1,1.14itg Alotuing post. --- THOS. IMILLIPII a WX. 8. SMITH, 'EDITORS. 'PITTSBURGH, FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1844 FOR PRESIDENT, JAMES K. POLK, o► T111121E55E6. FOR VICE PRESIDENT , VEO. M. DALLAS, OF PEPINSILVLNI• FOR GOVERNOR, IL'A.MUHLENBERG. t ar " The Harry of the West's" Sancho, wont re ply to the evidence we produced to show that Mr. Clay was not in favor of • prdtecsive Tariff, and at 'tempts to get clear of Mr. Clay's own testimony sub. tantiating our statement, by referring us to the Globe, N. Y. Morning Post, Sze. We do not want. any second hand testimony in this matter; we take the declart: tions of Mr. Clay himself that be was opposed to a protective tarif; we take the charge of the leading whig editor in this city, that Mr. C. throttled the Tarif, we take the declaration of the Hon. HABIllkIl . - Damn that Mr. Clay joined the nullifiers in their ef- Abets to destroy the Tariff, and we ask "Sancho" to reefute them. ' - - We presume the whigs will not dispute the veraci '.• ty of the editor of the Gazette—indeed, we are almost certain they will not, for we know that some of them hold him in high estimation--and we therefore ask the particular attention of "Sancho" to the following paragraph from - an editorial article published in the .- Gazette some time since The article was written to prove that Mr Clay was not in favor of a protective , ._ tariff. It.says, ... '• Mr. Clay has been consistent in his masonry, but he has not in his advocacy of a protective Tar -, if We know that Mr. Clay was once a t warm friend . of a Protective Tariff, but we also know that he throt " tied it to death with a compromise with the Mends -Of Nullification and free trade, and that he has sines declared that he is in favor of adhering to .-:. the principles of the compromise act." . - That is a pretty strong charge, but for fear Sancho - might assert that the Gazette's vile falsehwd on Mr. i Clay of Alabama, renders it unworthy of belief, we will quote Mt!. CLAY'S own sentiments on protection. - - Moseys in his letter to Mr. Bronson: "The sum and substance of what I conceive to be the true policy of the U. States, in regard to a Tariff, . may be briefly stated. Ls conformity with the prin. ciples announced is the COMPROMISE ACT, I think that *intact - revenue is necessary to an econom • had and honest administration of the General Govern ment, ought to be derived from duties impose 3 on For sign imports. And I believe that in establishi . 1 a Tariff of those duties, such a discrimination ought to be made as will incidentally aford reasonable protec gene to our national interests. " In the same letter he says: ._.' . "My opinion, that there is no danger hereafter of a itHigh Tariff, is founded on the gratifying fact., that our manufactures have now taken a deep root. In ::.. their infancy, they needed a greater measure of, pro ei teetion; but as they grow and advance, they acquire t strength and stability, and consequently, will require ' less protection." Again; in a speech delivered in the Senate in 1842 , t , * - Mr. Clay said— " Carry out the spirit of the compromise act.— Look to revenue alone for the support of the govern meet;'- DO NOT RAISE THE QUESTION OF -: - PROTECTION, which I had hoped had been put to .. • rest. There is no necessity of protection for protec tion." When 'Sancho,' or any other wbig, will show that the sentiments indicate Mr Clay to be in favor of a protective tariff, we will admit all they may choose • to say in hisfavor, but until they establish that his bin ' page means the very opposite of what it expresses, it is.all folly to attempt to palm him upon the people as the friend of a Protective Tariff. We ask the attention of all candid whigs to the a s. hove extracts: though frequently published they have never been explained by any of Clay's friends, and the ~. public now believe that they are afraid to attempt a re futation. -But so long as they labor to deceive the peo '2: pie by holding Mr Clay up as a protective tariff man, i"- - ' they „ shall not dodge the issue, by quoting democratic ' journals to prove that be misrepresented his own prin i ciples. They must first give satisfactory explanations of these extracts, and then we will put the Globe, N. Y. Post, &c. upon their trial. First, Mr 'Sancho' tell us what the editor of the Gazette, (the leading whig or gan) meant when he said that Mr Clay 'throttled the - ; Tarifto death with a Compromise with the friends .. of Nu li tlication;' what Mr Clay meant when he urged the principles of this same Compromise as the basis -. of a Tariff; and implored Congress to preserve it in i._ ' etiolate. Let the whigs explain these matters before they raise a new question. We assure them that they cannot - be evaded, for until they are explained or ad mitted, we are determined to 'keep them before the : people.' The pions editor of the Gazette follows in the foot. i , steps cf the Buckeye Bear, and by telling what he mustknow to be a barefaced falsehood, attempts to re lieve Henry Clay from the odium of having addressed ithe profane remark to speaker Polk which we referred i , e t oon Wednesday. To give the denial an appearance of plausibility, the Gazette says that the remark was made by Mr. C. C. Clay, of Alabama, a "loco foco '• member of Congress." To show the falsity of this -,: statement, we need only state that Mr. C. C. Clay T,. was a member of the Senate at the time, and to .. fasten, beyond contradiction, the profanity on the man -- who uttered it, we would refer the public to the fol '. awing certificate : A REMINISCENCE. "Being called on I deem it my duty to state that yesterday, in the House of Representatives, immedi ately after the Speaker (James K. Polk) gave the cast leg vote on the Mississippi election question, the Hon. Henry Clay looked in the direction of the Speaker, exclaimed, "Go home, God dams you ! where you belong !" These epithets were uttered just as the Speaker gave his vote. Mr. Clay Was standing near the Western entrance to the Hall, and close to the bar of the House. 