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    In the letter of instructsous frum Mr Madison, 1
is Secretary of State, of the 20th July, 1803, he says,
+'the acquisition of the Florida. is still to ke putsued."
He adds.the exchange of any part of western Louisiana.
'which Spain may propose for the cession of the Flori
-dia, "is inadmissablo." "11 intrinsic value there is
, no equality." "We are the less disposed also to make
aacrifioos to obtain the Floridas; because their position
and the manifest course of events guarantee an early
-
and reasonable acquisition of then." In Mr Mad
.ison's letter, also, as Secretary of State, of the Bth of
July, 1804. he annemices the opposition of Mr Jeffer-`
• son "to a penmen! relinquishment of any terriurry
-whatever eastward of the Rio Bravo." In the mes.
marl of Priesirrhint Houton of the sth-May.1837, he
says that Texas contains "four-fifths °fall the tiro oak
fiew in the worLd." ' Cotton will be its great staple,
-.and some suet:and molasses «rill lee produoed. The.
'lll4lll4.lllOolive,'amfdiedigri, and cocoa, and nearly all
Ike fruits of thertroptea will beirown there also In
~.., . .estravens,, a titt where it is`believed, the Pacific may
sinsited with the Del •Norte by a railroad not longer
'truth that which now unites Buffalo and Poston; and
where, evennow, - without such a road, we could com
mand the trade of all the 111)Ithez n rtrites of Mexico,
'Aid 'obis very large portion of the western coast of
%Anoka.
-. The importance of Texas is thus described by Mr.
Clay, in his speech,of the 3d of April, 1820:
"All the accounts connoted in representing Texas
in be extremely valuable. Its supbrficial extent was
'three or four times greater than that of Flirt ida. The
'climate was delicious; the soil fertile, the margins of
the rivers abounding in live oak; and country admit-
Acing of easy setUatnent. It possessed, moreover, if he
tasitro not misinformed, oac of the finest ports in the
Mexico. The productions of which it was cc
*griptide, were suited to our wants. The unfortunate
St Helena wished fur ships, commerce and
tettilonteS:=l , lfiehase them all, if we do net wantonly
throw thiarte' missy. Flt colonies of other coontrit;
are seTratitteil from them be vast seas, requiring great
expense to protect them, and are held subject to
constant risk of their being torn from theirgrasp. Our
colonies" the contrary, ale united to, and form a part.
of our cotuinent; and the same Mississippi, from whose
Pt-I(th deposite the best of them (Louisiana) has been
formed, will transport on tier bosom the breve, the pa
triotic men from her tributary !grown to defend and
preserve the next most valuable—the province of Tex
as." "He was not disposed to disparage Florida; but
its intrinsic value was incomparably less than that of
'femur"
Texas are valuable mines of gold and silver; the silver
mine on the San Saba li lying been ex amined and found
to be atneng the richest in the world.
In the recent debate in the British Parliament, Lord
Brougham said: "The importance of Texas could not
be oven med. It was a country of the greatest capes
bilities, and was in extent full as large bra Co. It
possessed a soil of the fi uest and tnustfe'rtile character.
mild it was capable of producing- all tropical produce;
ruid its climate was of a most healthy character. It
bad access to the gulf, to the river Mississippi, with
which it communicated by means of the Red River. -
The possession of Texas would ensure to us the trade
of Santa Fe, and all the northern states of Mexico.
Above all, Texas is a large and indispensable portion
of the valley of the west. That valley once was all
our own; but it has born dismembered by a treaty
formed when the west held neither of the high execu
tive stations of the governinel t, and was wholly unrep•
resented in the cabinet at Washington. The Red riv
er and the Arkansas, divided and mutilated, now flow
with their numerous tributaries, for many thousand
miles, through the territory of a foreig n power; and
the west has been fin cod hack along th e gulf, from the
Del Norte to the Sabine. If. then, it be trite that the
sacrifice of 'T etths was made with painful reluctance,
all those who united in the surrender will rejoice at
re-acquisition.
'This is no question of put chase of new territory, but
:of the reannexation of that which once was all out own.
It is not a question of the extension of our limits, but
of the restoration of former boundaries. It proposes
no new tehlition to the valley of the Mississippi; hut
of its reunion, and all its waters, once more, under
our dominion. if the Creator hail seperated Texas
from the Union by mountain harriers. the Alps or the
Andes, these might be plausible objections; but he has
planed down the whole valley; including Texas, and
united every atom of the sail and every drop of the
waters of the mighty whole. Ho has linked their
rivers frith the great Mississippi, and marked aril
united the whole fur the &minim' of one government.
and the residence of one people; aid it is impious in
man to attempt to dissolve this great and glorthes
tikes. Texas is a part of Kaintucky, a portion of the
•sati4gre at valley. It is a part of New York and Penn-
Itylrania, a part of Maryland anti Virginia, and Ohio,
and of all the western States, whilst the Tennessee
unites with it the waters of Georgia, Alabama, and
Caroline. The Allegheny, commencing its course in,
New York, amid with the Youghingany, front Mnryland
and Mourineahela from Virginia, mereing into the
beautiful Ohio at the metropolis .if IYestern Pennsyl
vania, embrace the streams of 'fexas at the mouths
of the Arkansas and Red river, whence their waters
Ellie in kindred union to the gulf. And here, let nio
My, that New York ought to reclaim for the Allegheny
its true original name, the Ohio, of which it is apart,
and so marked and called by that mune in the British
maps, prior to 1776, one of which is in the possession
of the distinguished representative from the Pittsburgh
district of Pennsylvania. The worth. "Ohio" and "Al
legheny," in the two different Indian dialects, mean
clear, as designating truly, in both cases, the charac
ter of the water of both streams; end hence it is that
New York Is apse the Ohio, and truly stands at the
bead s of the valley of the %Vest. The treaty which
struck Texas from the Union, inflicted a blow upon
this 'mighty valley. And who shall say that the
West shall remain dismembered and mutilated, and
that the ancient boundaries of the republic shall never
, bo restored? Who will desire to check the young
''..- eagle of America, now rofixing her gaze upon our for-
L .,, mgr limits, and ropluining her pinions for her return
''lag4
hi? What American will say that the flag of
10141“ 1 1
F.: •
on shall never wave again throughout that
li s.
