THUS PHILLIPS & WK. H. SLITS , ZDITORS
FITTSISURGI-1, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1844
,tItRIOSTLYASZ•
FOR GOVERNOR,
-H. MUHLENBERG
- FOR. CANAL COMMISSIONER,
JatiEIVA JIARTSIBIORNE,
Ot CHISTRIt COVIITT.
ALEXANDER BRACKENRIDGE, Pia.
State Seeate, _
CHAMBERS WRIBBIN, City.
Assembly,
JAMB A. GIBSON. Pine,
, JOHN ANDEREOG, Pitt.
UM WHIrrA K ER, Mein,
- .STEPHEN WOODS, Robinson,
Commissioner, - •
WILLIAM EWING; Robinson.
Auditor,
EDWARD WCORKLE, Indiana
Tea WOREINGXIIff AND rite WU TO C421131D4TE --
We oatmet understand how that portion of the people
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who gain e livelihood by honest labor can go against
their o wn interests so much, auto desire the election of
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Hanel Clay to the Presidency. Itis perfectly natural
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that the speculator, the stock garntiler, the bank de
. pendant, and the mushroom aristocrat, who look upon
',. honest poverty as inferior to knavish wealth, should be
Clay men, forhe has faithfully served their interests in
the measures be has advocated. But in looking over the
actions of his public life, it is difficult to find a single
,'..: mama: to which be gave a sincere support, that has
testiltedte the advantage of the workingmen.
' • Wears told by his own friends that his darling ma
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.:., ereetbe Conspmenise Act—spread ruin and ember
-: t threeghnut the country. This distress would,
•,- - course, beermore heavily on the operatives than on
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... any otherportion of the community. But Henry Clay
-,-' was hot deserted for this by the speculators and Bank
S . . son. - They well knew that be was true .upon a met
sure of infinitely more importance to them, than twenty
• ' Tariffs. Theybad full reliance in his unwavering de
, vetion to a National Bank. and as the manifest tenden
cy ofsuch an institution is to benefit the wealthy and
subject the,peer to a thousand vicissitudes unknown
with a stable currency, the wealthy haws ever adhered
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firmly to him.
Let any one teke up his acts and speeches since ho
11 ' , ._ rented tether, to the democratic party, and find, if he
can, Mr Clay's name connected with any measure of
real benefit to workingmen. He boasts in one of his
- hitters to the south, that for the past twelve years his
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everrlicala have been directed ro the reduction and wad
.' tAation. of Tarifa; and in 1842, notwithstanding he
. 1 3boredauceelefully to carry two Bank bills through
CnegreSS, whenever there wilt a prospect that the Tn.
- rifroottid be bronebt forward, he resigned his seat and
1 1,
r e left the Semite rather than vote upon that measure.—
L . ._And why did be do so? The reason is obvious to eve
ryone. The Bank bills were for the benefit of the
r (i: speculators, those whom he considered his friends; the
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„ystiff was for the working people whom he regards in
the same light he does his black slaves.
C.(- It cannot certainly be alleged that the Bankrupt Law
Ck bene&ted the working men. It mast be admitted that
they suffered more severely than any other men from
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Henry, Clay not only supported this
aptiost its repeal, although instruct.
of Kentucky to vote for its repeal.
is, be considered too general to es
.hat Henry Clay is hostile to the in
ts. Bus let us examine his conduct
tr own city, and see if a doubt can
'as proposed to establish 3 National
Mr BOCH•PAN, and other demo.
ivocated its location at Pittsburgh.
termsof the skill of our mechanics,
Igo, we-possessed in coalend h-on over
I being at the head of navigationon
'petite facilities for transportation.
fats had no effect on Mr Clay. The
ideration was not one in which his
3 were interested; its advantag a
ly in favor of Pittsburgh mechanics;
tpportunity for the empinymen t of the
iloorkininsa n ' s rapited—Amsest thbor—and. of course,
'Mr Ctlif opposed it. In his argument agnißst our Lit) ,
'he *aids
.'':—. "All,the Whigs from the western ewe% but two in
~.-Itta El 4aa boa noted arainil Me Armory; and the
lemma was. that they believed me he di4. that the Prea
,, ident [Sfr Tyler] tennid aele , l Pitighstreh Mt the
:: 7- pritee. Now. Mr C'av •Rid. HE WAS UTTERLY
!:-40P-POql..:D TO THE SELECTION OF PITTS
RI:ISHII. standing as it did at the heal of the Ohio
.; :li'vr.e: in nverd to which it had been watt. SIA ID by
Me Randolph. that it "as dry one half Me year and
frogen the oilier half"
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..' _ Such were the nrEnments stied by Mr Clay against
e mechanics of Phtshorgh. He boasted that n large al
~ ,-.maiorigy of the whip. from the west had voted tieninst
l'•-theeksotIon offs" Armory at thiv glare—he had (10104-
'.- lea.; trained ditain as when his friends tried ,o kill the
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.o.:retriff bill—arid in the Senate he resorted to the gross
`.,4umny todefeat the appropriatimi, and to dep ri ve
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tales which
PRESIDENT,
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7 TISNI33It.
VICE PRESIDENT,
M. DALLAS,
Cottyress%
the propnxi•
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but being a
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njure them
combined
endorse this
to reviler in
injuries on
examine this
to the inte
now lead the
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and Bank-
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cited for Hat-
Gazette does
was nee
for Mayor.
vo no more
cau induce
come out for
the Tariff.'
