VOL. 11. NO. 252.
PUBLISHED AND EDITED BY
PSILLIPS & SMITH,
N. N. corner of Wood and Fifth 'Streets.
TICRMS.—Five dollars a year, payable in advance.
Singlecopies Two CkllTS—fur sale at the counter of
the Office, and by News Boys.
The Weekly Mercury and Manufacturer
is published at the same office, on a double medium
sheet, at TWO DOLLARS a year, in advance. Sin
gle copies, SIX CENTS.
TERMS OF A
PER SQUARE OF TW
One insertion, $0 50
Two do., U 73
Three do., 1 00
One week, 1 50
Two do., 3 00
Three do., 4 00
YEARLY ADVERTISEMENTS
CHANGEABLE AT PLEASURE.
One Square. Two Sqnares.
Six month., $lB 00 Six montlm, $25 00
One year, 25 00 One year, 35 00
M'Larger advertiscm,
rg'CARDS of four
Public Offices, &c. •
City Pose o(Ace, Third between Market and Wood
streets—R. M. Riddle, Postmaster.
C tiltiollll Howse, Water, 4th door from \Yowl st.,Pe
terson's buildings—Williarn B. Mowry, Collector.
City Treasury, Wood, between First and Second
streets—James A. Bartrim, Treasurer.
Comaty Treasury, Court House, next door to the
Reconler's Otfice--John C Davitt, Treasurer.
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Mayor ' s Office, Fourth, between Market and Wood
streets—Alexander Hay, Mayor.
Merchant's Exchange, Fourth near Market it.
Overseers of tke Poor, E F Pratt, 4th street,
above Smithfield; I J Ashbridge, Varner's Temper
ance House, corner of Front and Market streets.
Pittsburgh, between Market and Wood streets on
Third and Fourth streets.
Me rdtants' and Maw/facia re rs' and Farmers' De
remit Bank, (formerly Saving Fund,) Fourth, between
Wood and Market streets.
Exckange, Fifth st. near Wood.
HOTELS.
Monongahela House, Water street, near the
13 ridge.
Exchange Hotel, corner of Penn and St. Clair.
Merchants' Hotel, corner of Third and Wood.
American lintel,corneroff hi rd and Smithfield.
'United States, corner of Penn st. and Canal.
...Spread Eagle, Liberty street, near seventh.
Miner's Mansion Hattie, Liberty St., opposite
Wayste.
Cra.idirmirst's Afansion Honsc, Paw St., opposite
3al.
I %I PORTA NT FACTS
DF:T
LIDS Sarsaparilla Blood Pills are applica
ble in all cases, whether fur Purgaticca of I'm
rificali9a, They possess all the boasted virtues of
other pills, and are additionally efficacious, containing
Sarsaparilla in their composition, which is notcnn'aio
~•i
in any other pills in existence. They are also dif
ferent from other pills in compcsition, being purely
vegelable, and can be employed nt all times, without
any danger, and requiring no restraint from occupation
-it- usual course of living.
Notwithstanding Dr. Leidy never pretended his
Blood Pills would cure all diseases, yet it is not saying
too much of them, from the innumerable cares perfiw'm
ed by them in every variety and form of disease (cer
tificates of many of which have been publi.hed from
persons of all denominations, physicians, clergymen,
and others) that they seem to be almost universal in
t heir effect; and persons using them for whatever sick•
ness or disease, may rest assure that 7.lty will be found
more efficacious than any other d
pills in existence.
gr'rom the known reputation of Dr. Leidy's Blood
Pill, it is necessary to remind th 3 public where they
'.an at all times procure the genuine, ns it is attempted
' to impose other pills, called the 'Blood Pills' upon the
public on the reputation of Dr. Leidy's. IRP Be par
ticular ttcda-sk for Dr. Leidy's Sarsapnrilla Blood Pills
and see that the namoolN -13. Leidy is contained on
two sides of each box, (the- boxes being of paper, and
oblong, squareshape, saiTounded by a yelow and black
label.
PRICE-25 cents n Box.
Prepared only, and sold wholesale and retail, at Dr.
Leidy 's Health Emporium, 191 North Second street,
below Vine, Philadelphia, and by B. A. FANA
STOCK CO., corner of :Vood and Sixth streets,
Agents for Pittsburgh. jy 12-1 y
Dr. Good's Celebrated Female Pills.
HESE Pills are strongly recommended to the
1. notice of ladies as a safe and efficient remedy in
removing those complaints peculiar to theirsex, from
wont ofexercise,orgenemldebilityof the system. They
obviate costiveness, and counteract all Hysterical and
Nervous affections. These Pills have gained the sanc
tion and approbation of the most eminent Physicians in
the United States, and many Mothers. For sale
Wholesale and Retail,by IL &SELLERS, Agent,
sep 10 No. 20, Wood Street. below S.lcoml
PASSAGES AND REMITTANCES 7'o AND
FROM GREAT BRITAIN.
