FOR PRESIDENT,
JAMES K. POLK,
OF TILKNESSEC
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
''''6tCo. M. DALLAS,
or reri4 9'Y'L VANIA
FOR GOVERNOR,
FRS. R. SHUNK:
Of ALLEGHENY COUNTY
" FOR CANAL COM)IISSIONER,
t .!.=)SBLIA HARTSHORNE,
OF CHEETER C43,UNTY
Congtess,
446 ALEXANDER BRACKENRIDGE, Pict.
State Senate,
CHAMBERS INVKIBBIN, City.
A-stembly,
JAMES A. GIBSON, Pine,
,10
JOHN ANDEREGG, Pitt,
• - JAMES WHITTA KER,
-'" STEPHEN WOODS, Robinson,
.7, Commissioner,
WILLIAMEWING, Robinson..
- " Auditor,
EDWARD M'CORR LE, Indiana
Maury Clay and Pittsburgh.
ter -- hairs no public man has ever been more constant-
iy sod strenuously opposed in Allegheny county than
Henry-Clay, and how his partizans are going to get a
indijny . ity for him after the bitter reciting& and opposi-
tioxihey themselves have exhausted upon him, is a
snystory to as. While Henry Clay has always some
&Merin words for almost every other soction of the
ittilim;--ivltile be has taken the trouble to do something
Atotuale friends fur himself in many of them, he has
treated Pittsburgh with undisguised and unchanged
- cthitempt.
It is mast certain that thus far, Pittsburgh has given
isitibloW for blow, and we cannot believe Pbe will now
t her ueck, to let her old enemy walk over her in-
toliower. As far as we can ascertain, Mr Clay gave
tdtif first offenco—by making himself unnecessarily Em
ily° in opposing the location of a National Road thro'
-this place. He tooksoactivoa part against. Pittsburgh
ankfor Wheeling, that a statue had been erected to
hisikmor near Wheeling, because of the part he took
hicating tbe rand where it is. To a proud, amid
' tinSian:lan like Clay, this would be a most grateful com
pliment—he therefore cherishes Wheeling. Pitts
' burgh has raised no monument to his honor — but, in
1825, so deeply incensed were her people at his base
betrayal of General Jackson, that they hung him in ef
-6n in her streets. We do not commend this act—we
docat believe it was necessary or proper to express
. sheii.disapprobation of the man—but he•has never for
egiieuit, and never will.
T6B next important political movement of Mr Clay
after the Bargain, was the proposing of the Compro
, mieti "Pill. Here, in pursuance of a grand scheme to
lag - vitiate himself with the South, he gave a fearful
blow to the interests of Pittsburgh. Its first announce
-zneat-hi Congress was chronicled in a Lunching
.aer.from Mr Denny, then our Representative in Corr
•graiss L in which he truly said, that Clay had gone over
?to Calhoun; that he had "abandoned discrimination."
"rcisathat hour until very recently, this opinion of
'Mr -Denny has been endorseid and acted on. not
'airily by the Democrats of this comity, but by a
large_ majority of the federal party, who were
own as antimasons. In 1836, the antimasons
. ' il!
_bevy took the lead in a stator . : -
ton' in opposition to Clay, because of his hostili
z y tts Pittsburgh interests, and of his free-masonry"—
.• be was actually driven off the track. in 1890, the
. - ens of Pittsburgh Iv ere again active in holding
'Onavestion in advance of the National Convention,
' l t . , again by the autimasons of Pennsylvania he was
fisted and set aside, and that too, in the very hour
- . his party's triumph. •
But now it was Clay's turn to be avenged of Pennsyl
' aniain general, and of Pittsburgh in particular. The
rEitni Session commenced—he knew the hostility of
4,1,
ennsylvania to a Bank, and he had two Bank Bills
. Ile knew her opposition to a Tea and Co ff ee
A: and he atucleto that. tax like "grim Death." He
her anxiety to have a higher Tariff, and he
had every nerve to maintain the Compromise, and
aiii the climax of his injuries to Pittsburgh, ho pre
med a sulltrient appropriation for a Western Ar
ary, be use he was afraid it would be located here,
'assigned no reason of public policy—no statesman
Ea a argument, for his opposition, but give as an ex
the foal slander on our city, that "our river was
one half the year, and dry the other half."
', trod no man suppose theseare idle complaints against
~
Clay, which should have no inflnence on a great
tionsdirleinion. They have had and should have
"fight end influence. Within a year or two Mr Den
' ddennunced the Compromise as the source of our
larrallsaur Tariff meetings have denounced this bill,
.:v up to 1843, so fatal and obnoxious was Hen
toollity the majority of the now Whig party, that
„.. tioi "ticket a men opposed to him—they mis
lead hire as the man who
i man who "put the knife
' as a "duelist, immoral,
could not be elected,' as
td won be monopolized by
rw -in England and Ireland,
!.people would be aunt in
&witness.
inning Post.
H. SMITH, tDITORS
AY, SEPTEMBER 6
istility to him, that sooner
this majority of the whig .
ustaal struggle. to Jet the
fates for every 4iffice in:the
ybelieve Mr Clay's policy
ink him to Pittsburgh,•that
to represent this district
aided to elect him over a
ring candidate. -Yet this
ising by their-condact and
Bred the Tariff interests of
hands of the Democratic can
' their owe, have the mom
iocrats with being pee-
LAY the votes of the pee
' and insulted.