..,..,, y territory; and th at what- Jefferson acquired,
f- refused to surrender, shall never be re
"--iittired! Who will oppose the re-establishment of ono
.t
-''' gjorious constitution, over the whole of the mighty Yid
: ley which once was shielded by its benignant sway?
tik Who will wish again to curtail the limits of this great
t .republicanernpire, and again 4 . 0 dismember the glori
1. . 4111•111 valley of the West? Who will refuse to replant
r„ : - tile banner a the republic, upon our former boundary,
or re-surrender the Arkansas and it ' d river, and re
transfer the coast of the gulf? Who will refuse to heal
A .
rite bleeding wounds of the mutilated West, and re
..,
unite the veins and arteries. dissevered by the dis
i; ..• memboring cession of Texas to Spain? To refuse to
accept the reannexation, is to reserrender the Ter
ritory of Texas, and retlismember the valley of the
West. Nay, more: ander existing circumstances, it
t l. .
•;,... is to lower the flag of the Union before the red cross
.....
of St. George, and to surrender the Florida pass, the
mouth of the Mississippi, the command of the Mexican
''..gulf, and finally Texas itself, into the hands of the
.'..- . Eugland.
..: As a question of money, no State is much more
- ..:.. deeply interested in the reannexation of Texas thou,
yewr own great Commonwealth of Kentucky. There,
if Texas becomes part of the Union, will be a great
.. `~sand growing market for her beef and pork, her lard
' and batter, her dour and corn; and there, within a
' eseyekort period, would be found a ready sale for
' mows than a million dollars in value, of her bale-rope
f.:,
' and hemp and cotton-bagging. Nor can it be that
Kentucky would desire, by the refusal of re-annexation,
--- to r itietilate and dismember the valley of which she is
4..arpilie or that Kentucky would curtail the limits of
0 1,3 7publie, or diminish its power and strength and
... . k cannot be that Kentucky will wish to see
4 . ,. • , aerielg exempt our own upon the banks tilrilhe Sabine
sellouts and Red river,and within a day's sail of
. ~
thiltittetatit of the Mississippi, and the outlet of all herr
. ,_. th e G u lf .
' Many
' *:,. • " - commerce in um mof her own people
7 .*0" '‘._vitithin the limits of Texas, and its battle-fields are
V :. :, with the blood of many of her sons. It was
4 ,..; i skisi crow intrepid' Milom, who headed the brave three
All o g o a s od : erho, armed with rifles only, captured the
Nl_ . ortress of Alamo, defended by heavy artillery, and
'it -, thirteen buMtred of the picked troops of Mteclio, under
-,-- spa of dogr best commanders. And will Kentucky ,
softie tot te-ealdultee so many of her own people? nor
them, wltheut leaving Texas, to return to tie
fit' . • , Union? And if war should ever again to
e'
~? sot ..tots. mantry, Kentucky known -. that the steady
il4OlOl western riflemen; onti the brave heals,
•;'''' ' - ' - Ueda, within the MMUS of Texas, are, iii ,
- '' . .-tir danger, among the sorest defenders of
..„.1 .-. .1 ,- ''' ,- ..... end esiseeislhi of the valley of the West', . . ....
tt ,
rho question of rentinexalion, and of the restoration
of ancient boundaries, is a moth stronger case than
that of the rurchase of new territory. It is a stronger
case also than the acquisition of Louisiana or Florida;
not only upon the ground that these were both an ac
quisition of itcw tterritery, but that they embraced a
foreign peopin, dissimilar to our own, in language;
laws, ana institutions; and transferred without the
their knowledge or consent, by the nctof an European
king. More especially, in a case like this, where tie!
people of Texas occupy a region which was once ex
clusively our own; and this people. in whom we ack
nowledge to reside the only sovereignty over the M hole
and every portion of Texas, desire the remmexarion
—that we cannot re-establish our former boundaries,
and restore to us the whole or any part of the territo
ry which was once our own, is a proposition, the bare
stetement of which is its best refiration.
Let us examine, now, stoner& the objections urged
against the ream/citation of Texas. And here, it is
remarkable that the objections to the purchase of Loui
siana are the same now made in the case of Texas ;
yet all now acknowledge the wisdom of that great
measure, and to have ever opposed it, is now regard
ed as alike Unpatriotic and unwise. And so will it
be in the case of Texas. The measure will justify
itself by itsresults; and its opponents will stand in the
same position now occupied by those who objected to
the purchaso of Louisiana. The objections, we have
said, were the same, and we will examine them sepa
rately. Ist. The extension of the territory; and 2d,
the question of slavery.
[To OE CONTINUED.]
Til)c Malin ,illorning Po.M.