A P ERSONS desirous of sending for their
friends to come from any part of Great
i (dat Britain, are respectfully informed that the
Subscriber is atoll times prepared to make
such engagements He is prepared to remit moneys
to Europe by drafts, which are made peptide at any
point through. t the United Kingdom, on presentation.
Having been for the last 12 years engaged in thebus
iness, he feels confident that his arrangements on both
aides the Atlantic are such as will give satisfaction.
THE SHIPS
comprising the above line, are all of the first class,
and are commanded by careful and skilful masters;
4041..aving Liverpool ;once each week during the season.
er further particulars apply, if by letter, to
JOHN H ERDMAN,
No. 61 Socth street. New York
, .
or to J. KIRKPATRICK,
at Messrs. Maisel' & Fleming's, Water street
apr 20 Pittsburgh
HOTEL & HOARDING HOUSE.
FRANKLIN HOUSE.
THE subscriber respectfully informs his friends
and the public, that ho has opened a Hotel and
Boarding House in Third street, a few doors from
Wood, where travelers and others will be accommo
anted on the most reasonable terms. The house is
spacious, and has been fitted up at considerable ex
pense, and every arrangement is made dint will en
.sure the comfort and render satisfaction to boarders
vinll lodgers. A share of public patronage is respect
fully solicited.
a4-tf CHRISTIAN SCHMERTZ.
Steubenville Jeans.
Cip C ASESomperfine Steubenville Jeans, just reedv
ed from t h e manufacturers, sad fur sale at the
new Cash Store, No 32, Fifth intern.
alB J K LOGAN & CO.
Wm. CYRara Robinson, U. S. Attorney,
ETAS removed his office o Fourth, near Wood
wer ri
street, lately occupied by C. Dal mei, Esq.
April 8, 1844.
NOTLCE.-1 have placed my docket and profes
• ijonal business in the bands of Wm O'Hare Robinson,
Esq., who will attend to the same dining my absence.
March 23 C DARRAGH.
a9-ly
:',_i'lliftL,t,'-i)ii-ril-1):: liloriiiiii{l
DVERTISING.
..LVE LINES OR LESS:
One mouth, $5 00
Two do., 6 00
Threodo., 7 00
Four do., 8 00
Six do., 10 00
One year, 15 00
ems in proportion.
ines SLI DOLLARS a year
BANKS
R. Woods t Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Office on Fourth street, between Grant and Smithfield,
a few doors from the corner of Fourth and Grunt
stmts. sept 10
M'CANDLESS & M'CLURE,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
Office in the Diamond, back of the old Court House,
sep 10 Pittsburgh.
Francis R. Shank, Attorney at Law,
Fourth street, above Wood,
sep 10—ly Pittsburgh, Pa
Thomas Hamilton, Attorney at Lam
Fifth, between Wood und Smithfield sts.
sep 10—y Pittsburgh, Pa.
Byater & Buchanan, Attorneys at Law,
Office removed from the Diamond to "Attorney's Row,"
shady side of 4th, between Market and Wood its.,
Pe p I 0 Pittsburgh.
N. Buck :master, Attorney at Law,
Has removed hisoffice tie Reares' Law Buildings. 4th
St., above Smithfield, Pittsburgh. sell 10
B. Hogan, attorney at Law,
Office on Fifth street, between Smithfield and Wood
next door to Thos. Hamilton, Esqr.
Wm. E. Austin, Attorney at Law,
Pittsburgh Pu. Office in Fourth street, oppthtite Burke's
WILL IA 34 E. AUSTIN, E 7 9., will give his atten
tion to my unfinished Ito:Mess, and I recommend him
to the patronage of my friend.:.
sep 10—y WALTER FORWARD.
_
Daniel M. Curry, Att*rney at Law,
Offiro on Filth street, tx•tweco Wood and Smithfield
ap 8 Pittsburgh.
ROBERT PORT,:FI .. ----JOHN B. PERKINS
Porter & Perkins, Attoraoys at Law,
Office on the corner of Fourth and Smithfield AtTeetS
cep 10 'Pittsburgh.
Henry S. Magraw,Atterney at Law,
fins removed his office to his residence, on Fourth st
two doors above Smithfield. sep 10
Geo. S. Sail's, Attorney at Law,
Office on Fourth Mrret,betweeß Wood and Smithfield
'ComFyaneing and other instruments of wri
Ling legally and promptly executed
mar2l tf
John J. Mitchell, Attorney at Law,
Will attend to collecting find securing cla im‘, end will
also prepare legal imltrurnents of writinz with correct
ness and despatch. Smithfield street (near sth !erect
Pittsburgh. mn. '44
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R. Morrow, /Mormon,
Office north side of Fifth street, betneen Wood and
Smithfield, l'ittAiirgh. so p 10-tf
Dr. S. R. Holmes,
OfTire in Seroad oreet. nt.xt NInIN any C Ca
\ •ser 10—y
G. I. ROP.INS,,N. M. M ' GRIDE.
Robinson & Mcßride, Attorneys at Law,
UlFir•e on between 1% 0t.,1 uml Mark, i so 4.