BASIL—The whigs of the
tessera, to mak-etheirSouth
or if they will wander o
ling, make them •be mote
luestions at issue between the
,in the North the Clay men
Bank; although it is well
t for which they etrugg4e,
T the Tariff and every oth-
er measure, to ensurathe incorporation of an "old fast-
Toned monster," that woald.aford them the facilities
of speculation, that they enjoyed under the old regime.
But the vrhigs of the South are less prudent, and they
boldly avow that a Bank is one of the great measures
of the contest, and that they support. Henry Clay be
cause they know he is in favor of it. The Wilming
ton Gazette, has the following notice of a speech made
in that city on last Wednesday:
"The Hall was about two-thirds full. whips and
Democrats, and very comfortable, so we took a seat to
listen to "the gentlemen from the South. He was a
very p:rasant speaker and unusually genteel for a
IV hig." He knew Mr Polk—had been a classmate of
his—was his persotmlfriend, and served with him iu
Congress, and pronounced him "a clever man." "He
bad always voted with him upon the Tariff question
BUT DIFFERED UPON THE B•NK " Here the whin
shrugged their shoulders. whispered to one anutherat
they would not clap. Yes, said the speaker, "Mr.
Polk is and has always has been opposed to a National
Bunk, and Henry Clay is in favor of that Institution."
This was really good, and we were delighted with it.
Will our Whig friends contradict it? If so we will cull
upon Mr S.-for his remarks. We like honesty even
among our opponents, and ore glad they fluted cue
such a man in their ranks. If they have more, do let
us hear them."
THE DEACON AND CLAY BEFORE THE AFFAIR OF
THE 15 Wutus.—Wc invite attention to another in
stance of themnral strabismus of the Deacon, before
he was operated upon by the "fifteen wliigs." We
cannot conceive of a more apparently hopeless disor.
der, "in the mind's eye, Horatio"—than it presents,
contrasted with the now excellent stateof the Deacon's
optics. Only think with what a terrible obliquity of
menuilvisiun he must have been affected "long, long
ago," when it could distort the insmaculate Henry
Clay intoa "meson, a elevate' der, a duelist, and a—
what-not," and regard the mere incidental connection
or the mixing , up of his name with the Whig cause as
"AN OUTRAGE UPON THE MORAL FEEL
INGS OF THE COMMUNITY."
From the Pittsburgh Gazette. April 15, 1843
THE NEW YORK CITY ELECTION.
As we expected, the Whigs have again been de
feated in the city of New York—worse defeated than
they were lade year. We say, as we' expected, and
the reason on which our expectations were founded,
was the mixing up of Henry Clay with the contest.—
His name always has been ax omen of defeat, and
we believe will be. while he is pushed forward at a can
didate for the Presidency of the United States. Thou
sands of the best men in the land, who, if they vote at
all, vote the Whig ticket, will never vote for Henry
Clay. I .14aik our words, defeat will continue to
follow the Whig party, as long as Henry Clay is their
candidate fur PresidentAl F.n some days previous
to the election, the whig papers sounded the tocaln—
for Henry Clay! vote for Henry- Clay! This Ctay
defeatlms been most overwhelming. The American
says the majority for Morris (Loco) will probably ex
ceed five thousand ! ! Oh ! when will the whig
party learn w:sdom and cease to outrage the moral
feeling's of Me ccnnusvaily. Let the loco focos sup
port whom they will—slaveholders, masons, duelists
and what not, but let the whig party take higher ground,
or victory willnever again perch on its banner.
TVA at the Globe thovghl of J. K. Polk, in - 1839
—Here is the extract:
' l Mr. Po lk is wh•illy and totally an uf fit man fcr the
Vice Presidency of the Enited States, he possesses no
single qualification which should entitle him to the
consideration of the party for that office."
The above appeared in the American of yesterday,
and harbeea published in most of the whig papers of
the country. It it a rile indinfantous fabrication
The Globe has repeatedly declared that no such ex
pression was ever used by it in reference to Col. Polk,
and that it has ever had the highest opinion of his ca
pability. The Ametican has doubtless seen the denial
of the above at least fifty times, yet so reckless is
that editor and so desperate ,is his cause, that he
snatches at this oft-repeated forgery in order to injure
the democratic candidate.
Gas. Buat.rsos.—A gentleman bearing this name
is running fur President of Texas, and will most prob
ably be elected. The Troy Post gives some interesting
reminiscences of his history. It seems that he was for
rnerlicaptain of a canal boat on our Northern Canul,
where he was known as a man of good talents, but
of loose principles. He associated himself with a
gang of counterfeiters, and engaged in the business of
passing of counterfeit money on the simple emi
grants, &c, who traveled on his boat. In this game
he was detected, arrested in Troy, and indicted. His
lawyer told him that his only chance was to get the bail
reduced and cot dirt. He did so; a man named Phelps
went bail for him, and afterwards compromised for a
small sum. Burleson slid for Texas, where he has
long been a great man,and will probably be chosen Pres
ident.
GRE►T MEETING AT NORRISTUWN.—The demo
cratic meeting at Norristown, Montgomery county, on
Saturday last, is represented as the largest and most
enthusiastic gtitheringever witnessed in that part of
the country. The number of persons present exceeded
TWENTY THOUSAND.--among them was a del
egation of 40, from Philadelphia, all of whom bad vo
ted for Harrison in 1840, but who now support Polk
and Dallas. Among them was Col IVilliam Bradford,
who in 1890, was the marshal of the large deputation
of Philadelphia IYl.igs to the great Harrison gather
ing at Lancaster. David Todd, Esq. was also inclu
ded in the number above alluded to.