THDMA, PH 1L.1.1 PS, fIDITO
Prrrsnunun, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3. 1114 t
FOR GOVERNOR,
H. A. MU IMENBERG
r = The editor of the fruz.u.te in zeal to defend
MrCt.%y against the consequences of his nnti tnrdi
doctrines, has got into a diiemns4 from which ho
will rind some difficulty to extricate himself In at-
tempting to prove t h at Mr Clay was io favor of a pro
tectire Tariff, the Gazette rave the following exti a rt
from one of his speeches:
`• Mr Clay said the object id - the bill was to la isc !rum-
Suppose there was revenue Mantel'. and could
only be obtained by going beyond the compromiAe.
ih,J? would have to do it. Ile was desirous to pre
serve the comproznis , • act inviolate, and his hope and
belief was thatthey might by economy b< able to do so.'
—[ Extract from Mr Clay's speech in the Senate, ex
tra. session. Sept 7, 13111
On this we charged Mr Crkr with boin g opposed
to protection. Ile stales emphatically that lie would
nut go beyond the ;limpromise Act for any other pur
pose than to raise revenue, and if this does not indi
cate that he baieeos there is a "necessity for pr.o ec-
Lion," we confessour inability to understand the mean
ing of his latignay. Will the editor of the Gavotte
explainand show the public bow Mr Clay can br in fa-
vor of proteclitm. whz-u he oouhj pp
gerve the Compromise Act inviolate., exccpt when it
mighthe neeessary to gn beyond it to raise revenue.
The Han HARSilitt DENNY tads CIS that the CO/lip/yr
/74ft is the cause of all the distress that has afflicted
the country fur sun.• years past. If he i 4 right—and
we do not believe the Gazette will dare to say he is
inrt—how can Mr Clay. who wi.:11,!: to putaerve this
act inviolate. Ito in favor of pretection ! It i.: an aly.
arrrclitito any so,nnd n.); ia?imal that NI rCla3 druire
the public to believe him to be any thing hit a re re our
tarm roam, and a very ecutintnical one at that.
Notwiths-anding,Mr White a+SUIIP.S to lie the prin.
ripnl o•gan of the Clay party in this county, h doe;
not manage this delieate subject with as much rennin::
as his colleague of the American. On Saturday he un
dertook to shew that we had misrepresented Mr Clay.
by publishing a paragraph purporting tu:be from one of
his speeches, in which he said there was no neravissitv
for protection. To prose tt.is to be it forgery the Ga
zette quotes the above extinct, and very sinEttlarly as
sumes that it is proof posh of Mr Clay's ft iendshipfor
prOteCtiO4i. 011Satlirday afternoon the Ametican pub
lished the satne‘rnatterthat appeared in thu• Gazette in
the morning, ontierin7 I,le pareg ra ph rch icA Ire hare
quoted, thus Allowing that the editor of that !wiper did
nut wish such aid-tariff sentiment; to be circulated
among the tariff taco of Pittsburgh.. And foither,
tind that rho New York Tribune excludes the same
paragriph, believing, no doubt that the public would
consider it the strongest evidence that could be gisen
of Mc Clay's hatred of protection.
M. Greeley of the Tribune. and Mr Biddle of tho
American, have acted very cunningly in keeping Mr
Clay's real sentiments from the people; hut Mr White.
in his eagerness to be a little smarter than his cotem
pornries,has established the fact, by quoting Mr Clay's
own speeches, ‘vhirli they tried to keep from the pub
lic evp. •
The Whigs are now in the same position with Mr
Clay for a Protective Tariff candidate. that they were
with Mr Tyler for a Bank candidate in 1340. Then
they would not permit Mr Tyler to declare nny of his
principles for the public eye; they would not believe
but lie would, it' elected, abandon all the cherished
opinions of his life, and in opposition to his former
csurse, throw himself into the arms of bank whiggery.
They are pursuing the seine' policy now with Mr Clay.
There is every reason to believe that Mr Clay enter
tains settled principles against a Protective Tariff;
some of his most able advocates declare him to be in
favorof Free Trade; in his Georgia letters he assures
his friends that his Tariff notions coincide with those
entertained by southern statesmen, and in his speeches
lie implores Congress to preserve the Compromise
Act inviolate, and not to go beyond it, unless for the
purpose of revenue. W ith 6 mil evidence before them,
no lnowirt man can mistake Mr Clay's position; it is
plain to every one that he does not desire to be consid
ered a Protective Tariff mall, and if duties were not ne-
cessiiry for revenue, he would be in favorof Free Trade.
Yet if he could be elected, and attempt to carry out his
Free Trade doctrines, we have no doubt but the Tar
ill men who are now blindly clinging to him, would de
nounce him as a traitor to the principles on which he
was elected. If they haveany sincerity in their advo
cacy of a tariff—which, however, is very doubtful—
how blindly they are running that measure to destruc
tion by supporting Clay, whe wished to preserve the
Compromise inviolate, and who if elected would sus
tain the anti-Tariff principles which he has so boldly
avowed.
VILL AINOUS Fottoe sr .—The American of yester
day contained the following pamlraph, purporting to
he a sentiment uttered by Mr WoonaußY, in a recent
speech:
"By which means (protective duties) the workmen
are enabled to tux tho home consumer by great prices,
while the higher wage% they receive, HAKES THEM
NEITHER HAPPIER NOR RICHER,: SINCE THEY oNLT
DRINK MORE AND WORK LESS."
We happen to Lave the documents at hand to nail
this firlschood at once. In the course of Mr. W.'s
aptffilt on the Tariff, he read several extracts from Dr.
