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    conc.° to the visiting Clergyman and to others, appet.,
ing to Heaven for the truth of what they uttered.
am as innocent as Jeitla aria?" said Step
rev aghen to
the
minister. Being reproved for the extance of
the expression, he said "I do not mean to say
eat th at I
am as guiltless as he was; I know I m
am a gr sin
ner; but I am as innocent of killing Colvin as b e
was!" 4
The prisoners were indicted in September, but ow
ing to the absence of some of the Judges, -their trial
ssase‘eferreti. It finally commenced on Tuesday, Oc
tober'. 27, 1319, and continued until the next Suter
day;bight. On being arraigned and listening to the
indictment the prisoners pleaded Not Guilty. The
public manifested great interest in the trial; and six
hundred people are said to have attended each day.—
At the close of the evidence and the arguments cf
counsel, - the case wee - given to the jury, who, after an
hour's absence returned hitt, Court. Being intli,iidual
ly inquired of, they unanimously decided both the pri
soners to be guilty of murder. After the reading of the
verdict, and the succession of a short recess, his Hon
on,`Judge Chase, eNidentiv .witlt great emotion, pro
nounced, as the decision of the court, the sentence:—
'"Thett the poisoners be remanded to prison. and that
stM the 28th day of January next, between the hours of
10 and 2 o'clock, thry be haneed by the neck until
each of them be de,ul, and may the Lord have mercy
-on their souls."
Great was the confusion and anguish of the prison
ere on hearing.their sentence. Amid sighs, and in
inuken woods, they must solemnly and earnestly pro
-.ttsteti their innocence- As they were being. carried
beck to prison, Stephen, too much overcome to be able
to walk, was supported by the attendants.
The people, who never wanting in se ntiments of
_pity, unless they have extraordinaty motives to be
Artuel, petitioned the Legislature, then in session at
Montpelier, fir a commutation of the punishment of
;five al for imprisonment for life. Only la few names,
however,could be procured to the petition of Stephen.
The Assembly grunted Jesse's r equest—yeas 101,
nays 31; and tefused Stephen's—yeas 42, nays 97.
Gov. Galusha brought the decision to the prisoners,
who respectfully received it as might have been expect
ed ; and on the 29th of October, Jesse, after taking a
final farewell of his brother, his family and his friends,
at Manchester. was carried to the State Prison a t
Windsor, expecting there to spend the remainder of
ilia life.
upposed, was now in the
Stephen, it may well joe q
-Most pitiable condition. Sometimes he was calm, at
others impatient, and having been allowed a candle in
tie cell,he. at the request of the clergyman to whom
we have alluded. r spent a considerable 1 art of his time
is reading the Bible. To this gentleman he still con
tied to assert his innocence, but said, "Mr —, Igoe
no way but I must die. But I am an innocent man.
This you will know after lam dead. 0, what will
become of my poetaawife and children? Having re
quested the minister to pray with hint, he stood in Lis
heavy chains during the service.
A Mr Tabor Chadwick of Shrewsbut y, New Jersey,
saw an account of the trial of the Booms at Manches
ter. He was a brothci-in-hx of Mr Wm Polhamus,
of Dover, New Jersey, where Colvin had lived since
1813. He immediately wrote to Manchester the im
portant news that Colvin was afire! This startling
but joyful intelligence, it may well be supposed, pro
duced a great sensation. When the latter wits read.
to the unhappy prisoner, he could scarcely sustain the
shock; and, v./ all appearance, it was only the doubt
that still hung over the subject which prevented his
dying. Other let tet s, however, from well known sour
ces, removed all doubt from the mind of the prisoner
and of the community. Finally, a New York paper
announced that Colvin had arrived and would aeon set
out fur Vermont. On the 221 of December Colvin
.entered Bennington in the stage, and, as may well be
supposed. was the "observed of all observers !" The
people ducked around; business was suspended; and
the County Court adjourned to look at him.
Towardaevenim,' the stage reached Manchester
It is impossible to describe the inPrest which was a
wakened by the words, "Colvin has come!" Men
rushed in from all quarters to catch sight of a man who
'came among them as one alive ft om the dead. They
could scarcely believe their own senses, till Colvin cal
led many of them by name So large and dense was
the crowd, that many could not get a look at him.--
Guns were fired; and the people ran to the neighbor
ing villages and towns to carry the news. The prison
-doors were unbolted, the chains were taken from Ste
,phen's arms, when he was allowed to meet Colvin.—
The mutual surprise and joy may be partly but not Fil
ly conceived.
Soon after, the Booms were set at liberty, and re
turned to live with their fumilies, having been rescued,
the one from a felon's ignominious death, and the oth
er from perpetual imprisonment, in the remarkable
-manner in which we have shown.
-
Nov YORK JUSTICES.—New York is a nice place;
they have nice people there, and the Justices are par
ticularly nice men. Two of them aro on trial at pres
ent for Misconduct and the following are a few of the
charges that have been made against them.
The charge agairst Drinker is as follows:
3. Discharging pri6oners under charges of felony.
2. Allowing a complaint fur felony to be settled.
3. The same.
4. Allowing a misdemeanor to be settled without
'hearing.
5. Taking a stolen bird from officer Joseph and
setidiug it to his own house.
6. Discharging a mail named Green for keeping al
-aisorderly house.
.7. Settling a caatak felony; stealing a draft for a
4linfof money. lip
8. Discharging a Prisoner, without hearing, from a
-charge of gland larceny.
9. Taking some money, which was stolen, and ap
plying it to his own use.
10. Discharging a man, on the complaint of his wife
.for abandonment.