,ther be•triirnelitNiti writing
legally and iirotniptly exreittr.l. ;110-if
Dr. George Watt,
PRACTISING Pin - sic/AN st 7; GE( fN
.- - e - - - Ottiee, Smithfield et. near the come. of Sixth
ali-1 v.
Dr. A. W. Patterson,
Office nn Smithfield street, third dot 'r from the corner of
sixth street
William A. Ward, Dentist,
Lilwrty street, a few dela, below St. Clair,
alp li, 18 13
Doctor Daniel Mcracal,
Office on Fifth street, bmw,pn Wood and Smithfield
street:4, l'itteMotgli. dee 10-v
AMMAN, JENNINGS & CO
00T - T , N YARN WAREHOUSE,
IV.. 43, Wood Street,
Agentiftwthe wale of the Eagle Cotton Fat-tiny Yarns
mar 17—y
NEW GOuDS.--PRESTON & MACKEY,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
English, French and Domestic Dry Goods
Nu. 81, Market street, Pittsburgh.
sep 10—y
BIRMINGHAM .4.•. CO
Commission and Forwarding Merchants,
No. 60, Water Ptreet, Pittsburgh, l'a.
Terms.—Receiving and shipping, 5 centa par
100 lbs. Commission on purchases and sales, 24 per
cent mar22—y
Brownsville Juniata Iron Works,
Edward llnghes, Manufacturer of Iron and Nails
IVarehouse, No. 25, Wmx.l st., l'itt.sburgh
sep 10—y
HAILMAN, JENNINGS & CO.,
Wholesale Grocers, Commission and Pro
duce Merchants,
And dealers in Pillsburgh Mannfactures.
mar 17 No. 43, Wood street. Pittsbuil F.
Magistrate's Blanks,
For proceedings in :attachment under the late law, for
sale at this office. ;iv 25
Matthew Jones, Barber and Hair Dresser,
Has removed to Fourth street, opposite the Mayor's of
fice, where he will be happy to wail upon permanent or
transient customers. He solicits a share of public pa
tronage. sep 10.
R. E. VicEo WIN,
RECOII.DING REGULATOR,
t7"Ofriee in RENIIN otos B ILDINGs, Penn street
a few doors above Hand street. j23—tf
J D Williams,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCER, For
warding and Commmission Merchant, and
dealer in Country Produce and Pittsburgh Manufac
tures, No 28 Fifth street, Pittsburgh.
HUEY & CO.,
Wholesale Dry Goods Merchants,
No 123, Wood Street.
Thud dote above Fifth, IVest side, Pittsburgh
al
CHARLES A. McANIJLTY,
Forwarding and Commission Merchant,
PITTSBURGH, PA.,
Agent for U. S Portable Boat Line. for the transporta
dim of Alerchandize to and from Pittsburgh, Baltimore,
Philadelphia. New York and Bmiton. j3l-ly
JOHN PA R KERB
(Of the late firm of J. 4. J. Parkrr.)
Wholesale Grocer, Dealer in Produce, and
PITTSBURGH MANUFACTURES,
No. 5, COMMERCIAL Row,
mar 20-tf Liberty street, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Pilkington's Unrivalied Blacking,
m A N s
i tl x F T A ft CT sTß U E ß zT ED oThe and i mki oor bewlhoow Smithfield.lesalc
andil '
ort
PITTSBURGH, MONDAY, JULY 8, 1844
JOHNSTON & STOCKTON,
Booksellers, Printers and Paper Makers,
No. 37, Market street: sep 10
' JOHNSON & DUVAL,
Bookbinders and Paper Rulers,
Continue hnsineAs at the stand late of M'Candless Cc
Johnson. Every description of work in their line nee...•
ly and promptly executed. may B—y
THOMAS B. You NO FRANCIS L. YOUNG
Thos. B. Young & Co.
Furniture Ware Rooms, corner of Hand street and Ex
change alley. Persons wishing to purchase furniture,
will find it to their advantage to give us a call, being full
ly satisfied that we can please as to quality and price.
sep 10
John Cartwright,
UTLER and Surgical Instrument Manufacturer,
C
No HO Wond street, two doors from Virgin al
ley, Pittsburg, l'a.
N. B.—Always on hand an extensive assortment ..)f
Surgical and Dental instruments, Banker's, Tailor's,
Hatter's, Hair Dresser's and Tanner's Proem. Shears
Saddler's Tools, Trtisses, &c. je '2 4 .
_
James Patterson, jr,
Birmingham, near Pittsburgh, Pa., manufacturer of
locks, hiliges and bolts; tobacco, fuller, mill and timber
s crews; housen screws for rolling mills, Sze: sep 10-y
John NrCloskey, Tailor and Clothier,
Libert). street, between Sixth street and Virgin alley,
S rich side. sep 10
Webb Closey's Boot and Shoe Inannft.etory,
No. 83, 4th •t., next door to the U. S. Bank.
