PUBLISHED By PHILLIPS & SMITH, AT THE NORTH WEST CORNER OF WOOD AND FIFTH STREETS, PITTSBURGH, PENN'A, AT FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM, PAYABLE IN ADVANCS . . tt)t Wally, morning post: THE GALLON'S SONG Jr R. MUMMY. This is the hangman's holiday; This is the jailor's jubilee; The gibbet is garnished in grim array, Crowds are gathering merrily. Thousands on thousands they come from afar, Laughter and curses noisily jar Revels, noes, concert, or ball, Mine is a show that is worth them all. I mei no arta of deception here; The robe is ready, the actors are real: The bell is tolling, the victim draws near; Gaze steadily now, he soon will foal. Those urchins will dream of this scene tonight, And atart-front their slumbers and scream with fright, Hell rings; its inmates are turning their harps, A living mall will be sonde* corpie. He gazes around, but the perds are nigh, And his arms are pinioned fast; looks to the earth, to the crowd, to the sky, So wistfully: 'tis hie last. viii heart is full, and his pale lips quiver, As hope's last ray is extinguished for ever. tries to look firm, but his limbo they falter, And his Spit, old it creeps at the touch of the halter Light-fingered craftsmen, now is the time; %York fast, 'till your harvest morn; This is a school to nurse youin crime, And fityou to swing in turn. You scaffold is scarce worth a passing glance; IYhist matter, though o'er it yet may dance. Though by men on earth you are not forgiven, Here's a priest will secure you a place in heaven. The white cap is on, the attendants are gone, The turnkeys exultingly stare: One awful moment he stands alone, ;% A crash, and he swing's in the air. Hark turn not your gaze from the wretch while he lives; Hatch every struggle and shudder he gives. There! now let your smiles the performance crown, Ho ! gather a cheer for the cutting down. Ha! strange ingratitude this! ye groan and hiss Why so late your dislike to tell? It is over to soon, was it done amiss ? Yet you seemed to enjoy it well. 'Tis hypocrisy all: away, away! I blVith'riot and drunkenness finish the day, Let you families starve, and if they complain Be rereuged, and icon will en meet again. Mother Ignorance, many kind thanks to you; Learned follies, I love ye well; Superstition, my friend most staunch and true, Thou (lost hallow the deeds of hell. Law, judge"; and jury, my servants all, Goals, churches, with you I will stands or fall; Hand in hand we *ill go and reveal on wu, tlait reason, oh! thou art my mortal be, Kirkdale, Jan. 4, 1845. A WATCHMAN OF THE OLDEN TIME • With scarcely breath to do common credit to her powers of scolding, she drew up at a watch-box, 'sad addressed herself to the peaceful man within. **Why, watch here! a pretty fellow! People pay rates, and—watch! there's a dead woman; dead, I tell you, watch, pay rates, are let to die, and—watch, watch, watch!" And still she screamed, and at length claw ed at and shook the modest wooden tenement which in those happy but not distant days of England, sheltered England's civil guardians. The watchman was coiled up for unbroken repose. He had evidently settled the matter with himself to sleep until called to breakfast by the tradesman who, at the corner post, spread his hospitable table for the early way farers who loved sailcloth Besides, the watchman was at least sixty five years old. Twenty years he had been guardian of the public peace, and be knew no better, that on such a night even robbery would take a holyday, for getting the cares and profits of business in comfortable .blanklts. With such assurance, the watchman had extingsdithed his head with his hat, crossed his legs, and btiestaild his arm, with a predetermination that staksilisbost of en earthquake, or the saloop, should awake igm. But then the watchman dreamt not of the vigor, the perseverance of the assailant, who still screamed at him, still shook his modest bed-room.