FRANKLIN,. setting forth his views of trude,aad annavg
them the following:
"Great establishments of manufactures reqlsire great
"tiontitera of poor to do the work for small wages; those
• . ' Wbe found Etarbrir but will not he found
‘• ' till the lands silt ati taken up and cultivated
'P!' the excess of people whO cannot get land, %ant
el ploy anent, The malnifacturs of silk, they say, is as
Ill\ Ltlrii i in France as that of cloth in England, because
each country produces in plenty the first material; but
if England will have a manufacture of silk as well as
that of cloth, end France of cloth as well as that of silk,
these•unnatural operations inust - be supported by mu
taajprohibitions, or high duties on the importation of
each other's goods; by which means the workmen are
enabled to tax the COIISUmer by greater prices,w hi le the
higher wages they receive makes them neither happier
nor richer, since they only drink more and work less.
Therefore, the governments in America do nothing to
encourage such prijects."
It is herr seen that what the American denounces
as a foul calumny, is the language of Dr Vasa nttn,
and not Mr WOODBURY, nor was it intended by the
author to apply to American workmen, but was intend
ed to point out the effects that high ditties had on En
glish and French operatives. •
It would be in perfect keeping with the principles of
their party, fur the federal journals to denounce the
sentiments of Dr Fratikl.n; he was Lou much of a work
ingman to suit their views, and w.ts too sincerely devo
ted to the welfare of the people to expect that any of
his political sentiments would meet with the spproba
tiun of the bank party of the I resent day.
ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT
The fol low leg is the new apportionment of - Electors of
President among the several Stews. It is a sa6le
worth presez-vint„ us the cetnintign is close by:
Maine, 9
New hlunwshirs, 6
Massachusetts, 12
Vermont, 6
node Islanrl, 4
Connecticut. 6
New York, 36
New Jer,t , ,,
Pennsylvania,
Delaware,
Maryland,
Virginia,
North Carolina
NecesAar (0a choice,
What has become of the Cincinnati Euquirer7 We
have not seen it for a "Coon's ug,." We hope it did
not expire along a i:l4 its late antagontst, the little Sun;
we would be sorry if such was the fact, as 'Au believe
that it i: necessary for the welfare of the democrats
of Cincinnati, that the I:n.lairer should be - alive and
kici,ing - daring the approaching contest.
L. C. El.?roiby. who killer( Col. Twogood. at a
whig ine , ting in New Orican6, bceil 1 unJ
of murvAlauzhter.
Tlfr. DRAII/..-MACKI/AD7, in his ralediet•rry ad
dress to the play-goers of New Orleans, descrihr , (l the
Orlima as that art which amuses the relined and in
t elligent, while it enlightens and instruct:: the legs
informed—that art, which shows poetry to Le mare
than meaningless sound, aka sculpture more than tuo
ti.ndess marSle.
SeIncKING BAD II AT. " -WIT LIAM ILtt v.us
arle4terl in Cincinnati a few days since, for 1:lcall
Wonder if he is not an'Ashland lint"
I) ok TIT CoMN.IIII , RE K F.N.I Y.—.A slip from
d ie office of the Norfolk Bencon. Lr ings us the tnelan
chnlc intelli;etice this' Commodore E Pendleton Kenne
dy, died in that city nu the niter:moo of the '2llh
MAL I k uaiii Ids 65th Ili:. di-ease W71..i
ni • c tslittqlt Of ' N Trilottse
state 3 that (ion. Henderson freely °tier! , to bet sl(,.
OM) thit ,o 1..4,11111:16 month: the T[4.at. lot the An •
nexathat pil,Arri, and T. form part ,11 the I ..-
111 , 1. 1101,1111, le, made ,cette !wt. to that ellert.
Nun , vet r on,
A I Foli 1{ V , .1. Balt Inoue
t h at the t r ia l of 101111 , f-11 AOllllll,l ChM ilh revolt
board the %hip ibert.ia ut fort Louil, i. etili toil: on
helire the I'. S. Divtrict Court in that city. It lieten
that the malts of the were eireeti d by the rot .
and nineteen td the crew denian,lt Attrx
mand not being complied with, they rele.ied to obey
orders and di:untied the l:aptnni. They it eve taken
by. the authorities at Port Loins, and :rut borne in u.
nether e s sel by the commercial meat.
11!!' , 1 - It KVKIt. , tr to
MEittcA, came MI over the New Orleans Metairie
Course, on Friday, Mora 2 . 2.1. /The entries were
Berenice, Raffia. and Salty Shaman. Ruffin won
tho race in two heats, and in the following time:
TIME. Ist keat. 2rl heat.
First. Mite 1:53 '2:51
second •• 1:53 1:50
Third •• 1:54. - 1:55
5,401 5.5 G
The circumstances en der which this running was
done, is thus told by the Picayune:
And now let us say why we think this race the
hest at three-mile heats ever rue in America In the
first plai., the time is utuminvle.l; in the next, it was
blowing almost a gale during all the time of the race.
Although the course was in perfect order, the lowest
time marked in our presence fur the heat was 5:401,
and yet Ruffin was expected to run it as fast as any
colt that ever showed here His trainer declared be
fore Om start, we learn. that but for the high wind he
could Ai one heat in 5:33. We took the opinions of
the in - rat experienced trainers 011 the pound, and they
assured us before the taco that they thought the vio
-1 lence of the wind equal to q second or a second and a
ihalf in the mile; and, to conclude, Ruffin was pulled
from end to end in each heat. lie ran at a very steady
rate through, and lathe head of the quarter stretch in
the last mile of each heat, trainer and stable buys
I vied with each other in urging Muni: to pull the colt
~
up.
PRoac air r toN.—The whig authorities of Baltimoro
are turning all the democrats out of office.
