arraigned. He was about fifty years of age,
and possessed of one of those marked, stern counten
ances that artists' willingly choose for models when de
mons of depicting the beau ideate* veteran soldier.
His thick, black mustaches, in which a few lines of
• gray were perceptible, added to the military turn of
- his features, but took away nothing from the frankness
expts'asserl in his bronzed, open countenance, and clear
gray 00a, that were now fixed upon me with an ex
. pressrun of reproach and proud contempt, that seemed
Stu say **plainly as looks could speak,
• 'Well done !. you have sacrificed an innocent man
4o theimpty triumph. of a moment.'
A,..:. = , i , w hick upon my chair, conviction of the pris
%went» replaced the virulence which had so
.. .
y animated me. That man I thought cannot be
•aznurderer. I was , scarcely conscious of ghat passed
- aroma/ me till I heard the word "Gaty" pronounced,
• and the next moment sentence of death was passed.
Involuntarily my eyes turned toward the condemned
••'man, as he was being led away from the bar at which
Ilkbetted stood.
'1 shall die innoceut,' said he, 'may tub blood be at
nip} door of those who caused it to flow.' 1
.Andhis eyes were fixed upon me as be said it.
I shuddered, and the alteration of mii countenance
, must Hive been very perceptible for two persons step
'Ted to support me, as though I had been about to faint.
A glass of water was brought, and in a few minutes I
was able to leave the court. My agitation was attrib
. Wed to fatigue and the heat of the crowded ball.
Two days following the trial I passed in a state o
indearrihable agitation. My &et care was to go atf
xerotivelyaverall the depositions in the hope offinding
something that would convince me nft.he culprits' guilt.
- tbereautrary effect was produced; the evidence
against him, although Strong, was entirely circum
stantial. Them existed a doubt; and prepossessed as
Itaw was in favor of the accused, the more I pored
yAbe prucee ings, i morel became convinced of
innocence. .
Two days elapsed in these investigations. On the
fourth the' sentence was to be putin force. MUM
ing to the extcative authorities. I declared to them my
sdoubts,oerathermy conviction that the man was inno
cent, and ought them to delay his punishment, that
Lmightliiiii'time to repair to the capitol, and, use all
my efforte to obtain a remission or commutation of
the-bananas.
• My request was refused. The man hairbeen (mind
guilty. Several murders had recently taken place in
that province; an example was wanted and the law
-must take its coarse. My repeated entreaties, end
•wildohurried manner, excited surprise, but produced
titstkiie' r direct.
It was late on the evening preceding the execution.
beforelbiscame convinced that my effects ware in vain.
I ordered post bones to be at my door at day break,
feel could not bear to remain at N. while the execu
tion took place.
(Tobe continued.)
DEATH OF A BEGGAR
A colored woman pealed Charity Coffee, was found
dead in her house between Elm and Plum, above Sixth
street, on Saturday last. She is supposed to have come
to her death through intemperance, but this is not
known One thing we note from the report of the Cor.
oner's jury is, that she had a large amount of female
wearing append in her possession; one barrel holding
eighteen dresses, some two dozen handkerchiefs in an
other. These were the gifts of the kind hearted ladies
rif oar`city. They little knew,at the time the old beggar
woman had such amore on hand.—Cin. Cora.
Charity is well knovra if/ this city hating resided here
for a great number of years.
IRISH PIGS.
Nothing offers so stralting a contrast to the meagre,
vaned wretchedness of the Irish peasant, than the
creature with which he usually Ideates his home—l
mean his pig. You see the animal go where you will,
and so well fed, so oily, so round, so punchy, as you
will scareeltever see it elsewhere. In no other country
have I vier sken so many pigs, except perhaps in
WalachiaPigs,feeding in the woods, area much wilder
nee then the Irish pigs, which are literally the inmates
of their master's home, and are reared up with other
members . ofhis Family. What the horse is to the Arab,
()lithe dog:odic Greenlander, the pig is to an Irishman.
He Coeds it quite as well as he dues his children, as
- Agnate at a corner of his sitting-room, shares his po
- tames, his milk, and his bread with it, and all these
&vertigo -confidentially expects, the pig will in due
' time gratefully repay. Upon the pig it Is that the best
hopes-of the poor peasant often repose.—lfeVi fre
t/tang.
..AErreet el two Men •auti Seizure of Ike Packet
- 6 4 , Oxford on a Ckarge of Saw glut'.--heat
F kiesstere -of • &waggled •Goocis.--111ichael M'Anley
and Patrtek Mlangidin, inbseergare r wo theheeo, on
beard. tbe4ox ford, froveLiverpool, were Arrested yes
, tereday charged as being.concerned in smuggling into
this port e. large tentity of clotking,-Scc- The. value
drieds already ascertained to have been smuggled
is said to - be-upwards ofp501:100. Several other per
t. ,soas, *Soong -Ahem so n, have also been at- '
tate& ea the tame ahem,. 41 warrant was out last I
tivtintag agaiant one of the mates oftbe Oxford, which
shipitas been seised on a charge of smuggling. The
peceeilty for arooggiirrg, is forfeiture of-vessel, a lass of
the goods, imprisonment of the parties, whether pin-
or a bettors, and a fine in dtluble the amount of
goads. An investigation of the case will take place
illisaltereocus. The Collector of the Port also found ,-
s quantity ofteteggkid goods on board the Ddoatesuma,
*her* after her arrival yesterday, which were stowed
away-ready to be landed. The goods were seised.—
. A thorough overhauling of the aespeated stnaggitmt
will be made in a day or two, whoa we shall lea. Lot
• strange dischstures.--.N Y Stec •
THE TEatTE.—Tbe Cincinnati E iirer in an ar -
tide on the tariff says that gulped Shirting. pay adu- i
ty 40'65 per amt. Whit will net claire that 25 per
cont would answer as well! But tis the poorer
classes that Weer - sisirswi.shiltiog• Now let us Put'
woother *Weis sleet with 65 per cent. tax: "Golden
Ounbrica"„pay '11 . 32 per cent.
