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THOS. PHILLIPS It WM. H. SMITH, RDITORS
PITTSBURGH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1845
Ear The federal majority in the Ohiu Legislature,
site carrying, out their principles with a high band.—
'They loos sight entirely of the rights of the greet
moils of the people ; they set at naught the rules of
tba. Legislature, and totally disregard every other in•
wrest bath st of the bank speculators, to which is
cow devoted the whole of their official labors.
Vim Bank bill which is now before them, is said to
be one of the most infamous ever devised to swindle
the people. Its base and irresponsible provisions have
.been fairly set forth by the•semocratic members, and
the ultimate results that would naturally follow the
Incorporation of an institution with such unusual
gliserars, have been clearly portrayed, but all theireffor is
SteetiniSeient to check the headlong dishonesty of the
'federal majority. They are determhsed that nothing
r shall prevent the passage of the bill, and the demo
crats find k useless to struggle against the dishonest
`determination of their opponents.
The - Statesman says, there is a standing rule in the
House,. which prohibits the introduction of any bill in
the House to create more than one corporation. This
bank bill not only authorises something like eighty or
it hundred new banks, but also expressly incorporates
eight or ten existing companies. The Democratic
- members of the House raised a question of order on
this standing rule. The Speaker decided the bill to be
in ceder; an appeal was taken from his decision. To
suppress all debate on the question of order, the previ
ous question was moved by the majority. The Dem
ocratic members, not disposed to be thus gagged
down and see the liberties of the people prostrated
without even the ordinary forms of legislation, resisted
the proceedings by efforts for istiournment until twelve
o'clock Saturday night, when the House adjourned.
When the question of order was raised, it was after
the ordinary hour for adjournment, but the majority
-were determined to force a compliance with the man
date of the tin-pan.
What safety have the rights of the people in the
bands of men who are thus regardless of all the prin
ciples of honesty and justice.
OREOOL—We are pleased to tee the gr ow ing disposi
tion in Congress to take prompt and effectual action on
the Oregon question. It was surely a great oversight
in those who have had the management of our foreign
affairs, to let this matter slumber so long, while it was
.evident to every one that every year would add to ihe
difficulty of adjusting it, bemuse every year would add
to the number of emigrants to Oregon, both American
and Britiah, who would developo the resources and
increase the value of the acquisition. The rpiestion is
constantly becoming more frequent, Why could not this
matter have been settled when Ashburton was here to
negotiate about the Northern Boundary? The subject
was certainly apposite when a boundary between the
two nations was the topic, and no time can ever come.
When the question can be so easily settled, as it might
Lave been then.
Brae article in the Globe on the subject of Oregon,
itasetus that the British emigrants assume, no doubt
under instructions from the mother country, that the
Columbia river is to be the dividing line between the
British and American portions of Oregon; the Amer
cans are warned net to settle on the northern side of
that river- The Globe says that if the British can suc•
ceed in confining the American settlements to the
southern side of the Columbia, they will secure all
that is most valuable of the territory of the country.
'besides its whole trade; because there is no harbor
worth any thing in the portion of the country which
the British have so generously assigned tn the A
merican settlers.
It is to be ardently hoped that Congress will take
early and decisive action on this subject. It is one in
:which the people take deep and abiding interest.
CABALS TO TUZ 'Aut.—Under this title the Bea.
ver Argus has a notice of the comparative prospects
of business by way of the Cross Cut Canal to Cleve
land, and on the Erie Extension to Erie. The busi
ness folk of Cleveland are manifestly alarmed at the
affect the Extension will have on the lousiness of the
Cross Cut, and a writer in the Herald shows that the
advantage of the Extension in point of distance is se
ven miles, and its advantages in the matter of tolls on
the prominentarticles will be relatively greater. The
lolls on both routes artuibus given:
Iron and nails, per 100 lbs
•Glass and glass wine " [
'Crockery 4/
Dry Goods
Hardware and Brown muslin in
1 # 1 . 2
Drugs & Groceries "
.Coffee
Tobacto (mesa 'd) "
Anekirte r dios. pork, fish, &c
i
It le calculated that the difference in favor of the
Erie Canal, if the present rates of the Pennsylvania and
Ohio Cross Cut be continued, will boas one to three.
Of course, the Cross Cut Company must greatly re.
dues their rates of toll, or their works will be useless.
The question, Will not these great reductions in the
rates at which goods can be transported from the Ohio
to the Lakes, injure the Main Line of the Pennsylva•
nia Works? is now very interesting to every well.
wisher of nur State.
A REW DESIGNATION YOR"DEATH."—Ever since
the revival of letters in modern times, writers and
speakers have been devising striking and startling
names for Deistic. All sorts of tropes and figures have
been employed to set forth the doings of the "King of
Terrors" in such a light as might most deeply impress
the world with a sense of the awful uncertainty of
thuassa existence. The editor of the Mercer Whig
has been trying his hand at describing the ravages
of the "fell destroyer," which he does in the following
very singular sentence :
"This dispensation of Divine Providence recalls to
our minds the startling tact, that the young, the middle
aged, as well es the aged, are alike marks for the shafts
of the pale horse, and a call to all to prepare to meet
-their God."
All will be struck with the force and otigirality
telling "Death" the 'pale horse.' While the profound
and philisophical reflOtione of the writer shout the
fat* of the "young, the middle aged, as well as the a
ged," cannot fail to mske a deep impression on all who
neverbad a similar view of the subject presented to
their salads.
larThere is a report in Philadelphia, that Messrs.