Ladies prunella. kid and satin shoes made in the neatest
manner, and by the neatest French patterns. sep 10
Birmingham & Taylor,
AGENTS FOR
STEAMER CLEVELAND AND "IRON CITY
LINE,"
TO CLEVELAND. 0. [marlB
A (; REINHART. SIDNEY STRONG
REINHART & STRONG,
(Successors to Lloyd & Co.)
lt?co.csalr and Retail Grocers and Commission
Merchants,
No. 140, Liberty At., a few doors above St. Clair,
['Where families and others can at all limea bt
furnished with piod Goods at moderate prices. 1128
nAm) LLOYD. O. W. LLOYD
D. & G. W. Lloyd,
lIOLESALE GROCERS, COMMISSION
AND
FORK' A RUING MERCHANTS,
AN I) I': A I.P.Rs IN PRoDUCK PITTSBURGH 37 A NU*
I=l3
idbernl ndvz,nre.. in ru.ll or good 4 made on
roy:icument: or produce, &c.. nt No, 1 II!, Liberty
art• inls
ENI( )‘• L.
JAMES HOWARD & CO
ITIVE reinovcri thoir \l':\Ll. l' A I'ER WARE
1_ HOUSE 1,,
NI). 1:3. W110I) SI REEr,
ti•t‘‘eril alig•V lllid Flo1111)1 nireCt
IVIII . II` ti 11.% II:1%t. , at 11:11111 It 1:11"gl . an,l SIP1(4111.41 11,4-
011I111 . 11( ‘k At. I. I . A I': It :Mil BORDERS, .citable for
'% &:( .
A 1,,t, a ;:e!lca ;11 :I , surt meta 01 WI it , Pe int
-IViurpiti ; and Tea paper, Bonet 80ar,14, &c.
1\ lad' they will sell kw h w Cash, exchring,
;or Ariaps.Ax•. fob 2!. 1814
R E.llO V L-
I If) LDS lIIP & BI OWNF
ITAVE removed their Paper Store from Market
11 street to No. 64 IVood street, one (hair front the
emnerof 4th street, Where they keep on hand their us
ual assortment of w ALL PAPERS. for imperil'; par
livrs, entries, chambers, •., and also PRINTING,
WRITING, oral WRAPPING PERS, BONNET
BOARDS. &c., all of which they offer for sale on ac
commodating terms. kb 14 1813—dif
NICHOLAS D. COLEMAN LLOYD R. COLEMAN
Coleman& Co.,
General Agents, Forwarding and Commission
Merchants,
leveeStreet,Vicksburg, Miss. They respectfully so
lieu consignments. n 22—tf
William C. Wall,
Plain and Fancy Portrait and Picture Frame
Manufacturer,
No. 87, Fourth street, Pittsburgh, Pa.
CAN VASS brusheFi,varriiiih, &c., for artists, always
on hand. Looking Glasses, &c., promptly fin.
med to order. Repairing done at the shortest notice.
Particular attention paid to regildingand jobbing of
every description.
Per,ons fitting stamboats or houses will find it to
their advantage to call. sep 10-y
SAMUEL MORROW,
Manufacturer of Tin, Copper and Sheet
Iron Ware
No. 17, Ftlikstreet,betroeen Wood andMarkel,
Keeps constantly on hand a gfuni assortment of wares,
and solicits a share of public patronage. Also, on hand,
the followingarticles; shovels, pokers, tongs, gridirons,
skillets,teakettles, pots, ovens, coffee mills, &c. Mer
chants and others are invited to call and examine for
bemselves , o she is determined to sell cheap foremqh or
approved paper. mar7—tf
PORTRAIT PAINTING. .11. OSBORNE..., Port
rail Painter, Fourth st., 3d story Burk's Buil
ding. .1. Osborne would solicit a call from those who
desire Portraits . Spcimcias can be seen at his rooms
may 5.
Dont you want
AHANDSOME Coat and Pantaloons, or Vest,
better made and finer cloth than you can get at
the high priced e-tablishmerts of the city? If you do,
call at the Three Big Doors. We will warrant them
equal, if not superior, to any that can be purchased
west of the mountains. Bring the cash and we will
put you into a first rate suit in a few minutes. If you
prefer having your measure taken at d your clothes
made according to your own notion you can have it
(low, and when it is done you will be satisfied beyond
a doubt. Don't mistake the place.
JOHN M'CLOSK EY,
mar27•tf Three Big Doors, No 151,Liberty at
R. W. KERR ..JOEL MO/V.N.R.
RFRR & NIOI4I,ER,
DRUGGISTS AND APOTHECARIES,
Corner of Prouder-eel and Virgin alley,
No. 144,
F RESH Ntedicinea, itelected and put up with
care, can be had at all times, at moderate
rel'hysicians' prescriptions cnrefully compound
ed. mny 2-Iy
Notice to all whom it may concern.
ALL persons having claims against the Estate of
Oliver Ormsby Evans, deceased, as well as t hose
knowing themselves indebted to the same, will please
present their accounts for settlement to C Evans, No
10 Water street, who is duly authorized to settle the
said Estate. SARA/-1 L. EVANS,
felils
Printing Ink.
