slued having ever violated any actuated by any motive eaves. try He, however, acknowl edged himself a - repealer, and avows that, with the 'nest upright intentions his acts, since he first began Ulna course of conduct which had brought hint before ... their lordships, his end and object had been the re peal of the 'Union. "I tell you, (he exclaimed) I can. cot bear-it•-•-it was forced upon the Irish people by - the mostfoul and unjustifiable means that ever a gov ernment had recourse to, and I have the highest au etharitrfor saying so." lie then went on, as he said,, Mot to take back any of the sentiments be had advoca ted', but to repeat the substance of every thing he had prervi . comely said. Mr. O'Connell ridiculed t'e idea of his course in 'behalf of the repeal being charged upon him as a con spiracy, and displayed with much power and biting ' irony the mockery of calling that a conspiracy which 'had been transacted at noon-day, and published upon the winds. If there be a conspiracy, where is it? Where the time, the place, the circumstance'', the ac ton? No specifications were made, and it was not at all certain that he was even supposed to have been rent tit it ! But if so, be certainly should have n informed of the time at which the conspiracy took place, that he might have the benefit of no alibi - if he g, could make it out ! Instead of the unravelling of dark • end horrible machinations and treasonable conferer .ces, the attorney general has occupied eleven mortal hours in reading and commenting upon extracts from newspapers which you had all rend long ago, and knew all about, and has then thrown these dreadful newspapers into the jury-box in a heap, and told the jury, "there they are—help yourself m the conspiracy!" He hKd told thorn nothinz. proved nothing, hinted at .1. Mottling riewllo new developements—nothing which all the world did not already. know. Was this the way to estnblish a conspiracy? To prove Its charge of conspiracy the prosecution relied first upon the public meetings in favor of repeal, and next upon the newspapers, The idea of a conspiracy, from each facts, was absurd. Would slavery have been abolish ed if its advocates had entered into a conspiracy ? „ • And yet they held their public meetings. and made bitter and unrelenting enemies end had their news ' pipers, and their calumniators, and had dune and suf fered exactly the same as the friends of repeal—end their leading men, with equal propriety, onght to have been prosecuted for conspiracy; they should have in ' dieted Wilberforce, who has written his name upon the most prominent pages of history as the strenous advocate of fre e dom—and who wiil never be forgot "tun while n feeling of humanity exists—he would have —*ten indicted Ca' conspiracy The venerable Clark son, too, should not have escaped. Convict us, and he is not free in his old age. By the names of Wilber force and Clarkson I conjure you to dismiss from • your box every attempt to shut out free discussion. • Large meetings, and which were reported, too, in the newspapers, were held in favor ofcatbolic emancipa tion, and great agitation and excitement were pro. duced. Was this a conspiracy? The anti-corn law • league and the anti-slavery society—they, too, held public meetings and received money—why were they not indicted for conspiracy? Mr O'Connell then went on to examine in detail the - two classes of charges which had been made against the prisoners—monster meetings and newspaper pub• iicstions. We have not room to follow him through his eloquent, scorching end powerful nddress. After a searching examination of the various points in the accutntion, the speaker went on in an elaborate and statistical argument to show the claims of Ireland to nn independent parliament. and how much it had in r forester times benefitted the condition of her people.— [. The speech is altogether one of the ablest, argumen- F - tative and powerful efforts we have ever read, end goes 7.. ever the wholeiround of the great question of Irish repeal. After Mr O'Co - mell had concluded, the court ad journed to the next day.—Boston Post. ALMOST A DUEL. + 7 Complaint was entered against Dr M Green and a young gentleman named Cowan, charging them with • _offering a challenge to a young gentleman named Wheeler, to fight a duel. &c. The facts appear to be as follows:—Mr Wheeler and Mr Cowan were at a party about a fortnight ar'. at the house of Mr Scher " merhorn, 14th street . .!‘lr. W. is a student at law in the office of Mr David Evans, and Mr Cowan a medi cal student belonging to North Carolina, who has been engaged in New Yolk for about a year past in attend. ing the various lectures, hospitals. &c. At the patty was a young lady, with whom Mr. Wheeler had for some time been acquainted, and to whom, it is said, • be was attached, but it appears the affection was nut reciprocated. He solicited her hand in u dance. She stated that she bad already engaged to dance. but per- . haps would dance with him next time, and legged him to excuse her. He replied that he would excuse her, and for ever (laying great stress on the two last ' words.) Dr. Cowan soon afterwards led the young lady out to dance, upon seeing which. Mr. Wheeler immediately got a partner and joined in the same co - zillion. When it came to his turn to give the young lady his hand it is said he turned the mold shoulder, mad the insult was so pointed as to render it necessa ry for Cowan, according to the rules, at least, of Southern etiquette, to take up the gauntlet, not only on account of his partner, but for himself. An apology was subsequently