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crOtieof the ifs IseAtii - • - "Nagar Mecaskey's piper
&propitiation, says 44t he noirer authorized Mr
ese hilnameigthemannerthatit has been used. He
says that Mr M. met him, sod remarked 'that certida
Persons were disposed to persecute him because be in
tended coyote for CLAY, and that he wanted thermoses
of some of his Liberty friends to sustaialtins—.Mr M.
then showed a paper 011 which was the name of Mr.
Ecker, and told this gentleman that he would put his
name on that paper. - But be says he neversigned the
paper whiatildr Mecaskey has published, nor did he
know • °fits inblication until told of it by a friend; nor.
did Mr M. ever tell Mm that be intended to publish
the article to which his name is appended. We are
afraid that Mr Mecaskey WM have greater need than
ever to ask his friends to sustain him, before be gets
though with this grand attempt to transfer the Liber
ty party to Henry Clay.
EAST WARD Mitertio.--li'e owe our democratic
friends of the'lli 1 yard an apology for not hnving
sooner, noticed i t enthusiastic and overwhelming
meeting oe To ay night: We have bad so much to
attend to lately, in the way of refuting the vile slanders
put torth by the four opposition papers in this county,
thusly° bavedoubtiess overlooked many matters which
merited attention. The meeting in the Third ward is
certainly deserving of more than an ordinary notice; it
exhibited the determination and enthusiasm which ani
mates the dernccracy in this contest, and which must
lead to the most glorious result. Although the evening
was very inclement, (a heavy rain falling all the time)
the large room was crowded to a perfect jam, and num
bers were unable to get in at all. Two excellent ad
dresses were made by Messrs Kites and Boma; the
latter gentleman, always eloquent and effective, was on
this occasion mote than usually so. In a lengthy ad
dread he discussed nil the questions at issue in the con
test, and showed that the democrats now stand precisely
where they did in the days ofJefferson;and that whiege.
ry now is just what federalism was in the time of John
Adams. That the tariff question was but a false issue,
raised to divert public attention from the grand object
the whip had in view—the incorporation of. another .
National Bank—that on the question of a Tariff Mr
Polk's views were much sounder than those of Mr Clay.
He was in favor of extending fair and just protection
to all the interests of the whole union; Mr Clay, to but
one ortwo branches of industry at beet; the one was a
tariff that would satisfy die whole union, and pat the
question forever attest—no portion of the people could
of to it, "or aff wauld share in its benefits; the other
would keisr it ever open to dispute and wrangling. It
is impneithle that *Amin present tbereader any idea of
the ability with which Mr B. sustained his positions.
Every question received ample consideration; and we
are certain that there was not a democrat present but
went away strengthened in his principles, and more ful
ly determined to exert all his energies for their success.
Resort rals.—lnFebroary, 1842, Mr. Clay was re
quested by persons employed in various branches of in
dustry, in Bedford co., Pennsylvania, to present to the
Senate a memorial, attributing the evils which then
prevailed throughout the country to the compromise
act: and asking Congress to arrest the operation of the
art, and establish a a% stem of discriminating duties for .
the enroura,,veimult of the domestic mtuaufactures end
home industry. In presenting this memorial. Mr. Clay
sail "that as the memorialists requested him to say
"something on the suhket, he would remark 'hat it
"was not correct that the compromise act had occa
"oioned the embarrassments to the country. It was a
"great mistake to say any portion of the embarrass
"taint!' of the country had resulted from it."
In March, Mr Chao, instead of pressing through a
bill to protect the manufacturer,, and wool-growers,
left the Senate, with the secret understanding a
mong his friends that "the Tariff qnestion should re
main unsettled as as el4u-tioneering hubby." Among
these conspirators was "Mr Adams. and 20 other
members. who at the last throw of the die determined,
if possible, to leave Congress without adjourning. soon
er than permit the passage of a Tariff act." These
men were willing to see the manufacturers ruined to
accomplish their base purposes. These are the men
with Clay at their head, who pretend to be the friends
of protection.
A LITTLE. INCIDENT.—We are told that as the
boat containing the delegation from this place to the
Coon Convention, at Steubenville, passed a quarry
about 5 miles below the city, the ardent Coons gave
three cheers for Clay and Frelinghuysen, in hopes that
their phont would he answered by the honest working
men who were employed there. And their salute was
&rumen-A—the herd-fisted boys, to the number of 30.
arranged themselves in order a• d gave three cheers
for Palk and Dallas! Thu Coons run against a 'snag'
that time, where they least expected it, for the quarry
men were taking out stone to improve the navigation.
Frslt THE POST.
HENRY CLAY A GAMBLER.
In the Junius tracts, in the life Henry Clay issued
from the New World ofEee. and in many whir papers,
it was said that Henry Clay had abandoned playing at
games of hazard for money mnre than thirty years ago.
General John McCann. one of the leading democrats
of Kentucky. a nnar neiehhnr of Henry Clay. and who
well knew his habits, published a card in the Kentucky
Gazette, published within a few miles of Ashland, on
the 24th of May. 1844. in which h.. expressed his be-
lief that Mr Clay's habits were unchanged: asserts that
on the 4th of July, 1843, he played at cards and won
near Iwo Modred dollars, in the Vicisity of Lexing.
ton.