JOSEPH' FORRANCE, Esq, was President, assisted
by 63 Vice l'residenta, and 12 Secretaries.
DISTINCTION IN LT!NG.—The Wheeling Times
thinks that a straight forward liar, one that will tell a
big, fat, plump lie, is an honest may, compared- with
that little, dirty, sneaking individual, wbo. so 4ngles
up the truth with falsehood as to make it really worse
than falsehood itself.
The editor of the Gazette declines in the most posi
tive manner to etmcar in the sentiment of his Wheeling
brother. The Deacon differs with him as to the com
parative merits of the fibbers described, and, besides,
be is under the impression that the "little, dirty,sneak
ing individual," is a personal allusion.
Brutal Outrage on a Woman.—One of the new
Native police officers in New York named James Hunt,
was arrested sad brought before Justice Haskell, on
Sunday last, on the complaint of R. S. Martin, wbo
made an affidavit that a woman, named Mary Ferris,
was violently assaulted and beaten by the said Hunt.
.He stated that Huut beat her with a cane, in a serious
manner, after hawing arrested her on a charge of sup
posedintosication, and as Mr. Martin testifies in his
affidavit, without-Any justification on the pan of Hunt.
The poor woman was much distressed and cried bit
terly when she.came into the Police office to confirm
the statement rrfMr Martin. Justice Haskell ordered
the back of the woman to be examined by a physician
who was present, when. to the astonishment of the Jur
ticeend Clerks 41Police, it was found marked -with
several stripes and blows received from this apology fur
one of the male species. The Magistrate immediate
' ly ordered the fellow, Hunt, :o find good bail in the
sum of $2OOO fur his appearance at the Court of Gen
eral Sessions, to_anrwer for his brutal and unmanly con
duct, and allowed him to leave the office co bis parol
of honer to obtain t. e required securing. Not returning,
-a warrant waaisseed, and placed in the bands of officer
HarriS, who searched the remainder of the day with
out finding him. Servers' officers ware in pursuit of
him on Sundoy.evening, and if arrested he was placed
in .the .watch house prison for the eight. This is No"
tiveism autitoritp--etitadc/pitia Timer;
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Colsddrued frost the Harrisburgh Uatits,!.
STATE D ,T ELATION.
Pitsuant to the call of the State Central
Commit
tee, the delegate* of the Democratic State Convention,
for the nomination of a candidate for Governor, to sup
ply the place of the lamented MUULESBICRO, met in
the Court House, in the borough of Harrisburg, on
Monday, September 2. The Convention was called
to order at 10 o'clock, A. M., by the President.
The following gentlemen took their scats as officers
of the Convention:
President.
Hon. JACOB FRY, Montgomery
Vice Presidents.
ssWst F Cortstt, Fayette. -
ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, Westmoreland
GEORGIC GILBNRT, Philadelphia city.
BfNJ Cittseta, Phila. co.
HENRY Pitmen, York.
Gen R. H HAMMOND, Northumberland.
Seeselarks
Francis L Bowman, Luzerne.
Franklin Vansam, Bucks.
On taking the Chair, the Hon Jecon Far addres
sed the Convention in a beautiful speech on the melan
choly occurrence which had made it necessary for the
re-assembling of •the Convention, minion the duty now
to be diteharged. ,
On motion of Mr ROWLEY, of Philadelphia, the
list of delegates was called over, and the credentills
The following letter from GAO M DALLAS, to Judge
Bucher, and others, was read and ordered to be in
corporated with the proceedings:
PHILA.DELPHIA, August 3A,1344.
GLNTLY.MICK:—A professional engagement which I
cannot control will prevent my participating in the
proposed Democratic meeting at Harrisburg. invited
to welcome the formal nomination of our candidate
for the chief executive office of the State.
I have saßforistal, because, in reality' itad-substance,
the nominatiou Itas already beets made by those with
whom reside. the umpitemionable right and power to
make it when and as tbi please. The People of Penn
sylvania have lenity s.en their prompt and harmo
nious sentiinent on thelobject- Of this not the sha
dow of a doubt can or will be suggested. As fur as
constituting hitts the candidate of the Republican Party
is involved, it may justly be averred that the prevailing
popular unanimity rendered it unnecessary to re-as
semble the convention, and that Faxacts R. Sues IC
has been, for some time and from the highest authority,
designated “de facto et de jure," for our support.
We have mason to rejoice in the condition of our
politics, when so serious and sudden a loss as that ex
perienced in the deplored death of Henry A. Muhlen
berg.can be thus immediately and thus fully supplied.
The fitct is eloquent of union, of generous and cordial
confidence, of an entire absence of soul* local or per
jealousies, of a high devotion to the cause and a
hearty will to maintain it. The Keystone Democrats,
so embodied and so animated, never have been and
never will be defeated. Governor Shunk will adduce,
in confirmation of this historical and prophetic declara
tion, very many thousand unanswerable ballot-proofs.
It has been my good fortune to know Mr Shunk long
and well, and to have noted the unstained purity of his
private life as well as the manly patriotism of bis polit
ical career. I cannot be mistaken in the conviction
that he richly deserves the a hole-souled backing of
every one of us, that is of every one whose creed is
Jeffersonian, of every one who professes the faith for
which he has vigorously and consistently, and gener
ously, and always battled. No firmer morals than hi :
no honester purposes: no deeper sense of the obliga
tions of public duty: no more untiring industry: no
clearer intelligence: no wider experience in the busi
ness and wants of this Commonwealth: no purer de
mocracy! He is fit for the office, fit for the occasion,
fit ns a statesman. fit as a party-man. We, who cling
to the precepts and practices of republicanism, who
eschew corporate monopolies and moneyed monsters,
who inculcate 'economy, love, good-faith, toleration,
frugal and 'plain habits, and equality: we, I say, can
fasten our reliance upon Mr Shunk as fearlessly as
ever mariners looked to the tried and truest pilot.