11. Refusing to allow officers to attend Justice Has
hell at a certain district, where he was directed by the
Mayor.
12. Discharging a prisoner from a complaint of as
sault and battery with intent to kill.
13. Refusing to take a complaint against a man
-named Shaw for passing a counterfeit bill.
Charges against Job Haskell;
1. Abusive language, and throateaing to commit offi
.-ccr Sitter.
2. Threatening to commit to prison Captain Fow
;ler of the watch.
3. Refusing to take the affidavit of a watchman a
-gainst a woman fur stealing wood.
4. Insulting and abusing watchmen. .
5. Refusing to take complaints for assault and hat
-.4ery upon several occasions.
6. Discharging Cornelius Driscolluimn a charge of
-grand larceny without bail.
.7. Refu , ing to grant James Hunt a hearing in the
-case of assault and battery which was preferred a
gainst him.
8. Threatening to shoat a man named Ford, and
- -drawing a pistol for that purpose.
8. Paying to E. E. Camp $OO, which was taken
.from a prisoner charged with grand larceny.
10. Threatening to commit Sydney H. Stuart, a
-clerk in the Police, to prison, and upon one of the oth
er clerks refusing to make out his c.ornmiunent ordered
him out of the office.
11. Entire incompetency nail inefficiency.
-IMPORTANT TO. THE PCBL/C
PITTSBURGH, Jan 1845
Messrs Phillips .- Smith— You will please publi.l
"die followign statement, for the infutmation of all con•
eerned, and the public generally:
At a meeting of the members of the Second Presby
lesion congregation, convened in the Lecture room of
the Third Presbytetian Church, on Monday evening,
January 20, 1345, agreeably to notice read from the
.pulpit on the two preceding Sabbaths, a Resolution
was dared authorizing the trustees to sell the entire
church and burying lot on Diamond alley, with power
to remove the dead from the same. After the rejec
tion an amendment to reserve that part occupied as
burying ground, an entrance of ten feet on Dlamond
altar -the original resolution for sale of the whole - a - a,
'carried by the following vote:
Yeas, 16; nays, 4; declined voting 1. Only twentyt
-
m i te voters having attended this very important me
ing':
The thought the machinery and cargo
of the Naragansvtt can be saved, by the . aid of a die
v-
ing bell- The cargo of the Little Ben, and. machin
ry, have been recovered from the wreck. Every
- 'thing of value has been recovered from the Corsair.
It is supposed that a portion of the machinery and
cargo of the Reindeer and Capitol will be saved.
- From the Eliitirmwe Sun.
viimerrY-zuomm CONGRESS.
Recoad SCSSiOIS. - .
Wtittmfoll, inn. 23, 1845.
as
1 Du , ing the morning hour several private billa were
---'-'- ---- reported and committed.
THE Ova DAY ELECTION Lavv.—Although it is Mr Foster introduced a bill fur, the appointment of
notorious that the whigs ore always willing to sacrifice c nmmissioners to adjust the claims of our citizens on
any proposition that is fair,and just. to their lust fur , Mexico; also a jcint resolution en the same subject.—
L . hey were twice rend and refiirred to the committee on
power, we are surptised' to see them openly or tacitly foreign relations.
in
confess their shame, as they have done on so many Mr Jarnaean introduced a resolution calling for
occasions. It is known that, previous te,the Press' formation as to the manner in which tho contract for
. re m oving
viraatthinegi7chnoicattarmw
ll:diana
dential election, D:. Dctic..lN introduced in congress s r b es es ol bee ution n le direc
outtia a n
a bill providing that the election for President and; inquiry into the expediency of passing a law to pre g ven n t
Vice President should be held on the same day through- any person from acting as collector date customs, un
til security shall have been given.
out the Union. That bill, it is also well known, passed Asolution offered yesterday by Mr Huntington,
the House, but was defeated or passed over by the calling r.
fur a statement of the expenses of the post of
whig majority in the Senate. At the present session, free depertment, was taken up and adopted.
Dr. Du:: cat.'s bill was again brought up, passed this; The bill establishing a Smithsonian iastitute was
the House, and was sent to the Senate,—and the very read
meat
assed. I s contains the amend
same whig, majority that refused to pass the bill lust The p bill to cstablish a n rg t e itle to n y t . ract of land in lowa
, by the heirs of Julien Bebrique, was taken up and dis.
session, passed it this winter. Now what apology i
cussed at great length. It was finally laid aside, and
have the whig Solana of the Senate for this gross in . l
the senate adjourned.
consireency in their conduct. If the measure is al
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
good one now, and prop or to be adopted, it was equal-
NI( R Smith introduced a bill granting land to Illi
,ly just and tight one year ago. Why, then, was it nuis to aid in the construction of the Alton and Mount
not passed ? The reason is palpable. An exciting Carmel Railroad.
canvass was approaching, and the whig politiciansmotion of Mr Slidell, a resolution was wiopted
requesti
ng the President to inform the House If any
thought it would be advantageous to their party to
arid what officers of the United States have been guli
have the chance of running expressos from, and ma
iti a nd
emmbezzelment of public money since August,
king bets on, States that voted early, in order to idle- 1844;
en r
d further whether said officers have been
erica the States that voted last. As for instance, they crimially prosecuted for such embezzlement, and
if not to communicate the reasons.
might be able to spread false news from Pennsylvania
consideration
e ra t t r i i o n c in c g f matters
thelea have been disposed of, the
in New York, and thus (as they have often sought to as the r w re h st c l ie n , was at o m n r ce H m a z
do before) influence the unsettled or indifferent portion resumed in commute of
of the voters to incline to their side. We have no son M gave his views its favor.