He nisei has the following assertion and defiance of
contrndirtion:
'•Mr Clay's whole history in tbi4 relflntry is so mixed
un with hi+ haiiii+ at the card table, that a conversation
about him is almost invariably intermineled with sport
ive sviecrlorris of hit past life- If any reformation has
taken place, it must -have been Inne since the tierind
fixed hv the verneinettatithoe ofJetticet. I ASSERT,
ON THE AUTHORITY OF GENTLEMEN OF
UNDOUB TED STANDING, THAT, AS I, VTE
AS THE 4TH OF TULY LAST. HE GAMED
AT CARDS AT THE PLACE BEFORE MEN
TIONED, FOR MONEY, WHICH HE WON.
•"If Mr Clay-te r c e to deny the truth of the charge,
as to this particular mstitnce, which is given merely as
one nut of many receht instances, I WILL PRO
DUCE THE PROOF Tho witnesses shall benamed
aini they must testify Or stand mute There are
ENOUGH WHO WILL, although reluctantly, STATZ
FACTS.
"I cannot but admire the cool command of count°.
nance which his indiscreet friends must possess, when
they attempt to deny r 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 em informed be has had many a hard
set-to, down to his hard favored associates at watering
places and on steamboats."
Mors than two months have now elapsed and Mr
Clay has not dared to deny the charge. But Thomas
B Stevenson, the editor of the Frankfort Commenta
tor, the leading organ of the Whig party in Kentucky,
of the 4th of June, has the following acknowledgment
of the truth of the charge as made by General McCallw.
From the Kentucky Gazette.
"I do not mean to defend Mr Clay egainst the charge
that he is a gambler. Were it becoming in me in de.
fend such an allegation, I du not suppose that Mr Clay
would either deem it necessary or thank me for &dog
it. But I may, I think, without impropriety, say, that
the charge of gambling, in the offensive sense in which
Gen M'Calla arid his affiliated calumniators employ it,
is molt slanderously applied to Mr Clay. It 111 used,
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in some of the prints of aim PertY , ". - as"'
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flew bfiCalla. to imply-Alt Mr Clef; Ts ii-,.blatildeirr Nolte P ,
who plays for the sake Of\gain; end it has been Is whin the Hamilton County*limervirf eastatioe'llisee,
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mated that he taught yontbs the practice, and led . them cent, the Padden Judge. dir beintres masa*
to !tali:
.Against sh atrocious a Weeny,' disdain to of t h e f acts id'ai most etatrana nar y „h e ft .o senie a
oppose one word of statement, fact, or argument . Its the C ent. a general no ll eproafgaitsaviibeeneuter.
refmation is in his character for spotless honor, which . ed. It appears that some pence tonesed„-tito cent
I no one whom Mr Clay could justifiably rer,ognise has ', h int! betwe en Bawdi l y eveniog lest arid Ueda), rep,
and - which tete but those protected hY riing, and with sabot Woke into the closetofthe Clerk,
tbeirinsignificar t ee have ever ventured to question. Of which soindrdireetly under his dark, and 'awls
th is
course T, who never knew the name or power of a sin- frcza all t h e Indian:mu and papers w eariness,
this
gle card in the deck, do not know that Mr Clay is a' sessiou.of thaCourt. now of a duration of Xrer weeks_
card player, but it *mild be uncandid to conceal that I 1 Th e mat h is, that all t h e emtaktizes i ii i ii are istin , and.
I have understood he has sometimes engaged in the Pm- I void, and ao trials can go on unt.t7 a new GrandJuryiq
dm as a social diversion . Th at be has, such Wet- sunimioned,and every thing done over again,at a heavy
suns, bet money, to_enliven the interest, of the game, ,' emu othe calvary. The whole city is alive with spec.
but not for the base purpose of gain, is readily admit - ! e
nsillatio about the extraordinary theft. "Who eau harm
ted as probable. But that he ever played as a mere done it?" is in everybody's mouth.
gambler for the sole purpose of winning mower that 1 It is believed by many that the criminals who have
,be ever won money when his own was not at risk; or been tried are 'nicer clear, as no man can be tried a
that he ever used any dishonorable arts at Cards, is 1 secend timefor themes °keno% others- dur' k those
what I have never heard and never can believe , till.,[ tried and sentenced, &c. ate not free, but will have to
have the fact established upon indubitable testimony— g ot° punishmen t without their indictments, soltich are
testimony infinitely more reliable than the insinuations , tke ody records of crime egoist aces. The fact is,
or even the word or oath of one so prejudiced as John it is
the
affair, std makes more noise, than
M McCalls."
any which has happened of late in this city. Who
The attempt of this champion of Mr Clay, to palli- sto l e tho m i n di ntmenta t ,
Cie Cons,
ate his offence by saying that be did net play for the
purpose of gain. but only to enliven the interest of the .
game is ridiculous. Why does playing for money en 111
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liven the game? Surely it is only by adding the hope
of gain sad the fear of loss to the complications and
calculations of chance and skill? -
If the stakes were only grains of send or other
things of no value they would not enliven the game, but
the dollar, "the almighty dollar" rouses all that is
greedy in human nature and ties the gambler to the ta
ble through the live long night.
It will be perceived in this reply of Mr Stevenson,
there is no insinuation against the character of Gen
McCann; the only remark is that he is "prejudiced!'
against Mr Clay. Gen McCann, it seems, is a pious
man and very proabably was prejudiced against a per
son, who, though more than three score years of age,
spends his time iq playing at games which cannot in
terest him withoidadding bets of money' •
There vas a time when tide 'objection alone, without
reference to his mascere, siavehokling• and duelling,
would have deprived dr Clay of She votes of every
gond cif izenrkut - times have changed, anal have been
astonished within a fber days to hear a worthy man say
that he cared nothing about the character of Mr i Ciay,
he went for his measures, Surely the republic must be
on the downward path when such sentiments are ex
pressed by worthy men. PALEY.