tendered by Mr , Wheeler which the lady declared herself satisfied , with, but Dr. Cowan thought that an apology was due to him also for the insult which had been offered his partner, and his friend, Dr Green, (also a North Caro- ; linian) was deputed by Dr C. to call in Mr Wheeler, and settle the "terms of the apology." A negotiation followed, but nothing offered that was deemed by Dr C. to be satisfactory. Dr Green formally waited on Mr Wheeler, and stated that he was forbidden by a law of the Statett offer a challenge. but if all the par ties would repair to Pennsylvania, they might settleon the tams of nn apology, &.c. Mr Wheeler's father, 1 'who resides is one of the. adjoining counties, came to the city, and the, complaint was finally presented to the Mayor, who held the parties to hail to keep the peace. but whether the communication of Dr Green can be construed into a challenge to Mr. Wheeler or not, we believe has not yet been determined. The Mayor was occupied a considerable portion of the day yesterday in 1 • fearing the facts. —N Y PRIVATIL MAIL CAS ll.—The case of the United States vs. John G Gilmour, connected with the A merican Mail Letter Company, charged with cat ryi g letters on the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Bala. MOM Railroad, out of the U. S. Mail at a I egular rate of charge, was decided at tinst the defendant on Mon day in the U S District Court, Baltimore. The pen alty is $5O. There are other similar cases pending in that city, as well as in Philadelphia and Now York. LYNCH LAW - . The negro who murdered Mr Yeider and family, at Herculaneum, on Sunday night last has been taken by *mob fretn jail and hung. It appears that he called at the shoemaker's shop of Mr Y., about four o'clnck on Sunday evening, tinder pretence of getting a pnir of shoes, and while Mr Y. was stooping, struck him with an axe. From the shop he went to the hot.se and asked Mrs Y for powder. She immediately ran to wards the shop. with an infant child is her arms, but * he overtook and murdered her, at the Bernadine woun ding ber dangerously. After his arrest, a large number of person: wentto Hillsboro, wherehe was confined, tank him from jail to the spot where the murder was perpetrated, and there hung him. The exasperated state of feeling, prreluced by the horrid Outrage, caused the people in that neighborhood to overstep the limits of the law, and exeunt', its derma without waiting for • his trial. It is said that ho made a full confession of his gent,. and acknowledged that he had been previous ly boocepin.ain similar outrag.es.--St.Louisßeporter, THE GERMANS . pi r The . palatine is increasing with wonder fel is United States. It is estimated that there lam " raillioos in this country. and that not leat their ft) newspapers are published in the Ger- Psi, barsallc t The Raiding Railroad caesium ha, now 39 loco twins angina., WOO east can of thiee and a half tom hunien, 11tt rammed 17 patentor's. ears. ELL'S SPEECH. York copies of bir:O'Cla. of himself against. the chatgt ecei•ed The foils:min ii sai with DU immenne throng o HONOR TO TINE BRAYS AND FAITRIPML.—The death of Marshal Bertrand has excited very lively re grets in this country, through which he had recently prssed, making friends every where. No true friend of Napoleon now exists; and we perceive Whoa been proposed in the chamber of Deputies to place his re mains under the dotge of Invalids near to the Emper or's. Atmost Incartatete..—We learn by a gentleman who has just arrived in this city from Cincinnati, that one firm to the grocery business there, has shipped al. reed) this season for the N 0 market, forty : fine hun dred barrels of eggs—each of which contained nines y dozen; and when in New Orleans will sell for $8 per bbl. OPENIIOO Or TEX CILZA i.—The Hanisburgh Union states that the canal commissioners are sanguine in the expectation that the whole line from Philsolelphia to Pittehurghowill be reedy for transportation isrthe 18th inst st farthest eo Way ..ffionting post. THOXIS PHILLIPS, ILDITOR PITTSBURGH, MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1344 FOR GOVERNOR, H. A. MUHLENBERG. TUN. EtEction.—The returns come in slowly, the roads being very bad and the heavy rain for the past two days have doubtless kept them back. Mr. Dia- Kann, the whig candidate is elected by about 500 ma jority. We deem it useless to publish any of the par tial returns we have received, and as the return judges meet to-day we will be able to give the official result to-morrow. Our friends abroad, will observe one thing --dui the opposition polled their full vote, while we will fall at least a flwusaser short of our usual poll.— Thsir candidate is elected by about 500. and every body can judge what sort of a Clay victory our elec tion would have been, if the democrats hod turned our in their strength. ORPH•NS * CONCERT.-A Concert will be given this evening in theschool house of St Paul's Church,for the benefit of the Orphans' under the care of the Sit ters of Charity. We are sure that it needs but the bare announcement to secure a crowded house. It is but seldom that an appeal to the benevolence and hu monky of the citizens of Pittsburgh is suffered to go unanswered; and we are , t:rtttin th at none more wor thy can be found upon whom to bestow their charity than the poor children who have been deprived of their natural protectors, (and are now dependant upon oth ers for their education and their comfort. ST ,PATRICKS SUPPER AT THE EMMET HOTEL.