c r Co hl a tner, of in
Vt., opposed the measure with
doubt that this was the motive which moved the whig
onsiderable spirit.
majority in the Senate in their refusal to pass the one Mr Seymour was in raver of annexation, but want
day Election Bill at the last session. ed to see it done in a proper manner.
that as they . intend to inn candy
ed
Hamilton next obtained the floor. 'He believ-
But it may be said ted that in a national point of view annexation would
dates for President in future they would still oppose b e advantage,
although be could not agree
this law if the motive fur their aversion to it above giv- to a
the great
Southernplan.
en be truly assigned. This does not follow by any Mr Ficklin gave his views in favor o fannexation
means. They are still believers in the influences that At a tato hour the committee rose.
one state may have on another, but are fearful they nev
er can turn it to their own account, and so they conclu
ded they had better pass the bill. It is believed by
the whigs, (and indeed by many of all parties.) that
the result of the Presidential election in Pennsylvania,
which was carried by express to New York, and was
spread over a great portion of that State before her elec
tors had voted. bad a potent effect in favor of the Demo.
erotic cause. And the shrewd whig schemers, feeling
conscious that they.could never get news of a whig tri- 1
umph from Pennsylvania, to carry to N. York, thought
it would be their policy to pass the One Day Election I
Bill. and therefore they did it. But had the result.
been reversed—hid the whigs carried Pennsylvania.'
and had they been able to transmit "glorious news" to
New York to encourage their party there, the One
Day Election Bill would never have been permitted to
pass the Senate.
We know it is discreditable to our national councils
to impute such miserable motives as these to men who
are sworn to legislate for the good of the whole peo
ple, and are not elected to make every good measure
bond to the behest of party. But the inference that
the whig Senators were governed by parry tactics—
and the meane.t kind of party tactics—is inevitable
—it is impossible to give any good reason why this
law they refuted to pass in 1844, should meet with
1 heir sanction in 1845.
Zl)c Elailp:Olorning Post.i
•
THOS. PIHILLIIPS & Vild• 0. 11141111, EDITO&S
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PITTSBURGH, MQNDAY, J ANI;ARY
SALE or TRC MAUF LliloB.—lt appears that the
prospect fur the sumo of the bluin Line will not succeed-
The sale has been open ntow for several days, and at
the last accounts no hide had been made
_ At the preterit prices of state cock, we suppose.
holders would rather keep it then invest in a very doubt
ful speculation. The certainty that ere long the state
will be able to resume the payment of the interest, is
another reason to induce them to hold on to the
stock, es in that event it will be more profitable to the
holders than it could be if invested in a corporation.
If this attempt to sell the public works fails, the
public may regard it as a most happy deliverance from
one of the boldest schemes to plunder the state that has
ever been devised.
CLEVELAND. --By a statement of the Collector of
the Port of Cleveland, we Learn that therere a upon
the Lakes, belonging to that port, 3 steamboats, 81
schooners. 2 sloops and 12 brigs, theaggregate mess
ursment of which is 11,738 tons. These were 1,561
\arrivals, and 1,567 departure: from the port in 1844.
The aggregate imports for the year, were worth
$5,682,665 65. The Exports in the same time were
1 $5,316,037 52.
JOSIAH QUINCY AND HAIRY CLAT.—.The Bos
ton Post thus' notices a fulsome speech by Jost►H
QuINCY, Jr.; about HENRY CLAY. During the war,
when Quincy and Webster were the leaders of the
New England Federalists, and took the side of Bri
tain, Mr Clay said many things of Mr Quincy which
were net considered very complimentary at the time
—among them, if we mietaltu not, was the expression
that Mr Q "soiled the carpet on which he trod."—
Notwithstanding the manifold and monstrous sins of
CLAY, he is much better than his IA rival. We won. '
der if Mr C. will feel fluttered by the praise of such
a man:
"In his speech at the willg caucus the other even
ing, Josiah Quincy, jr., applauded the "frankness" of
Henry Clay, the man with the "glass breast!" the man,
who charged his cousin Cassius especially to avoid
committing kim in New York and New England! the
man who was receiving every anti-Texas vote et the
north: while he was writing to Alabama that he per
sonally had no objection to annexation, and should be
Bled to see ill—the protective candidate who said
there was no necessity for protection!—the candidate
of the commercial interest who advised Mrs tiutch- 1
craft to dismiss her merchants!—the high tariff candi
date who invented the compremise, and abandoned
the principle of protection!—the man who, following
"the dictates of his noble nature," went to see Delia
Webster in prison, and gave her "en-cour-age-meet!!"
Oh Mr Quincy, when you wish to injure President
Pous by comparison, don't talk of the frankness of
the man who was willing to surrender the fisheries at
Ghent, nor of the "glass breast" in which a certain
New England representativoin congress was once per
mitted to see the scorn and loathing engendered by his
conduct.
Theatre Bernt.—The Dauphin street theatre,
known as the Theatre des Varietts, was entirely sou
aimed by fire yesterday morning. The flames broke
out about 4 o'clock. The fire is said to have origin
ated in a stable attached to tins establishment. Vari
ous conjectures as to the cause of this conflagration
have been in circulation, but nothing positive is known
that we have heard. Two wooden buildings adjoin
ing the theatre were 'damaged. There had been a
performance the evening previous, by the French vau
deville company.
A Scene.—One of a travelling party of Indians
(now in this eity) enters Ford's eating house, sits down,
is banded a bill of fare by one of the waiters. While
looking at it a man enters (with appetite made keen
by cold weather) and calls lustily for "baked jujus,"
(meaning Indian pudding,) The Indian . gets up and
"clears" without erten looking behind him, probably
thinking the snarl rust surely be neunnibal to call for
bakcsi in jun. Doaton Post.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
HARRISBURGH, Jan. 23d, 1845.