1 was standing within five feet of Mr. Clay. Mr. Charley, of Ohio, sitting in his seat, was 110 near Mr. Clay that he heard his remark, and imme diately committed it to writing. Mr. Gallup, of New York, was standing near, and heard the remark very distinctly. "S. J. GHOLSON. • WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 1838," • Is there any use in asking the Gazette to retract its gross slander upon Mr. Clay of Alabama, and to cor selet its falsehood of yesterday. by inserting the above artificatel We will see if Mr. White's much-talked , ter piety, will impel him to retract the falsehood. 'The Bill which passed the Senate of Connecti mut, emending the rights of married women to proper ty. bas been reported upon adversely by the House, end in place thereof a new bill is reported protecting 'ail property of which the wife is seized at the time of or which shall cometo her by devise or in .. Aeritaeoe during the commute, from, a ttachment for hasband's debts during her life and that of her ehildran, the issue of the marriage. Ma. CLAY'S GAMBLING —As we have frequently said before, wehave no desire to make HENRY CLAY'S personal habits a prominent topic in this contest—nor shall we be driven to do so. We see with pity std 'sovereign contempt the vile but futile efforts of our opponents to blacken the private reputation of Ms.. Pots, but this has not inspired us with a wish to retell. ate with similar attacks on their candidate. It is e nough for as that the miserable authors of the attacks on our candidate have been forced to eat their own slanderous words. It is sufficient to induce us to op pose HENRY CLAY that he is the chosen champion of the Bank and Distribution projects, and the very. "em. bodiment" of all the heresies of whigism. Still, the private behaviour of a candidate for a high office, is not by any means, an unimportant matter, and if we are to believe the Gazette and other federal papers, it is regarded by them as of the first importance. It was under this impression that the editor of the Gazette took much pains to show that Ma. CLAY, whom he then opposed, was a gambler, a duellist and an im moral mars. Although the Gazette made out a pretty strong case, it has forborne to pursue the subject, and I to bring out such proofs as were within the editor's reach. The following letter is amongst these. It is true, the Gazette man may not have seen it; and this would not be surprising, for although it was pub lished at Lexington, Ky., the place of MR. CLAY'S re sidence, on the 24th of May last, it has not called forth any response or notice from him. On ordinary occasions we would not feel under any obligation to sustain the charges brought by the Gazette against Ma. CL. AY or any one else. But lest some persons might say that these serious imputations. like many other statements from the same source, are entirely without foundation, we give the following letter, premising that its author is said to be a gentle. man of the first standing and reputation. and a pro. minent politician, in the state of Kentucky. If the Gazette editor takes any pleasure in seeing his own charges sustained, be will be delighted to hear that . Mr Mc's letter is yet uncontradicted,and if it can be,he will be anxious that Gen M. shall bring sufficient proofs to support his allegations, which he confidently says he will be able to do. Lax trrotoa, May 24,1844. fo the Editor of the Kentucky Gazette: Slat Some time ago, the 4th number of the "Junius Trees," containing the life of Henry Clay, was placed in my hands. Among some of its impudent prevari cations I was particularly struck with the following: "In 1819, when invited to a game of brag, he (Mr. Clay) replied, 'Excuse me, gentleman, I have not played a game of hazard for more than twelve years, and I take this opportunity to warn you all to a void a practice destructive of a good name, and draw ing after i: evil consequences of incalculable magni tude.' " Theevident object of the anther is to excite the be lief that Mr Clay has not. since that time, played cards for money, or gamed. Brag is a game of cards, and therefore the disclaimer and inference apply to such games. About the same time, public declara tions were made in one of the leading New York pa pers, f,iendly to Mr Clay, that he was a refomed man in that particular, and had not gamed for many years. In a speech which I made soon after seeing that tract, I stated my convictions that Mr. Clay's habits were unchanged, and that he still continued that prac- tico, which he is represented by Junius to have stig matized as "destructive of a good name." I referred I to a case as late as the 4th of July last, which occur red near Lexington, where he played and won be tween one and two hundred dollars, as I was inform ed by a gentleman who was present, and perhaps play ed at the same table, but did not bet. I was assailed by a Lexington editor for having made that assertion, and dared to the proof. I did not wish to go into a public controversy upon such a subject. although well aware that the fact Vl'ali notorious in all this country, and especially at the public watering places in Kentucky, on the steamboats of the Ohio and Mississippi, and in Lexington, Washington city and New Orleans. That in fact, there were thousands who had been eye witnesses of the fact. I again,in a speech in Mercer, alluded in