.
.The cosies eSilssel 4 s. which cost. 50 shillings in
(GA-) JAN• 21.-13tailiancris a t h aw w hi c h ant 20 s hit:
.--Betwsen 12 and 1 o'clock yesterday morning, our ""' r"' r
L c. L itw i n 'were aroused by the cry of fire, which was 'bluest is 100 per ernt. Tbeconsequenee-ia,the wan
discolored AO proceed fretn•the sore of Mears Clark sAw bays the•eoarser flannel!, papilessto than doable
& Cantwell. The loss of Messrs. Clark & Carswell i th e tax of u m i c i c i, man, whe bays 405 fills vtiela it
t is ^bout $4OOO--co insurance; -
Mrthr.l(llnortl'PlMs t he
notes and ' whi P[t h pent "." — :IWhe s " Plewl / 4 , i lnan 'elhic lia :ir l / 011 isr right feld- 7 thia Most .the cart rith aiDl7strt lo :
ritoOserent*. Thou modify the will' to a proper mad.
-Foarcn~ox,
FRS. R. SKUNK:
Subject. to ;the -decision of
TU DeIIIDGRATIC IBTATE!Colgvitcriow
4t Rit Illornit 1. Past.
tHO •3 PHILLIPA, SDITOR.
PrrgBURGH. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 16.
113 - A amain potwou who tilisceedingly smart, in
his own astitemion, and the brilliMmy and pungency of
whese wit has added considerably to the literary fame
of Dr. Tom Cooper,htta put himself to the tumble °trim
ticu' it an article that appeared in our paper of Than:-
day,exposingthe mean efforts ncw being made to place
Mr Stoma in a wrong position, and the duplicity of
tint friends of Mr Mosti.stlana in using and abusing
the name of Mr Witatss, to aid them in their effurts
to deceive the people of the county.
- If we are net mistaken in oar "man—and we do not
believe that that is possible, as 'his genius sticks out
in every line of the article referred to—this laughing
philosopher knows better than any other man in the
county, the falsity of the assertion that Governor Por
ter and his subordinates, are friendly to Mr Shank.—
While this writer was basking in the sunshine of Ex
ecutive patronage—drawing tens of thousands familia
statetreasury, through the friendship of the adminii
tration, and enjoying the profits of a geed fat office, he=
stowed upon hint by the Governor, he would never have
thought of asserting that David R. Porter,.and his spe
cial friends would be to fav'.r of the nomination of
Francis It. Shenk. He line no more requiem to think
so now than he had then; he knows; if , he had , the
candor to admit it, that th a assertion i entirely false.and
that some of Mr Sues x's most unserupuloua opponents
are among the office bolder* and ex-office holders of
the administration. But he thinks it might be popu
lar to stigmatize - the men from whom he o*e received
favors and with whom he claimed to have the honor
of a confidential intercourse, and he is now circulating
the report , that Mr Shenk is the "Porter candidate."
This lit false eniierifotinded. As we Saidlrefore, Mr
Shank is not the candidate of any clique or fisctitm; he
is the peopie's candidate, and to thekonest people he
looks, and from tient he will receive, the nomination.
We reiterate our charge, that a few politicians in
this city are attempting to secure the delegates for
Mr Mubleaberg by Soliciting the people to appoint
delegates favorable ti Mr Wilkins. They have no
sincerity in their professions of friendship for Mr \VP.-
kins; they do not desire his nomination, but they hope
that by representing to the people that he might stand
a chance as a third man, they may secure the appoint
ment of delegates who could be transferred to Mr Muh
lenberg. They know that it is all folly to think of the
nomination of a "third man;" Shenk or Muhlenberg
will be the candidate, and these political tricksters have
their hearts set on giving the vote of Allegheny county
to Muhlenberg. If they are not at heart Muhlenberg
men, why are they continually abusing and misrepre
senting Mr Shenk, and praising his - most prominent
competitor?' The Wilkins cloak is too short to con
e'en I their deceitful and malignant motives; the hoofs
are perceptible to the gaze of every body.
The party should be on their guard against the
schemes ofthese men; some of them am cunning poli
ticians, and others think they am; the means by which
they divided and defeated the party on a former occa
sion is still fresh in the miinls of the people, and vigi
lance should be used to prevent them from succeeding in
a similarplot by similar means, at the present day
LEGISLITURE.--We are sUry to learn from Bar
risburgh that the Committee on Inland Navigation,
in the Hausa, has reported against increasing the
Trucks fur the transportation of seed un boats ov , •r the
Portage Rail Road. We believe that this will be pro
ductivepf great injury, not only to the poor section
boatmen, bat to the interests of the public works
The new system of transportation is no longer an ex
periment. One season's trial, under not very favors
bin circumstances, has been sulfteunt to show its
groat advantages over the old system, and to prove to
every one that if properly managed it is calculated to
be of vast benefit to the State. The prosperity of the
public improvements during the past season is owing
mainly to the adoption of this system, and the only
drawback to its complete success is the scarcity of
Trucks on the Railroad. This difficulty caused much
detention of goods last year, and consequent loss to the
State and those engaged in'the transportation,and this
year the . less will be much larger, as we understand
there area kindred and twenty-one section boats now
launched, and by the opening of canal navigation 1121-
four more that are now on the stocks will be ready for
business. These boats are cap able of doing a large
portion of the forwarding business, but it will
be ruinous to nine-tenths of the poor men who
have invested their all in them, if the Legislature
does not provide the trucks that are necessary to make
their usefulness productive.