IVOR TAR POST.
Messrs Editors:—Perceiving in a German paper that
the "Harry of the West" contained an eulogy on Otto
Hoffman, for having deserted the democratic ranks,
and being mvally convinced that he would do a great
deal of harm to the party, if allowed to take any part
in their proceedings beyond the privilege every citizen
may claim, I thought it to he my duty to furnish the
editor of the "Harry of the West" with n communion,
Lion, the publication of which was calculated to show
the true colors of Otto Hoffman.
Have you an idea why the communication was not
published? A GERMAN WHIG.
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We cannot speak for the "squatters" of the sheet to
which our "German Whig" friend alludes. But they
are "wise fellows" and can no doubt answer for them
selves. No doubt their refusal to publish was dictated
by the shrewdest kind of policy. Ens. Post.
p.m ST.
Messrs Editors : —l feel it to be a duty I THE
owe P O
to the
public, as well as an act of gratitude to Dr A G Wal
ter. to mention thus publicly, an opetation he perform
ed upon a boy of mine 4 years and 8 months old. A
atone, the size of a bean, had in some way or other,
found its way into his wind-pipe—and hod reduced
him so low that I did not expect him to live more than
two or three days, when T coiled upon Dr Walter, who
cut open the wind-pipe and took it out. My boy is
now perfectly well—only taking' four dnys to heal the
wound completely. JAMES SEXTON.
HORRID MURDER
A most cold blooded murder was perpetrated on the
Bth instant, at the Creek Agency in Arkansas, on the
person of Mr S Hill, of the firm of T B Eastland &
Co, by Captain Dawson. of the U S Army, at the time
agent of the Creek Indians. The Arkansas intelligen
cer gives the following particulars:
The accounts of this unfortunate Rffitir (lifer. One
is, that on the morning of the Bth, Copt D, and hist
brother-in-last, Mr John R Baylor, armed themselves
and went to the store of Mr Wilson, near the Agency.
nod sent for Mr Hill, who went to them in the hack
room or counting house. when and where Copt D at
tacked Mr H with a stick, who clenched and wrung it
from him. Cant D then drew a bowie knife, when a
a Mr Baldwin, hearing the scuffle, rushed into the
room, and wrested the knife from him, and was in the
act of thrusting Capt D out of the room, when the lat
ter drew a pistol. which Mr 13 also took from him.--
Cam D immediately drew another and shot Mr Hill,
killing him on the spot.
Another arca n e is. that rapt D sent for Mr H and
demanded of him to give his reasons for taking his
(Hill's) name from his official bond. Mr H, in a very
insulting manner, refused to give any, whereupon Capt
D ma d e a rnotirisko,pull Mr H's nose, when the Int ter
seised stick andlitek Capt Din the face who drew
a howie knife, whir& was immediately wrested from
him by Mr H. About this time. Mr Nortibeimer rode
up and saw H with a drawn bowie knife, in the atti
tude of mirk ine it into him. Capt D then drew a pis
tOl and that him.
Capt Dawson and Mr Baylor have surrendered
themselves.
SEARCH FOR THE BODY OF MR WAIT.
Sub-Marine Armor—Extraordinary Wyman.—
We learn from the Cleveland Herald of the 22d inst ,
that the friends of Mr. Wait, the gentleman who dis
appeared some weeks 4nce mysteriously in that city,
spent some days last week in searching the Cuyahoga
river under the direction of the woman who pretends
to see nll things by peeping into astone in a hat! The
barrel which she asserts contains the body was not
found, though one of the persons who used the sub
marine armor in examining the bottom of the river,
aesured •hr• editor of the Herald in all seriousness,
dint he hail no doubt he had got within 30 or 40 feet
ofthe body. The woman wbn exercises this extraor
dinary end far-seeing gift, resides some twenty miles
fmm Cleveland. and we are further assnred by one of
the "believers," that by looking into the stone in the
hat, she saw distinctly, and deactibed minutely ( )
the movements of Wait's friends in and about the river
while the search was going on. This tevealer of ter
rible secrets declines to come to the city and designate
the precise spot in the river where the barrel is lying,
for fear her own life will he taken ! The search is to
be resumed on Monday of next week.
CONSPIRACY IN CUBA .
Havana papers received at New York, contain the r
full report of the military cornmission appointed to in
vestige te the farts connected with the late conspiracy
of the negroes of Cuba. The New York Sun has given
a synopsis of this report, from which it appears "that
Mr Turnbull, late British consul in Cuba, and now re
sidir g in the British Island of Jamaica, is openly no
cused of instigating the slaves to insurrection with a
design to overthrow the white government and open 1
the way for England to 'divide and conquer' that fertile ,
and valuable possession."