a good na tured way to Mr. Clay's successful skill in card play ing, but dot relying upon that as sufficient to defeat his claims to public office, even among professing Chris tians; many of whom, even of the clergy, have hitherto supported him for the Presidency, with a full knowl edge of this habit. This last speech has blown up the ire of the editor of the Frankfurt Commonwealth, who has assailed me in his paper of the 28th inst., with characteristic vul garity and folly. He says I mike the charge against Mr. Clay on negro testimony. He will find himself mistaken. I leave it for him and the "gentleman of the highest standing in Lexington," who has authori sed him to use Harry Bruens. alias Brennan's Harry's denial of a statement which I never made, to choose such associates, allies and witnesses. I imagine their association is very appropriate, and I will not disturb it. Neither will I reteliate,the charge of insanity up on the editor of the Commonwealth; Ido not suppose that the amount of his intellect would ever place him in so high a scale as lunacy. Idiocy comes nearer to i his grade. Mr. Clay's whole history in this country is so mix ed up with his habits at the card table, that a conver sation about him is almost invariably intermingled with sporting anecdotes of his past life. If any reformation has taken place, it must have been long since the peri od fixed by the veracious author of Junius. I assert, on the authority of a gentleman of undoubted standing. that as late as the 4th of July last, he gamed at cards, at the place before mentioned, for money, which he won. If Mr. Clay will dare to deny the truth of the charge, as to this particalar instance,which is given merely as one out of many recent instances, I will produce the proof. The witnesses shall be named, and they must testify or stand mute. There are enough who will, although reluctantly, state the facts. I cannot but admire the cool command of counte nance which his indiscreet friends must possess, when they attempt to deny a charge so well known and ad mitted in every circle in which Mr Clay has moved, from that of the British Ambassador at Washington, with whom I am informed he has had many a hard set-to, down to his hard-favored associates at wale' ing places and on steam boats. 1 am charged with being incited to this attack on Mr. Clay, by bittr personaalice, resulting from at tacks made by hi e m on me. l m yth these, the public have nothing to do, and about them, they cure nothing. I deny personal malice, but avow a deep conviction of Mr. Clay's unfitness, from his habits, for the station to which he aspires; a station which should be held by those only, who, to talents such as he possesses, add the higher qualities of good morals, and integrity in political life, of which I conscientiously believe him to be destitute. JNO. M McCALLA. TREMENDOUS EIPLO toN!—The Cincinnati Com mercial states that the boiler in the machine and en gine shop of D. A. Powell, situated on the corner of Front and Butler streets, exploded, on Saturday after noon, about 3 o'clock, blowing up the entire building, leaving it one commingled mass of ruins. and injuring others in the vicinity. The boiler was rent in several pieces, one part passed through the shop adjacent to the boilerroom, tearing out the whole side of said shop, passing over the heads of two persons who were a t work without injuring them. The brickbats and pie ces of boards flew in every direction—some to the dis tance of five squares! The shock was felt for a num• ber of squares around. Several persons were severe ly injured by the explosion--some of whom lived a .uare distant. ANOTHIR SuccEssnit "Fln•nciEß."—The caw of R. W. Redfield, late cashier of the Commercial Bank, indicted for embezzling 56,000 and for perju ry, was called in the New York Sessions on Fri. day, but be had forfeited his bail—being only 910,- 009. Comeases.-011 Tuesday the President sent • mu- I CONGRESS. sage to the House urging the fousedieoj annexation o f 'ln the Semite, to-day, immediately after the read-1 Texu to the Union, and Umber vetoing the bill for i , 7 i f pu d a n t t le ti l e o r i nt j 4 ; 4l M uce r E l e : i t : ti n i t t n so accord 7f o lvi c I l e p an the improvement of the eastern harbors, on theground natation of Texas to the United Stacie which was of itabgligananceastitutionalutasure. It is thought read, and ordered to a second reading. A message that t h e western h ar b or bill w ill s h are t h e same fate. was received from the House, announcing the death of which the lion. Almon H. Read , late a representative from Mr. Adams introduced some resolutions, the State of Pennsylvania; whereupon, Mr. Sturgeon squint at an impeachment of President Tyler. ' rose and delivered an appropriate eulogy on the char- Mr. M . Duffielt joint resolution for the annexation' acter of the deceased. f and moved the usual resolutions of Texas, was taken up in the Senate, and by a vote to testify the respect o that body for his memory; and the Senate forthwith of 26 to 19 laid on the table. No other proposition we re . una nimousl y a do p ted ' adjourned. i l relating to Texas will be considered this session.l No business of any importance was transacted in ---------_ ! the House to-day. At an early hour Mr. Bidleck an nounced the death of his colleague, • the Hon. A. H. Read, one of the representatives from the State of Pennsylvania. After a neat and appropriate eulogy on the character and services of the deceased, Mr. Bidlack concluded by offering the usual testimonials of respect for his memory, which were unanimously &dup. ted. The House then adjourned. The following is Mr. BENTON ' S bill: A bill to provide for tke Annexatiox of Texas to the United States. A ‘Nkrtvs.' APPOIPTMEI4T.