A FRESH supply of Printing Ink just received.—
For sale at the office of the Morning Post.
myl 1
PITTSBURGH MANI:I ./ FACTORY.
Springs and Axles hr Carriages
At Easter n Priees.
TH E subscribers manufacture and keep constant!
ly on hand Coach, C and Eliptic Springs ( war
ranted,) Juniata Iron Axles, Silver and Brass plated
Dash Frames, Brass and plated Huh Bands, Stump
Joints, patent Leather, Silver and Brass Lamps.
Three fold Steps, Malleable Iron, Door Handles and
Hinges, &c., &c. JONES & COLEMAN.
sep 10 St. Clair st., near the Allegheny Bridge.
Removal—lron Safes.
IRESPECTFULLY inform my friends that I have
1 removed my FIRE PROOF IRON SAFE
FACTORY to Third street, opposite the Post Of
tice, and avail myself of this opportunity to tender my
thanks to the public for the liberal patronage which
they have favored me with for several years, and soli
cit a continuance of their favors. I pledge myself my
Safes shall be made without any deception. All my
Safes which have been in buildings burnt down have
s aved all theircontents.
I L irThey are kept for sale at my shop, and at At
wood, Jones & Co's, Dalzell& Fleming's, and at D T
Mr,rgan's. JOHN DENNING.
N B. 25 bbls good New Or leans Sugar for sale.
un?roved Magnesia Safes,
MANUFACTURED ET
CONSTABLE. & BURK F.,
Fifth St reet,bet wen] Wood and Smithfield,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
subscribers present their respects to their nu
merous friends for tlwir firmer lith cal patron
age, and would take this method ofassunng them and
.the public generally that all fatorn favors will be duly
appreciated. Their articles have been fully tested, of
which suffieient restimony will be given to any inquirer.-
The principles of their locks and safes are nut sur
passed in the U a i m .
The price also is r onsiderably lessened, and will be
found as low, ifnot below any other responsible house
in the Union.
We would take this opportunity of thanking the va
rious Editors of this city and elsewhere, who have
spoken so highly of u., and our safes.
The public are respectfully invited to examine our
articles before purchasing elsewhere, feeling assured
the superiority of our manufacture will be apparent to
all candid spectators.
N. CONSTABLE & E. BURKE.
N. B. Safes can he obtained of any size or shape,
or or any principle of lock or construction, of the sub
i hers, or of S Church, Svcond street, Pittsburgh,
Pa. n2o—tf
NEV EST% BIASIINIENT.
Megiongahcla Clothing Store.
ri.,Ncys CUULEY and ROBERT LAIRD
,
't A 11,oRS }raving aAsodateddleMSeives together
for the purpose of carrying on extensiNely their busi
wss, and titled op a store on %Water street, between
Smithfield and W' al streets, near the Monongahela
House, respectfully solicit the:patronage of their friends
and the public. Having, jug opened a large assort
ment of vrt•:‘ onable goods, and materiels. and made the
necessary arrangements, they are prepared to fill all
orders, with which they may he favored, with despatch,
and on the most reasonable terms.
may 17-if
REYNOLDS & WILMARTIL
Forwarding and Commission Merchants,
AND DEAT.Y.R4 IN
LURBER, GROCERIES, PRODUCE,
AND
PITTSBURGH MANUFACTURES,
FOR THE ALLEGHE\Y RIVER TRADE,
Corner of Penn and Irwin streets,
L. 0. Itp:viroi.o3, 2 PITTSriURGH.
1. WILMARTH. a5-ly
--
J. K. LOGAN
GEO. COSEELL, Philarnt
AUCTION GOODS.
JAMES K. LOGAN & CO.,
Fifth Street, between the Exchange Bank and Wood
Sircet, Pittsburgh, Pa.,
Dealers in Staple and Fancy Dry Goods,
BOOTS, SHOES, CLOCKS, 4-c.
ALLEN IRA M ER, Errha
corner cf Wood and
Pa. Gold, Silver, and Solvent
and sold. Sight cheuks on the E;
Drafts, notes and bills, collected.
RF:FERFINCES
WlO. Bell & Co.,
John D. Davis,
F. Lorenze,
J. Painter & Co.,
Joseph Woodwell,
James May,
Alex. Bronson &Co. ;
Philadelphia.
John HBrown&Co.
.lames M'Curlless. Cincinnati, 0.,
J. R. M'Donald. St. Louis, M.
W. IL Pope, Esq., Pres't Bank Ky. )Louisville.
FOR SALE CHEAP,
Two New and First Rate Steam Engines.
ONE is 20 horse power, 10 inch cylinder, and 4
foot stroke, will be sold with or without boilers.
The other engine is 12 horse power,7l inch cylinder,
3 foot stroke, one boiler about 22 ft.: ..ong. 30 inches
in diamet - ef. These engines are made of the best ma
terials and in the most substantial manner, and will be
sold on accommodating terms. They can be seen at
the warehouse of the subscriber at any time.
j24—tf H. DEVINE. U. StatooLi e.