We are informed that the Chairman of the Commit
tee is a stockhoider in ore of the old lines. If this is
true, it is easy to understand that the new system of
transportation could find but little favor with that
committee, and that any improvement calculated to
interfere with the old lines would not be countenanced
by it.
If the Committee on Inland Navigation have deter
mined on the ruin of the poor men who have invested
their all in the section boats, for the benefit of the large
capitalists that own theold lines, we hope some other
members who are not opposed to permitting all the
citizens to enjoy the advantages arising from our pub
lic improvtments, will bring the meter before the le
gislature and urge the adoption of son.e measures that
will protect the poor section boat men from the ruin
with which they are threatened by their wealthy
rivals.
If the Canal Board think that enough Truckage has
not been charged to justify the outlay for additional
trucks, let them charge morn until they are satisfied
that a sufficient income will be realized to meet the
expense incurred. If this system is suffered to go
/own, the Commi.sioriers had better abandon the pub.
lie works altegetlter, for under no other system can
they be made either profitable to the state, useful
to the citizens or creslitable to those who aro entrusted
with their management.
1 ,_ z i
far Th 4 Advocate attributes the excess' of eipurts
ovir imports to the operitions of the,Tariff,and.lmb
babes a table to ebow its , beneficial effects. Frcarthis
table it appears titatthe excess of experts over imports
during the year 1840, where/he Tariff' seas at-the
lowest, was $24,614, 427; while in 1843, when the
country was expeiiencing all the boasted benefits of a
protective tariff, the excess of exports was but $lO,-
802,371; leaving the round sum of 14 millions in favor
of the year when we had splircely any Tariff at all, and
when our products were J:7 no means so **dant as
during the past year. •
But if a Tariff encourages exportation how does it
happen that our imports exceed largely the exports is
those years when the Tariff was at Sits higleart; and
before the compromisebill Was passed. For instance
in 1331, the excess Of imports was $21,380 ' 445, and
in '32, they were 413,853,3123. This was during the
blessed days of a protective tariff--i-whichit is allegr d
will always keep the balance of tmile in oar favor, and
make us an exporting instead of an importing nation.
From 1789 to 1807, when the tariff was low our ex
ports increased at the rate of $5,000,000 a year; while
from 1616 to '33 alma the country was ander the infl
ence of a protective tariff; and when of r popula icor a d
Prod , cti hid greatly it .gmented, fatty ft 11 rAffrom 1( 8
to 82 millions. From 1824 to '2B a period of a high
tariff, they fell off frein 6 to 5,000,000; while from 18-
32 to '4O, when the tariff' was every year decreasing
under the operation of the compromise, they increased
from 5 to 12,000,000. To what are these results to be
attributed ? We have not time to-day to go nt length
into the subject, bat will analyse the Advocate's ar
tick in h day or twr, and expose its deceptive charac-.
tar. We are glad he has resorted to statistics.
NEXT GOVERNOR
CuasranCousrr.—The county convention assem
bled at Wept Chester on the 6th, to chose delegates to
the 4th of March Convention. They elected Hoe
Jesse Sharp, Samuel A Whital. and Major M'Veigh,
Representative delegates, and Joseph Hemphill, Esq.
Senatorial 'delegate subject to the confirmation of Del
aware county. The convention passed the following
resolution by a unanimous vote:
Resolved, That the Delegates elected by this co-•
Tendon to the Fourth of March State convention be,
and they are hereby instructed to present the Hon
THOMAS S BELL to the said convention as a candidate
for the office of Governor—to adhere to and vote for
him from first to last—and to use all :heir influence as
the rer.r.mentatives °rale Democracy of Chester coup-.
ty.to secure his nomination.
DELAWAVt6 COUNTY.—The Democratic county
Meeting, on Saturday last, (Hon. George G Leiper,
chairman,)elected Dr William Giay, R'eptesentative
delegate, and norninate.i 'George Palmer as Senatorial
delegate.
Resolutions were adopted in favor of Judge BELL
for Governor, and Colonel R. AI JOHIt3OY fur Presi
dent.
CaIC 07 FASSITT.—The New Haven Courier states
that the Grand Jury on Wednesday found a true Bill
against yeungFassett, for "an assault and attempt to
kill." This is the unfortunate case, it will be remem
bered, which resulted in the death of Tutnr Dwight of
Yale College. The trial will probably take place this
week.
Oat the moaning of the 23th ult. nbox was
covered *oaring in the river °Fp +site New, Orleans,
which wes found to contain :the lifeless boil' of a new
born lawn. The Pilleyune says there was no clue to
the inhuman parents.
FURTHER FOREIGN EXTRACTS
The Mantesumat has encountered dreadful weather
on the chest- She passed Cape Clear on the 17th,
crossed-the Banks on the 24th. Oat Monday, 29th
ult. in let. 4f) 47, long 66, she encountered ahurricane
of the most violent description, while scudding under
close reefial fore and main tor Intl, reefed foresail,
when without any inilicotiott, the wind shifted to the
north-west, struck the vessel aback and blew the sails
to atrims. She then laid to sander main spencer, but
the gale increased, accompanied with snow and hail,
in a short time her fore main and mizen tap gallant
mast was blown away. An awful sea running and
breaking over her decks, rendered the scene now most
terrific, and it seemed as if the elements were
combined to effect the destruction of the vessel. This
noble ship however proved herself every thing that
could be desired, and has establi•aheil her reputation
as a most faithful built sea boat. The gale-continued
for twenty six hcurs. during which time the -ship mede
no water. The weather was very thick . in the Chan
nel when the Montezuma sailed, and nothing was
seen of 'any inward hosing vessels.