—A number of the most respectable physicians in New York, havo remonstra• ted to the city Council against the recent appointment as city Physician, of an individual who, "has no con nexion with the Medical profession; is not only entire ly ignorant of Medicine as a science, but, admitted by bis friends to be too illiterate to perform, with or dinary correctness, the mere clerical duties of his of fice." M ICH JOA N.—The Detroit Free Press says:—"We tell our friends abroad that they may draw upon Michi gan fur five electcral votes for Col. Polk and Dallak We will give the ticket a majority that will surprise even ourselves. The Peninsular State is big with a true-hearted and faithful Democracy, and they have al ready put the ball in motion. Associations are spring ing up in every school district, and the ides of Navem ber will witness the good effects of them." FREE CHrRCH IN BOITOI. — A project is on foot in Boston, to open a free church for the accommodation of Protestant Foreigners. In speaking of this matter the Boston Courier says : "The Rev. Henry Giles is an Irish Protestant preach er, and one of the moat eloquent ornaments that a dorn the Congregational pulpit. We hope that a free church for our Protestant Irish friends will be erected, forthwith, and Mr. Giles be installed pastor of the flock." A PRYER ANS%VIRED.--There were prayers for min offered up in churches in Fayetteville, N C., on Sunday, last, and some on the Sunday preceding. On Tuesday evening it commenced raining, and gave a good supply. LTP The Synod of tba Reformed Dutch Church of the United States, commenced its annual session in Poughkeepsie on Wednesday week. From eighty to one hundred clergymen and elders were expected to be in attendance. THE METHODIST CHI2HCH.--..The action of the General Conference upon the case of Bishop A tt- DREWS, having rendered it probable, in the opinion of the Southern Members of that body, that a separation should take place, a committee of nine was appointed to settle the basis on which this separation should take place. They reported a set of resolutions, from which we extract the following, which relate to the division of-the church property. When the Society of Friends were divided by the Orthodox and H:cksite disputes, the church property was the cause of much bitter con tention. • If this question should be amicably settled. it will do much to prevent ill-feeling in the reparation of the church, an event which now seems inevitable: Resolved, That when the annual conferences shall have approved the aforesaid change in the sixth res trictive Article, there shall be transferred to the above Agent of the Southern church so much of the capital and produce of the Methodist Book Concern as will. with the notes, book accounts, presses, &c mentioned in the last resolution, bear the same proportion to the whole property of said conceit' that the Travelling Preachers in the Southern church shall bear to all the Travelling Ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the division to be made on the basis of the number of Travelling Preachers in the forthcoming minutes. Resolved, That the above transfer shall be in the form of annual payments of twenty-five thousand dol lars per annum, and specifically in stock of the Book Concern, and in Southern notes and accounts due the establishment, and accruing after the first transfer men tioned above; and until all the payments are made, the I Southern church shall share in all the nett profits of the Book Concern, in the proportion that the amount due them, or in arrears, bears to all the property of the concern. Resolved, That be, and they are hereby ap pointed Commissioners to act in concert with the same number of Commissioners appointed by the Southern organization, (should one be formed) to estimate the amount which will fall due to the South by the prece , ding rule, and to have full powers to carry into effect the whole arrangement proposed with regard to the division of property, should the separation take place. And if by any means a vacancy occurs in this Board of Commissioners, the Book Committee of New York shall fill said vacancy. Resolved, That whenever any Agents of the Smith ern church are clothed with legal authority or corpo rate power to act in the premises, the Agents at New York are hereby authorized and directed to act in con cert with said Southern Agents so as to give the pro visions of these resolutions a legally bin ling force. Resolved, That all the property of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in Meeting-houses, Parsonages, Colleges, Schools, Conference Funds, Cemetries, and of every kind within the limits of the Southern organ ization, shall he forever free from any claim set upon the part of the Methodist Episcopal Church so far as this resolution can be of force in the premises. Resolved, That the church so formed in the South, shall have a common property in all the copy rights in possession of the Book Concerns at New York and Cin cinnati, at the time of the settlement by the Commis- The Petersburg (Vs.) Republican, sends the follow ing 'Greeting' to its brethren of the Republican Press: "Many of you have announced important accessions to the Republican ranks in your respective neighbor hoods; we have the pride and pleasure of adding to the list. Richard Kidder Mende, Harrison Elector for this District in me, will not only give his vote, but his ale -mit to James K. Polk and Geo active and zealous suppr. M. Dallas. I Tne extent of inundated lands, the number of log ca The Hon Mr Gholson, Jude of the Supreme Court bins carried away, and of animals swallowod up, are for this District, a warm friend of