- The proprietor of this excellent establishment has made extensive arrangements to entertain his friends, and all who may wish to celebrate the anniversary of It-e -land's Tutelar Saint. None know better how to get up such festivals than our friend Swims v, and we are assured that all his skill and liberality will be employ ed on this occasion, for the accommodation and com fort of his guests. AT THE WASHINGTON I.IOTEL, Mr Armstrong has also made preparations for the accommodation cf a large company. Hu has procured, in addition to all the delicacies of our own market. a lot of magnificent fish, from Baltimore, which will bo ,erred up with his usual taste on the occasion. The entertainments at both these houses will be as good as the city can afford, and we have no doubt but the Emmet and Washington will be crowded with largo companies O ' CONNELL'S SPKICH.—We give an extract from O'Connell's masterly speech in this morning's paper, and will commence the publication of it at length in our paper of Wednesday. It will be a rare treat to the friends of Ireland, and must serve toenhance the repu tation of the author and advance the noble cause in which he is engaged. THE PITTSBURGH CATHOLIC—is the name of a new paper just started in this city. It is devoted to the de fence of Catholic principles, and the first number gives bright promise of the future. It is elegantly printed and ably edited, and will doubtless receive a substan tial support fmm the Catholics of the Diocese. A QUESTION FOR M•ttaLa sett.—The 1 - 10/1k10:115- burgh Beacon Light, very aptly asks bow it happens that the whig and anti•masonic party have been so blind to the uanscendant merits, and public services —the patriotism and bravery of Gen. Joseph Markle. of Westmoreland, as tt4pass hint by unheeded until old age has well nigh rendered him unfit for service, and ready only for an honorable discharge, leaving him to linger in such unmerited obscurity, while they tasked their powers for the elevation of Joseph Ritler or Hon est John Banks. MART Ronociis AOAIN.—A correspondent of the New Haven (Conn.) Courier, writing from Derby, Connecticut, the town where the mother of Mary Rodgers, the "cigar girl." who was supposed to have been seduced and brutally murdered at Hoboken, op posite New York, a year or twe since, resides, states that it is generally believed there that Mary Rodgers is still living, and is residing in the house with her mother. A female has been occasionally seen about the house that resembled her, of whom the mother would give no acc.qpnt or allow any one to see This is supposed to be an idle rumor, though it will be re membered that there was some mystery in the conduct of the mother at tho time of her recognizing the body. ANOTHER. DEATIN.-Mr Robert C. Maynard, anoth er of the sufferers by the Richmond Club House acci dent, died in that city, on Monday last, from the effects of the wounds he then received. The Compiler states that he borehis prolonged and severe suffering with manly fortitude. Many warm friends weep for his untimely death, and sincere and wide is the syrn.mthy with his family in their affliction. SIttZURf of ♦ VassEL.—The Franklin, (La.) Ban ner states that on the 21st inst. Mr. R. N. McMillan, a temporary inspector of that port seized in Vermillion Bay the schooner Henrietta, of Franklin, for a viola tion of the Revenue Laws. When the officer board ed the vessel, he found three sets of papers—one Unit ed States license, and both a Texan license and regis ter. She now lies at this port as a forfeture to the U. States, to wait the decision of the United States Court, which sits at Opelousas next month. A MYSTERY.—The Harrisburgh Union states that in removing a very ancient stable from a lot on Straw berry alley, in that borough, a day or two since, the workmen dug up the skeletons of two grown persons. embedded about half a foot beneath the surface of the earth. Along with the bones were also found a rusted ax.e and spade. It is said, also, that one of the skull bones bore marks of violence, all of which has served to increase the mystery. The remains of these persons were evidently consigned to this hidden place many years ergo, but who they were. or by whom interred, will perhaps remain forever unrevealed. MEMOI On the following day the force again landed a few miles further down, burned five more towns, destroy. ed a considerable number of canoes. &e. In one of these towns the Register of the Mary Carver was found, also a private letter belonging to the captain of that vessel, and other papers which had clearly be longed to it The boats again returned to the ships, and a few miles further down a treaty of peace was concluded with another tribe of Africans. The Saratoga arrived at Madeira on the 20th from Monrovia, and just before she left the latter place, the Rev. Mr. Sawyer, one of the Missionaries stationed about 50 miles below Monrovia, died. - The Barque Roderick Dhe arrived at .Monrovia from Providence about the 6th of Dec. Mr. M. Appleby, African Missionary, arrived at this port Tuesday in the brig Antartic, having left Sierra Leone 12th Dec. . The brig Frances Lord, hence, bad arrived. The missionaries, Mr. Livingston. passengers on board, were in good health. The place had been unusually healthy for the last year. The Spanish brig Voladore, (slaver,) K ith 150 slaves, had made her escape from the Coast. she had been chased several times by H. M. brig Bonet*, and one of the American cruisers. Freon Matanzas.