JOHN McFARLAND,
itiphobrterer and Cabinet Iltaker,l
2d between Wood and Market,
Respectfully informs his friends and the public that he
is prepared to execute all orders for sofas, sideboards,
bureaus, chairs, tables, bedsteads, stands, hair and
spring mattresses, curtains, carpets; all sorts of uphol
stering work, which he will warrant equal to any made
in the city, and on reasonable terms. sep 10
t:1-1;411104;40:i174
HE Undersigned have this day entered into part
nership, for the purpose of cluing a Transporta
tion. Forwarding, and Commission business under the
style and firm of H Devine & Co. H. DEVIN E.
mar F 213 E. G WHIT ESIDES.
JOHN SCOTT & CO.,
Wholesale Grocers and Commission /Mer
chants,
No 7, Commercial Row, Liberty street,
al9-Iy Pittsburgh.
WJ DA VITT, formerly of the Imo City Cloth
ing Store, is now engaged at the THREE
Bto Dorms, where be will be happy to see his friends
and former customers, and serve them to the best of his
ability. a3-tf
BEPIIOiAL.
TE, E. subscriber begs leave to return his
grateful acknowledgments to his numerous
friends and the public in general for their liberal pa.
tronage for years past, and would earnestly solicit a
continuance at his new establishment, No 84, Third
street. (south side) between Wood and Market tits.,
and 4th door from Wood street. adjoining Mr Ihmsen's
Glass Warehouse, where, in addition to the manufac
ture of cabinet furniture, he has commenced the Up
holstering business in all its branches, and the manu
facture of Windsor Chairs of every description, tegeth
er with a new invention of bedsteds fat superior tosny
of the patent humbugs of the day, the facility their
construction affords will strongly recommend them to
the public, as they are a perfect bug trap.
The subscriber is determined to spare neither pains
nor expense in procuring the latest eastern French and
English fashions, and having secured the services of
some of the best workmen in the country he will be
enabled to manufacture furniture of a superior style.
Purchasers will find it their interest to call before, pur
arising elsewhere, as he will keen constantly on hand
a general assortment of furniture, chairs, mattresses,
M. KANE. jr.
N B. Steam and canal boats furnished with uphol
stery, chairs, and cabinet furniture, at reduced prices
and with despatch. al6-tf
Ab i THE subscriber has just received from the Nur
=sery of Landreth and Fulton, near Philadelphia.
a iot of the choicest variety of peach trees, to which he
would call the attention of the public.
F. L. SNOWDEN.
may B. No Liberty st. head of Wood.
William Adair, Boot and Shoe Stoker,
Liberty at. opposite Me head of dmithfi.eld.
jThe subscriber having bought out the d ii
stock of the late Thomas Rafferty,decetised,has
commenced business at the old stand of Mr. R.,
and is prepared to execute all descriptions of work in
his line, in the best manner, amilan the shortest notice.
He keeps constantly on hand a large assortment of shoe
findings of all descriptions, and of the best quality. He
solicits the patronage of the public and of thecraft.
sep 10—y WM. ADAIR.
FOR
. Coughs! C olds!! Consumption !!!
THORN'S PULMONARY CANDY.
THIS pleasant and certain cure for coughs and
colds goes ahead of,9ll ; the preparations now or
ever offered to the public. The use of it is so great thht
the proprietor has some difficrtity in keeping a supply
for the increasing demand."-Medical agencies, groce
ries, druzgi=.ts. col Tee houses, and even bars on steam
boats. keep a supplynn hand. It is called for every
where, and will sell in any place. The reason is this
every one who has a cough or cold by eating a few sticks
find themselves cured, as it were, by magic. Persons
at a distance, by remitting the money, post paid, to the
subscriber, willbe attended to. For sale by the single
stick, Gi cents; five sticks for 25 cents; and at wholesale
by WM. THORN, Druggist, 53, Market street, whetert
generalasaortment of Drugs andlVledicines may always
be found.
Horatio P. Young, Cabinet Maker,
(Late of the firm of Young 4. Af'Curdy)
LT AS commenced tilt, ousiness in all its branches at
N. 122, Wood street, between First and Second
sirs., where he will keep constantly on' hand a good as
of well made FURNITURE, and hopes, by
strict attention to business, to merit a continuance of
the patronage of the public.
Every attention will bepaid to furnishing COFFINS,
&c. A Furniture Cnr for hire. July 11
REAL ESTATE AGENCY, CONVEYANCING
TH E undersigned, having associated themselves
for the transaction of all business re/ative to Real
Estate, will henceforth attend to the purchase and sale
94 well as renting of city and country property, eallect.
ing rents &c. &c.
The senior member of the firm having had much ex
perience, and being extensively known as an agent of
Real Estate, they hope to receive a liberal share of pub
lic patronage. Fur the accommodation of the public,
there will be two offices, where business will be receiv
ed; at the Real Estate Agencyof James Plakely, Penn
st., sth Ward, and at the Law office of John J. Mitch
e4l, S. W. side of Smithfield st., (near sth) at either
of which, persons wishing to have instruments of wri
ting, legally and neatly executed, titles investigated, or
desirous to purchase or dispose of Real Estate will
apply. J. J. Mitchell will continue to attend to the ,
duties of his profession, as heretellire,
J A MES BLAKELY,
JOHN J. MITCHELL.
der 4—fitzwGm.
age Broker, No. 46,
.d streets, Pittsburg,
Bank notes, bought
-intern cities, fur sale.