Harrison in 1840, incalculable. From Cairo to St Louis are seen only although from his judicial station taking no active part. abandoned farms, animals floating over prairies which in political contests, will give his vote fur James K. have become lakes, and no longer offer them pasture. Polk and George M Pallas. I Sheep, oxen, horses and cattle of various kinds must There are othersin this town, men of intelligence, now seek their living on the waters like the ducks, who education, talents and high standing in the community, are the only inhabitants that readily accommodate them who were not with us in 1840, but who are now deter- selves to the altered state of things. The Mississippi mined to advocate with all their energies, the doctrines is frightful; its stream, rapid enough always, is now a and the candidates of the Republican party. They are ortent, and twice the powerful steamboat which car known here, but sthey have not been in public life, i ries us, wascompelled to yield to the force of the cur we forbear to name them. I rent. The ghosts of whole forests float, with arms and Thus flows the tide. W the true issues before hair erect, through this roating abyss, and the steam menmwit a knowledge of t hen measures as well as the boats are, at every instant, obliged to arrest their pro e they are called on to support, reflection and reason peso, lest they strike too rudely against these uproot range the impartial and considerate in the ranks of re- ed giants. At St Louis, the quay called the Levee is lublicanism. submerged. Housesare abandoned, the water reach . ing the second story. The inhabitants of the small -'nor -mite St Louis have fled to the fields, and the Gnow Imo Uts LASY.—The N. Y. Herald, a whig pa- per, is ingenuous enough to say:—"The whip press be gins to exhibit alarm at the d e monstrations of the dem ocracy here in favor of Polk and Dallas. We begin ourselves to think that this alarm is very well founded. The Tribune is in evident dread, and thinks that the party must work hard if they mean to elect Clay.— After all, this will be a very hard fight—that's certain." EirThe Albany Knickerbocker often says some thing good. The following is from a late number of that paper: "Thank God, the Lord loves us yet, if we do cut each other's throats. If any body doubts it, let him take a stroll through the country and see his affection written in violets on the hill top. Lethim do this and he'll come home a better man. No one fires his neighbor's altar the same day he wanders through God's goodness, as 'tis lavished in the country. Nev• er. Be it enacted, &c., That the President oT the Uni , ted States be, and he hereby is, authorised and advi sed to open negotiations with Mexico and Texas for the adjustment of boundaries, and the annexation of the latter to the United States, on the following bases; to wit: 1. The boundary of the annexed territory to be in the desert prairie west of the Nueces, and along the highlands and mountain heights which divide the wa ters of the Mississippi from the waters of the Rio del Norte, and to latitude 42 degrees north. 2. The people of Texas, by a legislative act or by any authentic act which shows the will of the majori ty, to express their assent to said annexation. 3. A State, to he called "The State of Texas," with boundaries fixed by herself, and an extent not exceeding that of the largest State in the Union, be ad mitted into the UNION. by virtue of this act, on an equal footing with the original Status. 4. The remainder of the annexed territory to be held and disposed of by the United States as one of their Territories, and to be called "the Southwest Territo• ry." 5. The existence of slavery to be forever prohibited ,n the northern and northwestern part of said Terri tory, so as to divide, as equally as may be, the whole of the annexed country between slaveholding and non slaveholding States. 6. The assent of Mexico to be obtained by treaty to such annexation and boundary, or to be dispensed with when the Congress of the United States may deem such assent to be unnecessary. 7. Other details of the annexation to be adjusted by treaty, so far as the same may come within the scope of the treaty-making power. PROGRESS OF COTTON MANUFACTURES IN THE UNITED STATES. The cotton Manufactures of the United States are extending themselves in every direction. The same spirit of enterprise that completed the work in Lo well some twenty years ago, has found its way to the South and to the West. In the vizinity of St Louis, there is a manufactory in pis:teem% of erection, also one at Tallapoosa Falls. At cane hill, Washington coun ty, Arkansas, one, on an extensive scale, has been e rected. At Natchez, Mississippi, a cotton and wool Factory is now in operatiox. LIS. C., several Man ufactories have been, for some time, in the tide of successful experiment. A large portion of the Manu factories have been erected by New England men, with New :England capital; Her enterprising sons, after completing the work at borne, have gone forth as pioneers to the South and the West, and there set the spindles and the looms in action. Our Manufacturers are unusually active, and will be through the season. We may expect a great in crease in Nlanufactured Cotton goods fur 1841 over previous years, with a still greater demand. The val ue of the Cotton Manufactures in the United States, and capital invested for four years, is as follows: Capital Value. invested. In 1843 $58,930,520 $64,828,820 1842 54,397,407 59,974295 1841 50,212,991 55,360,888 1840 46,350,453 51,102.359 These tables show a steady increase for the four years, both in value of manufactures and capital inves ted, of about 10 per cent.. per year, or nearly 40 per cent. for the four years. The opening of the ports of the Chinese Empire must afford another extended field for our enterprise. Ihe first export to China was in 1827, amounting in value to $9,000, and has gradually increased since that time. For the last three years, the increase has been mote rapid, amounting in 1841 $173,775 1842 499,318 1843 2,000.000 Our trade with South America is also very favora ble, compared with that of Great Britain. We hare before as, statements of the amount of Cotton Goods imported from Great Britain and the United States into Rio Janeit 0 for four years: From G Britain. From the U States. 