—The Savannah Republican con tains adviceA from Mantanzas to the 26th ult. Anoth er inoirrectionary movement bad been discovered, which wes to have taken place on the 28th. The re bellion embraced people of all colors, and so many ar rests had taken place that the various prisons Were crowded, and an additional house had been taken near the river as a ternpom7 jail. The arrests were still going on at the date of the letter. The city was in a state of great excitement and business almost entirely suspended. MigkiVMU A Diurrnearms Fltti occurred at Newark (N J) on the 13th last. It broke out at half past friar in Stewart'slf El Hotel, which was consumed, together . with Rernsay ► s confectionary, Smith's newspaper and express office, Davy's Harness sh.ip, Adams and Br o ther's tailor shop. Hayes & Cbetwood's law offices, offices of the Morning Post and the New Jersey Eagle and Meeker's umbrella factory. Two or three 'Rev sons were injured, but it is hoped net fatally. The stock was generally saved. The hotel building was insured, but not the furniture. Capt Stewart's loss will be about s.ioo. Great praise is awarded to die fire department, for their effiziency and promptitude in ar resting the flames. The aggregate value of the reel property destroyed, is estimated at $30,000 of which $18,400 is covered by insurance. SALI OF TOL PUBLIC WORIES.--Tho Harrisburgh Union of tha 13th states that "the bill fur the sale of the Main Line of our improvements, from Philadel phia to Pittsburgh, passed committee of the whole in the Senate yesterday. It provides (or the sale of the works at auction, and fixes the price at $20,003,000, and otherwise dues not differ materially from tha bill of last session. The bill fur the sale of the Delaware Division fixes the price for that work at $2,500,000." Letters received iu R. to from Cuba, dated the 23d ult-,'etate, chat the reports of insurrections among the slaves, are all rn urnshirro. Every thing iu Cuba was as quiet and secure as it had been fur years. AN EDITOR IR JA IL I —The editor of the Frederick ton (N B) Loyalist has boon arrested and thrown into jail by order of the Provincial House of Assembly for commenting with some severity upon the action of that body. The editor writes from his prison house, and says he defies and despises the body of men that have at their mere will and plea.suro, without any of the forms of law, incarcerated him. He evidently feels that he has the bast of the bargain, and is as happy as a lord ! SILTRET MURDZR DISCLWERED.—The Street Inspec tor of the 7th ward, N.Y..proceeded. the Herald suttee, on Monday morning, to tear down an old house at the corner of Water and Walnut streets, that had long been unoccupied, and, upon removing some dist in the cellar, they discovered the remains of the body of a woman, who, from appearances, must have been dead nearly two years. Tin decayed state of the body pre vented any trace of the moans of her dwath, which no doubt was committed by violence, or it would not have been left in such a situation. The Coroner was to hold an investigation next d ty, •when further &we'. opements were expeoted to be made. - THE Bums IN THE Peettc SCHOOLS.—The reading of the Bible in the Public Schools has caused a great deal of excitement in Philadelphia lately. The con trollers of the schools refused to admit it as a school book, which caused quite a number of meetings to be held and a great deal of indignation manifested. The Catholics and the Pope came in for their full share of denunciation, and so Many false statements were made and so great an effort to lead the public mind astray on the subject, that the Bishop has published a state ment setting forth the views of the Catholics on this matter, from which we make the following extracts:— Catholics have not asked that the Bible be excluded from the Public Schools. They have desired for their children the liberty of! using the Catholic version, in case the readina of the ! Bible be presc,ibed by the conttollerS or directors of ! the schools. They only desire to enjoy the benefits of tlin Congli- union of the state of Pennsylvania, which guarantees the rights of conscience, and precludes any preference of sectarian modes of worship. They ask that the School Laws he faithfully executed, and that "t be re ligious predilections of the parents be respected."— They ask that the regulations of the controllers of the public schools, adopted in December, 1831, he follow ed up, and that the resolutions of the same body, adop ted in January. 1843, he adhered te. They desire that the Public Schools be preserved from all sectarian in fluence, and dhat education be conducted in a way that may enable all citizens equally to share in its benefits, without any violence being offered to their religious convictions. DISASTER. A late St John New Brunswieker states that the brig Peruvian, Captain Grant, from Liverpool to that port, on the 21st of February, near Sable Island, fell in with the longboat of the barque Jupiter, of Port Glasgow, having on board the master and crew of that vessel, which they had abandoned just as she was sinking; on the 18th ult. The-Jupiter wns bound from Belfast, It., to Boston, and had on board 270 tons Pig Iron, 25.000 bricks and other heavy articles, which caused her to strain very much, until she sprung a leak, when they were compelled to abandon her. Two men died in the boat from cold and exhaustion, and the sur vivors have suffered very much, and are now in the Hospital at St .1 ohn. LATE FROM AFRICA. By the arrival at Baltimore of Lieut. Ferris, an of ficer of the U S Squadron upon the African Coast, in formation has been received that three of the vessels composing it, the flag ship Macedonian, Commodore Perry, the sloop Saratoga, Commander Tatnall, and the sloop Decatur, Commander Abbott, have had some warm work upon the Coast in the way of pun ishing the natives concerned in the murtler of the Cap tain and crew of t;.e schooner Mary Carver, about two years ago. On the 4th of December last, the three veioels met at M )nrovia, and after taking thu Governor of Monro via on board, proceeded down the Cosat to about 60 or 70 miles below Cape Paknas, and on the 12th landed a force about 500 officers and men. A council house was erected on the beach, to which on the 13th the Af rican King and his Interpreter came attended by hie people, all fully armed, to hold a palaver. The 'talk' was very unsatisfactory, and finally the King, his In terpreter, and the people, turned and ran, but had not proceeded far, before the volley from the American force killed the King, his Interpreter and others.