Oaidey and Leavitt, agents of the State of Illinois, had
been robbed of all their papers, securities, &c., on
the National Road, on their way house. The trunk
containing them was said to have bean cut from the
stage boot.
Wedo not believe there is any truth in the report,
as we have conversed with a gentleman. who was in
congiany with Messrs. Oakley and Leasict fee some
Coto in Ciaainnati, and they made no mention of it
then.
To Cleveland. To Erie.
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The N Y Morning News gives the following touching
and impressive description of the funeral of the young
i lady who was killed in New York by the running a.
way of a cab: "The funeral service of young Char
• lotto Canda was performed yesterday 2, P M., at the
Catholic church of St. Vincent de Paul, in Canal
street, with the imposing and touching ceremonial of
that Church. The church was throughout hung with
black, and the light being excluded from without, it
was illuminated with the the tapers within. A grand
mass for the dead was performed. and a requiem chan
ted with funeral music of the roost impressive charne
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ter. Notwithstanding the severity of the weather,
and enctunberance of the street by the snow, the funer
al was attended by a great concourse of our most re. ,
spectable citizens, walking on foot from the residence J
of Mr Canda, Lafayette Place, to the church. •
No event has for a long time occurred which bail
cast a similar pall of gloom, over our community, es
pecially in those circles where she Will personally
know, as the sudden and distressing fate of this ex
cellent young lady. To a singular brightness - and
sweetness of character, she united great quickness of
mind, and an unusual degree. of cultivation. Though
thus dying on her 17th birth day, she was the famili
ar mistress of six different languages, besides being
en accomplished musician, and a proficient of much
taste and skill in drawing. Nor -had beauty been
withheld by the lavished hand of nature, to crown the
rare union of charms and qualities which made her the
idol other parents, the delight of her friends, and IMO
of the lovliest ornaments of society.
It was a singular coincidence that on this evening,
in compliance with the wishes of her parents, she
had declined attending the small party from which she
was returning when the accident Recurred; but is the
course of the evening the was seat for again with the
plea that it was nothing without her. She then begged
permission to go—urging that heretofore every one of
her birth-days had been marked by some cross or mis
hap, frustrating the ordinary pleasant celebration of
the day; but that the present one had been free from
any such, and that she wished to conclude it in the
agreeable manner to which she was thus solicited.
Every circumstance appears to have occurred that
could give the keenest poignancy to' the agonies ,of
such a blow, to the hearts of the parents, whose only
daughter she was. The sacredness of such grief is
nut to be invaded, even by the tenderest and most sym
pathising touch of a public pen,—though a sad story
might be told of its heart-breaking excess, to which
time nad God can alone bring consolation."
. There is a hies that Willis, of the Evening' Mii roe,
hey been invited to "coffee for two," &c., cis account
of the Ontlerdook afair.—Hostets 'forming Post.
Presuming that the invitation wnaki not Sat reach
our eye through the Boston papers, we are inclined to
think it only a rumor, deer Charles.—N Y Mirror.
Saner OND,CRDOX7I4—The N Yotk Mirror, which,
while it has generously exteeded to this pusemited
prelate the sympathies which the nature of the case so
imperiouslj demanded, has not been necessarily in.
kind to those who bare tikes part against bias, gives
the subjoined opinion case after a careful readiog
of the whole evidence. We ate inclined to plate
much reliance on the Mirror's opinion, because it has
not been too hastily given, and because, throughout the
whole controversy, it has carefully sought to mete out
justice to all parties, and to arrive at the truth of the
whole affair.:
"We have no particular reason to express this °phi
ion beyond onr choice between a troublesome good ac'
tion and a safe neutrality, but bete it ia:—
"We 'believe the evidence is part true, and part az
aggenttion, (bewildeed or wicked) and that the true
part chews points to condemn as to the Bishop's taste
in manners, bet entirely acquits his conscious inten
tions. We believe that be has been most unfairly
Wed by a court cruelly ill-composed and on ground
wholly illegal ; that sectarian bitterness, personal quar
rels, rivalry and envy, have bad fatal share in the con
damnation; and we venture to suggest that we think
it should be the duty of his friends in the Church, and
of all lovers of charity and human pity, to see this
persecuted was safe to a brighter spot in toe lark
road ke is now travelling."
A correspondent in the Mirror also calls attention
to a very important matter in regard to the trial, viz:
That the canon under which he was convicted, is an
ex post facto law. The canon was adopted about
sire months since. The Latest case of alleged miscon
duct by the Bishop, took place, if we mistake not,
about two and a half years ago. The writer thinks
"such a convictiou is contrary to every principle of
jurisprudence, whether civil re ecclesiastical."
MORI Etivxstraisx.—The Baltimore Republican
says:—'The brig Francis Amey, Capt Blaney, which
sailed from Baltimore some time since, was at St.
Thomas on the sth ult, to sail next day for Camara.
It will be recollected that Ibis vessel went out to the
Spanish Main last winter, provided with a diving bell
and other apparatus, for the purpose of making the at
tempt to get a richly laden Spanish man-of-war, said
to be sunk in that region. From aurae defect in the
apparatus, they were compelled to return without
being successful in anything more than in finding
what they supposed to be the sunken vessel—
They have gone out to repeat the attempt with their
apparatus, bell, &c., in complete order, and are
sanguine of success, and now, we suppose, at the point
of their opr rations, and should they be successful at
getting at the suppose bulk of the ship, they may reap
a rich reward for their dangerous undertaking. We
trnst that they may be lucky in this second enterprise.