Austria has taken sides with Greece in her present
position towards Russia. The Austrian Government,
profiting by the declaration of 'bosh', that she would
remain a stranger to all arrangements of the Powers
for the definitive settlement of the Grecian affairs, has
taken the resolution to cover, with the credit of the
Austrian exchequer (doubtless by means of negotiat
ing a loan) that part of the national debt of Greece
which is duo to the Russian Government, so that Aus
tria, by the exclusion of Russia, would become the
third protective power of Greece at the side ofgng
' land and France. It was a part of Prince Wallersain's
mission to London and Paris to negotiate this import
tent transaction. Louis Phillippe, as well as the Cabi
net at St. James's, fully eensented to the views ex
hibited by Austria,- through the organ of the Bavarian
Minister. This step, though surprising in itself, is so
much in accordance with the whole conduct of Aus
tria,
iu the Grecian affains; that it has in its own pro
bability, a sufficient warranty_ for ifs truth. Greece
receives, by. this resolution of the Austrian Govern
ment, a sold foundation, a complete warranty, against
the danger or being overthrown by a diplomatic con
vention of the Powers. Still more important are the
conclusions which may be drawn from it with respect
to the political position of all Europe
Mrs. Weller, who was wounded at the massacre of
Finnoe, Ireland, is said to be recovering. Two men
who are supposed to have been wounded in the affray
are missing, and probably absented themselves until
their wouns are healed.
CONSPIITACY TO MASSACRL—TIIO Mayo Constitu
tion publishes an account of a conspiracy among smne
worthless vagabonds to murder the Rev Mr Nagle, a
Protestant Missionail, and all connected with his
Missionary Colony in Achill. The plot was divulged
by one of the country people who was solicited to join
in the massacre. The Roman Catholic Priest, Rev
Mr Roche, brought forward one of the conspirators
and made him confess the plot: thus the affair became
public, and the family were preserved..
The Roman Catholics of Dublin ri•ere to have a
meeting to denounce the proceedings of the Crown
Officers in leaving off persons of that persuasion from
the jury of trying the.repealers.
The Duke - of Grafton has resigned the Lord Lieu
tenancy of his county. It is generally believed that
Earl Jermyn will succeed to the office.
VIRGINIA
The Richmond Enquirer, in speaking of political af
fairs in that quarter and of therein hopes that the dem
ocratic party will sufferitself to be divided,has the sub
joined remark:
And as the war waxes warmer, and the Clay pha
lanx presses upon the Republican party, the blood nf.the
Calhoun men will warm up, and the shades of differ
ence will gradually and totaily disappear. There will
be no 'neutrals.' If they hive a spark of patriotism
in their souls (and the have, not a spark, but most of
them a flame glowing in their bosoms,) they cannot,
will not, quietly stand by, ;and see us iu any danger of
hemp °lowdown in the battle, for our great common
principles, without rushing to their rescue. Such a
result is inevitable. We , doubt touch if in agi e rtnie
therewill be one hundead 'impracticabler ps
net one."
The same paper ruble:
(•Virginia is safe. With doe diligetne (and who
nanibubt the energies of the Republican party in 16
glorious a. cause) we shall carry ibis noble •onterrified
cormannsrealth' triunrphantly by several thousands in
November. next."
,
1 A SAD PICTURE or VIASHIJIGTOS -T he New York
Expless.gives the following picture at: Washingtou s .
end of tiai habits and ehamczneortur leliskiiirrs there.
t aisembled. . gob it be possble that then entrusted
' with the high duties of law makers for thiitnorallad
intelligent citizens of the United Stites, can live in
the abandoned end licentious inasuser Which is here
stated. The Express is bewever a journal of clam
tar and influence; and, one of its editors residing at
Waihington during die session of Congress, possesses
abundant oppurtunitisis for learning Us state of Society
in that
city:— .
"ft isof greSt public culamiti, a matter 'profound
regret and- sorrow, that the federal Capitol is in so
small, and so little of ecomntereial city as Washington!
Members of Congress there, without Weir wires, with.
out the restraints, tad the public opinion, of a home,
without occupation for idle hours, or society sufficient
ly numerous and powerful, or fixed, to over-awe them,
often lope all the requensibilities, we will not say of
gentlemen, hot of wait. - They loam about in Wash
ington like wildbeastt in the wilderness, homeless and
houseless, with a rapacious hunger fur excitement,
and a ferocious enjoyment of it when it comes They
fall into the clutches of the police; they violate the or
dinances of the city with impunity; they gamble h•ortr
snnsct to sunlight; tht howl through'the streets, reek
. ing from the midnight revels of bawdy houses, and they
do ull this with impunity, fur they govern th e District
of Columbia, and Washington, in a political sense, is
theirs. The press. which in other places, would drag
forth to light these vidlaters of all law and all the de
cencies of life, cannot do it in Washington; first be
cause only a political press can exist there, commerce
not toany extent existing; and next because the bowie
knife, or the pistol, or the fist, is the weapon of redress
with the uncivilised bullies there. Now, were .such
things done in any city like this, were such nnmitgat
ed blackguardism to appear in public, or such titled
vice in private, the newspaper press would make the
whole air ring, as the newsboys cried it—so that the
ruffian would never dere again show his head in public;
society would hoot him out, the populace would howl
after him; a just public opinion would either terrify
him into the decencies of life, or drive him nut from
all Connexion with men. The misfortune is, that in
Washington, for none of these things in a member of
Congresr held responsible. He cures ter no law.—
No Annie feeling restrains him. No press and no
public opinion come in to awe him."