Nothing less than the rnostconclusive evidence could
justify so grave a charge against the late British con
sul;
and we therefore•presnme •hat the proof was irre.
sistible. The Sun infers that the base conduct of Mr
Turnbull was dictated by the English government, and
Fitch will be the goosed conclusion unless the acts of
the consul be disavowed and himself punished. The
British government has recently declarer4that although
favorable to the general emancipation of the blacks, it
would never interfere with local institutions, or dis
criminate between' slave-holdingatud non-sliveholding •
states—it would therefore seem to be an imperative
duty to disavow the acts of.their consul in exciting a • Pitteltnairk Flint iHaes we - kik
'conspiracy which had for its diabolical object, the ex. THOS. BAKEWELL AND J. P. PEARS
termination of the white- inhabitants of Cuba. The ETAITING associated with them B. P. BAIL&
Sun further surmises, that the object aimed at by Eng. JL../. WELL, late of Louisville, will henceforward
laud is to seize and possess the island of Cuba. If such conduct the business under the firm of BAKEW&I,L,
be her design she must prepare to have the point con- PEARS !& Co., w'ao are duly antligrieed to settle the
tested; for we cannot believe that • the United States outstanding acamnts of the late firm, %IA who offer
will ever consent to see that island so occupied. The for sells both at their marnisotory on Water ewes;
attempt would inevitably involve England in war with corner of Grant street, and at their warehouse on
this country, if not with France and other pouterand , Wood street, corner of Second street, a general assort
hence we cannot believe that it will be made; or that meet of Plain, Cut, and Pressed Flint (Nuisware.
the condutx ofTumbutlwill be sanctioned. I aug 3.1 w
1,74
FROM MEXICO
The TI S revenue cutter Woodbury, TV Foster,Coin
mender, has arrived since our last from Vera Cruz,
bringing intelligence from thatplace to the 12th inst.—
We received no papers, and are compelled to make
up oar intelligence from our correspondence and from
verbal amounts.
The Woodbury, after waiting a month for the indem
nity, was finally obliged to sail without it. It is rumor.
ed, that Santa Anna thinks that the instalment due
has been paid', and that when ho finds such is not the
case it will be immediately forthcoming. Oa the con.
trary, it is said that Captain Foster received an offi
cial comaumication from Mr Green, the TI S Charge
at Mexico, to the effect that there was no prospect of
its being pnid for some time. We give these ru:nors
fot what they are worth.
There certainly appearsto be tome prospect of an
imposing invasion of Texas. Santa Anna's rNuisi
don for 30,000 men and $4,000,000 has finally been
acceded to by the Senate. after not a little opposition,
and it is now said to be his determination to prosecute
the war with vigor. Canalizo,irls thought, will have
the command, and he has proceeded to San Luis to
concentrate and organize the forces. The invasion, if
it dues take place,, will be in October or November, as
at that time the crops are made, the grass good and
the cattle fat,and at the same time the weather is mod.
etately cooly and pleasant. Borne of the Mexican of
ficers, and especially thcise who have previously visi
ted Texas, are not so particularly anxious about trying
the fortunes of war there again, threatening to throw
up their commissions rather th an cross the Rio Gran.
de.
We learn that 27 more of Sentmanat's mon have
been shot at Tabasco, notwithstanding, an attempt was
made by the different Consuls to have their - lives spared.
Santa Anna has issued an order forall officers of the
army to report themselves immediately for active duty.
Among the passen,gers on boardthe Woodbury was
William P Stapp, one of the Mier prisoners released
by Santa Annn. He informs us that the Texans now
confined inthn Castle of Perot. are suffering much for
want of flannel shirts and coarse shoes—the former in
perticular, as the climate is raw and cold, and many
of them are entirely destitute. Cannot something be
done for tirtse unfortunate men in this Lityl A very
small contributiou from each of our citizens would al
leviate much suffering and misery They have long
been expecting esAistance from Texas. having learned
that ail appropriation for their relief had been made; aad
many of them are now loud in denouncing Gen HOLM" -
ton under the impression that he has been instrumental
in withholding their money. Notwithstanding their
gloomy situation, they celebrated the 4th of July in
grand style.
There are now 110 Texans confined at Perote, 3 at
the city of Mexico, 1 at Puebla, and 13 at Ban Juan
do Ulua near Yore Cruz.
The news of the rejection of the Texan treaty was
received with peat joy at Vera Cruz, and an increas
eclactivity to the American trade was anticipated in
consequence.— Ptea3rane, July 23.
WHIG TESTIMONY AS TO THE WHIG CAN-
DIDkTE
The folkwi ng sumrnary iafrom the Natchez Free Trn
de r:—
Who charged Henry Clay witi. making a corrupt but
gain with John Q Adam.?
Answer. John Bell, (Harrison's secretary of wer,)
Ephraim H Foster.( wing senator in coneress.)ancl Goa
E Badger, of North Carolina, (Harrison n secretary of
the navy.)
Who endorsed the charge? The legislature of Ten
nessee;John P Kennedy, Reverdy Johnson, Senator
Merrick. and many of the most distinguished wAigs of
Maryland and the Union. When the whig papers de.
nuance the charge as false, they nail the falsehood down
upon their own leaders.
IV7to charged Mr Clay with attempting to over-
throw the constitution to promote his own viewsT—
Thomas F Marshall. the tritis representative in congress
of Mr Clny's own district.
Who charged Mr Clay with setting up a dictatorship
in the capital, a caucus power to control legislation and
embarrass the executive? Wm C Rives, the whiff sen
ator from Virginia.
Who loud that Mr Clny had ton many heresies to
deserve his support? Daniel Webster.
Who said Henry Clny had treated him with gross
ingratitude in return for generous services? Gets Was
H Harrison.
Who says that Mr Clay is tampering with the abo
litionists, and wrote his Texas letter to secure their
support? Gen P Huston. before the strongest and
MOM influential friend Henry Clay had in Mississippi.
Who charged Mr Clay with urging on the duel
which resulted in the deatixof Cilltry? Henry A Wise,
a good whig, whn4ecoursetiOwards Col Polk the whip
are now applauding.