A bill has passed the Senate of Missouri, de
claring the marriage of Congrave Warner and Eliz
abeth Crockett null and void. The parties were at a
wedding, and upon a banter given, probably by the
gentleman, they mounted their horses and rode to a
justice's, where the ceremony was performed. Upon
their return, ainflever afterwards, the lady insisted that
it was all a joke, arid refused to consider it otherwise.
The gentleman desired to standup to the joke t but the
lady would not.
[l:7The Denver Argus t speaking about the expect
ed visit of Col Potx to this city, makes several erro
neous statements., and winds up by saying that "Mr
Potx passed up on yesterday (Tuesday) evening, on
the steamer Lewis M'Lane, in possession of the of
fice-hunters." This was no doubt news to the good
people of Beaver; it certainly was to dose who came
up in the Louis lll'Lane.
SHOCKING TRAGEDY.—Extract from a letter dated
St. Francisville, La., January 29th:
"A most awful tragedy occurred on Sunday night.
A man by the name of Halter, who keeps a grocery,
accidentally shot his wife ; the charge entirely blowing
off' the top of her head and scattering her brains all
over the r side of the room. It was said he was about
to shoot his barkeeper, who, in a fit of intoxication,
had threatened to whip him, and for that purpose had
attempted to break into his room. Ile has been held
to bail.
Covet. ORNAMENTS FOR L DIES, —The rage in Paris
just now, for ladies' wear, is ornaments of coral—sin.
gularly becoming, it is said, to beauties of all com
plexions. The Duchess d'Aumale, the young bride
of one of the eons of Louis Phillippe, introduced the
fashion, and she is a blonde.
In one of the last soriees, given on the oc.maion of
the royal marriage, a small ducal crown, in coral,
with pearl balls over each acanthus leaf, was very
much admired. The crown was placed on the plait
of the back hair, being itself narrower then the braid.
An English paper says that little scarfs interwoven
with gold, have a very pretty effect when twisted round
the head, and falling over the shoulders. Gold and
scarlet nets, too. like those worn by the Roman ladies,
are not without their charm. upon theJortunate few
who have regular features, and a classic profile.
CHARLOTTE CA NDA
GENERAL BROWN.
In the last Glehe, enrollee was made to the cvacity
ahanni,by Ass tel troops of this country, raga* and '..
militia, to cope with the veterans ((dohs's army that The „,
coda CONGRESS.
catiae .
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ever Europe produced, It gives as pleasure to present,
Rem the pen of a friend, who fought theterginen. the , the Texas question till Thursday next, when
bloodiest campaign of the Canada bordels, at the head Morehead on the part of the Committee on Forek
of a portion of these undisciplined soldiers, the charac
ter of the self-made leader to whose genius, seconded Relations, will open the debate. Several bills, not ik
by their valor, the Union was indebted e oe i ts v i ctor i es , general importance, were passed; among which was
I that making a free bridge across the eastern branch
NOTICE OF THE LATE MAJOR GENERAL I
of the Potomac in tbb city, and the bill for tbe organi-
I BROWN.
ration of a company of miners, sappers, and ponto-
ET 1111101141ESZEALUSCP. niers. The bill regulating postage between the United
Among the anima men of which our country has 'States and foreign count ri es was considered . and order ,
been so prolific, the name of the late General Brown! ,
,_ , _
____v for a reads The i Dubuque
stands in bold relief. To form a proper estimate of t ' " "grmis" "II au'
his merits, however, it is not sufficient that we coma.; claim weediscussed, and, on the motion of Mr- Phelps,
er his victories alone, brilliant as they certainly were; I indefinitely postponed. The bill for the appointment
but to do full justice to his character, and his abilities of assistant pursers and assistant surgeons was rejected.
lass commander, we should also take into consideration
tbecircunssmaces of the times, and the situation of the The !mines, of the House of Representatives, in
country and thearmy. when he was placed in command. the early part of the day, was of a miscellaneous
The campaign of 1813 had terminated to the North character. The post-office bill from the Senate was
in a series offailures and disasters. which, united to our passed through in early stages, and referred to the ap
dividend counsels and fiscal difficulties, had spread a .
general gloom over the whole Union. The apprehen - Pr*Pnadrig staading committee. Resolutions of the leg
sion began to be extensively entertained that we had islature of Maine, Illinois, and Indiana, were present
so for degenerated from the revolutionary tack in all ed on various topics; and also of the legislature of the
the higher qualities of the soldier and the citizen, as to T ay of Florida, on t h e su bj ect o f i ts a d m i ss i on i n _
be incapable of those efforts of courage and patriot
ism so necessary to comman d somess. There were to the Union. Many territorial bills, which wereyes
aot wanting individuals high in political station, and terday acted upon in Committee of the Whole, were
still higher in the confidence of reseeeteblenortions of passed through the final stages, and one which was
the community, who, considering our institution, to desig ned to pay the lowa militia f or their services
feeble for war, ascribed all our disasters to them.—
hen called
Even officers of rank were known publicly to aclusowl- w out during thedispute between the Terri
edge that we were inferior to the enemy in all essential tory and Missouri, in 1839, was laid on the table by a
military qualities. The military character had so far large majority. The bill for the admission of lowa
fallen in public estimation, that in the latter part of and Florida into the Union as States occupied the
1813, and in the early part of 1814, an officer could
scarcely pass through a single street in any one of our residue of the day to a at hour. It was debated by
towns or cities without danger of insult. The milita- Messrs. Vinton, Behar, Levy, Aearon V Brown, and
ry seemed to be identified in the public mind with the so m e others,
idea of cowardice, pusillanimity and dishonor.