In the Senate, after the unimportant turning bust ,
nese, Mr Darsie offered a joint resolution to suspend
the payments on domestic creditors' certificates, and
moved to proceed to its immediate consideration, but
the motion was lost—yeas 13, nays 19 The object of
the resolution is to legalize the unauthorized conductof
the State Treasurer, in withholding the payments due
on these certificates, and at the same time to secure
the appropriation to this object for the payment of the
interest on the let of February, by prevent big the net'
Treasurer from resuming these payments. The b l
ance now on hand of the sum appropriated by the last
Legislature, to the payment of domestic creditors, is
$102,159 46. yet fur the purpose of forcing a sufficien
cy in the Treasury to meet the next instalment of in
terest, and to give a favorable appearance to our affairs
at the close of the late administration, no payments
have been made on these certificates fur the last two
months. In this way near $lOO,OOO has been kept in
the Treasury, and $50,000 mere by the refusal to can
cel the quota of relief issues. It is in this way that
our interest, if paid in February, is to he met, and it is
by this means that the belief has been induced of our
ability to resume our interest payments.
The Senate then took up and after considerable de
bate confirmed the nomination of Luther Kidder to be
President Judge of the 2d Judicial district, by a vote
of yeas 26, nays 6.
Until after 11 o'clock the time of the House was ta
ken up in the presentation and reference of petitions,
after which a number of local bills were passed, and
also the joint resolution of instructic.n relative to the
occupancy of Oregon Territory.
Mr H ullingshead read in place, a supplement to the
militia law of last session. The bill is calculated to
promote the formation of a rifle regiment iu the first
division.
Mr Bayard introduced a Supplement to the Act to
incorporate the Insurance Company of North Ameri
ca—a Supplement to the Act establishing the District
Court of r hiladelphia, and an Art relating to the ap
pointment of Trustees in Orphans' Courts.
The House then took up and have now tinder con
sideration the joint resolutions of instruction offered a
few days since, in favor of the distribution of the pro
ceeds of the public lands.
INIXLANCHSLT AND FATAL ACCiLILICT..--We co.
py with with pain from the National Intelligersoer the
following particulars of a melancholy accident by
which Wade Van Buren Barker, son of Maj James N
Barker. formerly of this city, and now of Washington,
met his death on Monday last:
"From the evidence laid before the Coroner, it ap,
pear that between the hours of one and two o'clock on
Monday, the unfortunate youth who was about 1G or
17 years of age, was alone in an upper room of his
father's house, when the report of a pistol was
beard. The only person in the house at the time, a
female servant, immediately ran up stains and found
• young Barker lying sn the floor and severely wounded
by a pistol shot. The servant then instantly gave
the alarm, and Dr Hall and Dr .7 •F May were sent for,
but the young man died almost immediately.
It is supposed that the pistol which young Barker
had with him in the room had gone off accidentally ; it
I was one of the rifle barrel pistols, manufactured by
IKendell & Windsor. Vermont—a very dangerous wea
pon, without any guard over the trigger, and very apt
to go off with a very slight touch. ft appears from the
testimony of Dr May that the ball had entered the left.
temple. passed through the brain, and out on the oppo
site side of the head. The ball was found on the floor,
having struck the opposite wall. It is needless to add
that this melancholy arxident..bas caused deep distress
in the family of the deceased, who was an amiable and
talented young man." •
Poorfloat IN EtioLsrtn.—By the last arrival from
Europe, we have the deliberation of the Board of
Heads of Houses and Proctors of Oxford, upon Mr
Ward's "Ideal Church," and the Tract No 90. The
opinion of the board, to be subrnitted to a convocation
to be holden on the 13th of February, is in the form of
throe propositions:
First, to censure the false doctrines of Mr Ward's
book, more particularly that doctrine which relates to
subscription to the Articles of the Church.
Secondly, to strip Mr Ward of his degree in the U.
nivorsity, should he not submit or retract.
Thirdly, to make provision that in future the articles
, shall be honestly subscribed, that is, in their plain
I grammatical sense, without evasion or mental reserva
tion, but as far as the effect can be secured JUXT• Al.
1111.1)1 iltroaliNTlS.
LATE FROM MEXICO.
By the ship Herman, at New Orleans, we have ac
counts from Vera Cruz to the 2d instant, and from the
city of Mexico to the 28th ult. A verbal report was '1
current at Vera Cruz that Santa Anna was in the vicini
ty of Puebla with 2000 cavalry and a number of re
cruits--a circumstance not at all probable, as the latest
accounts from the city of Mexico state him to be at
Quretaro, a distanceof 300 miles from Puebla, which
space he could not traverse without an action with
either Paredes or Gen Bravoo, the latter of whom has
beer. appointed to thepost of Commander of the forces
in the State of Mexico. Gen Garcia Valencia, corn
mending tile troops in the city. On the
10th nititao,
atone o'clock in the morning, Santa Anna took pos
session of the mint at Guanajuata, and took therefrom
,the sum of $150,000, which be immediately carried
to Silao. It is stated that during eight days occupa
tien'of this town be had mulcted the inhabitants of
$262,000. His army was represented as being 14,-
000 strong• but whether he can command the fidelity
of his soldiers on the march remains w be seen.
The joerards are full of enthusiasm at their, as
yet, bloodless revolution, and recapitulate with empha
sis, the creel ies and barbarities committed by Santa
Anna during his career; among them his atrocities
toFanning and Cart Cameron, the expedition to Fu•
eaten, ‘ • the assassination
Glen biejie.