1843 bales 14,455 7,358 1842 14,059 5,37 1841 24,968 8,961 1840 20,828 6,169 NVlrile the imports of Great Britain to Rio Janeiro have fallen off one-third since 1840, those of the Uni ted States have been gradually increasing. The exports from the port of Boston for the last eight months have been as follows: South America, East Indies, Smyrna, West Indies, Africa, South Pacific, Guutimala on the Pacific, Sandwich Islands, Gibraltar , Miquelon, Total, 11,921 [Boston Shipping List THE MISSISSIPPI FLOOD.• The late freshet in the Mississippi has occasioned much devastation and loss. The editor of the' Cou rier des Etats Unis' writes thus graphically: "Owing to the recent rains, the waters of the Missis sippi and its tributaries, have attained a height which is unprecedented, except in the year 1785, when the waters rose some thirty feet above their ordinary level, town °ppm vessels, instead of following the usual sinuosities of the river, cut directly across lots, sometimes carrying sway a chimney or the top of a tree. But fortunately the waters are abating." A New Use for India Rubber.—A. preparation of caoutchouc has been made in London to serve the pur pose of matting, and is highly commended as a useful discovery. "The Church and State Gazette" remarks that the English Government have ordered the new garrison church at Portsmouth to be covered with this extraordinary manufacture, to prevent the soldiers from suffering from rheumatism, &c., brought on by sitting with their feet on cold stones. This example may be well followed in country churches, and especi ally over old vaulted places of wofship. Where the dead are deposited the escape of nuxious gasses is in jurious to the living. Rights of Weetea.—The bill which passed the Senate of Conneticat, entitled an act tio' intend the tights of married women, and which was intended to save the real estate of the wikwhieh she possessed at the time of her marriage, front attachment on account of her husband's debts, has been lost. Such, if we re member rightly, was the fate of a similar bill pending before the last Legislature of Pe.nnsylvania. How tenacious are men of power, and how few there are who will relinquish privileges, however repugnant the holding may be to right or reason? Man, not satisfied with possesing wholly his own property, by the civil contract of marriage, arrogates to himself not only the control of the perion of the equal contracting party, but also of her lands and money. And yet men, legis lators, while treading the rights of women under foot: talk of equality and justice! PHILADELPHIA MARKETS. Coffee—We notice sales of 1500 bags Laguira at Tian cts per lb. Candles—We notice sales of New Bedford Sperm at 29a30 Cu per lb; Dipped, Tallow, 84a9; Mould do, 94a10c as in size. Domestic Spirits—Whiskey readily commands 20a 224 cents per gallon in hhds and bbls; New England Rum 30a32 cts; Apple Whiskey, 28030 cts Drugs and Dye Stuffs—Sales of 20 sacks Gum Sen egal, fine, 23 cts per Ib; 50 bbls British Gum Senegal Powders at 10al1 cts; Quinine $3,35a3,50 per ounce; Turkey Opium, new crop, $3,25 per lb; Cochjneal $1,10; Caraccas Indigo $l,lO fur F's, lower grade in proportion. - Flaxseed—Sales of foreign at $1,62a1,65 per bush; Domestic $1,50. Flour & Grain—We notice sales of about 5000 bar rels good superfine shipping lima at $4 124 per bar rel, at which rate holders are willing to realize this day. Choice brands, on Broad street, for city con sumption, $4 50 a 4 874. Rye flour $3 064. Corn Meal, $225. Penna. Wheat 96 a 97 cts. per bush; Rye, 60 cts; corn round and yellow, 42 a 44 cts., do white 40 a 41c; North River Oats 304cts. Feathers—Western is held at 29 a 30 ctr per lb. Lead—We note sale of 3000 pigs Galena Lead at $3 624 a 6 65 pet 100 lbs.-6 mos. Teas—We quote Imperial at 50 cue $1; Hyson . 40 a7O cts; Pouchong 40 a 60. In other teas no change. Wool—Sales of about 3000 lb* to manufacturers for immediate consumption at former figures. TTLE MARKET. Beeves.—About 900 offered, mostly Pennsylvania. Sales ranged from $4 50 a 6 fur fair qualities, and 6 25 as 6 50 for superior. 400 were taken to New York, and 59 remain unsold. NIEW ODLE/IRS MARICICT. June 3d In a commercial point of view, the events of the past week have been utterly void of interest, and the transactions in every department of trade are so limi ted that they fail toexcite any attention. The money market continues very abundant, and loans are obtain ed with ease at 8 to 10 per cent. discount on first class securities, nor is there any prospect of a scarcity for some time to come. Sugar, Louisiana.—Our previous quotations are barely sustained—say for Inferior to Ordinary 41 a 56; Common 56 a 5.t; Fair 5i a 6 Prime 6i a 6i; strict ly choice in small lots, 6. a 7 cents per lb. For the season, the market is very well supplied, as there is a considerable quantity in store. We quote from 51 to 6/ cents as plantation rates. Havana Sugars.