YLOPENIENT EXTRAORDIN RI
The riarri,nburgh Intelligence: of the 29th ult
Our borough was thrown into ft "terrible state of ex
citement" yesterday meriting, by the announcement
that our phlegmatic neighbor of the Telegraph—The
oplius Fenn, Esq.—who has heretofore manifested
stoi -al indifference to the shaft of Cupid—had eloped
with thedaughter /done of oar respected citizens. We
presnm^ that ere this the happy cutyle have joined
'a for life, and are now firtuly locked upin the
chase of Matrimony, May their domestic squabbles
meet with a prompt justification, and a (. ) be put to
his difficulties without the aid of the /Stills, shooting
sticks, I' tor t, that now threaten his peace upon his
return.
The correspondent of the Phila. Times says that
the lady is Miss Verbeke, daughter of a respectable
merchantof liarnsburgh,—formerly of the Rhine.—
She is young,of very prepOideigilig appearance,wealthy,
or reputed to be. and though not a beauty, ib quite
good.looking, and said to be possessed of a fine mind
and liberal accomplishments.
• Losr Goons FOUND.—A young man of Franklin
county, Missouri, who was on the Shepherdess at the
time of the disaster, lost his trunk and !some valuable
goods and clothing, On tlns.2lst inst. he was is; St.
Low's; and accidentally saw a maa catrying,bisirunk to
a boat en his back. The fellow was arrested and much
of the property recovered. Some of the clothes of the
young man were on the fellow's hack, who protease(' he
found the trunk Six., on the beech of the Mississip.
Pi.
131.;,INESti IN PHIL\ Dia.P/114.—The Sun states that
here is an unusual uumberofcountry merchants in and
about the city at present; and if boxes, bales and bar
rats, piled upon the footways of our principal streets are
signs of business, then we think there are aot jest now
many leisure hours among mercantile man. The a
mount of domestic manufactured goods on hand this
season is much larger and more varied in assortments
than for anyone season since the year 1836.
ANOTHER ST gastno.ur Sus x.—We learn from tho
Van Buren, Arkansas paper, that the steamboat Ne
soshc, (built nt that place, on her way up Red River,
struck a snag about 12 miles below Fort Washita, on
the 29th ult., and sunk immediately. No lives' were
lost. Tte engine and boilers will be saved, but the
greatest part of the cargo, which consisted of sugar,
coffee, tobacco, salt and corn, will be Inst. No insu-
South Carolina, 9
Georgia, 19
Alabama, 9
6
6
-Tennessee, 13
Kentucky,
Ohio, 93
Indiana, r 11
Michigan, 5
9
Missouri,
Arkausa9, 3
STILL ASOTHYR Srsamcanyturr::—The New Or
leans l'icaytme learns from;the clerk of the steamer
Diana that on Thoreclainight, the 24th inst. between
8 and 9 o'cleskrihn steamboat Osage, on her way from
Yazoo Cite to New Orleans with a cargo of tome 600
balesof cotton, took fire and was entirely destroyed.
So sudden was the conflagration, and with such rapi
dity did it spread, that the passengersbarely had time
to escape—their baggage being all lost in the hurry and
confusion. This unfortunate calamity took place
some fifty miles above the city. near the Convent.
Sistrwos:cx.—The Norfolk Herold says that the
schooner Maria, Summers, master, from Elizabeth
Clty, bound to New York. sprunga leak on Thursday,
9.lst inst.. off Chickamico, and was'compelled to run
ashore. Crew saved, exrept the captain, who was
drowned. Vessel and cargo tetal loss. The cargo
was insured.
hl PORT A Sl:Fr.—ln the Baltimore County Court,
Wednesday. wits decided a case involvingsconsiderable
interest, and on the result of which was pending some
$15,000. The plaintiffs were Riggs, Peabody and
Cs,. vs. John Easter of John. It seems that they
merchandize to a firm known as McEhlowny & Co.,
who some four years ago did business in Baltimore,
and subsequently failed, paving sixty cents on the dol
lar. The goods hi question were disposed of to the
firm of Mc E ldowny sad Co.. upon the recommendation
and representations of Easter. Suit was brought to
recover the balance falling„short hum the dividends
above mentienetand a verdict to that effect rendered
yesterday mnraing by the jistry. It seems thnt
McEl
downy and Co., purchased goods both in Philadelphia
and New York upon somewhat similar terms, and a
probability is that Easter may be held responsible.
CONM''IRAC V.—TheJourneyman Tailoni of Philader
phia are now on a strike. A number of them have
been arrested on the charge of conspiracy and are un.
d r bail.
Sewickly Academ y.
A classical and commercial boarding school for boys
On the Beaver Road. 14 miles from Pittsburgh.
REV. .11)5. S. THAVELLI, PRINCIPAI
r HE Summer Session will commence un WED
-INEst )A A Y 1, 1344 Terms—Bourg!.
in„'filition. Washing. Fuel, Lights. &c, per session
of five half payable in udsunce
and At ationury furiii:h(al when required, nt the
of the pupil. All clothing to be distinctly
n) irked. Pupils furnish their own towels. It i; %cr\
iii•siratile that :ill shouiil be present on the first day of
1111;•1 to ShtliCr.
.1,” , (1.1) fiu7zurn
,rfnrr6.•r particolar- inquire of Ih.• Principal
..r of :I,les.r- .1( )IIN 1111% IN k SINS, \o 11. NVH
tt•,•
Overseers of the Poor
C t r r, Stltithtifl,l Street.