The fotves of Gen Paredesias been strengtbenea
by a junction with Gen D Jean Mciralsiluid his corn-1
mend now zonsists ut 4000 wen. These treops, on 1
the 21st nit, were concentrated se .San Juan de let
Lagos, intending to effect a union with the brigades o:'
Zacatecas and San Rids.
On the 16th ult., near Puebla, the eon of Santa
Anna was arrested by a-bared of soldiers, he being on
his route to Piedras Negras, accompanied by four drug
goons.
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CASE OF MR DORR.
It ought to be fully understood in what situation Mr
Derr is placed, if he avails himself of the resolution a
dopted by the General Assembly. He would be re
stored to liberty, without the rights of citizenship. —
His oatb could not betaken-in a court of justice..he
cored not vote or he appointed to any office, even that
of constable. All the effects of his sentence would
be in as full force. except imprisonment, as they would
be without the resolution. As to rights, he would
stand lower than the lowest "fish-market loafer."
His adversaries allow him to be honest in his opinions
and in the course he has pursued. Could they ex
pect an honest, high-minded man would submit to the
degradation they would put upon him? Could they
expect that such a man would accept of liberation
and come forth into the community an object of pity to
his friends and derision to his enemies? What is
freedom under these circumstances.
The action, far from being merciful, exhibits rather
a feeling of undying hostility and revenge. Why should
Mr Derr accept liberty from their hands when they.
strip him of all those rights which render liberty desi
rable? He who has been the means of giving to more
than nine thousand of his fellow-citizens the bight; pri
zed and inestimable tight of exercising the elective
franchise, is to be deprived of that right himself. What
say those men to this? Are they satisfied with the re
sult? The man, be he a member of the General As
sembly or not, who asserts that they have extended the
same mercy to him that they have to others, and that
nothing more is required of him thhn of others, asserts
what he must know to be a gross falsehood. Mr Dorr
has suffered imprisonment for more than eighteen
months, nearly eight of which. under his sentenc has
been passed in the State's Prison. What other e,
per
son who has accepted of the matey of our rulers has
been so punished? Not one !
Is imprisonment nothing—is the loss of civil rights
nothing—that men should boast of their even handed
justice? Is it not evident that they are desirous mere
ly of a pretext to deceive the public—that they have
labored only to gain plausibility to their - oft repeated
falsehood, that "Mr Dorr is a self imprisoned man?"
is it not evident that the resolution ndopted by them
is a mere subterfuge—shut they would grant only such
terms as they supposed ho would refuse to accept?
And their object is to keep alive a hostile feeling in
the community for the sake of preserving their politi
cal existence as a "Law and Order party." They
ma be disappointed, t i would not be surprising ir
Mr y
Doer should first aw bu nit t
the efforts of his friends in
his behalf before he decides —Providence Gaz.
Obituary.
It is seldom indeed that we are called upon to mourn
over a death attended by more painful circumstances,
than that of A. SUTTON, Esq., late Prothonotary of
this county. The illness of Mr. SUTTON was but of
a few days duration, and he was suddenlycalled away
from his young family, at the retied when, mote than
any other, his tender care and fatherly guidance were
essential to their happiness and welfare. He was a
man of tobust frame, and as he lived in the most tem
perate manner, there seemed to be long years of health
and usefulness in storefor him—and the bereavment
of his family is the more distressing, because it was
entirely unexpected.
For many years Mr. SUTTON bad been active !And
prominent is the politics of our county and State. 'in
1839 bewails a candidate for Prothonotary of this coun
ty—there was a tie between bins and his competitor
Mr. PF.TZIINON; in 1840, he was again a candidate,
and was elected by a large majority. As a political
partisan he attained a degree of influence and distinc
tion which is rarely possessed by any individual.—He
was a man of respectable talents and of tireless indus
tty in the field of political labor.---Frank anti fearless
in his nature, be hesitated not to express his views of
men and things in the most unreserved manner—and
like all men of similar character in similar positions,
he had the unbounded confidence of his friends, while
his opponents, mistaking his zeal and candor fur bitter
ness of feeling, were oftentimes unkind and unsparing
in their course towards him.
Mr SUTTON was not diffuse nor undiscriminating is.
his friendships, but many, very many, can attest his
kindness of heart and his generous devotion to the
interests of others. As a son, a brother, a husband
and a father, it were a needless task to undertake his
eulogy. All who knew him, can attest his excellence
in these relations.
A few years since, Mr S. attached himself to the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, of which ha con
tinued a member until Hs decease. His remains
were yesterday followed to the grave by a large con
course of his fellow citizens, who were deeply im
pressed with the solemnity of the dispensation which
called them together, and seemed earnestly to sympa
thize with the sorrow-stricken family of the deceased.
Great Attraction.
ON Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings
neat, at
MOW. Mameaux, from France, will give an inter
eating and wonderful exhibition in Legerdemain.
Necromancy and Animal Magnetism. (For Program
me of which, see small bills.) in conclusion, he will
put his Dog into the Maguetic Stale, during which
experiments made on him will prove to the most scep
tical the truth of the science.
Admittance 25 cents—children accompanied
. by
their parents, half price. Doc)! s open at 6' o'clock
to commence at 7. Jan 27.
Dissolution of Partnership.
/11HE Partnership heretofore existing underthe firm
of John Forsyth & Co., is this day dissolved by
mutual consent. Persons having claims against_ the
firm will present them for settlement, and those who
are indebted are requested to call and settle their ac
counts immediately. John Forsyth, one of the late
firm, is authorized to settle ail accounts of the firm.