—We quote the same prices as be fore: Brown,si a 61; Yellow 7 a 76; and White 9 a 10 cenuiperlb. Molasses. —There is a fair supply in market for the season, and the demand is quite limited at our redu ced quotations—say for common lots 23 cents, and. for prime in good cypress barrels, 24 a 28 cts per gallon. wieTLRR BANKS. discount. Cincinnati, par a 6 Ohio Country Banks, 3 a 10 Indiana, par a 6 State Bank of Illinois, 20 a 25 Bank of Illinois, Shawneetown,3sa 40 [Picayune. Globe, 9 PITTSBURGH MARKET- RILFORTZD TOR THE POST ST ISAAC HARRIS. Friday Morning, June 14, 1844. Business generally, is gradually lessening through out the city, yet with some houses a good deal is do ing. We find very little change in the market for the mat week. The rivers have fallen, but yesterday was a constant rain and will produce a little rise. Ashes—The supplies abundant and few sales to re port, Scorcbings 3/, Pots 34a3.1. Pearls 4A1141; Cleve land Salemtus sasi, Pittsburgh siasl}. Bacon—Sales of 3000 lbs country at and other sales 3}a4, 12000 lbs hams in casks at 4ic at 4 mos; 1400 lbs shoulders in casks at 3c per lb About 150 Beef Cattle sold in lots to Butchers at s3a4 per 100 lbs according to quality; 3375 head of Sheep at 870 $1; 64 calves at $,50a3 each. Cotton—Market rather dull; sales of 44 bales fine Mississippi at 9c; 22 bales common Tennessee at 7c pet un time, interest added. Cotton Yarn—No 5 to 10, 17 cts a lb No 1I 18c, No 14 19 cts a lb. Long Reel 500 9, 600 8, 700 7, 800 900 & 10006 c. Cheese—Sales of 3000 lbs good Western Reserve, cts cash, in boxes 54 cts. Dry Goods—Good brown muslin, Pittsburgh and Eastern 8 cts a yard. Flour—The arrivals tatlier smaller than usual, and sales from wagons and boats 3 12i a 3 25 a bbl. Grain—Wheat 62i a 65; corn 35 a 37&c; oats dull at 20c a bushel. Fruit—Peaches 60c a $1 00; Dried Apples 65 a 70; Sales of 60 drums Smyrna Figs 12icts a Ib; Green Oranges $4 a 4 . 0; Lemons $3 25 a 4 50. Fish—Mackerel scarce, No I herring brisk $5 25. a 5 50, Nu 1 Trimmed Shad $8 50 a 9, half bbls 5 00, Feathers—Sales of 4000 lbs of mixed and inferior at 18 a 21—choice Kentucky and Ohio, 26 a 27e a lb. 1 Groceries—Sugar. sales in hhds. *inc. a lb—a sale of 100 Ms, N . 0., fair to go out of the market. at nAc a lb. Molasses, sales at 32 a 33, Cash, for N. Or c l e o a fr n e s e_ . About 1000 bags has arrived during the week, some sales of Rio to the trade at 7c, but gene rally at 7,t a 71c. Teas—Stock fair, sales, Y. H., 40 to 75; Imperial, 50 a 75; Gunpowder, 45 a 70; Pouchong 50 a 75c a lb. Iron—Nails, demand constant and good; Common bar, 3; nails 4 a 41c alb for au, and other prices ac cording to sizes. Blooms—Sales of 42 tons, Juniatza, at $52 a 5 mos. Pig Metal—Sales of 90 tons, Allegheny, cn time, at $2B and int. add. Rock, cold Blast, at $3l, Cash, 15 do do $2B 4 bales 4,446 3,927 1,486 987 651 146 213 28 27 20 11108. Rags—For clean country 2. to 21, white 34cts a lb cash. Salt—Sales from boats 1 00 and from stores 1 0 6 / a $1 12/ a bbl. Tar—Ohio, Sales first bands 40 bbls 2 75 and gen erally sold at $3 a 3/. Tin plate plenty at $lO per box, (I. X.) Wool—Very fine and choice 44 a 45, full blood 401 a 38. a 35, pulled and common 28 to 30cts a lb. Whiskey—sales from waggons 47 bbls at 18c cash. ! Rectified 21 a 22c a gal.. THE undersigned, passengers on board the Steam boat Cicero, up the Wabash river, take pleasure in recommending to the favorable notice of the travel ling comunity the steward of the said boat, Samuel House, colored man. His attention in supplying and anticipating our wants have much added to our com fort and convenience during our passage. Margaret Peebles, William Menele, Rebecca Jeffries, Thomas Menele Marion Purviance, H R Her p, H H Purviance, H Walbridge E Purviance, Jonathin Henderson, Mary Priedd, James M'Dowell, Mrs M'Donald, W G Patterson, C Uldren, Robert M'Neal, Miss Pakle, B. Chanee, Charles H Clark, Mary Walridee, Mr and Mrs Huntington. Wabash River, June 1, 1844. MISS CLARENDON has the honor of al:non:k cing to the wean-hearted citizens of Pittsburgh, that she will take her Benefit on Monday evening, June 17th, being the closing night and terminationof the Season. jel4-3t A CARD. PITTSBURGH THEATRE. Bliss CLAWINDON'S 13111NINIFTT. LAST NIGHT OF TIM SILASON. ILUatimar at Lm Somas 0 jaw 11.3-1 y rub, salt, !ran, s*ts, he. • 10 BBLS. and half Bbls. No 1 Herring; 8 " •• " Stied and Mackerel; 1 Salmon, 3 Sacks fine Liverpool Sable Salt; 6 " Ground Alm; 1 Bbl. Epsom Salts; 25 Boxes prime Sicily Lemons ; 10 " " Malaga Oranges; I Case Bordeaux Jar ['runes; 10 Hhds. prime N. 0. Sugar; 50 Boxes blo 1 Soap; Received and for sale, by J D. WILLIAMS, No. 28 Fi4h street. june 13 TN the Court of Common Pleas of Allegbry Cam ty, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, atJaas Term, A D 1844. the matter of Charles Avery, Trustee of lase Robinson.(nowJane Smith) No 136, June Term,lB44. And now to wit: June Bth, 1844, Pad • •-• tion of Charles Avery, Trustee, mama- ed and read io open Court ; setting feeds that further attention to the duties iacum bent on him in the premises, have beaus, • inconvenient, and praying leave of the Court to make a settlement of his account, and diet on surrendering the residue of the estate committal to him, to the care of such persons as the Courting.. ; . appoint that the Court will make an order dismissin g him from such appointment. On motion of .1 S Cook • Esq., the Court order and direct that the Prothoootur ry give notice by three weekly publications, in the Morning Post and Mottling Chronicle, two newspa pers published in the city of Pittsburgh, of the peal ing of such petition, and that the prayer of the ped tioner will be granted on the 4th Monday of Jorse,lo-•• scant, unless cause be shown why the same should sot be granted. From the GEORGE R. RIDDLE, je 13-3 t Prothonotary. To the Honorable the Judges of