-- At length, but slowly did the watchman answer the summons. - Like an awakening snake, he gradually uncoiled himself and whilst the woman's tongue rang, rang like abet', he calmly pushed up his hat, and opening his two small swini -It eyes, looked at the intruder, but saw her not. "How the time's past! Well, Master Grub," for the watchman thought only of the saloop merchant, "you may bring the stuff here. And tide morning, I think I'll take toast." This said the spea ker dashed forward his arms through his box so sud denly, so vigorosuly, that the woman screamed anew as she jumped aside. But the watchman bad no such unmanly thought. No, alt hs contemplated was a h ear ty yawn, which, with his arms, legs, head and shoulders', he took so sufficiently, that his watch-box reverberated like the cave of some carnivorous, full gorged beast. "Well! after that I hope you are awake and after that —." "What's the matter?" asked the watchman, feeling that the hour of saloop was not arrived, and surlily shaking himself at the disappoint ment. " What's the matter'?" "The matter! Puppy head," and the woman was proceeding in her invective when the functionary observed. "Any more of your bad language, and 1 shall take you up." "And this he said with Tilt° the air of a man who keeps his word. "There's a woman frozen to death." cried the disturber of the watchman's peace, at once violently coming to the object of her mission. "That was last Ilight." said the watchman, with a slight supplementa y yawn. "1 tell you, to-night man, to-night. She's nn a doctor's step, there," and the woman pointed down the street. should like to know what we pay you watchmen for, if pour creatures are to drop down dead with cold on the highway." The watchman lifted his lantern to the face of the speaker. It was a frank, lively, good-humored face, with about five-and-thirty years lightly laid upon it, .and closing one eye, as if the act gave peculiar signifi. cane to etbat he said, observed emphatically, syllable by sythable, "Any more of your impertinence, and,"— here -he took en oath, solemnizing it with st smart blow of his stick on the ground "and I'll lock you up." The woman answered something; but the words were lost, ground by the watchman's rattle which, with con summate excellence, the golden fruit of painful prac tice, he whirled about. As cricket answers cricket, the rattle found a response. Along the street that sound west:ought up, prolonged, and carried forward; and mall by-lama gave forth a wooden voice, a voice that tried to.all the astounded streets, "Justice is awake!" And then lantern after lantern glimmered in the night; one lantern advancing with a sober, a considerate pece;another, with a jack-o'-lantern over dm snow. And so, lantern after lantern, with watch men behind them, came and clustered about the box. —Jerrold's Shilling Magaziee. THE SPHYNX Near the pyramids, mote wondrous and more awful than en else in the land of Egypt, there sits the lonely Sphynx. Comely the creature is, but the comeliness /5 notofthls world. The once worshipped beast is a deformity, and a monster to this generation, and yet you can gee that those lips, so thick and heavy, were fashioned according to some ancient mode of beauty now forgotten: forgotten because that Greece drew forth Cythrea from the flashing foam of _Egean, and in her image created new forms of beauty, and made it a law ansong men that the short and proudly wreath ed lip should stand for the sign and the main condi- ..~.~~ 1 .2~3..c+. a.6:ielr~Cir e+...# .:,-:';a%~:•._;..' ' s« ,'..-#. ". :,,. :,- %.; - ----, .. - 4, : . '- _ ~ .. , . ..: '-",`,.„.. .. . • . ... • .-.. .. .. . 6.. , -,.. -•-- • , .' .. -'. - -5 - :.'',•••.- •,-. :. . • 4 , , • , 11 , 4 , :4. !., l' .. ;,^,;' - ''', - ' * '''''', I: . 1+: - ' .',:.; - " --...- ' '';''' - ;;:: . '4' -.- ' ' ' " -; s : 7 " ' . - ...:'7' - - ....„ e,: ~, , o' . ;, ' ' ' ,S'f..:::.:!':8":::..F. ".:::: ' .. r.t.l4' far • .._-.. , .. , 4 -, - r _ ~ _ , t . '• "'"'-;":- '' ..- -;,-.4.ii•::. '- - ' , ~.,,-.:...;„:.; • - ' -- ~ ..r. . f.V.4 -. i . ~ , . - • "-.:t” '"g '..," •••• 56 0 1 11P,' ''' '-''';'• - -••.• ~ . - , _ . . . . . •• '' . • ' ' ' ` , tg'-. '-' ~ . ~.. :. 1. . . _ - . ~-. 1 ‘f\-- li : • . ~. . . , • ._ - -,... .-. . . .. , • - -.:.„.- .:, ... ........