Whom, indeed, could we more proudly and safely trust
than one who. during war, with equal modesty and de
votion, wheeled into the ranks as a common soldier—
who,during peace, fronted firmly and victorinasly, in
the very halls of our Capitol, the menaces and machi
natiorwrif treason, and whom unvarying tenor of indi
vidual end official deportment has been marked by up
rightness, justice, peace, and good will to all? That
be will be our candidate appears to me almost a mat
ten of course: but it would delight me to see the no
tional lesson, "e pteribus tomer," exemplified in the
action of the Convention, and the one hundred and
thirty voices at once concentrated upon his name.
I have the honor to be, gentlemen,
sincerely and respectfully,
your 'friend and fellow citizen,
G. M. DALLAS.'
RORP:RT M. BARR, Esq., of Berko, then addres
sed the Convention, and pronounced the following
feeling and appropriate enlogium upon the character
of the illustrious deceased:—
"It was my fortune to have known Henry A. Mob
lenberg long and well, and to have shared in his sym
pathies, and enjoyed his confidence. Would that
every other man had known him as well, I believe he
would have lived, as he died, without a single enemy !
More than this it could have scarcely needed to hove
hushed the tempestuous waves of partizanship into a
calm, and to have secured his elevation tc the chair of
State by acclamation !
As a public man, the distinguished subject of my
remarks might have justly served as a model for the'
American Statesman. With talents of n high order.
a benignant serenity of mind characterized his every
action. He possessed firmness without Violence, and
fervent Zeal, without Passion. Inheriting, from re
volutionary ancestors, n chivalric devotion to the great
cause of Human Equality, every pulsation of his heart
vibrated in unison with the final triumph of its princi
ples. Whether at home or abroad—on his native
soil, or in foreign climes—he furnished irrefragable
proofs of his unswerving devotion to the country and
ius institutions.
But it was in private life—the more appropriate
empire of the heart—that theysietues cf Mr. Mullen
berg shone with transcendent leave. There did he
reap rich harvests of felicityo did be gain the
golden prize which the purple robe and jewelled dia
dem cnnnot confer. Whilst his Integrity was strong
as a wall of adamant, his Charity was pure and
diffusive as the atmosphere in which he lived, and
moved, and had his being. His ministrations to the
destitute were of the most ample and unostentatious
character, and of daily, nay, hourly occurrence. His
whole life, indeed, bloomed with the mellow fruit of
true goodness, yielding an exuberant harvest of dim.
interested philanthrophy. The loss of such a man
from a society which he thus highly ornamented, can
not but be viewed as a great public calamity. To his
beloved family the event came like a swift-winged
Messenger of Destruction, and fountains of tears have
flowed from eyez that before beamed with the proof*
of domestic love and felicity.
Centimes ! my task is done ! Our deceased
friend has already received the homage of universal
eulogy, than which neither "storied urn nor monumen
tal bust" can impart a purer splendor, or confer a
more testing immortality. Day has dawned upon the
night of the grave. May we not, thinefore, indulge
the hope, that while the mortal vestments of the depart
ed are mingling with tbe clods of the valley, his eman
cipated spiritis reposing in the bosom of its creator
and Redeemer. Let this bright and glorious hope
soothe our grief, and wipe the tear of dejection from
the mourning cheek! To us no other duty rests than to
designate a successor for the high office to which Mr.
Muhlenberg bad been named, and it is an alleviation
to our regrets to know that this duty am be easily per
formed, as the People and the Press have aloady,
with unexampled unanimity. made th.i path oUuty
plain: Whilst we mourn over the loss of a great and
good mall, may we not rejoice that his mantle has
fallen upon another, entirely worthy of our suffrages!
Mr Findlay followed, prefacing by some forcib7e
and patriotic observations,the following Resolutions•
Resolved, That this Convention deeply lament the,
premature death of the lion Henry A biublenberg a re4
cently Abe nomwee of the Dersooriuic party of this
Commonwealth; and unite, with unfeigoed sympathy,
with the Democracy of tbis State in bearing testimony,
So as =allied *toes u i ptivitte4itiam, sad the
ia=
high tossed patriotism which : mashed his character as a
*bliss iota: And that we dephise idieuddeti
tion from time to eternity,stot oily as mournful sod
irreparable loss to those with whom lass was most inti
mately associated in private life, but as s public loss
which will be long felt by the Democratic party.
Resolved, That the members of this Convention, as
a testimony of their high sense of the public and pri
vate virtues of the deceasedrond in testimony of their
deep regret will wear crape on their left. at tn.,for thir
ty days. •
"Resolved, That Meters. Findlay of Lancaster,
Wright of Luzorne, Penniman of Philadelphia coun
ty, Dillinger of Lehigh, and Tyson of Berks,be appoint
ed a Committee to communicate to the family of the
'deceased, the condolence of this Convention for the
loss they have sustained.
Tha resolutions was seconded by Mr Joszs of Alle
gheny, aria unanimously adopted.
On motion of 31r W ELS H, of York, it was
Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed to
procnre the erectionof an appropriate tablet, in honor
of Henry A Muhlenberg, in the Lutheran Church at
Reading, of which he was for many years a member.