the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace in and for the county of Allegheny: The petition of M. A. Armor, of Clinton, Findley township; in the county aforesaid, respectfully phew eth, That your petitioner bath provided himself with materials fot the accommodation of travelers and others, at his dwelling house in the county aid town ship aforesaid, and prays that your boucle will be pleased to grant him a license to keep a public house of entertainment; and your petitioner, as in duty Weed, will pray. M. A. ARMOR. We, the subscribers, citizens of Clinton. Findley township, do certify that the above petitioner is of good repute for honesty and temperance, and is well provi ded with house room and conveniences for the accom modation of strangers and travelers, and that said tav ern is necessary. - Charles Stewart, William Eaton, John Cash, John N. Johnson, Benjamin Vedemark, John Wilson, jape 13-3t* Albert G. Walter, XL XL, Liberty street, near the corner of Fourth stmt. june 12-d3m A Good ram for Oslo. AFARM of 162 acres of good land, in Atheism, Ohio, 3i miles from the Ohio, and s fourth of a mile from the big Hockhocking River, and about 200 miles below Pittsburgh. It has 40 acres cleated and under good fenco. A good log House with s stone chimney, a cabin ) , Barn and several good springs en ir k and it is easy of accessfrom the Ohio and Hockbocking Rivers: it is 14 miles from a good mill; a school Rome on the promises,the country healthy and religious so ciety and Churc hes in the neighborhood. By paying 8800, two years will be given for the balance witt interest, and to be secured by bond or mortgage; it sold by the first of August possession given bythe 16th of next September. Please apply at HARRIS Oen enil Agency and Intelligence office, No. 9, sth street, Pittsburgh jun. 10. AMERICAN TRACT & AMERICAN TEMPE, - RANCE UNION PUBLICATIONS, &c. j UST received from the city of New York, 76 peck er/ ages of the American Tract Society's Tracts, foe sale at 1 2, to 25 cents a prickage. Also, about 50,- 000 pages assorted English, German, Welsh: and French tracts; also, 3050 Youth'sand Temperance Ad vocates for June, and about 10,000 earlier papers; An nual reports; 250 temperance hymn books; harp and lyre; spider and Sy; Mysterious woman; the tempe rance map; the Enquirer with or without Dr Sewers drawing of the human stomach; Arthur's talc% 200 co pies of the trial of King Alcohol; deacon Gibs distil lery; Hammel Hawkins, and other temperance publi cations; large family, sc hool and pocket bibles; palm and hymn books; 7 vols. of Journal of the Smote and House ef Representatives of Pennsylvania from 1790 to 1799; with a variety of miscellaneous and school books, and the daily and weekly Pittsburgh papers,— or sale low for cash. Also, Gunn's D Medi- ISAAC HARR omestic lS, Agent& Com. Merchant, 9 Fifth at. Verplaack's Illustrated Shakspeara. No. 9of the above work just received. This work. now in the course of publication in weekly parts, will be, when completed, one of the most magnificent works ever offered to the American public. Harpers' Bible.—A few more sets from No. I Gan now be supplied. Chatsworth, or the Romance of a week—new sop. lY• P Highlands of Etbiopiv, now complete in 4 parts. Knickerbocker for June. Mysteries of London, No. 5. Eastern Newspapers.—Saturday Post, do. Courier, - do. Museum, Tribune, Herald, Dollar Weekly. London Puncb, by the laststeantship. Call in. every body, and look at the largest assort ment of cheap publications in the Western country, at Cook's Literary Depot, 85 Fourth st. jell. • THE TRIUMPH OF PRINCIPLE; OR, TRUTH lIIIRSUIS FICTION. As illustrated in the rise and brilliant progress tithe famous "Three Big Doors," 151 Liberty street, Pittsburgh:xi Courteous reader, believe me, these lines are not wrote. • As a pitiful puff, to sell pants or a coat; I would not by any be thought to suppose, That lengthy professions e'er brought cheaper cloths! Suffice it to say, there is none to compete With the far famed M'CLositer, in Liberty street; He carries the sway and his name 'a so well known, Thatthey crowd his 'Big Doors' from all parts of town, They may talk of their cheapest, their finest and strongest, It's not true—and all know that Mac's Clothing wears longest; They may talk of 'first cost,' of 'half price' or a third, But to cope with M'Closkey, tis plainly absurd ; His stock's so immense and bit custom so great, That by forty per cent he can all others beet; M'Closkey well knows bow far jealousy goes, But he challenges all to produce such cheep clothes, Men of country and town,learn this wondrous result, His rivals would dare all your judgments insult, They fain would induce you to bediete other stores, Sold as good and as cheap as the great "Three Big Doors." But M'Closkey will praise you for judgment and skill, For from him you have purchased and will do so still, And well for yourselves were your real bargains made, For they stand far the cheapest of all in the trade, From the Judge of our Courts to the Lintberman's hut, You may see in a moment JWCloskey's fiance% There are three great essentials on which M'Closkey prides, Durability, symmetry, and best clothes besides. Before he concede*, Mac ne'en can forget, • The brilliant success which his "Big Doors" barmiest} He thanks each sincerely in this " ersttisg" age, For their kindness, their favor, and warm pattenaget Then visit bis stock—it's examined by eanees— And you surely will buy at the famous Big Doors; To his depot then hie—he will proudly yes poetry Remember, 114'CliolitnT, in Liberty street: - June 1-2 w John Maginot**, Nicholas Swearing**. John Willock, John Dickson, G P Wilson, Josiah Mahon.
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