1 .1 A5H14114144.E. TentinTunce Flougc corner Front
cool Jtarket ,trcet,.
ltvor.t•ers oldie h-tving enteml upon the du
ties of their office, kill rise prompt, attention to all
proper appiiauions.
Clty and Poor Ifouse I'l•yricia?lB
1)r Groltur I) BRUCE, Smithfield below 4th
P I'I HSC.{ rue , 41.11 *liver. below Nltirket.
a:3-3t
J . I) i Vll`l, forinei ly of the inin Cloth
• ing ltnrc, is now engag-i-d xt the Tutee
13th lh,oßs, whet, lie will be hippy to son his friends
and former rit.tnnier, and serve them to the best of his
it3-tf
Wanted this Week.
industrious men with families to go down
the Ohio river about 40 miles and work in the
Brick Yard this ve•rr. Industrious sober 1 nem with
fatnilie,i, will hear of a good phice on inquiring at Har
ris' Intelligence Office, N.)9, sth street.
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Tracts, Temperance Papers, &e, ,
J UST received, from the American Tract
and the Amert,cnn Temperance Union, Nom.
York, a largo and choice selection of their cheap pub
lications for Sabbath Schools, Tract and Temperance
Societies, Benevolent Ladies and Gentlemen, and pur
Youth. and for sale at the New York city prices, in any
quantity, to suit customers, by ISAAC HARRIS,
Agent and Commission Merchant,
a 3 No 9. Filth street.
To Distillers.
THE subscriber* will give dm highest market
price in cash for Good Whiskey.
W & M MITCiIELTREE,
a3-cilmkw3t No 160, Liberty street
OIGAUS AND TOBACCO..
Liberty st., five doors above Smithfield.
THE subscriber, having received the agency for the
sale of A Stein't Of Philadelphia) celebrated
Havana Cigars, respectfully acquaints the public that
they will always find at this store a splendid assort,
meta of Spanish Cigars, as Liguria, Regalias, Baron;
tans, Ca.-taus, and half Spanish, Cigar CllBe9. snuff
boxes, cigar canes, and all sorts of chewing tobacco.
P STROMBERG,
n3-1w• Agent of A Stein.
W & M MITCHELTREE,
Wholesale Grocers, Rectifying Distillers,
And Mac and Liquor hferchanir,
n3•dLnkw3t • No 160, Liberty street
11FIDS PRIME N 0 SUGAR,
13 bbls Loaf Sugar,
5 tierces best Rice,
Received by steamboats Corsair and Little Rock, for
sale by W & M MITCHELTREE,
a34ltnscw3i No 160, Liberty street.
399 BBLS PRIME N 0 MOLASSES, med
by ateambonta Zephyr and Edwin Hick
man, for aale by AV & MITCHELTREE,
No 160, Liberty street.
TOOBAGS RIO COFFEE,
60 packages Tcas. various kinds,
22 boxes Starch,
600 bbls Whiskey.with ageneral assortment
of Gruceries, Wines and Liquors, for sale by
W & M MITCHELTREE,
a 3. 4 -1 lm&w3t - No 160, Liberty street.
— TT
:Olt eh BAGS RIO COFFEE,
OI L Y kJ' 70 bbls Molasses,
20 tierces Rice,.
26 bbls -Loaf sugar,
23 kits spiced and soused salmon',
Recisited per steamer Sarin Hickman, formic by
53 M B RHEY & CO.
_
B ACI 3 )N Hama and :ides.
.• !e 77. & CO.
6 BEIli f. Linseed Oil, for ,ale o3wy
cr,
CO
EMaM
FIRST SUPPLY OP TB2 SEASON!
ALGEO & MUGUIRE
ARE now opening one of the richest and most ex
tensive stocks of Goods that they have ever been
able to offer to the public, every piece of which has
been bought and selected carefully. Our cloths era of
the choicest make, imported—black, blue and olive
French, from medium to the finest qualities; Naval
blue, black, invisible, rife and olive -greens, of Ea
giish and American; Doeskin and Seeded French Cas
simeres, very elastic.; Cooper's make of English, Plain
and Fancy do. The variety of Vestings,
,cosspresing
all theftewest patterns, is endless. Our trimmings
are also of the first qualities. Although we do not
profess to sell lower than the lowest, yet wo again
pledge ourselves to make work that will compare with
that deny tidier establishment east or west.
ALGEO &
a`2-tf 251, Liberty street.
2 1 0( Gloss No 1 Bottle Corks;
(i Bids Sp Turpentine;
2 " Copal Varnish;
1 Ca'sk Olive Oil;
4 3 Bids Ven'Red;
2 " Lampblack;
1 " Cream Tat tar;
I '• Flor Sulphur;
1 Case Roll Sulphur,
1 " Liquorice Ball;
1 " Gum Shellac;
1 " " Copal;
75 lbs Gum Camohor;
10 " " Opium;
Together with a general assorteietit Drugs. Medi
cines. hve Stuffs, &c., just received and for sale by
F. L SNOWDEN,
rip 2. No 184 Liberty, head of Wood st.
Aldermin M IT. L "e: It hal removed }lli office to Fourth,
near Grant street. ap 2-3 t
New Arrival
OF now and cheap publications, at Cook's Literary
Depot, 85, Fourth street.
Monthly aerial supplement to New World, No 14
Mnemonics, or a new science of artificial memory,
explained in its applicationto the study of numbers,
the SeiCriCei, and to the useful occupations of life,
whereby the natural memory isgreatly assisted and
strengthened. Illustrated by diagrams and engravings,
the whole adapted to the purpose of self instrno ion in
die art.
Monthly Mirror, No fi , containing G beautiful en
r ay ings.