The following gentlemen were appointed the corn
mitteet—Messre Welsh, H J Megrim, Frazer, Doh
nert. G R Espy.
Mr Barr said: Whilst we mourn the loss of a
great and good man, we may be permitted to rejoice
that this mantle will fall on one pre-eminently worthy
of the boom to be conferred upon him, and as the du
ty seems to have devolved upon me of nominating in
this Convention a successor to our lamented friend, I
nominate Fastscts R Sousa, of Allegheny, in the
room of HENRT A Muutznazno, deceased, us the
candidate of the Democratic party of Pennsylvania for
Governor, and I move you that this nomination he con
curred in by acclamation.
John M Read, Earl., said: that from the great num
bered persons here ready to second the resolution of
the gentleman from Berks. (Mr Barr,)it was, perhaps
hardly necessary that he (Mr R.) should say a word,
but as the intimute personal and political friend of the
lamented Mr Muhlenberg, lie desired thus openly and
publicly to express his sentiments, and with the per
mission of the Convention, he would be pleased to
have his name recorded apon the minutes as the se
conder of the resolution. He did this for the purpose
of showing to the Convection, as fur as it could be
done, the determined sentiment of the friends of Mr
Muhlenberg, to support with the utmost zeal and vi
gor, the nomination to be made to-clay.
Messrs. Frazer, of Lancaster, Wright, of Lnzerne,
and Black, of Pittsburgh. Welly addressed the Con
vention.
Mr Barr's motion was then carried by acclamation.
The nomination was immediately greeted on Capitol
Hill, by thirteen rounds of cannon.
Mr Smith of Berks moved that the members of the
i Convention pledge themselves to support the nomina
-1 don of Francis R Shook, and culled the yeas and nays,
which motion was unanimously adopted.
Mi Frazer snowed that George Kremer. the man
that cried aloud when Hens) Clay deserted Democra
cy, and defeated old Hickory, in 1b24, be invited to
take a seat beside the President of the Convention.
When Mr Kremer appvtecd he was greeted with three
cheers.
Mr K addiessed the Convention in nstrnin of fervid
eloquence, describing Henry Clay as die man who put
up the Presidency for sale and struck it off to the
highest bidder. He also referred to the enthusiasm
existing throughout the country in favor of the nomi
nees of the Democratic party, and said that to doubt
success in such a glorious conflict would be to arraign
the justice of an overruling Providence.
M R. READ, from the committee on address reported
the following, which, on motion of Mr JOXE3 of Alle
gheny, was unanimously adopted:
To the Democrats of Pennsylvania:
Fellow-citizens: Our beloved Mohlenbeig is no
more! In the midst of apparent health, ho was struck
by the hand of Death, and in a'few short hours his fam
ily lost a revered parent, and Penns) lvania one of its
most valued and vi,twntna citizens. Eminent alike for
his public and private virtues, for his patriotism and
stern integrity, his sound, clear sense, and his enlarged
views of State and Nntional policy, for an expanded
benevolence, and true Christian Charity, he has left, in
his well-earned fame a rich legacy to his children,
and a noble example to the youth of his native '...:um
monweali h.
By this Dispensation of Pnivitkmee. the Democrat
ic Part) of Penusylvania has been deprived o f i ts e h o .
fen leader at the coming circuit'', and it has this day
devolved upon its representatives, in the cxercke of
their delegated power. to fill his place hv the selec
tion of another candidate for the office of Governor of
the Keystone State. The task has 4ieen an easy one.
The unquestioned second choice of this Convention, at
its meeting, on the 4th of March last, FRANCIS IL
SHUNK. of Allegheny, has been already marked out
by the spontaneous voice of the Democracy, as the sue
resulr of the lamented Muhlenberg, and bis unani
mous nomination by this body is but a solemn and pub
lic ratification of the expressed will of the people.
Of German descent, and a native of the Democratic
county of Montgomery, Mr SHUSK has been always
distinguished for his strict adherence to republican
principles, and in the various public trusts which he
has so faithfully filled for the last thirty years, by his
entire devotion to the best interests of the people.
Honest, firm, sagacious and patriotic, he is intimate
ly and practically acquainted with the resources and
wants el the Commonwenith, and peculiarly qualified,
by his calm and dispassionate temper, his clear judg
ment and long public training, to discharge the high
and important duties devolving upon the Chief Magis
trate of Pennsylvania.
A citizen soldier of the last war—arid a disciple of
Andrew Jackson—he stands pledged against a United
States Bank in any shape ur form, either as a National
or State institution—and under his administration, we
can safely °same our fellow-citizens, there will be no
resusciation of the bankrupt Ritner monopoly, which
has brought so much ruin, distress, and degradation,
upon a free and virtuous people. *-
We look with entire confidence to the triumphant
of our candidate, and we ask from the ho
InWof all parties their 31iffroges for ono who will al .
minister the governtnenr, "without fear, favor, or affec
tion," sad with a single eyo to the welfare and happi
ness of the whole community.
Since our former meeting, the Democratic National
Convention at Baltimore. has unanimously nominated
JAMES K POLK, of Tennessee, and GEORGE M
DALLAS, of Pennsylvania, as the Democratic candi
dates for President and Vice President of the United
States. The nomination of these virtuous and dis
tinguished statesmen has been hailed with the utmost
enthusiasm in • every pert of the Union, and the elec
tions which have been recently held in seven States,
shew the enormous Democratic gain of upwards of
65,000 over the elections of 1810, at:d rue sure har
bingers of the great Democratic triumph which awaits
us in November next.