WI EL A RD LEONARD,
Jan 1,1845"
The Tailoring and Clothing bueiness will be hereaf
ter continued by John Fors yth JOHN FORSYTH -
nt the old stand, No
184 Liberty st.
Valuable Works on Mechanics and 13ydrau
lics.
EWBANIVS Hydraulics and Mechanics, being a
descriptive and historical account of Hydraulic
and other machines forraising water, ancient and mod
ern, with observations on various subjects connected
with the mechanic arts, including the progressive de
velopment of the steam engine; illustrated with nearly
300 engravings, by Thos. Ewbank.
Jamison's M echanics of Fluids.—The Mechanics
of Fluids, for practical men, comprising Hydrostatics,
descriptive and constructive; the whole illustrated by
numerous examples and appropriate diagrams, by Al
exander Jamison, L. L. D.
Nicholson's Mechanic's Companion, or the 'Ede
rramts and Practice of Carpentry, Joinery, Bricklay
ing, Masonry, Slating, Plastering, Painting,Smithing,
and Turning, comprehending the latest improvements
and c ontaining afall description of the tools belonging
I to each branch of business, also an introduction to
Practical Geometry; illustrated with 40`settgmvings,
by Peter Nicholson. .
Boneharlat's Mechanics —An elementary treatise.
on neeltanies, translated fromthe French of SALBou
ebarlat, with additions, Igee..,by tdwd. H. Courtenay.
For sale at the wholesale sod retail book te' re of
corner of Wood and 3d ISM
.
tutor 10 emu,
DLIQI:JESNE HALL
JOHN FORSYTH
For Sale.
HE Steam Woolen lithioufastriey la Grist MI&
T
situate - in Phillipshurgh, Beaver County. Pa.;
on the Ohio River, 28 miles below Pittsburgh, Ist*
carried on under the name and style of the German
Menufactiiring Company.
The Factory building is three stories high, 75 feet
by 30: Stair house extra with a high gat ret.
The other buildings are one Woolhouae 2 stories
high, 30 feet by 26—one Dyehouse 50 by 24—one
l attice house; one turtling shop; one soap boiling shorn
wool wash shop and large stable.
Engine. Cylinder 16 inches, 5 feet stroke,3 Boiler,
22 by 21 feet.
Mill contains 2 French Burrs, 2 Bolting' and other
necessaries.
The Machines in the Woolen factory consist of 1
Picker, 2 sets of Carding Machines, 1 spinning mule
with 270 spindles, 1 Jack with 143 spindles, 1 do.
with 130 spindles, 10 Power looms 40 inches wide,
3 large hand looms, 2 Fulling stocks, 4 2. napping ma
chines; 2 shearing machines, Iron screw press with
; Iron plates--one machine for gtinding shears, 1 warp
! ing machine, 1 spool machine, 1 large turning lath,
vices, hummers and other tools necessary in a woolen
Factory.
The Dyehou‘e contains 3 Coppers for 100. 50 and
25 lb of wool, I Blue vat and worms for others. The
ground enntnimt abut 11,i acres. Water is supplied
by a run and the Ohio River.
The above establishment is situated in a healthy,
thick settled and wool growing country, and there are
\good experienced workmen at hand.
The above property will be sold low at private sale.
l and if not sold till the middle of May next, it will be
I sold by public ontorv.
For more particulars and terms, apply to
FRANCIS LE GOULLON,
JACOB SHAFFER, Tratsites.
DAVID WAGNER.
s ran 27
Harper's Bible, No 17,
♦ND
READINO fon. EVERY BODY.
ANOTH ER splendid lot of new works just re
ceived at Cook's Literary Depot, 85 Fourth st.
among them in some new MEDICAL WORKS. 1
WHIMSICALITIES, a Periodical gathering by
Thomas Hood, author of the Comic Annnal,
Flowers of Fable, embracing original translations '
and selections, La Fontaine Croxall, &c.
Tales of the Hall, a poem, by Rev Geo Crabbe.
Corinne, or Italy, by Madame de Steel Holstein.
Mary Wilbur, or the Deacon.
Posthumoiss memoirs of his own time, by Sir N W
Wraxall, Bart.
Williams and Clymer on the Respiratory Organs. a
practical treatise on the diseases of the respiratory or
gans, including diseases of the sarynx trachea, lungs
and pleura.
Sir Astley Cooper's observations on the structure
and Diseases of the Testis, with numerous plates.
Taylor's Medical Jurisprudence, edited with notes
land additions, by It E Griffith, M D.
Cyclopedia of Practical Medicine, No 20,
Hunt's Merchant's Magazine for January.
Arthur's Ladies' Magazine for February.
Wandering Jew, No 12. World edition.
Brownson s Quarterly Review for J anuary
Mysteries of London, part 9.
Forest Life, by Mrs Mary Cleavers.
The Slave, or Memoirs of Archy Moore
History of Greece, No 5.
Life of Jackson, No 7.
Columbian Magazine, for February
Douay Bible, Nos 16 and 17
School Books.
MITHS Grammar, Kirkham's Grammar,
► Q
Murray's Grammar and Exercises,
Brown's Grammar, Comly's Grammar,
Smith's Arithmetic, Davies Arithmetic,
Keith's Arithmetic, Smiley's Arithmetic,
Pike's Arithmetic, Colbourn's First Lessons to
Arithmetic.
Mitchell's Geography and Atlas,
Smith's Geography and Atlas,•
Olney's Geography and Atlas, (new ed.)
Woodbridge I.nd Willard's Geography and Atlas,
Malta Brun's Geography and Atlas,
Burtit's Geography and Atlas of the Heecnns,
Comstock's Philosophy, Chemistry, Botany, Miner
alogy, Mathetnatical and Physical Geography, and
Astronomy.