— The natives fled to a jungle, from whence they contin ued fur above an hour to fire upon the Americans, who returned volley for volley, burned their towns, destroyed their canoes, and then returned to their ships. Conti Hocsa LICICNSU ur Commercial has been favored with thonumber of Cof fee Houses licenses, &c., granted byithopreaent Coun cil up to this time, as follows: 62 taverns and 90 coffee houses. Amount received for licenses, seven thousand two hundred and seventy dollars. The nomber of va grants arrested by the Night Watch alone since the 22d of April last is 84, and the number of persons arrested for disorderly conduct is 215. The amount assessed for disorderly conduct is 91065. The vagrabts were committed to the county jail to be fed on bread and water only. Ail of are above persona were drvoJe when arrested The above does not include arrests by the City Marshal. A GRAND CHANCE FOR YOUNG 'MEN. A glorious opportunity is now offered to industrious and virtuous young men to secure to themselves a per manent and happy home during their abode upon this planet. I refer to the "OHIO PHALANX ; ' which Association will receivea few more men, who are wil ling to comply with the terms. It is hoped that me chanic., farmers and others, who have no hope of avoid ing the miseries of the present system, will make ap plication immediately; and, if admitted, they will in a few years, be surrounded by all the enjoyments man can hope for in this world, For information call on any of the prominent friends of the cause in this city, or address a letter to "Ohio Phalanx, Bell Air, Belmont co., Ohio." A SNUG LITTLE FORTUNE. Lord Francis Egerton, as we learn from the amu sing London correspondent of the N. Y. Evening Post, is going to try to make the river Irwell naviga ble for vessels of considerable burrhen ha far as men. cheater. He has bought up 400.0001. of shares in the "Mersey and Irwell Navigation Company," and contemplates spending 300,0001. more on the enter prise, making in all an investment little short of $3,- 500,000. And yet Lord Francis, who is only a Lord by courtesy, will succeed to a Dukedom, if he lives, with a rentelof $1,500,000 per annum. HUMILITY ON • GREAT SCALl. — Aleßander Ham ilton begs the Legislature of Massachusetts to allow him to call himself Edward Hamilton, because he says it is too much of a burthen for a common sort of a man to support such a name, and then as an humble indi vidual, he feels his own unworthiness when he is obli ged to disclose his name, besides he is about publish ing some musical compositions of hi.: own and is un willing to associate so illusu haus a name with inferior productions. He also respectfully thinks that if the Legislature will grant his prayer it will operate as a rebuke to, the foolish practice of burdening children with high sounding names. Among the unhappy and ludicrous consequences of which, we have read - in the papers 'John Quincy Adams' was brought up by the , watch, in some southern city, charged with being found drunk in the street at midnight; and 'Marcus Morton' I was sent to the House of Correction in New York, for stealing a box of smoked herrings. There were 179 Texian prisoners still in loathsome confinement at the latest advices from Mexi co, many of %horn had suffered indescribable tortures from the epidemic and from the vile fare and horrible discipline from their tyrannical taskriutsters. Just be fore the Tippecanoe (which brought the latest nevi's of these unfortunate mont sailed, Frank St* other Gay, one.of the number, and a young lawyer from Kentucky, was relieved from his sufferings by death. Is nothing to be done for the sad remnant of these • unhappy men 1 RESULT OF ACCIDENT. Many of the most important discoveries in the field of science have been the result of acetdont. Two lit tle boys of a spectacle maker in Rolland, while their fat her was at dinner, chewed to Inek at a distant stee ple, through two eye glasses placed one before another. They found the steeple brought much nearer the shop windows. They told theit father on his return; and the circumstances led to a cuurse of experiments, which ended in the telescope. Some shipwrecked sailors once collected some seaweeds on the sand, and made a fire to warm their shivering fingers and cook their scanty meal. When the fire went out they found that the alkali of the seaweed hail combined with the sand : and formed glass; the basis of our discoveries in astron omy, and absolutely necessary to our enjoyment. In the days when every astrologer, and every chem ist was seeking after the philosopher's stone, some monks, carelessly making tip their materials, by 'mei dent invented gunpowder; which has done so much to diminish the barbarities of war. Sir Isaac Newton's most important discoveries, concerning