The proviso to the second section, which was in-
General Brown, fully aware of the difficulties which
encompassed him, assumed the command of an army tended to make provision for the erection of a second
as deeply sensible as he was himself of the position it State in East Florida, when that portion of the Terri
held in public opinion, and determined to wipe off the tory should have a population of 35.000, was stricken
stigma attached to the military character, or perish in
out by a majority of 86 to 57. And a motion made
the attempt. •
In order to make the most of the admirable spirit by Mr Morse for the addition of a proviso to prescribe
which animated the corps be commanded, he resolved certain terms which should be complied with before
immediately on active operations. To the suggestions thi s bill, when passed, should so operate as to admit
of the timid, who urged drat our raw troops were in-
Florida into the Union, gave rise to a warm discus
capable of contending successfully in the field with the
disciplined troops of the enemy, he replied that we sion. The terms were, that the people of Florida
were equal to them individually and there was no should hold a convention and erase from the constitu
reason why we should not equal them collectively.— tion of the proposed State certain actions in relation
To those who urged that no great object was to be
to Degrees and negro slavery.—Globe, Feb. 11.
attained by invading Canada from the Niagara, here
plied that wecould at least do our duty; and if others
performed tbeirs,we should make a powerful diversion
in favor of the main army °petering upon Lake Cham
plain; but if we should even fail in that object, we
might strike such a blow as to re-establish the military
character of the country. which, in his estimation, was
worth any sacrifice—even that of the whole corps he
commanded.
Having entered the enemy's territory, he set the ex
ample of appearing, on all occasions, in uniform, and
declared that he would have no skulking under mean
disguises. From his example, and that of other chiefs,
it became a point of honor with the officers to wear, at
all times, whatsoever the country allowed them to
wear. The measure operated severely upon them;
but its moral effect upon the troops was electric; and
it was. perhaps, the great spring tothe success which
followed.
ithoit the advantages of early education—with no
other preparation than that which a vigorous mind, aid
ed by the accidental observation of a few months pre
vious sesvice, bad enabled him to make—he assumed
the offensive, at the bead of an army of revisits and
volunteers; and, opposed by an able getteral,fol lowed by
gallant and veteran battalions, he was the fortunate in
dividual who turned in our favor the tide of victory
then running rapidly against us; and, by a series of
well-fought actions, in which his army was sometimes
the assailant, sometimes the assailed. he restored the
tarnished military reputation of the country to its
original brightness, and won for himself a lasting re
nown.
IThere is a moral grandeur in the efforts of unaided
intellect forcing its way, by its now intrinsic powers.
over the conventional barriers of custom and prejudice,
to the commanding eminence of society. In times of
calm and quiet, those high places are of't'en attained by
mediocrity, with even more certainty than by great
character or transcendent ability, because, in such
times, a ccurse of mean intrigue, of low cunning and
base subserviency, is too often necessary to success—a
course to which high honor and conscious ability nev
er stoop. But in those times of storm which the his
tory of nations sometimes exhibits—when the tug of
war-comes, and disaster follows disaster—when the
politi edifice seems shaken to its centre, and socie- I ,
ty, as it resolved Were into its elements,—then it is
that the insti l-tribeare brushed away, and eagle spir
its soar; then it is that those master spirits qualified to
mark and distinguish the period in which they live,
step forth and assume, by general suffrage, the_vticms
which nature intended they sh told occupy. .
The plain, the unassuming Brown was one of those
master spirits. It is impossible for those who know
him only in the bosom of society to form a conception
of the astonishing grasp of his intellect, or of his great
moral intrepidity. Calm, cool, collected, and self
possessed, he was not to be shaken by any circumstan
ces, however unforeseen or appalling. Fertile ine•pet
clients, he kept his antagonist in a state of constant a.
larm; with a soundness of judgment and a quickness of f
perception rarely surpassed, be fathomed the plans of
the enemy as if by intuition, and perceived all his faults
in aititistant; and, prompt in his decision,
be never
failed to strike at the proper time, and with the most
deci - Sive effect. I
WASHINGTON CITY, April, 1823.
FEMALE ENTERPRIZE AND MISFORTUNE.
A young woman left this city for the South some
years ago, and by her industry, and business tact soon
amassed a fortune. It seems that, very lately, she be
came embarrassed in business and failed. We knew
her well, and have often admired her kindness toivards
her family when affluence enabled her to make them
comfortable. A correspondent of the New York Her
ald writing from this city, thus speaks of her fall:
"The failure of Miss—, of Mississippi, falls hea
vy on the merebente here, to whom she owess6o,ooo.
Several housware in 'for large anrionts, from $4,000
to $15,000. The commercial enterprise and miler
of this woman hag been most extraordinary. liar
credit was unbounded fire years. She hu made her
regular visits to this market, and taken off large a
mounts of every description of merchandise, and always
paid up punctually. She was estimated to be very
rich. She is a woman of masculine proportions, and l
when she used to attend the auction sales to make her
purchases, would crack and enjoy *joke with any man,
and was always the occasion of a'great deal of mirth
and jollity. She was famous every time she left this I
city, for taking off with her half a dozen pretty girls,
as clerks in her great Western Bauer, whom she
could not keep in her employ much longer than a sea
son, as they were oertain to get married off• to rich
Southrons; so that if a girl wanted to get well settled
in the South, she had only to enter the service of
Lydia—. But, with all her tact in marryintothers,
she could not succeed in getting off herself. Many,
rich jokes are told of her. The following has had
wide circulations—Tkat she took a fancy to one of her
neighbors, and inviting him into her place of business, I
plain his hands a roil of bank notes, and told him to
count them. He did so; the result was $lOO,OOO in
bills of one thousand dollars each. She told him they
were his, provided he would take her with them; but
the bait did not answer: In fact, Lydia was rather a
hard subject. Her total liabilities are $150,000, and
what dividends the creditors are likely to receive, you
can imagine as well u I can, when I inform you that
she has made an assignment to a young lawyer in Mis
sissippi. Spirit of the Timer.