The above, with every variety of Books u4ed in
Colleges, Academies and Schools, constantly on hand
and fur sale at the wholesale avid retail Book and
Paper warelio,e of C H KAY,
• jan 25. corner 3d and \Vood s.
School Books, School Books.
CZ . ANDERS' series of School Bodkstioimistine of the
First, Second, Third, Fourth Reader and
ing gook.
Kay's series of Readers in three parts.
Emerson's series of school readers, 4 , books.
Eclectic series of schoolbooks
Goodrich's " ~ 41
" Pebo ol readers and books.
Cobb's Emerson' s Arithmetic in 3 parts.
Eclectic
Davies' Arithmetic. Adam's Arithmetic.
DatsGl's Arithmetic. Western Calcnlater. '
Smith's Arithmetic. Smiley's Arithmetic.
The above with every variety of School Books med
in Colleges. Academies and Schools constantly on
hand at the wholesale and retail book and paper ware
htvise or C. H. KAY,
Jan 25. cor 3d and Woad
Family Medicines, Sac
F OR SALE low for cash, wholesale and retail;
Dr Evan'e Camomile Pill.;
do Aperient do
do Female and Domestic rills;
do Fever and Ague do
do Invigorating
do Restorative du
do Soothing Syrup;
Dr Hunt's Botanic do
Bait,it Von thatch,ler's do
j)t Hawley's Aeti-Billions do
Lee's do do ate
Brodie's do do
Goodie's Female do
Ward's cure for Corns;
Fahnestock's Verspifuge;
Hawley's Vegetable Salve;
Covert's Balm of Life;
Oil of Tannin; British Oil;
Oil of Spike; Nerve Dad Bone Liniment, Ste.
At HARRIS' Agency and Intellige n cen thrice. No 9,
sth st. -1 wddater
11211S1I GOODS.
r K. LOGAN & CO., No 82, Firrit STREET,
11/ • have just received from the Eastern Anctions„
a large assortment of Cloths, Cessimeres, and Sault:eta,
among which are:
French Blue Black Broadcloths, from $6 00 00;
English, .. .. " 2 0 00;
Beaver Clothe, " 1 6 00;
Fancy Cussirneres, Plaids and Stripes, 75 to 2 00;
Sattinetts, assorted colors, 374 to 1 00.
Also, a large lot of Wool Shawls, Wool Comforts,
Casslamere Shawls, Hosiery, Gloves, Super Buck
Mitts, &c &c &c.
We wonld itivite our Castorarrs and the public I
generally, to an examinatlott ahourikock, se we feel hoid , , ,b arc h ea , di..:., on d ra ft at wart k w p r i ces
A-1 --------SPLENDID Article of Lard Oil for familliss„
confident that we can, and will, sell our goods as us,
for Cash us any other house in the City. J. S. GWYNNE.
dec 19-tf constantly on baud and for sale by .. .
4 nov 14
so.''7:&' Franklin lotanufeetor". Sd Street.
_ ____ ___
IL 0 BAGS Old Government Java Coifee;, "
10 " " Laguayta " -
15 " Fancy Rio "
5 " Peppa & Pimento "
10 Half Chests fine and Extra fine Y. H 'Tea;
iir
6 " " " InsperialSaGun l ' owdei A
6 " " " 0 POLIChOIig "
30 Catty Boxes, ' styles;
• 20 Boxes M. R. 'os;
20 Half & quarter boxes M. R. Raisins;
- IT Boxes Sperm Candlesi
5 " Genoa Citron;
4 " Rock Candy; .
5 " Loaf Sngar;
5 " Jujube Paste; -
& " Fen & Baker's Cocoa.; •
15 Malts Cassia: . ..
4 Bbls French Currants.
For sale by J. 1). WILLIAMS.
dcc 12 No 2,8, Fifth Street
T -- - - --
1 , Suorsylai aa4ol i • . •
HE undersigned intendingto purees=
the business of Surveyi tweed Civil
offers his services to the public.
Having had a very extensive practice with Mr Z IN
Resin this vicinity, be feels warranted la
ing that his experience and practical knowledge win
be advantageous to those who may employhint. Ter
sons interested in real estate will find at his olio OO* ,
of the City. City District, "Reserve Tract, appeal!
Pittsbutgh," "Yenor of Pittsburgh," Birldullbills
Were
Lawrenceville, and lots and farms etcsodiej
miles around Pittsburgh. R E WicOOWIN,
Office, Penn street, a few ben abet, iiits4
Pithiwwitio
RIC7ZILICSCIL 3 :
Richard Biddle, NNE, P. bladiran,
Wilson M'Carialess,Eaq., James S. Craft, Eq.
John Anderson,Hon. Harmer Dump
Will PT Arttrurs, Chas. S. Bradford, zit,
R. S. Cassat, 0. Metcalf,
NOTICE
'Those of my friends and the public, who wit'
wish to hare reconrse to any of my perms, shesectinser
plans. will hereafter find them in the Otte DE RN bk.
GOWIN, whom I respectfully recommed as see In
whose professional abilities andintegrity tZ i aor a4 r dis.
Pend. . Z W REII4I •
3 n 25—clawt8m
M9C11110C11,9 Universal Gazetteer.
ADIRECTORY, Geograpical, Statistical
Historical, of the various countries, places midi
principal natural ohjects in the world, by 3 It WCni•
loch, Esq.. in which articles relating to the UMW
States have been greatly multiplied and extended soil
adapted to the present condition of the Cauvery sod
to the wants of its citizens, by Daniel Haskel. A. M.