light and gravitation,were the result of ac cident. His theory and experiments on light were suggested by the soap bubbles of a child; and on gravitation, by the fall ..f an apple as he sat in the or chard. And it was hastily scratching nn a stone, a memorandum of some articles brought him by a wash woman, that the idea of the lithography first presen ted itself to the mind of Seuefelder. SCRIPTURE FOR IT - - . A distinguished writer says—" There is but one pas sage in the Bible where the girls are commanded to kiss the men; and that is the golden rule, 'Whatsoev er ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so to them.' " ST PATRICK'S DAY - - . Pursuant to public nntice a meeting of Irishmvm and the friends of Ireland was held at' the house of Mr H. Sweeney, on Friday evening, March 9th, for the pur pose of making arrangements to celebrate the ap proaching anniversary of Ireland's Patron Saint, by a public supper, on Monday evening, the 19th instant; Wm Smith, Esq., was called to the chair, end John T Connolly was appointed Secretary. On motion, Resolved, That Mr Hngh Sweeny be requested to prepare a supper for all those desirous of celebrating the above festival ut the Emmot Hotel. at the end of the old bridge, Allegheny city, on tho 18th inst. On motion, Resolved, That the following gentlemen constitute a committee of arrangement for the occasion, viz: Henry McCullough, John Anderson, James Boyd, Wilson M'Caniness, John McDevitt, James Cunningham, Hugh Garvey, sartholomew Murray, Henry Cassiday, Robert Galway, Andrew Burke, James Patton, John Jack, Wm Rhey, Wm Robison, Wm Watson, James McDevitt, J Robinson, James Lonergan, Wm Sheehy, Wm Smith, James Fenlon, Robert Swan, Wm Lecky, Wm A Is:on, Win Hopkins, Wm B Holmes, Sand Shaw. Win Proctor, David Evans, John Cormick, Elijah Trovillo, P McKenna, J B Guthrie, Michael O'Hanlon, Chas Shaler, Robert McChesney, Chambers McKibben, Thomas Gibson, " H S Mcgraw John T Connelly, Robert Woods. M McCullough, sr Thos Donnelly, Thomas Flood, C H Kay, John Smith, D S Scully, Thos 0 Neil, James Fleming, Robert Porter, Jas McCaffrey, J M Snowden, sr. John Gibb, John Lafferty John McQuewan, R S Stockton, Wm Lehmer, P Mulvany, Thus Ows:on, k C Townsend, J K Moorhead, Thomas M'Kown, Wm Coleman. Michael Stackhouse, Michael Leahy, Thomas Phillips, Wm MoEllroy . Wm H Smith On motion the following gentlemen-were itppointed a committee on toasts . Andrew Burke, Wm Robison, John T Connolly, H S fdagraw On motion the following gentlemen were appointed a committee for the selection of officers: Henry Cassiday, Robe Woods, Timms Gtbson. • R Galway, R Porter, M WCullough, Wm Smith, WM. SMITH, Chairman RIR" T CnNIOLLI, VOR IHZ POST A MECHANIC Henry McCullough, John Anderson, John McDevitt. Q' The Maryland Logi%latare have adjourned. without doing any thing for the resuscitation of tie State credit, excepting passing a bill for enforcing the collection of taxes. All the measures projected for the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal failed. A bill pass- ed the House for the sale of the State's interest in the public works, but was rejected by the Senate. All the measures relative to the Baltimore and Ohieltailroad also failed. The important measures for the sale of the Bank Stocks held by the Suite, for funding the in terest on the public debt now due, and for fixing a day for the resumption of payment by the State, failed by decisive majorities, having received only 18 votes in the House. A repudiating measure was rejected by an equally strong vote. The Reporter states that the river is in fine naviga ble order, there being about 15 feet water in the chan nel. Produce is arriving freely from above, and our levee presents quite an animated appearance in the receiving and forwarding business. THE Os AGR Rai/Ea.—As some evidence of the ex tent sf business . which will soon be done on this river, we are told that there are now 800 &aids of tobacco in store at Warsaw, and freight of other descriptions at that place sufficient to load five boats. Two boats, the Emma and the Warsaw, will soon be put into that trade, and continue there so long as navigation will justify it.—St. Louis paper. UPPER RED RIVER.—The following interesting paragraph is from the Caddo (Shreveport) Gazette of the 21st ult.: The Miami has been up Red River fifty miles higher than any steamboat has ever been. The Captain infoa med us that he obtained some cotton in that distant region, and that the settlers bring now satisfied that steamboats can come to them, have re solved on going extensively into the culture of cotton. He also stated that he found no more difficulty in as cending the river above the Kianichi tharS in going from Fulton to Fort Towson. The river is shallow though broad. The Miami hails fiom the Rocky Mountains. THE SUGAR TRADE OF THE WORLD. Fronfan article on the Sqfpar Trade of the World, in a late number of Hunt's Magazine.. we gather the following. "Great Britain and Ireland imported in 1841, 4,- 035,845 cwts of sugar; of which were exported 629,- 317 cwts either raw or refined. The total of sugar imported into Great Britain in 1842 234,963 tons, of which 193,000 were for home consumptial. A considerable portion of the sugar consumed in France is manufactured in that country from beet-root. In 1840 fhe product of beet-root sugar'in France was 26,000 tons. During the same year, 78,000 tons of foreign sugar were imported into France, and 10,500 tons exported; leaving for the consumption of the whole of France, 98,500 tons. The product of beet-toot su gar in France has fallen off rr aterialiy during the last few years, notwithstanding the high duties imposed on foreign sugar. I In 1840, 110,000 tons of sugar were imported into Holland, valued at £2,432,749. The same year was I exported raw sugar to the value of £276,000, and re : fined sugar to the value of £2,112,000. The hulk of the sugar imported into Holland is intended to be re ex-ported in the shape of refined sugar. Denmarkiin 1838 imported 94,C90 cwts. Ham , burgh in 1840, 45,300 teas. Tim German States on der the Zoll-Yerein, imported in 1840, about 55,000 tons of sugarouxi produced 6,500 tons of beet-root su gar: exporting 2,000 and leatrin&Asett. 