Mnatteenee.--Mrs Eunice Averill, who died re
certify, inHartford, Corm., has left to the
Am. Board of Com. for Foreign Miss,
To the Conn Missiontol Societ y
American Bible Society
a Tract Society
a _Education Society
Female Veniftient Society loiartford, to be ad
ded to tbeirfund, 2.000
Widow's Society, l ad, t 2,000
BY 'LAST NIGHT'S
Some further theatrical representations have been
given at the Pergola (Florence) in favor of the suffer
er by the late inundation. The whole of the perform
ances were by amateurs of distinction. On the 28th
ult. the pieces were French—"Kettly," ar.d the "Mar
riage au Tambour." The Dude Dino, M. de St.
Marc, and the Princess Nadine Labanoff, were panic
ularly admired. The operatic representations were
afterwards given in Italian, the noble family of Ponia
towsky furnishing nearly all the company. "Lucrezia
Borgia" was performed with great success, the receipts
the first time being 1200 piastres, and the second 1000.
The Princess Eliza Poniatowsky filled the park of the
heroine, and the Princes Joseph and Charles the chief
male characters.
A great mass meeting was held at BrasOria. in I ea _
as, ea the 21st ult. Among the names of those who
took part in the meeting, we find some of the most dis
tinguished men in Texas. The appointment of anti
annexation men as diplomatic agents to the U. States
and England, is condemnel by the people of Texas.
The Paris Gazette des Tribtraztur, has one of the
I oddest possible paragraphs. It states that a lawyer of
Posen, who had obtained from the court Royal of that
citya verdict condemning the Emperor of Russia to pay
him a considerable sum of money, having in vain solic
ited from
.his majesty the payment of the amount in
question, has just had the hotel whirl the Emperor
Nicholas possesses at Berlin, seized. In the war
rant authorizing the seizure, the emperor is nominated
a burgess of Berlin, which he really is; for 1837, when
ho purchased the hotel in question, being informed
that no person could possess real property in that cap
itol without having acquired the rights of citizenship,
he applied to the Muncipality to obtain the freedom of
the city, which was granted.
A mammoth hydro-electoricul machine, of extraor
dinary power, is being constructed in England fur the
United States. It is said that it will be able to pro
duce a spark of 36 inches—to coat 3,500 feet of me.
tallie surface, in a battery Leyden jars. of 2 feet high;
by 10 feet in diameter. This shock will kill a thou
sand men in an instant, if it were passed through such
a chain. It will cost about £lOOO.
Por.x.—We have recently noticed in our ex
change papers of both political parties, the most re
spectful and flattering compliments paid to the amia
ble and acomplished lady who is shortly to take charge
of the "White House." We cannot refrain from
copying the following complimentary tribute to Mrs.
Polk, which is taken from the Southern (Miss.) Re
former, where Mrs Polk is best known, the compliment
well be dilly appreciated.—( Tenn. Dens.
"Tbls lady is one among the most sensible, refined
and accomplished of her sex and will adorn the iVbite
House at Washington over which she is distined to
preside, with distinguished honor to her country.—
All who have mingled in her society know well how
to appreciate the gracefulness of her disposition. We
have seen few women that have developed monsofthe
genuine republican characteristics of the American la
dy. She has her admirers not only in the highest but
the humblest walks of life. The poor know her for
benevolence, the rich for the plainness of her equipage;
the church for her consistency; the unfortunate for her
charities, and society itself for the veneration and re
spect which her virtues have everywhere awarded her.
We feel proud that the southwestcan boast of such a
noble offspring."
tar'The recent rise in the water courses of Geor
gia and Alabama was remarkably great and sudden;
the Alabama river at Montgomery rose some 25 feet
or more. Many accidents Sr. reported to have =cor
ed. A Eno horse and his rider, a boy belonging to
Col Hayne, of Montgomery, were swept away from
the wharves in thatcity, and both drowned. Several
valuable teams from the country were lost in floods
which have inundated the toads. The damage on
WOW of the plantations has bet n extensive. In the
meantime boats of the largest class are running with
full freights.
PITTSBURGH MARKET.
RILPORTED ■OR THE POST DT ISAAC HARRIS
Friday, February 14, 1845.
Business still remains dull throughout the business
circles of our city, and upon calling upon our whole-
I sale merchants and manufacturers, we find them gen
erally in good heart, with excellent stocks, and well
prepared for an early spring trade—with fine assort
ments of very cheap goods, and they are daily adding
to their stocks. We notice New Orleans Sugar and
Molasses plenty and very cheap. Country produce is
rather scarce, and in daily demand, and the reeeipts
for sometime have been rather limited. All kinds of
Pittsburgk manufactures are plenty and cheap.
Flour—Ckst market is regular, small sales from
wagons and boats $3 561 to $3 66. i. and from stoic
$3 75053 87& bbL
Grain--Wheat 65770; rye 40043; corn '260'29 ;
barley 65075; and oats 16017 cis. a busheL
Hay—Sales by the wagon load at $6 75 017 a ton.