Illustrated with 7 large maps,
9 soh, large Svo, fax
sale at Cook's, 85 5t13 at. at E astern prices.
:len 425
MAGAZINES FOR FEBRUARY.
and Moro New Works,
"[UST L UST received at COOK'S, 85, 4th 'A* fut.
lowing publications:
Lady's Book, for February, beautifully illustrated •
containing 4 exquisite steel engravings.
Graham's Magazine, for February, containing 41. fish'
steel engravings.
Ladies' National Magazine, for February, intone. ••
ting and as pretty as ever.
Ladies' Musical Library, for January, cantabile, $
pieces of music, for 124 cu. or only $1.50 per antrum.
Democratic Review, fur January, with a portrait e4'.-
H Muhlenberg.
The Siege of Derry. by Charlotte Elizabeth.
Lowrie Todd, or the Settlers in thsWoods, by fobs
Galt. Esq
Heathen Mythology, by "Punch" with 10 engro.
sings.
Littell's Living Age, No 35.
Phelim O'Tooks's Courtship.
London Punch, latest date per packet ship.
Cultivator, for January.
Macauley's Miscellanies, hotted inane vuL cheep e.
dition.
Eastern Newspapers, for this week.
Illustrated Bible. History of the Old and New Tea
. taments.
Wandering Jew, No 11. World edition.
Edith Vernon, or Crime and Retribution: a tragic-ate- •
17 of New England, by F A fhwirage.
The Dancing Feather, or the Amateur Freebooters,
a romance of New York.
Eclectic Magazine for January,
Philip Augustus, by G P R James.
Also--Agincourt, Atila, Mary of Burgtmiy, &c, by
James. jail 23.
A Circular.
(I N MONDAY. the 3d of February, I intend "0.
N.../ ing a Select School for young Ladies, in arbidliV
will be taught all the branches necessary to a polka
t .
educitiorr. . .2.
It is confidently believed that pupils, having thesidfs *
vantage of practising several hours every day, will ill '
a year be sufficiently acquainted with the French hew .
guaga to begin the study of another; either the Spanish.
, Italian or German. French bsoks, on sacred and ae.
cient history, can easily be procured, by tranallettee
which. the pupils will be made acquainted with does
, histories so necessary to a polite education. i
Arithmetic, the elements of Geometry aid Alisbrit.
I will be taught by a method calculated to enlarge AO
understanding and develope the reasoning faculth krt.
\ .. . - .
legitimate altns of a good education.
Geography, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry . end
Crayon Drawing will also be included.
Terms. (all branches included,) $lO per qautee.
The subscriber will be assisted by his flauglaar.
LOUIS V. CARSON,' :'
Prefestot of French'. -',:,
Apply to the subscriber in 2d street, opposite the
Scotch hill market, or by a note left at A. Nerdi,s cer: ,
maker, Market street. . c
rate lessees fir
L. V. C. will continue to give pri
French as heretofore. jettol.2l4 •
LAW SCHOOL.
Western University of riainsylvania.
THE next ,term will coiamence die:third
Monday of FebruarOiest, and continue wadi
the first of July.
The course of instruction is very thorough, LIPS clop
recitations being daily, with occasional lectures ea kir
prirtant branches of law. The lectures during the west,
term will be on CoNSTITUTIoNAL Law,.
A Moor COURT is held weekly for instruction is
the practice of law, to the benefits of which all the
students art entitled.
The tuition fee is thirty seven and a half iollara
a term.
Students pursuing a course of study at the Law
School aro admitted to the degree of Bachelor of Law,
on the terms usual at such institutions.
Persons desiring further information are desired to
coil on the PROFESSOR, WALSER H. Lowats, at his
office in 4th street, above Smithfield street.
Jan 22-2 w"
ISAAC CRUSE. J. B• LIPIPIRCOTT.
CRUSE & LIPPINCoTr,
Commission, Produce, and
IlLarch;Ms,
No. 87 4- 98 (old number) SMITH'S WHARF,
BALTIMORE, (MD.)
Anceccs:—The Merchants of Pittsbootgls io
general. jan IS-6m
sugar sad Molasses.
'4; HAW. N. 0. Sugar, (new.)
*ire" 20Bbld. " Molest*" ;
20 Sugar Howie Molaases,(Pritup,)
R. GALWAY,
Liberty'sireet.
Jan 21-lve
RETAIL HARDWARE STORE FOR 114 LE.
THE subscriber intending to declire banes' by
the Ist of April next, offers for sale his stuck of
HARDWARE on band, on liberal terms, (together
with a lease of the store nod dwelling.) The neck
has been purchased of the importers, asd Is welter
lected. To any person wishing to commend she re•
tail Hardware business, this would be an excellent
opportunity, as there are no other hardware eintesjet
the ward. Apply to JAMES BLAIRO.
jan 18
AP T
, jest
P4Ublw SOHOSN.I
K
"le
bY lin
53. Market rueet.
Drug !We and Vistaless fir MAL •
THE Stock and Fixtures of Retail Drat. Store is
offered for sale on a liberal credit. The stook
is not large, bin well selecterl. Notes with unmoved
endorsers Cs , lllbe taken ai 6,19 and 18 mouths.
Apply to BLAKELY & MITCHEL,
ian 18 Smithfield street.
New Livery Stable.
HPLMF.S! LIVFX”TAB LE. car.Tlo4
• ,f• 4 shack; betwe e n Market aiid Wood. urns'.
1111fte the Poet Mee, is now open for the wpm.
usodstion of the public. His mock of Cattielis&
Weigel] new, be hopes to be able to -retailer Auto
feesion to those who may favor him with a caL-'
Oct 19-ly