Our candidates are hue Americans in sentimentand
in principle. They will not charter an United States
Bank, which they hold to be "unconstitutional, inex
pedient and dangerous," because monarchical England
has such an instltutirm inseparably united with her ar
istocracy, her rudional debt and standing army—nut
will they ever suffer Texas and Oregon to be wrested
from us by British arms or British diplomacy.
Battling with us in this great National contest is the
Old Hereof New Orleans, with whom his geateful
low citizens will achieve as glorious a civil viekauy us
his faithful soldiers did a military triumph, on ;ha lith
of January, 1315, when they preserved the "Bestaly
and Booty" of the Southern metropolis from the. areas
of a savage and hireling soldiery.
On motion of Mr Love, the Convention " adjourned
sine die, with six loud and hearty chcerstfor PUlk, Del.
lar and Shunk.
Adjourned. (Signed by the officers.
COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENT
The Committee of Arrangement for the Democratic
Mass Convention of the 19th, will meet at the Wash
ington Hotel, on Saturday evening, at 71 o'clocl4. A
general attendance is requested.
The following perilous compose the committeeu—
P M'Corretick, D Wearer,
John Turbott, Thos Hamilton,
J K Moorhead, J Hunker, ~.
Rody Pauerson, Wilson &regardless /
R. Galway, Robert H Kerr,
John Birmingham, John B Bader,
F R Shank, H C Mr orimped.
lAD Andereatt, J D Millers s •
Thernattl'hillim . TbcOlosßlOckawro ,
CllCKibbea, ''' George P Smirk
W H Smith, W H Lowrie,
A Berke, H IS Megrim',
PITTSBURGH MARKET,
RISPORTID 106 Tei poor UT ISAAC HARRIS
Friiety Wareing,' September 6, 1844
Our rivers and canal email is good order; the wea
ther fine and seated. A-great many goods from the
eastern cities are coming on our canals and shipping
daily west, and large quantities of western produce
goingback in the canal boats east. Our market is ex
tremely well supplied with excellent assortments, and
goods in every department of trade, are good plenty
and cheap. All country produce commands aleady
sale and fait 4.wices. - -
Floor—Flour is scarce and commands readily from
wagon andboat $3.5013,56/ per bbl.
Grain—Wheat 65 . 1166; Rye, 371; Oats, 171118 cts
per bushel.
Seed — good Timothy seed ready sale at $1,314a
$1,371; Flaxseed. 80c per bushel.
Ashes—Pot 31;1'31; Scorchings, 31a31; Pearl,4i;
Saleratus, 5a51.c per lb.
Buckets—large size per dozen $2,62142,75; small,
$2a52.25 per doz.
Brooms—per dozen, $1.50.
Beeswax—in (rick demand at 27 c per lb.
Blooms—plenty and dull at $50455 per ton.
I'ig Mend—a gutxl supply in market--safer in small
lots at $28430 per ton.
Iron and Nails—demand constant and good. Iron,
common bar, 3; Juniata, 31 per lb. Nails, 4a41 per
lb.
Cheese—A good deal has ben taken out of our
Market, and it hots advanced. IYatera Reiervo gum],
4 a 4i; superior 5 a 51r. a lb.
Cotton Yarns--No sto 10, 16 cts per lb., 11 to 13,
17e. 14.18 c per lb.
Feathers—arc in ready demand end quick sales—
Kentucky 23u27. Ohio and Pa 251128 c per lb accor
ding to quality.
Fiih—Mackerel No 1, in half bids $7 25; Not, in
bbls $ l lasll 75: $8 2.s—Herring Nu 1, $5 25
ass 371—Salmon No 1, sl7—Sliad, 8 25.
Groceries—Cuff e. a good stock stn hand, and sales
of various qualities from 61 to 8 cts per lb—Java 121
cis pet lb.
Sugar—Stocks large and good sales, from 61 to 74c
all according to quality.
Molasses—We quote 31n32 cents n gallon.
Tea—The stocks large and good.—lmperial 50a75,
Gunpowder 45 a 70,Yomig I lyson 30 to 70, Pouchong
50 to 75c., all according to qiinlity.
Bay—Sales per ton of 2000 lb nett, $6.
Lead—Missouri Pig 31a 31,dn bar 4; pipe 6c a lb.
Leather—Bultimeresole 20 a 22, New Yoe k 17n20,
Upper Leather. finished pc r dozen $24 -a s26,Callskin
$l3 a $26 per doz.
Salt—Sales during the week of about 1600 bbls.nt
109 all 5, eihbl,afloat or delivered, from stores $l,lBl
a 125 per bbl.
Tobacco—Leaf, 2 to 4 cents o lb.
Whiskey—Commun Rectified 20 a 203, Rectified
21 a 22c a gallon.
Cattle Market—Abont 200 Beeves sold to butcher mt
2 to 34c. a Ib, according to quality; sales of Hogs 31c
a Ih; 258 head of sheep at $1 a head.
THEATRE.
MISS M CLARENDON, LESSEE
N B CLARKE,
C T ROWE,
This Evening, Friday, Sept 6th, the dumesiie Dramn
of the
RENT DAY.
Martin lleywooti, 11 , 11•1 VB Claike
Silver Jack, "
To conclude %riff' the Drama of the
• MAID OF CROISSY.
Serf ant Austerlitz, ' Mr Porter,
Theresa, Miss Foyer.