'"Unhappy Burr! that his day and generation
should have preceded ours. If he had lived in the pres
ent age, instead of the past, his crimes would have
been paraded as evidence of his virtue and patriotism;
his treason would have been magnified into the loftiest
patriotism; his name would have been sung in song, and
extolled in story; and instead of standing as a crimi.
nal at tlwbar of justice, on a trial for life, he would
have stood before the Baltimore convention as a cau
clidate of the party for the presidential chair."
The above extract from J M Botts's letter to the
Clay Club we copy from the Mccantile. The regret
is needless, for in the candidata they have selected
they have as good a man, we suspect, as Burr—in
many things resembling, and in some excelling him.
Burr was a good shot.—Boston Post.
Alta, Heifer.
CAME to the farm of the subscriber living in Ver
sallies township, some time in July last, a Brin
dle Heifer, about 2 years old, one half of her tail, and
a streak of her belly white; no other marks perceiv
able. The owner is riquested to come forward, prove
property, pay charges and take her away.
nog 3-3 t" DAVID SOWISH.
MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT COMPIEPETE!
TRY LIFE AND ADVINTURKS 0?
MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT.
HIS RETATIVF.S, FRIENDS AND ENEMIES
COMPRISING all his wills and his ways, with an
historical record of what he did and what he
ditroit
Hig
SP LE
Pot
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.ly finiAted edition with upwards of TWELVE
:sIDIO,.ENCR A VINGS.
sale at Couk'd Literary Del;dt, 85 4th street •
3
• 2 Afmat., • „f:=•
DcitTrifACTlOlf!
110 2Nt1i1EBLIVICOULTili
nsi nitinfint- inseitroannwt.
ISPONE EftNING.4I2
DROFESBOR BOLTON, of New York, will.pre
-L. ow* to-the public a pool exbibition of thiten
produced by bibaling Nitroits Oxidr,er Eslrilicatiog or
LAUGHING GAB!
at the Pittsburgh Theatre, (Fifth St) on Monday
evening, Augult 5t6.
Boxesso cents—Pit 25-ceatv—Grallery
The asiotns6ityleffectanfthis fiac..tevedi the . WAD'
oil and Physical powers of thaw ' , betake ft, is a Man
ner not atiairable by either ?brew] or Ildeunerism.
80 gallons of Gas will lie ptepseed , se that all In the
audience who desire to experience its happy effects
may have an oppoitunity.
25 Young Gepdemen have volunteered to '
take the
a, so that there will be oo delay, in ease there should
bo any hesitation on the parrof tint 'Wizens to emit
forward.
A number of Gas Bags will be used so that neon
as the effects have ceased upou one person, another bag
may be ready for tho next. :
12 Stout Men are engaged to be present upon the
stage to preserve order. and assist in conductiog the
entertainment.
Those who believe they would be inclined to iTGBIT
while under the influence of the 0314 are requested not
to present themselves to take it.
The young men who are to take the Gss, ate some
of the most eccentric characters in Pittsbargh;
They have been Pit alsozeotcata.: camel
Eecostricttics, nosmltyasta :recalling sexy :he anti
_
One-half who take the Gas, either eini, laugh or
dance, and Others perform anon/Shine lad equally a
musing feats.
Those who would enjoy an eveeing of rare and ex
citing amusement should be present. Mr J G Bolton.
who has the honor to present this entertainment to the
citizens of Pittsburgh, would state , that a strict
regard to propriety will be observed, in conducting the
entertainment.
These entertainments as conducted by Prof B, call
together crowded audiences, who give them their : full
approbation, and greatly enjoy the fun.
For three successive nights the Broadway Taber
nacle, in New York - (which holds 4000 persona,) was
crowded, and correspondingly great numbers were
present, at si miler exhibitions ie Boston and Philadel.
phia.
The Gas has a different effect upon every one who
takes it. Immediately after inhaling it, a sense of ex.
troordinory cheerfulness, fanciful flights of imagination
and an uncontrollable propensity to 'wester. supervene,
which is evinced by singing, laughing, dancing and-the
performance of antic and amusing gestures, or almost
every kind. Indeed every degree of human action and
thought, from the most ludicrous to the most sublime
impulse of feeling and sentiment, and conception °fin
tellect are acted and expressed in a manner, of which
those who are under its influence would be totally inca
pable in their - ordinary state. •
The following is from Hooper'o Medical Dictionary
under the head of Nitrogen, Mr Hooper says.
• Ste HUMPHREY DAVY describes the effect ft had
upon him as followsc--" Having previously cloied my
nostrils and exhausted my lungs, I breathed fixw (parts
of Nitrous oxide from and into a silk bag, The Sift
feelings produced were analogous to gentle pressure
upon the muscles, attended by a highly pleasurable
thrilling, particularly, in the chest and extremities.
The objects around file became dazzling and my beat. _
ing acute. Toward the last inspiration the thrilling
increased, the sense of muscularpower became greater,
and at last an irresistible propensity to action was in
dulged in."
The erects above described .me TANI' compared
with those generallynmnifested—but they are &lamina
account of the HAMS and luzuourrir they bear.
From the same work an account may be obtained
of the effects it had upon Messrs T Portz. ..1 Mott!-
sort, S HAM atcE, Mr WooDws RD, HotrKtnotsur.,
M D., and ROCERT SOUTHET, (Poet.) Mr Hooper
says of Robert Sou.lut.y, that he once poetically re
marked, "that he supposes that the atmosphere of the
highest of all possible heavens, to be composed ofthia
gag.
Doors open at half past 7--Cortain rises at
8 o clock precisely. tug 3:
Walther's Poems and 311allads.