LYNCHING EXTRAORDINARY
The Yazoo (Miss.) Banner of the 6th inst. con
tains the following strange paragraph. We have not
before heard of the circumstance , and for the homier of
human nature we hope the story is not true.
We understand from a friend, ust from New Orleans,
who cam z• passenger s! far as V icksburgh.on the steam
boat Queen of the lYest. that a most dreadful case of
lynching occurred on board. It seems that one the
cabin passengers had his trunk stolen, and that ene of
the three deck passengers was suspected of having com
mitted the theft; he was at once taken and a guard pla
ced over him;during the night he jumped overboard
and it is supposed that he was drowned. When day
light made its - appearsince, the other two deck passen
gers were taken into the cabin, and it was determie
ed that twelve of the passengers should award whist
punishment should be inflicted on these two men; they
determined that they Should receive thirty-nine lashes
on their bare back. They were then stripped, and the
gentleman who had lost the trunk was selected to car
ry into execution the judgement of these twelve disin
terested gentlemen. He procured a rope, anti we are
told, cut and slashed the poor fellows until they %ire
ted. They received 'this punishment because they
were merely suspected of being accomplices oft he one
who had jumped overboard.
THE GIRARD WILL CASE
The National rntelligencer says of this important
causo growing out of the late Stephen Girard's will.
and now pending in. argutitent before the Supreme
Court of the United Stater:—"The question, we on.
derstatid, respects the validity of that clause of the
will by which the sum, of two millions of dollars is giv
en to the city of Philadelphia to build and en•low a
College for thc education a "poor white male orphan
children."
The argarnent was opened for the heirs at law, a
gainst thisdevise, by Mr lanai, on Friday, who had
nut conchided his di coition at the rising of the Court
on S uturday. He is to he followed, as we learn, by
Messrs Sergeant and Blaney, for the city of Philadel
phia; and the argurnent is tube concluded by Mr Web
ster for the heirs at law.
" A professional friend informs us that the obec-
Lions to the legacy in Nir Girard'awill for building and
endowing a college are, that the bequest is void by
reason of the uncertainty in the description of those
who are to enjoy its benefits; that the' corporation of
Philadelphia has no authority to receive such a grant
and administer the trusts, nod that the plan of educa
tion proposed is repog,nant to the laws of Penn4ylvn
nia, on account of its antichristian tendency and its al
legedinconsistency with religious liberty and the spir
it of toleration."
GREECE.
Extract of a letter from the Rev. Jost. Hewes to a
friend in this city, dated at
Mit KISS, November 27th, 1843.
I need not say I ate greatly interested in Athens.—
We came here just at the right time. The National
Assembly met the day before our arrival. I went yes
terday to see them. They appear on the whole to be
a very respectable body of men. I was struck with
the maturity of age and marks of intelligence appa
rent in the members. I saw very few among the whole
number (230) who were not over thirty-fire. and by for
the largest part appeared to be from folly to sixty yt are
of age. The President, Notaras of Corinth, is said
to be more than one hundred. He took the chair at
the opening of the Assembly, because the oldest mem
ber, and it is probable out of respect to his age and
character, he will be elected President, though one of
the four Vice-Presidents to be chosen, will perform
the duties in his place. Many of the heroes of the for
me! Revolution were present as members. Among
them old Mauromichalis who figured largely in the war
with the Turks, and Canaria who conducted the fire
ship that destroyed the Turkish Admiral. The Revo-
Llution thus far has been conducted with marvellous
good order. Scarcely an act of excess or violence has
occurred, butt fears are entertained how it may ter:
Initiate. • • " 4
izitussin has recalled her minister, Prussia has done
the same; and how much these two powers can effezt
• • • to disturi the present peace of the country
and bring on anarchy and despotism, time must dc
cide —Hartford Courant.
BRUTAL OUTRAGE
An outrage of the most aggravated and brutal char
acter was perpetrated at Piffarclinia, Livingston county
New York, on Friday last. A person named Alonzo
Bates, who res;des near Peoria, Wyoming county.
stopped at tavern in Piffardinia with the intention of
staying allitight. During the evening he heard that
apspectahlo widow with three children—the eldest
a daughteriseventeen years of age—lived near. He
announced his intention, ins boasting manner, of pass
ing the night at her house. Some time during the ev
ening he proceeded to the hatese. He found her moth
er absent and the fitmily- in charge of t h e daughter;
and locking the door) he compelled the defenceless girl,
Older the threat 00death, to pass the night with him.
Towards morning . he left the house; but was soon over
token and brought before the nearest magistrate, by
whom he was held Oben in the sum Of s3o°.
In tho Memoirs of Gerald Griffin, the author oftqba t
admirable novel "The, Collegibee," the following pas
sageers occurs relative to, the Londie; 'p' • tens, who have
the powers of champoilion in d hieroglyph
ics: • t.