Blackwood's Magazine, for March; fec irimilie of
the London edition, and only $2 a year.
Illuminated Shakspeare. The most magnificent
edition of the Bar,l of Avon ever published, to be illu
minated with about 1 4(10 engravings. No 1 just re
ceived, price 124 cents.
The Child's Poetry Book, by Mary Howitt.
Hand Book of Boxing, ‘Vrestling, Skating, etc.
Christian ‘Vorld, for March, containining a beauti
ifnl
engraving of Tho's Chalmers, I) I), and L L D
Harper's Illuminated nod new Pictorial Bible, No
2. price 25 vent..
The [bereft:ldeal Despotiim-3d Lecture on the
mixture of t ivil Ynd ,ceiegiatoieni power in the govern
oleo's of the inidille ages, by Rev J B Sherer.
Largo 83,ortonortt d ea,,tern iiewspaperio for the
week. m 2
War in Texas
rri f 1I: partnership heretofore existing, under the
sheer of Sinn h &Spangler, is this (lay dissolved
by en !Edition , not by the Sheriff, hilt for want of
means to lire. Those indebted will pay forthaith,nt
pay costs at A. Baielny's.
The books of the firm Nil] he left at. their 01.1 stand,
tot Federal street, fur 15 days. fir settlement. after
which they will her found at A. „Barclay'sPesq.. in the
Diamond. Allegheny city.
SMITH & SrANGLF:R
April 1, 11141-2-31."
SEASONABLE DRY GOODS.
Huey St
No 1:23, Wood Stree4
ARE nets receiving, a fresh stuck of sprin g Dry
Goods, which they hose lately purchased in the
east. entirety far cash. and they flatter themselves
that they can now offer such inducements its will make
it the interest of all purchasers to give them a call, as
they are determined to 5011 goods cheaper than any
other house west of the mountains. • al
New Arrival of Queeinsware & China.
rutlE subscriber %%matt respectfully invite the at
_L tendon of the puitiic to Ft: present stock of White
GlazestWare.n superior article, together with a select
assortment of White French Chinu,comprising all the
necessary pieces to constitute complete sets of Dining
awl Ten ware.
Also a general stock of t artirles suitable for the sup
ply of country merchants, to which their attention i 3
invited, at his old stand, corner of Front and Wood
BUFFALO ROBES.—Received by Cicero, a fresh
and full supply of all sir• se Robes. Apply to
nB-tf A. BEELEN.
NAILS. -67'2. kegs Juniata Nails, assorted sizes,
1. 11 11 on band and for sale by D& G W LLOYD,
ml 5 No 142, Liberty st.
OFFICE OF THE ALLEGHENY BRIDGE CO.. }
Pituburgh, April Ist, 1314.
AN election for one President, ten Managers, one
Treasurer and Secretary, of the "Company for
erecting a bridge ON er the Allegheny river, apposite
Pittsburgh, in the county of Alleghen," will be held
nt the Toll Hesse, on Monday, th i 6th day of May
next, to commence at 2 o'clock, P M.
a 1-Iwilaw3t JOHN HARPER, Treasurer.
BACON
CASKS Cincinnati cured Hams
.1 do Sides,
1.3
14 •' do . do Shoulders,
Just received and for solely
W BURBRIDGF. Sr- . CO..
al Water at, between wood and Smithfield
NEW CASH
Dry Goods aad Variety Store!
J. K. Logan 4 George Conncl,
HAVE. opened a new cash Dry Goods and eitithy
Stestaist Fifth street, between the Exchange
Bank snd Wood street, under the firm of J. K. Logan
& Co.
Their stock of Goeds are entirely fresh and having
been all purchased fur CASH, principally at auction b y
George Connel, (who has had long experience in th e
business, and resides in Philadelphia to make purcha
ses and pick lip' bargains,) they will, therefore be ena
bled to of et great Inducements to those wishing to par•
chase as they are determined to sell at the lowest
possibleadvance oneastern cost for CASH.
They have now on band a large and well selected
stock of seasonable Goodip, among which are Blue,
Blue Black, berisible P, Brown, Steel and Cadet,
mixed, Broadcloths; Cassfraeres and Sattinets ;:Gam-
Linen and Cotton Drillings; Cmtonade;
Vestiegs, fancy prhrta;44, 4-4 and 5-9; Bleached
and Brown Mailing; Irisninen; Bed Ticking; Mari
ner's Skirting; "Titloy, Tatham & Walker s," and
"Hope & Nelsgm's" Patent Thread;" Spool Cotton;
Sewing Silk; Silk and Cotton Hdkf's; 30 hour, and
8 day Brass Clocks, warranted; &c. They will
be constantly receiving additions to their stock purcha
lied at the eastern auction, and would invingthe atten
tion of rkalarstind others 'to am examination of their
goods before purchasing elsewhere.
Pitti.burgh, April 1. 1899.
JOHN PA It KM )
( °fag late firm of J. 4. J. Parkker.)
Wholesale Grocer, Dealer in IProolueat, a
PITTSBURGH MANUFACTURES,
Nu. 5, CO*IItRCIAL Row.
mar 20-ti Liberty street, Pittsburgh, Ps
4 \ ; re. cesisstr, M ad
Allen GOODS.
J. K. LOUAN
JAWS K 10 6 4iti lc Car"'
PifaiStreet, beim= Ow Eirehitrige - Bashavi-151
Street, Pittsolefe4,Prt.,
Diadem is Staple and Panay Dry Goo,
BOOTS, SNOBS, - CLOCKS, 4c.