WITH his Lire, by E L Bawer. New supply
just reeeked and for sale at Cook's Literary
Depot, 85 Fourth street. *Lig 3
MISS ERESILEWS NOVELS.
H - FAMILY, Twins, Tralinnan, Axel, Anna,
and other Tales, by Fredericka Bremer; transla
ted by Mary Howitt, in one volume, being Harper's
Library of Select Novels, No 38, for only 121 cents.
For sale at Cook's Literary Depot,- 85 Fourth street.
aug 3
TRILL OF
ROMAINE WEINARPFLIN, Catholic Ptiest of
Evansville, Indiana, on a charge of Rape, pre.
let red by Mrs ANN MARIA SCHNOLL, held at Prince
ton, Indiana. Circuit Court. March Tenn, 1844.—0 n
a change of venne from theVanderburghCircuit. Re
ported by A E Drapier, Stenographer. For sale at
COOK'S Literary Depot 85 sth street.
aug 3
Duquesne College.
A N examination of the Srudenu in Duquesne Col
lege, will be held on Monday next, commencing
at 9 o'clock, AM. The Latin Class will be examined
on that day, and the Greek on Tuesday. beginning et
the same linnr. The intended Graduates wilt be ex
amined in Mathematics, Natwal Philosophy, Logic,
and Moral Philosophy, on Wednesday. The friends
of Literature and Scieneti,"are particularly invited 'to
attend these examinations:
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Vinegar, ike.
A BARRELS Rice;
10 do Cider Vinegar;
10 bushels Pea nuts;
225 lb* Grenoble walnuts;
1 bale cream nuts;
5 doz superioi lemon syrup;
2 chests extra curious Y. H. Tea;
10 bbls No 1 & 3 mackerel.
Received and for sale by J. D. WILLIAMS,
No 28 sth street.
Sugar and Eitidasaas.
OHints. N. O. Sugar;
O 900 Bbls. " Molasses;
On band and for sale by
J. W. BURS Fl TDGE & Co.
ang 2 Water ;erect, between Wood and Smithfield.
FLOUR.
100 Bbla. Thompson's Extra Family Flour;
Received and fur sale by
J. W. BURBRIDGE & Co.
aug 2 Water street, benveeo Wood and Smithfield
Eztraardlassy Case.
MR. JOSEPH MEANS, of this city, had been af-
Rimed fur two years with Dropsy, dnrirg ill of
which time he had been under treatment of the most
eminent medical men be could find; being given up as
incurable he was advised by a Physician u 7 the
MEDICATED VAPOR BATH; after taking the Zuthititel
medicines for five,gays. he went to work at hlwiide.
and has been able to work at it every day since. Per
sons afflicted in the same way an be referred to Mr.
Means hintself, and other gentlemen who are .well as with his case. bytcalling ai our office on Fifth
street, next door to the Pittsburgh Foundry.
july 31 FLEMING fit SLACK.
•
Star Caulks.
T HE Subactibat bating completed his machinery
for making Star Candles, is prepared to supply
the friends of home manufacture with as artii*,.esnal
in emery respect to any Made in the cetuittliVid
km
For price.
the convenience of families sad 0101
are pat up in packages of from 10 to 50 lbw Can
and examine than. J S GWYNNE,
it 20 . Franklin Manufactory, Second street.
Indigo.
frj CEROONS INDIGO. (a good article,) in Store
Go and wi!l be sold low to elms consignmest,
lIAXLMAN 4 JENNINGS,
43 Wood street.
MEM
230 barrels of pork.
-450 bairels of fresh aupersoe lowa.
120 bushels of new white .field beans.
-3,600 pounds of good hard soap. .
. ''--;•••• •
400 pounds of good hard sallow can dles, •
81/ bushels of good dainty fi ne -salt.
' 800 galkos of good eider vinegar. -,
i The whole to be delivered by the Ist June, 1845.
dt Port Atkinsonoilest bask of -the Miesissippi, slaw
posits Fort Crawford, at Doisneau and ./iNestr4 =
. ,
Wars kinse. -
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' 50 barrels of perk. '
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-, 175 barrels of fresh. superfine flour:
30 bushels of new white field beans. ' ,
.1,000 pounds of good bard snap.
300 pounds of good bard tallow candles. -
35 boshels_of good clean dry fine selt.
I 100 gallica of good cider vinegar.
The whole to:be deliiirred by the let Jane, 11148''
At Port Snediar, AV. Peter*. ,
/25 barrelsofpork. . .•
, 360 barrels of fresh superfine Boer. _
*., •
125 bushels of new white field beans: - '""
3.300 pounds of good bard serap... • , -
,
: 1,100 pounds of vox d hard tall ow candles. •
' Ott bushels of g ood clean dry line salt.
400 gallon* of good cider vinegar. T.
The whole to be delivered frogs the lath Mayi.llll4ls„,
to tbelsth June, 1345...4 1
At Port LeavennOT-11, JfieseuriliNim -
225 lairrels s of pork. '. ' '' ''
...
780 barrels of fresh superfrne flour.
275 4ul6eis Of new white seld beatur.
6.500 pounds of eeod hard soap. " '
2,180 pounds of good bard tallow eandkw.
, 125 bushels of good elerui dry floe Jolt. -
1,200 gallons of good eider vinegar.
The Whole to be deliverer/by the Ist Joao, 11W '
At Ibrt Eleott,on die Morwaion river, Missouri-701
stiles land tranepoelationfrost beivendeiese, ps,
Ike Missotwi river.
125 -barrels of pork.
400 barrels of fresh saperfiue flour. -
80 bushels of new white field beans.