59.500 tons for home consumption. The sugar consumed in Auntie is partly beet-root and partly cane sugar. The quantity of the former be ing 3.200 tons of the latter 29,000 tons. The imports of sug ar into Belgium amounted in 13- 38 to 15,000 tons. Amount of beet-root sugar manufac tured there, 15,000. Amount expot ted unknown. _ nab • • , z : tpfs,ugar in Italy is . about 35,000 •;! 1 41,000 tons; of Sweden 97,- 106. to 42,000 tons; of which 7,500 are sup .- beet-root. The import of sugar into the United States in 1839 was 195,231.273 Ibs; nt a cost of $10.000,000. In 1840 'shout 120,000,000 Its; at a cost of $6.000,000. The greater part of this retained for home consump tion. The amount produced in 1841 was 126,164,- 644. Amount imported 180.000,000 lbs. Total con sumption in 1841 about 132,200 tons The British Colonies imported in 1839 about 42,- 000,000 lbs. The whole amount of suzarconsumed in the coun tries above mentioned is estimated a t 706,593 tons. THE IRON MANUFACTURE Thr• following table, says the Cincinnati Herald shows the rapid increase of the iron maw:facture it England. The quantity manufactured in 1806 was 258,000 tons 1823 " 452,000 " 1825 " 581,000 " 1828 " 703,000 " 1835 " 1,000,000 " 1836 " P 200,000 " 1840 " 1,500,000 " Six millions tons of coal were consumed in the man ufacture. But a small portion of the iron is imported. The iron manufuctured in this country in 1840, stood as fol lows: Furnaces manufectutingcast iron, 804 Products in tuns, 286,903 Blooming, forges, and rolling mills, 795 Bat iron produced, in tons, 197,233 Altogether they consumed 1,528,110 tons of fuel, and gave employment to 30,497 men. TRAVELLING DENTISTS AND CLOCK PED At the South and West the utmost suspicion is felt at the sight of a clock pedlar. They charge upon these shrewd Yankee boys every species of duplicity, and fictitious stories which are related of their cunning would fill a volume. One of them will illustrate our subject: A clock pedlar went through a section of the South, and supplied almost every house aid' a time. keeper. He warranted his merchandize, promising that on his return trip, if they proved defective or kept bad time, he would exchange them for a better arti cle. He sold all his clocks but one, and then started on his return, with his pockets well filled with the " needful." At the first place our friend called, there were loud complaints of deception, and of tLe worthlessness of the article as a time-keeper. He regretted extremely that it should be so, but as there was one defective clock in his load, lie remarked, which he had no means of finding out, except upon trial, he feared that par ticular clock was the unfortunate one they had pur chased. He would cheerfully exchange it for the su perior one be had remaining. Having got out of this dilemma, he continued calling at the places where ho had sold clocks on his outward bound trip, and ex changing them in rotation all along the road, easing his conscience by saying that whenever he found a clock defective, he gladly exchanged it for another. It is needless to say that there was a dreadful 'click in,," of tongues among the house-wives fur months after, where the clock vender had passed; ar.d to this day. whenever the dinner hour arrives, all parties are apt to be sadly uut of line as well as out of hate. Itinerating dentists are not unlike these fictitious clock pedlars. At least those snag eradicators some times have imputed to them just such strange vagaries as our clock friends. We can only any that in both cases, doubtless, there is extreme exaggeration. Not many years since. a dentist went through the western part of Massachusetts. Like the clock vender, every artificial tooth he inserted was warranted sound, and I every set he put in was warranted to be first-rate "grinders." On his return trip, complaints were heard in every quarter of the defective manner in which nature's infirmities had been remedied, but our adroit artist easily met the emergency. One crop of teeth, which had proved defective in one head, was re moved to another, until almost every defective mouth in that section of country had exchanged "ivory" with each other. It is enough to say, that although the den tist done a "smashing business," he never a second t ime "plugged" teeth in that quarter. TRIG MILFORD BARD attempted to kill himself in Baltimore on Wednesday last, by taking len.danum. :~;~ Sr. Loon, March 8 aleeMlniallts "IRON CITY LINE" OF ,CANAL BOATS, CONNECTING with steamer Cleveland, at Bea+ ver, will be in operation on the 25th instant, to Cleveland daily. The above line is composed of 8 good Canal Roats, commanded by eiperienced men, and will depart ev ery molting to and from Pittsburgh and Cleveland, as 9 o'clock". Proprietors of the above line are Messrs. HUBBY & HUGHES, Cleveland, 0. " STANDART, INGRAHAM & CO., Cleveland, O. Freight of all kinds will be carried as low as by any other good and responsible !inc.. For freight or pas sage apply to 'BIRMINGHAM & TAYLOR, rnarlB No 60, Water street. VERY LOW FOR CASH. Mitt T HE subscriber offers for rale a large and splendid assortment of PIANO FORTES of different patterns, warranted to be of superior workmanship, cad of the best materials; the tune nut to be exceeded by any in thecoontry. F. BLUME, • Cerner of Penn and St. C.air streets, opposite the Exchange. Spring Pashioniir . 