Corner of Liberty and St. Clair Sts., Pittsburg/4
ARE now receiving their spring importation of
HARDWARE, CUTLERY AND SAD
DLERY, to which they respectfully invite the atter.-
tionof purchasers. E - lavingcompleted arrangements,
through which they are now receiving supplies DI
REC.; T FROM 7'HE MANUFACTORIES IN
ENGLAND, they shall at all times-be prepared to
sell at such prices as will make it the interest of pur
chasers to call.
Pittslmrgh, Pn
Aiwa!, s on hnnd, a full and general assortment of RI
FLE BARRELS AND GUN TRIMMINGS,
PLANES, COOPERS, CARPENTERS AND
SMITHS' TOOLS. Also, a great variety of
LOCKS and LATCHES for building purposes, to
gether with every variety of articles appertaining to
thebusiness. nl6 tf
New Arrival of Queensarare & China.
THE sub.criber would respectfully-invite the at
tention of the public to ha present stock of White
Glazed Ware, a superiurarticle, together with a *elect
assortment of White French China,compriaing all the
neceaqary pieces to constitute complete acts ofDining
and Tea ware.
Also, a general stock of articles suitable for the sup
ply of country merchants, to which their attention is
invited, at his old stand, corner of Fmnt and Wood
streets. HENRY IIIGBY.
DENNING'S FIRE PROOF IRON CHESTS
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 22, 1842.
J Denning: On Friday, the 30th of last month, a
bout 9 o'clock at night, the Planing, Grooving, mad
Sash Manufactory, owned by Gay, Dilworth & Co.,
with a large quantity of dressed and undressedlumber,
was all consumed by fire.
.The Iron Safe which I bought of you some time
back was in the most exposed sitnntion during
the fire, and was entirely red hot. lam pleased to in
form you it was opened at the close of the fie, and all
books, papers, &c.,siverh--thts is the best recommen
dation I can give of the utility nfyour safes. -
021-tf THOMAS SCOTT.
POINDEXTER & CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
Commission and Forwarding Merchants,
p 9. -1 y No 41, Water st.. Pittsburgh
826 corner o! - 5th and World streets.
Peach Trees.
CHEAP HAUDWARE. J
WHITMORE & WOLFF,
PRICE, TWO CENTS.
etc Zlailß ,ftioining Ip3st.
coNFEssioiiiir
AN ILLEGIBLE WRITER.
BY MRS. ADDY.
" My good fellow," said my School-fellow, George
Gordon, to me one morning in the ploy ground of
Somerton Academy, "why do you not pay little at•
tent ion to your han-writing? Your characters appear
to be traced rather widtskskewer than a pen; your i's
are.guiltleas of a dot, and only wish I may go through
the world as free from`slroes as your es. Your capital
M's are a dreadful faildre, your H's are below critcism,
and no one, even with the aid of a microscope, could
detect the difference between your a's and your u's."
Now I considered this speech of George Gordon's
to be rather vain glorious, inasmuch as ho had just
completed that elaborate and laborious performance
denominated 'a shoot piece,' which had not only gain
ed him the prize for writing, but had elicited a sove
reign from his maiden aunt, accompanied byan obser
vation that 'one could hardly tell it from copperplate;'
in fact, Miss Roanda Gordon evidently considered it
the finest work of art that had ever astonished the
world since the completion of her crwn school sampler,
forty years ago.
"Perhaps, Guidon," I replied, "you will remember
who carried off the mire for clataics and mathematic's;
I am not without a few laurels to rest upon, and need
not much covet that skill in penmanship in which I
may be rivalled by a charity boy."
"Tent'," he replied mildly ; submit to your ett
perior genie", Seven; but remember the elephant,
which can lift a heavy weight with its ti unk, does not
disdain to pick up a pin. Ido not want you to excel
in penmanship, but only to write a legible hand; de
pend upon it. if you do not improve your scrawl will
involve you in serious difficuhies all through your
life."
"What kind of difficulties?" •
"Suppose you write for the press; how curiously
your effusions may be misrepresented."
..0, I can correct the press."
"Would it not be better to correct your own kg d
habit while you have yet lime to do it?"•
"It is a mark of a little mind to affix so much im
portance to the hand wilting."
"Such opinions are not confined to little minds:
Hannah More says 'that to speak so that nobody can
hear, end to write a band that nobody can read, may be
classed among the minor immoralities.'"
"Now you come totmatation, I. must put an end to
the conversation; it is bid ems* to listen to your
own wisdom, but I cannot be overwhelmed with lect
ores at second hand."