Doors open at hull past 6 o'clock. I'm fmmance to
commence at t 7 o'clock precisely. Adtuission, Boxsoc.
2,1 Tier 374 cents, Pit 1.'5 cents, Gillet). 12i.
Tanner's Oil.
BBLS. TANNER'S OIL;
juat t , :eniverl snd for edeby
J. W. BURBRID6E & CO .
sep 6 11' er street, between Wood & Smithfield
Tin Plato.
40 BOXES TIN PLATE;
received and fur s de by
J. W. BURBiIIDGE & CO.,
Aril 6 IVater street, between Wo9(1 & Smithtivl,l
Hunting for nags.
150/1 YA RDS best Erglish Bunting, received
11. this day and fur stile at New York prices.
Also, American Ensign Flags, furnished at a short
varying in size from 4 x G ft. to 20 by 30 fret
stripes and stars and Lettered as may be wanted.
sept 6.4 w W. W. WILSON.
Ilarper's Illuminated Bible, No. VIII.
11 HIS part will he found to be equal, if not suplbrior
to either ofj,be precious numbers, and affords a
guaranty of the iniiiintien of the publisherii to spare no
psins or e_xpeuse in making this the rntwt beautiful
edition of the Sacred Volume cret issued in the coun
try:
Part I. Pi ice 12.1 cents, cf Seatsfield's -new Romance,
entitled RAMBLETON ! Translated hem the Gent
man. This number opens upon the Lake of Zurich,
and is principally descriptive of Scenes in Switzerland
and
LIFE ON A PACKET SHIP,
FROM HAVRE TO NEW YORK
The Passengers, Amusements, Stoma and Calms
--exceedingly beautiful and graphic—laughable and
3CrIOUR.
The Nrxx NUMBER will open with familiar
- Scenes and Characters in New York. And the wholo
novel will not fail to make a sensation in the fashion
able world.
Ninth part Naithweit's Retrospect of practical
Mei Heine and Surgery.
Nos. 16 and 17 M'Cullocb's Gazetteer.
No. 4 of that singular and interesting work, "Tim
Srooa."
Penciltinge by the Way, nelx supply.
The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels, by
Thus Ingoldsby, with engrniii4s by Craikshonks.
Peregrine Bunce, or Settled ut lust,a novel by Theo
. dore Hook.
The Kitchen and Fruit Gardener and culture of
Fruits.
The history of Chivalry, by Charles Wills.
The Cycloptedia of Practical Medicine, part XI.
. Religia Medico—its sequel, Cristian Morels by Thos
Bronon, Kt. M. D.
Also, many other new works, all for saki - at Cook's
Literary Depot, 85 9th street.
sept 6
1 BOXES 16s, 125,5 s and poui.d Lump Tobacco;
0 3 " Prime Lemons;
3 Bbls Crushed and lrulverised Sugar;
2 Boxes Double Refined Loaf, do;
6 Hhds Prime New Orleans, do;
5 Bbls Trimmed Shad:
Received and fur sale by
sep 5 J. D WILLIAMS.
Lost
AGOLD ANCHOR ESCAPEMENT IVATCH,
13 ktelea jewelled.on Smithfield, Front or Wood
streets. , Tbe finder will be liberally rewarded by lea
ving it with Alex Richardson, Market street. Also,
Gold Peaci4;Keytesd Hair Guard.
sep 4
PittsloUrgh Gymnasium.
Third street, between Wood and Snsidifield.
THE Subskriber having fitted up the Gymnasium
in first rate style, will open his books for season
subscribers. on Monday, the 2d inst.
As a place of exercise, the -Gymnasium has no supe
rior in this city. It has been fitted up with new appe
tus,calculated.tu bring all the muscles into healthful
action. This kigd of-exercise is recommended by
all the best physicians in 'the city, as calculated to in.
vigorate the body and improve the health generally.
It is especially recommended to persons of sedenta
ry habits, who are liable to sailer from indigestion and
its, kindred evils, produced by want of proper exer
cise. Call in and examine the establishment for your
selves. JOHN MTLELLAND.
sep 3-30
OFFICE OF ARMY CLOTHING AND EQUIFAGX,
Philadelphia, Aug. 22d. 1144.
S EALED PROPOSALS are invited and will be re
reived by the undersigned ut this Office until 1 o- clock. P. M. of the 10th day of Octobir next, for fur
nishing for the United States service, on or befOre the
lint of FebrottrylB4l
Four Hundred Dragoon Saddles complete, to eon
sist of the following part or : pieces, viz:
Saddle,
BreastStrup and ping, Stirrup lenthem,
Crupper, - Girths, 2. .
Serciagle, Horse -Shoe Pouches,
Cloak Straps, 3. Valise Stiap,3.
Carbine Socket & Strap, Holster Strap*, 2.
Four Hundred Holsters and Holster P.Mches.
Four Hundred Saddle Valises, and
Four Hundred Bridles complete consist of the
parts of piec3, viz:
Curb Head Stall, Halter bead Stall or 'Bri-
Curb Reins, (long ) dorm,
Halter Strap or S hank, Snaffle-Heine, (short)
Curb Chain, , Curb bit.
Throat Strap, Sim& Bit, or Bridrea s .
The whole to be of the beat materials and workman
ship. equal in all napects and conforming in mould
and finish to t h e models or preterits &Teakettle this
office, and in the uhice of the Quarter Maste,r, at St.