Deciphering Pqwer.pf London Prinfors.--You
tax me with •ny Merit& writing; but I fear Isotopia
amend it; for I must not stay to shape lotto* and
I have, I believe,: got a bad habit from theTacility
ivithwhich the printers -here make it out. I verily-be
lieve, if I shut my eyes, or dung my pen at the puplh
so as to mak° any kind of rallkk, the London printers
would know what I intended to Gar. Thardways seed
me back my rnanusCripts, with- printed proof" kr cow,
rection; and I actually have repeatedly beefs unable t o
make out what I had written, until I had referred to
the same articles itipkint,
-4.-Y-:-.
Mag. Lrros But.wza, mother tithe Novelist, ditit.' Di htio9.
later nt i ng .. mmin k n , i n uppa , s e i mour strew, „ partnership, under tho fi rm of Sheba' 4
oz. she was o ak,
of th e late Bithwer, r of , He i .l whet!. is this daL at diimpived. D. B. Souza
thine the Steam Agency and Coattail's*
dos Flap , Norfolk Ina
~_l"4 whom !* R *. 1 1 110 4 . and is alone authorised to collect sad seal
rho has left tans "t of said firm.
1 "
Sir Edward L Bulwer, hart, late M P, fir Lincoln, Mr
Henry BalWer, the newly appointed minister to the
court'of Maitirid, and Wm L•Bulwer, Esq. of Hoyden'•,4o ll , dry i s a ss iir •• 4
Half, Norfolk:
iA NOTH ER arrival of now land elieep Literal*
-EX just received at Cook's Literary DepOkilifir*
street.
Lqiterings of Arthur GeLeary, byßbietikriftwet
author of Charles O'Malley, Tom Berisiti
ton, Sm.
Shinning /I, a tale of a tape cutter. ()TAN median
is turgid merchant, by one who knows-
Mysteres de Paris, par Euipsne Sue, anteur delta
th ilde.
Wanderings of e Jaurnegman Tailor t cirengg .
Europe and the East, by P D Holthaus, treadle*
from the third German edition, b.) Wm Hewitt.
New Sketches of every 4 y Life, a Diar y aegtqls .
et with Strife and Peace, brederika Bremer, tome
fated by Mary Hewitt.
Travels in the Californias and Scenes in the Pa:
cific Ocean, by Thomas J Farnham. •
Lady's Science of Etiquette, by an Englh#Led)
of . Rank,
Rank to which is added the Ladies' Hand Book of
the Toilet, a Manual of Elegance and Faildan,eoss
taming a portrait of the Countess de Calabrolle.."
Jasper Crowe, by JohnD Mancour, autbor•fliatel
Queue, dm. •
Memoirs of Silvio Pellico, or My Prisons,traidg
Teed from the Indian.
The Medical E.lamister and Record of Medkid
Science, edited by Rob% M. Houston, M D, sesi
rnonth'.y. -
Little Frenchman and his Water Lots, and othea
tales of the times, by George P Morris.
Junius Tracts, from No I to 8, containing thatia,
currency, tariff, Democracy, et?
Mit Aintonne sad U S Register, Greedy &
Elrath, New York.
THE SPRING TRADE.
We had 110=1. pretty sharp weather last week, but
the evidence of an animated trade in the Spring. are
nevertheless cheerios. Philadelphia is liberally sup
plied with good*. hothrereign and domestic. Several
fine cargoes of the former, have arrived within a week
or so, while assteevidence'of the Condition of affairs
with regard to the latter, we, may point to the fact
that 300 pieces of carpeting, all ma'nufactered in this
.city or •its •ininiedihteweighborimod, were .std in a
single morning (Tuesday last,) and at good prices, by
Messrs. Claghorn, Robinson 4. Hill. Auctioneers
of "thiscity. , With regard to New York, one of the
papers of that city says:
Within the past three weeks, we have registered
the arrival at this port, of more than half a dosen of
our largest packet ships from London, Liverpool and
Havre, all of which brought full cargoes of rnerchun
dize.,--Tbe entry of there' aluable- eargoelet the cur
tom House has increased the revenue of customs very
largely, and made good the demand for pails for the
spring trade. The season's business has yet hardly
commenced; the itnportersand jobbers ereiniking ap
their assortments,snd making arratgentents for a very
extensive trade; rents are advancing in the business
parts of the city very rapidly; stores that -rented for
$BOO last May, have been leased 'for atiother year at
$l6OO. In another instance o lane $lOOO are now
paid, an addition of $5OO has been submitted to for
another year. This is the usual course owners - of real
estate, in the lower part of tbe city, adopt un the re
vival of trade and an improvement in the times.
Tho commerce of this city has been unusually largo
this month. The amount of duties received at the
Custom House, from the let to the 17th lest reach
$970,000 —which is much larger than has been receiv.
ed during the same period for years. The total re
ceipts at the Cuatnm House in this city for the months
mf January, February, and March of 1843, were on
ly $1,876,875. The heavy receipts of revenue front
the customs, from the early part of this month, shows
that the imports have came in usually early. The pack
ets leaving the other side from the let of January to
the middle of February, usually bring the bulk of the
spring's importation, but orders went out early last sea
son, in consequence of the high prices and scarcity of
goods in this market, and the result is, premature re
turns. The steam packetjust arrived at Ltoston,cante
loaded with freight."
Our country friends therefore may be assured that
goods are already here,_ and, with our neighbors in
abundance. The specimens are rich and various,
and the competition among the new and old houses,
will make the prices sufficiently low. Indeed the
signs of the times generally, all favorable to active
trade and business, and it is the duty of men of energy
and enterpri.e, to make the most of this condition of
nik. Reporter.
r i 0 the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Gen
'l eral Quarter Sessions of the Peace, iu end and
for the county of Allegheny:
The petition of Henry Cassiday, cf the let ward
of the city of Pittsburgh, respectfully theweth—
That your petitioner bath provided himself with
materials for the accommodation of. travellers and
others, at his dwelling house inthe city aforesaid, and
prays -that vour honors will be pleased to grant him a
license to keep &public house of entertainment. And
your petitioner, as in duty bound, will pray.