1:111EY'41k
Wholesale Diy Goods Merelauds,
No 123, Wood Preet.
Third clout abuse Fifth, West side, Pittsburgh
n 1 •
Corks! Coils!!
20 (t (moss -No. 1 BOTTLF. CORKS, ji
VV received and for sale by
F. L. SNOWDKN,
No. 134 Liberty, head of Wood.
Tea paper..
40 REAMS fie l
t T E e I a N P INFL . P3z 116 4 1 / 7 0 NG,
140, Liberty street...
Lesions.
PRIME Sicily Lemons in half boxes, just riseeivt
awl fur sale by REINH ART L STRONG.
140 Liberty street.
Syrup.
10 justiA l e is
jSylrldupro, r
Bala fine, f f or family 11111
11A1.1.M.AN, JENNIN3S & CO.,
fog 43. Wood strait.
grooms.
40
1 0?• B
• (orni Brooms.
1 1
just received and for sale by
J. W. BURBRIDGE & CO.
m 22 Water st. between Wood and Smithfield
Lard Oil,
6BBLS.LARD
just received and for sale by
Raisins.
50 BOXES M K Raisin;, ust received andfor
sale by
HAILMAN, JENNINGS & CO,
intS 43, Wood street.
00 BAGS Co ff ee. in siore and for sale by
• HALLMAN, JENNINGS & CO.,
43, Wood street.
- - -
MolsisseS.
2 S BBLS N 0 Moles.4es, just received and
fur sale by
HAIL:NI AN, J-F.NNINGS & CO.,
rrtB 43, Wood street.
Su g ar.
I('RHOS. N. O. SUGAR—a prime article;
k./ very fair;
10 Bids. Loaf Sugar in sITMII leaves, suita
ble for retailing; for sale by D. &G. W. LLOYD,
March 15. No. 142 Liberty street.
N. O. Sugar.
1( )0 11 Ei n n d S t;,r pr . i , r ie
b.6 l\f U Sugar. just received
JF:NNING'S & CO.,
43, Wood strect.
Olive Oil.
AFEw lu . ),+ket3 fine Olive Oil, jUit received ;aid
for sale by -REINHART & "slitoNG,
I-10, Liberty street,
Deaver Buckets, ace. •
1)()Z • 13 , aver 1 - 31tekett.:
c.,/1.) 5 " Keelers;
Just received r. 1.41 PHr mile, by
R.KINIIAII4 & STRONG,
N. 110 Libeitv
Z _
OA It BUTT A lot of t hat cokhrated rtatiea
family butter, put up in full bound ktgs Apply
to A. B EELEN.
76 BOXES Oranges ;
63 do Lemons;
PATENT BUCKETS
50 DOLT.
J. W. 13UHBRID(lt& CO.
tn 26. Water'St. between Wood and Smithfield
FLOR SLIPPERY ELM —9O lbs. just received
at the Whulesale and Retail Drug Smote of
SALT -4300 Bbls Nu 1 Salt, for sale by
j23.' ' J AMES MAY
FLANNELS AND BLANKETS.—
1 case super brown flannels,
12 pair large domestic blanket*
Jost received an consignment; fur sale by
fl 6 GEO. COCHRAN No 26, - Woul st
HENRY HIGBY
FOR FAMILY USE, FINE LEMON SYRUP.
constantly in store and for sale at the Drug Store
JON. KIDD,
Corner of Fourth and Wood sts
TB UFFALO ROBES by single robe or bale,forsttle
-LP by A. BEELEN.
os—tf
BACON. -119130 lbs. Bacon, nprime article, for
sole by D &G W LLOYD,
ml 5 No 142, kiberq st.
BEAR SKINS, dressed and undressed, juid recint.
ad and forsale by A. BEELEN
05-4
LOUfSVIL I 00 Bbls Louisville Lin
for sale by - (jM) JAMES MAY.
HAMS. -300 home sugar cured Hams, for family
use, equal to any in the city, for sale by
HENRY F. SCHWEPPE,
No 182, Liberty street.
DRIED FRUIT,
230 bushels Dried Apples,
•
150 " Peaches,
Just rereivinennd for sale low by
J W BURBRIDGE & CO.,
m 23 Water st., between Worst and Smithfield
U
8 10 8 I.; 3 l. let A i X t3 S .e . 9.;T iis OL,
k e I
y
Received on consignment, and for sale by
GEORGE COCHRAN, ,
No 26, Wood street
SOLE LEATHER
-2000 lbs Spanish Sole Leather
Just received and lor vale by
J W BURBRIDGE & CO.
al. Water at., between Wood and Smithfield,
SUGAR AND Mk/LASSO,
JUST received, direct from New Oiiliens t , a l o t of
prime Sugar and Molasses, and for sale by
J. PARKER:
(of the lase-fiim of J& J raker,'
No 5, Commercial Row, Liberty et
CRAB CIDER.—Just received periparner Bel.
meet, 12bbls. No I, Crab Cider, - tad for solo
low by BIRMINGHAM & TAYLOR,
m2B - No 60, Water street.
B UFFALO TONGUES.—Received by Little Bra 10 bargee Buffalo Tnngtier, in fine order, direct
from the mountainfi. A—BEELEN.
6114 f
J. W. lillfislllDGE &CO.
mi:2 Water et. between Wood and Smithfield.
Coffee
nB•tf
ORANGES AND LEMONS
50 do ivtß Raisins;
Just received and fur sale ' by
mar 1 5 D. & G. W. LLOYD
JON. KIDD,
Corner of Fourth and Woad eta
Mar 28
mil -lm
ml3-1m