Ashes—Sales few—Pots and scorching. 3 to 3i ;
pearl 4e4.4; arid saleratu3 41e41 a lb.
Beans—Common and mixed 70Z73 ; stn4ll white
874051 lB' bwhei.
Butter and Lard—Butter is in fair demand • and a
ready sale for good roll. In lots th. 2 sales have been
huge at I to lb cts. r n!.., from wagons; and 10 to
lei from steres Good keg, sales at 61 to 74 cu. fr IL
Lard, sales of good country; in kegs, arid barrels, at
54051, and from store about 4 a cent higher. Pitts
burgh put up lard at ei cis it? lb.; No. I.
Cheese-.-The stock is moderate and the sales cot.
12 000
2,000
2,000
2,000
1,000
FOREIGN ITEMS
sums in small lots to retailers—goed 4* - to 4 in pili f
and a rims aside at 54454 e a S.
Feathers-Stnall sales of good at 2541/28a a
Fruit—Dried Peaches are bringing from mow
1,2001,125, end from stores $1,2561,374: Dried
plea are quick sale from wagons at 624,66 cents
diet and from store sales of 300 or 400 bushels
to 75 cents.
• "es—N 0 Sugar, excellent supplies on hand;
is new 4i to 6 cents, and old 41 to 5/ oents ifY DS i
b y t • 9 Molasses, sales at 21, 211 and 22 cents '
L ogo • 'ty; Cofee—sales daily of Rio at 61074;
:,-• 71; St Domingo 6064; Java, old white.
12,1 c
Hops.\
B urm a quality 14016 c j , tt,.
Pittsburgh stock is large and the quality fine of
5 mots for `stock
is held at 606$ for Hamg 410
for Shoulders;B lBl Hog round, and 4041 c 4f, lb.
in lots. atry Bacon 41 to 41 cents ji lb.
Metals—iron ,
3; and smaller
sir ails —Common bar is steady at
t i er , iti, assorted. Our. Nails, am steady at 40
30 tons of cold Blau, a' s sooa $ 6O. Pig Metal,
and ten tons Alleghen
as Ruck, at $3O. at 6 mos.
Seed—Clover, from ' $27 a 6 mos.
from stores, $3 624 e53 s, $3 371043 50, and
$1 120$1 25; and from,' Timothy , from wagons,
bushel. pl„„ er d ; in g $1 250141 50 a
Salt—Salt is plenty and d *a
w t $1 at 1 6 3 6 0 0 4 4 1 1 l a fi r ty sh
barrel.
Whiskey—Common, 18412 A
- .•and Rectffied,
cents a gallon.
Cattle Market—Sales oftbe we a b out 110 h ea d
of Beeves at 2/ to 4c., a lb.; 6.sN uga at 34; and
Calves at 4c. a lb.
On ll:int-inlay morning, of Catarrh F ri FLORIDA,
da lighter ofJohn and Elizabeth Bigler, a t I year and
10 days.
place this astwnieht o'
The funeral will take
clock, frqm the residence of her parents, D a l
tell Row, Hay street.
At Lomita, on the 23d of January, after, m em
of only eighteen days, Mias MARTHA Attu t metts.
at the early age of sixteen.
This young lady, the only daughter; the pry an d
consolation of her bereaved parents, bad won g e t h e
affections of all who knew her, by her exempt,. d e .
portment, and many amiable qualties anal yul e. _
During her sickness, her patience and re/agouto ap .
der great sutferings, were very edifying. She ber m ,
ry assistance that the skill of art, and the most a e .
tionate nursing could yield her. but it was the gri e f
God to call her from a world of trial and tempts
t e
to a happier land. Her sorrowing parents are not k
to mourn like those who are without hnpe. Wh t
memory tells them of their loss, it will also remi
them of the many reasons they have to hope that ther
loved one is with God. May site rest ix peace.
Louisville Advocate.
Fresh Eke Flour.
300 LBS. FRESH RICE FLOUR,
received and for sale by
A. G. REINHART,
feb. 14. 140, Liberty street
Land on Improvement Leases.
24)04) ACRES of Land, in Williams Coun
ty, Ohin.—This land is of the best
quality, and in a rich and rapidly improving part o
the state. It is within five miles of the Wabash and
Erie Canal. and one mile from the town of Hicksville.
At Hicksville there are five Grit and Saw Mills.
There is a water communication the whole way from
Pittsburgh, to within about five miles of the land, both
by way of Pittsburgh and Cleveland.
The land will be rented in parcels of from 100 to
150 Acres, on Improvement leases, that is, leases
from 5 to 10 years—on condition of clearing a portion
of the land annually. Apply for particulars, to
BLAKELY & MI ICHEL,
feb 'l3 Smithfield, near sth, and Penn st.
For Sale.
irg& A FARM OF LAND, in Eatn. DEVI'
To nship, Allegheny County, containing JOEL
237 ACRES, • .
well timbered; 50 acres cleared and under good fences.
There ere 2 coal-pits opened on :he land: several
salt springs, and a good two story log house and barn.
The farm is within one mile of the village cf Tarentum
and the Pennsylvania Canal. It will be sold vary low
and on easy terms. Apply at the Land Office of
BLAKF.LY & MITCHEL,
Smithfield, near sth, and Penn st.
To lite Honorable the Judges of the Court of Getter.
al garter Sessions of the Ptaee, in and for the
County of Allegheny.