George Gordan, although only a school-boy, had lA
wined a command over biertaelf which many men pass
through life without acquiring; he could occasionally
allow an antagonist to have the lost word; be did so
to me in the present instance, and the conversation
dropped. I was fifteen at that time, lam now thirty,
and had George Gordon possessed the pnwerof pre
dicting future events boasted by some of his second
sighted countrymen, he could not have moreeorreetly"
prophesied the evils in store forme: from my atrocious
hand-writing. • •
L might fill a novel. containing' the prescribed allow
ance of a thousand pages, were I tr, recount all ; tali
disasters:—but ala-! why de I talk of writing a wife,
of a thousand pages—how should I eve, get it brought
before the public? Even if the bookseller's 'reader
were in so peculiarly beneficent and amiable+, mood as
to recommend what he was unable to decypher, it could
never go through the press—ft ere would he.s general
strike and mutiny in the printiorsifkr! I will there
fore confine myself to three lending events of my life,
and as I. know that every body likes love stories, espe
cially when they have an unfortunate termination, l
will relate the manner in which I thrice lost the lay
of my love by the bad management, not of my suit.,
but of my pen.
Most young men fall fooliShly in love for the first
time, and I believe I might once have entertained a
slight predilection for my sister's drawing mistress, but
it son passed off. and my first real love was chosen
with such prudence, that admiring fathers held me
up as an example to their suns, and wary uncles told
their nephews to follow in my steps.
Miss Hartopp was an orphan heiress, very pretty,
and twenty years of age; she lived with a guardian,
and he, like the guardians in comedies end fames,
had a sun whom he wished hei to marry; but I had en•
gaged the affections of the lady, and pnrchasea the
good will of thealtigail; a year, at all events, would
soon pass away, and I had already settled how delight
ful a country villa I would procure, and how stylish a
curricle I would drive, when 1 became a happy Bene
dict.
-The guardian, Mr Crofton. had tt country house at
Richmond. and removed thither with ids ward in the
middle of May. The day of their departure, I re
ceived n note from a friend residing at the same place,
asking me to dine with him on the ensuing Thursday.
I accepted the invitation determined to quit him at an
early hour, and wrote to Miss Ilartopp, under corer.
to Davison, the nbigail, imploring her, at ten o'clock
on the ensuing Thursday evening, to contrive to meet
me on a smooth grass walk upon which the garden
gate of her guardian opened. She returned a favora
ble answer to me. assuring nut that she would meet
me on the appointed evening, and I considered my
fortune made for life. Now, one of the atrocities of
my handwriting was, that I always wrote Thursday
in a way : that looked exactly like Tuesday, and this
mistake ted to the events afterwards detailed to me
by Davison, and which I will immediately lay before
my readers.
At ten o'clock on Tuesday night, Miss Hastopp, ac
companied by th" faithful Davison, stole down the gar
den, unlocked the gate, and emerged on the grass
walk, which happened to be exceedingly damp end
dewy. roets are accused of telling many untruths:
they never tell more than when_they write about the
delightful month of May. Its bright, warm mornings.
and soft balmy evenings nre generally visions of the
imagination. Mavis, no doubt, very charming in
Italy; but in England, I constantly associate on even
ing ramble in that month white tooth-aebeand ar flan
nel wrapper!
The wind blew coldly; Miss Hartnpp was prom`:
esquely arrayed after the , ashirm of Lncy Bertram ' ''
in the opera of Guy Mannering, in a hat and feathers.
and a floating scarf; she arrived at the spot just two
minutes alter the clock had struck ten. and full ::pected to find me in waiting for her. She was
ed, however, to be disappointed; and wrapping her
scarf closely rtamd ber 4 paced up and down the greets
walk as rapidly as she could, hoping to warm herself
by exerciw; but alas! at every turn the thick dew of
the grass saturated more thoroughly the sole of her del
icate satin slipper. It was now a quarter past tear,:
and a small drizzling ruin began to fall: neither Mies'
Ilartopp nor Davison had thoughttsrprovidingsFainst,
such a casualty, nobody requires parasols at sett o dock
at night, and who would think of conveying an um
brella to an assignation? The feathers in Miss Harass
topp's hat began gradually to droop and bend, and the -
bows of ribbon in Davison's straw bonnet assumed a
sympathetic depression; no Inver appeared on the
*sulk, hut in his stead came several !ante frogs,
tants for whom both rnturess and maid . Ash the most.
unqualified terror and detestation. After wild/ghat-
I% bruit longer, they returned borne, cold, wet and de—
sponding, Davison entertaining the belief that Jhad.;
fallen into the river, and been drowned Art want of as
sistance; add Mias Hartapp leaning to the opinion
that James Crates had-waylaid and rantderehloo-
The next moroWniiiise Hartepyr had a slime cold.
and was not ship, to leave lure bet till.dats middle of
the day; she found her gnardirree son, who had
arrived from London, alcom in the dratelarto
Her first impulse was to , shrink from Mai* Jtmveg .
her wetted to elis.it confession. front hint by.‘fiw
question, or at all events to entrap hie in AnneNlooo+
of demonstration of his guilt; she entered das mom,