411,THE subscriber has now on hand, andirr will continue to manufacture. (nt Lis old stexcl, No 73 \Vood street) the latest ATVIC of IIATS and CAPS, which for beauty and ilum[Mity t.annot be ittirr,t , socl. Thankful to his friends nut the pubic fur so liberal a pctronage heretofore hesutvcd, he hopes to merit's continuance of their fn ors. TEAMS WANTED. A NUMBER of teams will find ronsrmit employ ment u: hauling. stone at - Lack No 4, on the Ida nongitheln river, near William rpyt. Five dollars per day will be Mlowed for good six horse teams, Gr a liberal price by t h e pen::,; the work will continue until about the Is , of October next. For further ptrticulars inquire at the Mooonge!:ela Navi gation Office, neatly opposite the Peet Office. or at the work. J B MOORHEAD. nal.B-2w Real •Estato. Five Lots of G,ound a.vi a Dwelling Hotel e at Auction. ON MONDAY, 4rll Bth, at 3 o'clock in the after noon, will be sold without reserve, on the premi ses, near the Fountain Inn, and opposite Laceyville, five lots of ground situated as follows, viz: One lot ofground on Gem street, near the Fountain Inn, and corner of Coal Lane, adjoining the properties of Messrs Wickersham and Gilmore, 20 foot front by 100 deep, on which is erected a two story frame dwel ling house but a short lime built and in good tenantable order. There is a good well of water at the front door; it is in a beautiful and healthy situation ar.ti well adap ted for either a business or a private residence. Also, at the same time, four lots of ground fronting on Coal lane, each 20 feet front by 100 deep, bounded by the property of Stephen Wiley on the east, and Pat rick Ward on the west, and corneae Laceyville, com manding a good view of the suWonnding country only about 15 minutes' walk from the yew court house; it will positively be sold to the highest bidder, as the the owner has removed to the country. Terms will be moderate and made known on the day of sale.. For further particulars' enquire at Davis' Commercial Auc tion Rooms, comer of sth 'and Wood streets, or of John Little, corner of 7th and Liberty streets, or of Mr Patrick Ward, near the premises,_ where all necessary information will be given. The title is indisputable mlB TO the Honorable the, Judges of the Court of Gene. ral Quarter Sessions of the Peace in and fur the county of Allegheny: The petition ofhtmes Ashworth,ofthe 4th ward Pius burgh, respectfully sheweth— That your petitioner bath provided himself with. 41 materials for the accommodation of traveller,' and nth• ere, at his dwellinehouse in the ward aforesaid, and prays that your boners will be pleased to grant him a license to keep a public house ut entertainment. And your petitioner, as in duty bound, will pray. J.kbiES ASHWORTH. We, the subscribers, citizens of the 3d ward 'of Pittsburgh, do certify that the above petitioner is of good repute for honesty and temperance, and is well provided with conveniences for the accommodation of travellers and others, and that said tavern is necessary. John Fouler, W B Thompson, Daniel Jeffrys, W D Mahon, James Thompson, A Craig, Israel Wiggins, Sterret Young, Thomas Ingraham, John Fethui, • Frederick Repbon, Thomas Milburn. f23-3idaw A Clerk Wanted. FOR a Transportation Line on the Caral--aymmg man who has some knowledge of the business. who is well acquainted in ttris city and understands Book Keeping. A line addreswd to P. 0., private box 44. with real name, address, reference and salary, will beimnsediatal ly attended to. ml5-4t s. 50 I1HDS. N. 0. SUGAR —a prime artiek; _ 15 do."- "my fair; 10 EMI. Leaf Sugar in small Waver, suit*. ble for retailing: for rale by D. &p. W. LLOYD. slarrh 15. . No. 142 Liberty atrmt.: On Saturday morning, 16th instant': at 4 ear* Mrs REascca M'Couxici; wife of Pollard Weer. wick and daughter of Peter and Sarah Shoeubergbr: Hee Funeral will take place tide morning of elock, from the family residence in the sth ward. The friends of the family are invited to attends • p ort of flittoburo. RICTORTIED BY D. B. Skeble, Steamboat Agent and CennmiWit* Mere/war, Water Street, near Wood 123 ?CRT WATER 111.111/. CIIIANNSG ARRIVED. Michigan, Boies, Beaver, Belmont, Poor, Mewling Valley Forge, Baird, St Louis, • Zanesville Packet, Scales, Zanesville, Svriftsure No 3, Robinson, Cie. Wing & Wing, Campbell, do. Monongahela, Stone, do. • Della, Bowmen, Brownsville, DEPARTED. Michigan, Boles, Beaver Majestic. Bennet, Cincinnati ft claytou. Gaakill, Brownsville Belfast, Ebben, Wheeling Omen, Smith, Louisville, • Moxahala, Parkinson, Mo. City. Mingo Chief, Dovinev, Wheeling, Orpheus, Dales, Nashville, National Mason, St Louis, Birmingham & Taylor, ♦GENT! FOR STEAMER CLEVELAND AND 'IRON CITY LINE," TO CLEVELAND. 0 DAILY BEAVER PACKET THE steamer CLEVELAND Itsving been rebuilt, will commence her regu lar trips to and from Beaver, on Mon day, the 18th instant, leaving Pittsburgh every morn ing at 9 o'clock, and Beaver at 1 o'clock, P. M. (Sun days excepted). For freight or passage apply to BIRMINGHAM & TAYLOR; No6o, Water street. 1844. WI LLIAAI DOUGLASS IVc-vi rt - eet. mlB-3m .pext door U) the curter of 4th [rnArlEt J. D. DAVIS, A uctioneer
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