The Petition of GEORGE HAWKINS, of the Ist
Ward, City of Pittsburgh, in the county aforesaid ,
humbly aheweth,
That your petitioner bath provided himself with ma
terials for the accommodation of travelers and others,
at his dwelling house, in the city and ward aforesaid,
and prays that your honors will be pleased to met him
a license to keep a Public House of Entertainmant.—
And your petitioner, as in duty bound, will pray.
GEORGE HA tirKINIL
We, the subscribers, :Wiens of the Ist ward, city of
Tittsburgh, do certify, that the above petitioner is of
good repute for honesty and temperance. and is well
prepared with house room and conveniences fur the ac
comodation and lodging of strangers and travellers,
and that said tavern is necessary.
Geo. S. Maltby, John Dunlap,
Geo. Wilson, , Hart Darragh,
Wm Laufman, JaMes Gray, 4th street,
John Lawton, S. R. Holmes,
David M'Kee, Wm. Nimick,
Denj Miner, W. R. Gormley,
Feb. 14th, 1845.-3tdaw.
To the Honorable Me Judges of the Court of Gen
eral Quarter Sessions of the Peace, ix and for
the County of Alkrieng.
The Petition of GEORGE BENDER. of the Fourth
Ward, City of Allegheny, in the county aforesaid, bum
bey sheweth,
That your petitioner bath provided himself with ma
teriali for the accommodation of travelers and others,
at his dwelling house, in the city and ward aforesaid,
and prays that your honors will be pleased to granthira
a license to keep a Public House of Enter tainmeat.—
And your petitioner, as in duty bound, will pray.
GEORGE BENDER.
We, the subscribers; citizens of the 4th Ward, City
of Allegheny, do certify, that tbo above petitioner is a
good repute for honesty and temperance, and is well
provided with house mom and conveniences for the to
commodation and lodging of strangers and travelers,
and that said tavern is necessary.
F Ganter, John Schulz,
C Goodbrake, Jacob Oetiker,
E Gleason, Jacob Lehman,
J ohn C Schmidt, Samuel Leutz,
Herman Cluistiaa Buente, Jacob Knpp,
Victor Scribe, Dederich Bollje.
feb 14-d3t*
Valuable Stasaut Works.
ROTTECK'S HISTORY OF THE WORLD,
being • general History from the earliest times
until the year 1831; by Charles Vun Roueck, L L D.;
Translated from the German, and continued to 1.8411 y
br Frederick Jones, A M.; Illustrated by 24 Engrav
ings. and in 4 vols
TYTLER'S UNIVERSAL HISTORY.
Universal History from the Creation of thts,World
to the beginning of the Eighteenth Century; by the
late Alexander Fraser Tvtler.
CHARLES V
The History of Charles V., with a view of tbe Pro
gress of Society in Europe, from the subversion of the
Roman Empire-to the Sixteenth Century; by William
Robertson, I) D.
The above, with a general assortment of School.
Law and Mit;celbuteous Books, for sale by -
CHARLES KAY.
fob 14 corner of Wood and 3d streets.
GP Advocate and American curl.
Sporn Oil
100 GALLS. Pure Sports 00—iointsr stasis;
12 boas. Spirts Gumbos, salersod shoo
10 do Star do (bus rpordisy); ,
roloodred and for sale by A. G. REINHART.
Sob 14. 140, Liberty stmt.
Prosh 4liartlea
A FEW boxes from do oolobusesol 43.1
#islity.p. Co., Flodooia. N. L. 81211 AO
for sole toy A. G. RS
f,'
140, Liao 106.
.;~ rYt
'TI HE sobecribere, WitobalicarOMMllll*
Ifaelarers au! Dealers in PHI SIP
respectfully invite thews Country Moreiremle Moo nee
about purchasing tbeh• Spring aaS Sewhlety
to en examination of their lihrocits=
We believe that our sere assoftimme ass es
pieta as as have ever bees oared la *Wacky; awl
be pleased to have them live as avail. i • ?.
Imparters and Dealers i* Silk aw;el_ Fate] Dry
Caleb Cope & Co., 165 Market St. aim
W&ft P Remington. 92 " • '
Ashhurst & Remington, 80 "
Sea, Brother & Cu., 70 "
Yard & Gillmore, 109 " . ..•
DOMESTIC ANC FOREIGN DRY GOODS.
Reynolds, M'Farland & Co., 1011 Market St.
Morgan. Buck & Co., 57 '• •
W B&GB Cooper, 53 "
Samuel Hood & Co., N E cor. of Market sad WNW.
King, Boyd & King, 26 North &nod st..
opposite the Madison House.
William H Brown & Co., 20 North Fourth stria.
Julian. Mason &Co., 156 Market angst.
Eckel, Spangler & Raiguel, 128 N 3d at. above Rase.
Smith, Howell & Barr, 33 North &eon) arust.
Barclay Lippincott, 1661 Market lit, sae tlver
below Fifth, south side.
Ludwig. Kneedler & Co, 112 North Third, >S It •
COT of Race Street.
Haas & Hollingsworth, 18 North &end stark
and 2 Church Alley.
James J Boswell & Co., 50 Market street.
Frederick, Dewald & Co., 82 North Third ars&
Importers and Dealers in Hosiery. Glen%
Trimmings and Fancy Goods.
E S Barnett, 3 S Fourth rt., east side bale* MAW
J & J P Steiner, 48 North Second street, 4 ileitis
below Arch street.
Cloths, Cassimeres, 'restore, Tailors' Trimaniskes,
De Coursey, Lafoureade &Co., 77 Market straw
Willient H Love, 197 "
J Godley Spry & Co., 84 "
HARDWARE AND CUTLERY.