2.300 pounds of good hard soap.
1,000 pounds of good bard ufflow treadles. - • . _
65 bushels of goad clean dry fine salt. • -
500 gallons of good cider vinegar:
The whole to be delivered by the Ist June, 1846.
At Port - Winnebago, on the Fax river, ,1 4 4 1. 1 " P"
age of Paz and Wiskensararioers.. n a - t•
30 barrels of pork. ' •
-
100 barrels of fresh superfine flour.
15 bushels of new white field lawns. ,
1,000 pounds of good bard soap.
350 pounds of good herd tallow candles.
80 bushels of good clean dry fine salt.
200 gallons of good cider vineger; •-;,- .
NOTE.
All bidder* are requmwed to _extend the ansoaist`ot
their bide for, each ankle, andez'aibit the total aniciiiio
of eaob bid.
The periods and quantities of encbdelisery at those
posts whore they are not specified, will 60,0ne-fourth
Ist June, Ist September, lat December, 1845, an
let March, 1846.
The bogs of which the pork is packed, le be fatten
ed en corn, and each bog to weigh not less than two.
bundled pounds. Alscicocuist of one bog to each bar
rel, excluding • the feet, legs, ears and snout. Side
pieces may be substituted for the hams. The pork is
to be first salted with Turk's Island silt, then
carefully packed with the same article in pieces net.
=tee hog ten pounds each.
When the packing has been completed, the ecistrac.'
tor must furnish to this dace a certificate from the
packer. that the pork bas been so salted and peeked.
Tbe pork is to be attained in seasoned heart cif width
oak barrels, full hooped: the beans and a* in barrel*.
and the lump and candles in strung boxesiTeonvenittet.
_
size for transportation.
Salt will only be received by measurement of thirty.
two quarts to the bushel. The candles to bath comes
wicks. The provisions for Pntiriedu-Chien and Stt
Peters must pegs St Louis, for their ultimate destina
tion, by the 15th April, 1845. 4 failure in tlit2ar
ticular will be considered a breath oft:Maria, the
Department will be anthorizedto purchase to supply
these posts. The provisions will be inspected at the
time and place of delivery, and all " to be paid
by contractors until they are • at such store.
houses as may be designated by the mews of the De
partment.
The Commissary General reserves the privilege of
increasing or diminishing , the quantities, or of divert,
slug with any or all articW required et any. post, at
any time before enteringittiocontract, and also of in.
creasing or reducing the qbantities of each delivery one
third subsequent to crintrata, on giving sixty days pro
Timis notice.
ROB'T. BRUCE
Bidders, not bennofore contractors, are required to
accompany their proposals with Stridence of their shill.
IY• together with the names or their sofetke, whose re.
sponsibility must be certifie2 ED , the Distriq Atewney.
or by some persons Well irnmen io the Chomrententt
otherwise their proposals will net be wed Upon.
Advances cannathe nods is any case, and evi
dence of inspection snatijkildstiesrpeniilhs regstir,
ed at die dice. before rsgaisitiMt yin be sade
the Tntasatryfer poryment, which will be
such public money as may • senors*
of delivery, the places of pure orth n e
the connectors. et the option of the Treenery per*,
meet.
No drafts on thifollielk wig - be aramister p aid no.
Foch in aseprineelepe
end "Prep is gar fortkOme. ihsbaus.
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JrtiNTNGS & Co. ,
43 ITood at.
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*AMITE proposals will beasaiked at this al
• dos bt day of Oataher watt Arlin &SIN
Wry tipriwufins, hawk horde oic ed de eats et
the saoe. . vas htspactioa, as hawse
AS New Orleans.
9111 barials elm&
520 bomb of freak superfine flour.
200 bushels Of new wish. field bouts.
4,400 pornals of good bard soap.
960 ram& of good hard sperm candles.
80 bushels good clone dry finevals.
, 920 gs/loas of good eider vineipm
de Itaten RO. Louise.. ' , .
224 barrels of pork. RO.
276 bamds of fields superfine bar.
120 bushels of new white field beans.
- 2,600 pounds of good bard seep.
50 barbels of good clean dry lies
700 gallons of good cider Amor. ' A. `: z _
At P.M Pickens, or Barrancek Pmmessia, .
112 barrels. of pork.
260 barrels of fresh Amman.' 'afar.
100 barbels of new whiteSeld beam.
2.200 pounds °food hard soap.
480 pounds of good fiarisperas assallas.
40 busbeis of good dean sky firierk..
460 ollons of void eider vinegar.
At the Public Laadist, six 'sheer tress
_ _ _
sox, mooed! Sitirtkiessichi. -• •
360 barrels of pork.
1,000 barrels of fresh euperfine flour. '
300 bushels oft** white fold beeps.
9,000 pounds of good bard soup.
2,0 0 0 pounds of good. hard sperm caedied.
160 bushels of 4rxer oleic thy fine salt.
2,000 gallons cepa eider vinegar. •
The whole to be delivered in an - the month otArn.
1843, and to leave Natchitoches by the 20th Veloniul t
1346.
. •
Aftreta* horraeks, Afissotrri.
672 laaratkla of pork. - -
1,560 barrels of Erna; suPerfsne War. •
600 bushels of new *bite field beans.
13,200 poop& of gocei bard v soap.
2.880 poruxla of good bard sperm candies.
240 buabola of good claws dry . 60e ask.
2,760 gallons of good cider vinegar. • • •
At Fore Crawford, Praisis Ds Outs If infirsiptii,
Riven. .