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
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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.
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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