HENRY CASSIDAY.
We, the subscriber's, citizens of Pittsburgh. decerti
fy that the above petitioner is of good repute for ho
nesty and temperance, and is well provided with house
room and eonveniences for the accommodation of tra
veler* and others. .
•
James Crawford, Wm Met edith,
%Vol., Ankrim. Jaines Gray, 4th street,
John Thompson, S Keller.
Henry Elrle, James B Sawyer,
If McGinn. John Clad Wl'l i,
IVebh Clo , ey, Andrew Hellen.
fl 0.31 d aw
To the Public.
TIIE. false and b.famous imputations intended to
he cast upon me, by a card that appeared in the
Morning Post of the 3th inst., requires a statement
from me to explain the motives of the persons engaged
in this persecution.
Thu charge that I will not pnv the prices for work
13 false, and known to he so by those who make it. It
is evident to every body in and out of the trade, that
the value of labor depends, to a great extent, on the
monner in which it is performed, end the quality of the
material worked upon. Good workmen on good cloth
de 'eruct and receive corresponding wages; but where
inferior workmen are employed on cheap cloths, that
afford little or no 'profit, it is unreasonable and absurd
to expect ern;doyers to pay exorbitant prices for mak
ing cheap articles on which they realize a very trifling
profit. The poor men employed On this kind of work,
are the special objects of these persons, wh 1,, aided by
would-be rive' establishments, are attempting to injure
the business of the "T'hree Big Doors." If they
could get work at whet shops for the men they are now
trying to coax or coerce not of my employ, their con
duct might not appeur so censurable; but this they can
not or will net do. They emu not if their victims should
starve—all they care for is to embarrass me in getting
my goods manufactured, after that they are regardless ,
of the wrong they inflict on the pour people they force
into their measures..
As to the wages,' I can fearlessly assert that the pin
ces paid by me are better and more advantageous to
the operatives than those of any other dallier establish
ment in the city. Instead. of forcing those rho work .
fot me to receive orders on which they must suffer ru
inous shaves, I pay for ell labor in cash, end the ad
vantages of such payments are too well known to'
workmen to require explanation. Those who work
for me have no complaints to make; they know that 1 .
give them employment on better' terms than they can
get at any other shop, and they would willingly con-,
tinue, but for the efforts of squads of idle persons who,'
follow them on the streets and make them return the
work from which they expected to realize the means of
support for themselves and families.
If the persons who are engaged in this disreputable
conspiracy think that they can injure me in ,my busi
ness by the coarse they are pursuing they are very much
mistaken. Large as my stock of goodais, I can have
it all manufactured by good workmen who are too in
dependent to become the tools of envious dealers in
"old daises," who are unable to compete with the
'Three Big Doors;' and to preserve theirindependence
they think it is better for them to work for those who
can give them good wages and prornpt'pay. in cash,
than to juin the idle few who t are trying to fume poor
men out of employment with the hope that by so doing
they cnn injure an establishment that hes given more
work to journeymen, and at, better prices, than
all the ship shops that are now trying to annoy it.
In closing this card, ft may be eloper to inform my
friends and the public at large, that every article in the
clothing line is nn hand and can be made to order at the
shortest notice and in tho most fashionable style at .
the "Three Big Doors." The greet variety sind,ex
cellence of my stock of cloths will enable me to plestefl
all tastes The:public are respectfully invited tci
and examine for themselves.
A - JOHN M i eLOSKEY, •
Three ltig Doqrs, Libeity soon.
TO THE JOURNIZYMEN, TALLOW Et
•
trNrrrso STATES. .
AVING obsereed,,lasellps of the 14.4*
11-this city, an'advertiseinint, signetft
C toga it for 200 Jousneprien 75iiors, to kbl.at hie
store in this city, where they wou ld g et mem* em
ployment. and receive cash in payment: • •
The Societyljnivet thought it Isrotier• (having-die'
welfamof the trade at heart) to m 0445468 bum
rnent4pY stating duple) the publicjournals 04 itir
Journeymen of this city, are at•prasept oft e strike
agaiwolt en attempt Wit% made*, t and 'Ober indi
viduals to redncetheir wages; end ill Journeymen are
hereby cautionetrtti. comae& ts this city with the
expectation of geginginspkruienkfrom this tov tttoe
wastgon; wlao has thus throwioetsuch an 'inducement
for them to come to this plum. is he has eareeseirhis
determination PIOT 10 PAY the Bill •
FOll-6t • Ry order ofthaSociet
D. B. SHEBLE,
Pitteb 'gb Feb 1. 1844. Water et. near Wood.
TN the Districtrears!, R White
I. Court of vs Vend. Esp.-
Allegheny County Benj. Darlington.
And now to wit, Jan. 1, 1844; On motion of Mr 3/'-
Candies, the Court appoint Francis R. Shunk, Audi
tor, to distribute the proceeds of sale in this care.
From the Record.
GEO. R. RIDDLE, PretV,T.