Louis, Nfo-, the Assktant Quarter Master at Newport,
Ky., and tho United States Military Storekeeper, at
Pittsburg, Pa., which tan bo examined by any person
disposed to make proposals. The saddle trees must
bo made of the best soind and seasoned ash timber,
and of the exact mmlelind dimensions of the patterns
referred to, and will bt subject to a strict inspection
by such person or versos as the undersigned may, on
the part of the United fates, appoint for that duty:—
First. after the compliion of the wood work and be
ironed, and again afterroning and belies! being cover
ed, and finally, the wile work will be inspected when
offered fur delivery ttlei United States. And with
the view of guardir.i still further the intetest and
rights of the Govern:nit against inferior materials and
workmanship. the untrsignedieservoa to the Govern
mem the privilege, iliugh the Inspectors who maybe
appointed to inspect k articles contracted fur, of dis
secting saddle or safes as may be designated, for
the purpose of detininaling more satisfactorily
the quwtily of the ioercel materials and work;
which dissected sadder caddies, if found equal in all
respects to the pante will be received; but if other-
wise will be turned up the bands of the contractor as
rejected ; and the mit signed 1 , /ACI.V..S to himself, as „f
the agent of the GovOnent, the further right or priv
ilege of regarding milefect in model, materials or
workmanship, discoed by dissection,as common to
all the other saddle.siered for inspection, as warran
ting the rejection of t.
A contract in triply., based upon accepted bids or
proposals, will be extted by the parties ; for the faith-•
ful performance of wh the usunl bands with two or
more good securitiesill be required. The Eqoip
ments in question rape delivered at either the Clo
thing and Equipagepot at Fhildelphia , or to the Of
ficers or Agents of ttiovernment nt St. Louis, Mo.,
Newport, Ky., or Pinorgh, Pa., with whom the mod
els or patterns abovnem ioned may be deposited, as
the contractor mays it most convenient.
Payments will bade for every hundred seta of E
quipments receivedffesited by the contractor.
Letters contairtifropnsals will be addressed to
the undersigned, toihdorsed "Propostals fur Horse
Equipments." HENRY STANTON,
Col. cinch% Quarter Master General,
sept 3—tf U.S. Army.
STAGE MANAGER
PROMPTER.
LETTER OF THE 1 S. B. WYLIE, D. D., ON THE
EFFICACY OF TMEDICATED VAPOR BATR.
Messrs. Dentin g :
rA . ENTLENTErt have made trial of your Vapor
Vi Bath.. Theelit thereof has much exceeded
my expectatio s. 2 . ,d not anticipated the degree of
pleasotre productf the mediertu d vas, r during
the whole pent-Mts. operation. I conTd scarcely.
have spent fiftetiinittes mot- pledsantly; while
my lungs were iirig an odoriferous perfumed at
mosphere, and eviore of my system eras exuding,
in copious perspiin; noxious humors, injurious to
the berth' y stateieft the Bath greatly refrestied,
and even exhilerai I had been troubled much with
rheumatic puir.s ;worn down with fatigue cf busi
ness; the pains completely removed, and I re
ceived fresh unite,. It cantor, it is true, cure
broirb bones, once inantions of joint-; to such
thirigeS it makes tetensions. But it can and does,
expel from the bkrich recant matter as may. by
i ts presence, be fratible with n perfectly healthy
condition of the ikn frame. Without hesitation,'
can recomtner." Vapor Back to all aMic:ed by
languor of conaih, or laboring under such diseas
es as it profess, evinte nr cure.
:SAMUEL B. WYLIE,
Pittsburgh, AZ, 1844. Philanelphia.
Persons aillicibh Rheumatic pains will see by
th•+ above letterthey can rely on being eured,wa
i n nn instances the Bath and medicines were
used have they :to produce a similar result.
E'3 E'asition
able Herters, No 251 Liberty Street. The
newest stylesost splendid goods that is brought
to this marktue seen nt our establishment. We
would invite !ntion of purchasers to our present
stock, whichiiety and richness of style cannot
be excelled..erir,g for the taste of our custom
ere we areHlited not to be out done, as arrange
ments have brle by us to secure every new style
o f goo d s upoival in the Eastern market ; as well
as the best Jorithly reports, which we relative
regularly; nepense or pains shall he soared in
making our 'orient THE FASHIONABLE HEAD
QUARTERS °lest: and we trust to be sustained
b y our o ld pas well as a great many Psw ones,
whom we s hall to please, as we hust our abili
ty is equal taw tom_
NOTICE.
ILF,MINCL4 BLACK,
Ott Fifth near Smithfield streets.
Chronicle copy
ARRIVALS
sept 2 ALGEO & McGUIRE,
Chroni(jse copy.
INSTRUS ON THE PIANO FORTE.
MWDIA APPLETON, .4,
FOR sorra Teacher of Insttumental Music
1: in the, Ohio, Female Seminary, from
which she Pecommentled, will give instruct
iot to a 'umber of Pupils in the above ac
oompli,hrorr long experience as a Teacher
of instrumesie, and a determination to spare
no pains, fivenrement of her Pupils, she hopes
will securer) of die public patronage. .4t.•,
A pplicaressed to Box 232 Pittsburgh P 0.,
or left wits Appleton, at the Gas Works, will
receive p i4 ention. By permission the follow
ing Genthf he referred to:
Ata.xx Kaisq., Exchange Broker,
Jas. A. ft EN., City Trensuier, I
JAMF.9 Bsg, Merchant, Penn at.
gh.
Mr. J. H., Music Store, Woelst.
any 941;
GP CARPETING.
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et a es; a new, extensive and gen. 4 1 3
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