Edward S Handy & Co.,
above Thud.
Yardley, Sowers &
above Third.
John S Fitcbet & Co ,
below Second.
Allen R Reeves &Co.,
Wm T Howell & Co.,
Deacon & Peterson.
Martin Buehler & Bro.,
below Fifth.
fichael V Baker, 215 "
laslin & Pepper, 4 North Third
lust & Wiw6-erar, 70 N " '
Stlery, Hardware, essul Carriage Triatatiap%
J O l M Ford, 32 North rhyd sines, •
H 1 G Fricke, 14 -
. • '
Gothic Peterson, 12 North Fourth street.
Watford, 7 "
gatllty,Sadlery, Hardware, Hansen, Trauska,4o.
Edwalt P Moyer, 38, also 252 Market streat..
hblishers, Booksellers and Statioiseirs. •
Grigg 4Ehist, 9 North Fan* Meek_
Hogan b Thompson, 30 " r
elides, Oil and Leather Deafen. • L.
William ?hisser & Co., X 63 Market street. . •
H rct Crwford, ' 204 North Thirdetreet.
Boots, Shoo, Smith, Caps,,il eghorti'srad
Hats. ,
W &J d Whehm, 1513 Market stripe.
Lovick, Jenians & Co., 150 "
Weise, Eartienwareand
Alexander Reid, 205 Market street.,
Peter Wright & Sons, 259 "
Wright & Wharton, 29 North Third strs".
Benedict Dorsey do Son, 125 " "
sro L
William P Hacker, 62 North Second sL, above
Manufacturers Asa Dealers in Drsgs,.lifoliciallik . ,.;.
Paints, Oil:, 4.e.
Thomas P James, 212 Madan amass.
Thompson. Paocoast & Co., 40 " belowle4
Caleb Cresson, ' 6 North Third
Maanfaetarers of Sieves, Riddles, Screens, mai-
Wirework is gtaera/.
-
Joseph A Needles & Co., 34 North Front streal,“
Combs, Bruges *
Butanes. Spool Cotton, Trios.
• g!igefar llawY alio,dar 41. 4.c. , i , ,
Oliver Martin, 24 North Fourth street. •
Lor a
Mourfadorers mud haporgers of Militao: . ,
Fringes. Cords, Tassel*, Cerrialfe - ' 1
William H Horstmann & Sons. 51 Nardi
Manufacturers of Umbrellas, ParesstiouVillair
shades.
Sleeper, Brothers, le6 Market mak:
Wright & Brothers, 12 5 "
William A brown, 86 "
Manufacturers of Hats, Caps, Wsol Hasa
Henderson & Levick, 144 Market strut;
S & 0 C Nichols, 114
Manufaststrers of Patent Floor Mai Pitrailsore Oil
Cloths, aid Elastic Carriage Curtains,
Potter & Carmichael, 568 No, h Third .
Isaac Macauley, Jr., 6 North Fifth
Manufacturers of Ladies' and Gentiessen'a
Travelling Trask,.
A L Hickey & Co., 150 Chesnut street.
George B Bain', 8 and 25 North Fourth ahem
Importers of Toys, Panay and Staple Owls,
Breaker and Perfinsery; • *
A F Ott Marrow, 16 S Fourth, below llirarket.
Louis C Banersachs, 170 Mar k et street. •
Manufacturer of Combs, Brushes, 13aelisionif
Perfreery.
Thomas Burch, Jr. (late of Pitteb'gb.,) 183 Market it.
GROCERIES:
William V Anderson & Co. , 21 Ninth Water am.
John Trucks, 1 r North Fitkh greet, cor deetaisetee.
Wau.rman & Osbourn, N. W. corner of' Seogied
and Arch suers&
R Patterson & Co., 182 Market street :
Dealer it. Candies, 'Orange*, Lawns, Rankle, 4e.
John Rkbardooe, 42 Market street, below Ursa&
Importers of all kinds of Skipping Paul
& Saes, 60 S Front, below Clteititelar.
Agrirrifiaral and Hortieulierel ferpkrasters,
Garden, Gram, and Power seeds.
D 0 Prouty, 1944 Market st., below 4th, mothoiollia:;
Lookiiig Clams, Plated said Piney Heriii•Oe t :1
Cosh, DrusAss. ffe. •
William' & Walter Cresson, 14 North Pawl %este
/reporter gad Dealer is Bollair Ch g 4 .
Jacob Fly, 58 North Thins st,(suceorsor to Nottaws.")
Miutstfacturers sad Dealers is 84tx , ( lose, Noir
Edgiago,.4l.
William M & James E Mall, Seisougl=at.
Afaxatfoegorers of Caps ma &oda, asa Zaailtro
in Book, &kw aosi Bossets.
James T Lees & -Co., 124 North Third street.
Maxigfaeturer of Potent Loatkar, Glazed Mitorims,
Carriage Oil Cloture and Cape.
John T Holloway, 9 North Fourth sweet.
Brass Eight Day,. 30 Hour sod Gesirrai
Clock Establiskoseislo.
James 3 Smith, 82 N Third it.. near Cherry..
James flutter.. c
f43l . Alarket !ler, Wit. , 4 11 4*
above' t3entent it. ' •
A E Lovell, career of Third and Wood streete k asa
a
earner or Fourth and kimisassareete.
Prig[ Wa rehouse. Dada' i PAW
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Merrell & Co., 201 Market it., 24 Jaw , *bra t
Philadeletia, Pa. 5, 1145. YU
98 Market street.
141 "
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