Notice is hereby given to all persons interested that
the above Auditor will attend to the duties of his ap•
pointtoent, at his office in 4th street, PittobarFh, on
Wednesday the 28th of b'gbruary, instant, at 3 o clock
P. M. FRANCIS R. SHENK,
f3-3w Auditor.-
ALLIGISIC N COUNTY . S. S
3 ~...." In the matter dilhe admiiistration. ageism
L. S. of George W. Jackson and J. Menden.
....,... administrators of the estate of Chagas H.
Jones. dec'd. ' , i
And now, to wit, Feb 5, 1844, On motion-8(C. Q
LOOMI3 the Court appoint F. R., Shank, Esq., auditor
to distribute the money in the handset' the administra
tors above named. By the Court,
THOMAS FA RLEY, Clank.
Notice is hereby given that the Auditor appointed
iu the above canoe atteud to the duties of the -ap
oointment at his office in Fourth street, Pittslittigkitta
Monday the 4th March, 1844, at 3 o'clock, P. M.
FRS. R SHUN}(. ;:;
N. 0. Sugir. ,
2a HIMS New Orleans Sugar, jun received, and
tJ for sale - by lIAILMAN, JENNINGS &at.
ftt 43 -Wood
Bice
10 TIERCES, fresh, just received smiler sale by
lIAILMAN, JENNINGS & -
ES _ 43 Wood. st.
RARE CHANCE-SCHOOL FURNITURE FOR
SALE.
fl SCHOOL DESKS. with moveable lids, seats,
IJ inkstands and screwsand iron plates to affix
them to the flour.
2 fine large benches;
1 platform, for teacher's dest;
1 table with fur rood drawers;
All in good preservation, an.' but. little used, toteth
er with clothes racks, &c, suitable for a large
These will be sold cheap, if application be uppie im
mediately, at the General Agency Office, next door th
the Post Office. EOOLP & FOSTE/1.
tan 25
FOR SALE, THE LATE MR. R.OUAUD'S STOCK
OLD WELISIDBY, Ake.
fp HE subscriber,.agreenbly to the Will of Mr Rea
l. and, and by cider of the Executor*, will sell off,
between this and the first of April next, at private sale,
the entire stock of Liquors and Wines belonging tathe
deceased, at the old stand, next door to the corner of 3d
and Market street, Pittsburgh: consisting of 10,006'
gallons of OLD WHISKEY, well known all over the
United:States; 700 bottles do; Holland Gin in bottles:
120 gallons French Brandy; Port, • Rota, Muscat,
Cliampaigne, and virrions other Wines, but principally
Clarets; together with sundry articles which he kept
fur sale, (except the Dry Goods, which will be sold at
Auction on the 7th prox. at the store room, two doors
above.) None of the Whiskey is less than nine years
r old, and much of kis from twentyto thirty years old.—
To give an opportunity to correspondents in Philadel
phia. St Louis, and other places at a distance (who
are waiting for a public sale) to get some of this eel
&rated whiskey—a chance that may never again occur
—the sale of two hundred barrels of it will be reserved
until the 29th of February'vext.
The price fur the oldest Whiskey, is s2.per gallon;
for the other tlj pergallen. Terms, cash par.money.
MICHAEL McCLOSKEY.
jun 30
PRICE'S COUGH CANDY ONLY 6 1-4 CTS.
A Cheap and pleasant . remedy for keenness. and
aalig§t weigh. The rapid and increasing
.ae
mans for this oitucty is the best evidence of its true
value, and numerous indklfinais who lamellae& it,
speak highly in its favor, these tZtos have induce(' ate
subscriber to call the attention of the pub.!!e-to this ar.
dole. The city wade supplied by the dozen or gross
at the manufretver's price, at the Wholesale and;Re
tail Druz store of JON KIDD,
feb 9 Berner of 4th end Wsmsd
DR. McLANE'S AMERICAN IiVORMSPECIP/C-
Motrotrosstens Co., Va., JILD'Y 10,1844.
Dear Sir: 1 cao assure you drat I have beanie tha
habit of using ydhr American Worm Specific' ia
family, for a number of Lears, sod have always found
it to expel enormous num'bers of worms. Such lilting
the fact I csnfidontly recommend it.
To Dr Charles McLitae.
For sale atthe Drug Store of JON. KIDD,
earner 4th and Wood rei74.
•
H ARTSTOWIIf, 1 Crawford Co. Aprl2B,
Mr JON ATHA/ IClDD,Sir—This is to eettify that 1 1
bought 2 dot. M'Lane's Vermifuge of yew AlltnitAni
used in my practine s and out of the 2 dos. I did sot
hear of one Instant* where there was anyliiled?ln
hartig the deslind effect, and in every case *spelling
frotOts teNorm..
N. B. Ttn sten:tend freely make , that the pro
le utay try know the effects of this powerful med
icfne• A P Coastt.t., M. P,. .
.
Fqo 010 at the Drug Store of JON. ICIDD,
at - No. 60, Corner iti, and Wood streets.
feb 9, 1841. • rittsborgi,
.
lIIA AC CRUSE,
. • Lai* of Pittiburgh, Pa.,
torkUSSION & FORWARDING MERCHANT,
- loUTittoas,
•
Retrinaitas
Bdilo -..."Bobertson & Ropperq:
royd; Porter 11, Cassidy,
`"' Co; Robert Galway;
•
• • Al; Leech &Ca
.. . 49."* • & Co; Rob't Dolma & Co; •
• ' Hunter & Rana*: „„'
„Isir.,'U utcbeen: Hem, Canker. '
I.l:TrartiCida attention will baxiseti to the paler of
Trestacti PiOduca, consignments of which arc serpent,
foUVicited.
GC , d. Tea d'
siith despon
mud. ,jan 31.6n1
NTIIII. litss.