- __ __ ~. , - 1. Ready Made Ooffin Wareheas3. Fourth Street, second door from the U. S. Bank. WAL TROVILLO, UNDERTAKER, t' RESPECTFULLY informs the public that he has removed his ready made coffin ware house to the building recently occupied by Mr. R. C. Berford, directly opposite his old stand where he is always prepared to attend prompt ly to aiiv orders in his line, and by strict atten tion toall the details of the business of an Undertaker he hopes to meet public confidence. lie will be pre pared at ALL HOURS to provide Hearses. Biers, Car lieges and every requisite on the most liberal terms. Calle from the country will be promptly attended to. His residence is in the same buildings with his warehouse, whore those who need his services may find him at any time. References:—W \V Irwin, Judge Riddle, Judge Patton, W B M'Clure, Isauc Harris, Rev John Black, D. D., Rev Robert Bruce, D. D., Rev Samuel Wil liams, Rev Joseph Kerr, Rev James M Davis. Rev E P Swift. 1 THE Mutual Labor Association of Freedom, are now 'yen and ready to build Steam ['Alines of all sizes, for laud or boats, on the shot test notice, and on as reasonable terms as any other establishment east of the mountains. Also, can be Lad at the Foundry of the Association, Cooking Steve;; Stoves fur Churches and Hotels; Mill Geering ; Ploughs; Grate Bars; anei Castings of every description. Also, Blacksmiihing and Sheet Iron work done at the shortest notice, and at prices to suit the times. All letters should be addressed to A. BAIRD, Free. dom, I'a. feb. l-1113m. LEATHER AND MOROCCO. RICHARD BARD No. 101 Wood street, 4 doors above Diamond alley. PITTSBURGH. AS just received a large supply of New York and Baltimore Spanish Sole Leather, Upper Leather, Philadelphia and Country Kips and Cal!Skins. Moroc co of all kinds, Shoe Ilindin4, , s, Tanners' Oil, &c, &c. All of which is offered at the very lowest pt ices for cash. Merchants snd Manufacturers are respectfully invi ted to call and examiuo his stock before purchasing elsewhere. N B. Leather of all kinds bought in the rough. aue2l3—eltf. Third, between Wood and Market streets, Nearly opposite eke New Post office. HE subscriber respectfully informs the citizens of 1 Pittsburgh and the public generally that ho has opened the above establishment for their accomud a- Lion. He sincerely thanks those friends who co litter ally patronised him whilst Proprietor of the Waverly House, and trust that iliS increusod accomodutions will enable him to retain all his old friends and acquire ma ny new ones. rT 7 ' . The Eagle Hotel is exclusively for tire accom modation of gentlemen, and from its central situation in the immediate vicinity of the Banks and Public OtE ms, offers peculiar advantages to the man cf business. The beds, bedding and furniture are all new. The Larder unexceptionable, and the Wines. Ales and Liluors equal to the best in the State. His Guests will be supplied with their meals at any hour to suit theirconvenience, on the Eastern System. TER-VS—Per week, $.5,00 Per day, 1.00 oct. 15 THOMAS OIVSTON. _ WARRANTED GENUINE.-Dr. WILLIAM EVAN'S CAMOMILE PILLS. CcirtFic•TE..—Letter From the Hon. Abraham M'Clellan. Sullivan County, Eust Tenn., Member of Congt ess. Wsstursuros, July 3d, 1315. Sir—Since I have been in this city I have used some of your Dyspeptic medicine with infinite benefit and satisfaction, and believe it to be a most valuable reme dy. One of my constituents, Dr A Carden, of Camp bell comity, Tennessee, wrote to me to send him some, which I did, and he has employed it very suecessfully in his practice and says it is invaluable. Mr Johnson, your agent at this place, thinks you would probably like an agent in Tennessee. If so, I would recom mend Dr A Carden, as a proper person to officiate for the sale of your celebrated medicine. Should you commission him he is willing to act for you. You can send the medicine by water to the care of Robert King & Sons, Knoxville county, Tennessee, or by land to Graham & Houston, Tatwell, East Tennessee. 1 have no doubt but if you had agents in several coum ties in East Tennessee, a great deal of medicine would be sold. lam going to take some of it home fur my own use, and that of my frtends, and should like to hear from you whether you would like an agent at Bluntville, Sullivan County, East Tennessee; I can get some of the merchants to act for you as I live near there. Yours respectfully, ABRAHAM M'CLELLAN, of Tennessee. For sale ‘Yholesale and Retail, by R. E. SELLERS, Agent. sep 10 No 20 Wood street, below Second. THE subscriber hits this day received, direct from the impoi tors, the following celebrated brands of cigars, viz: Congressios, De d'Juan F de la Rioncia, Regalia, Palma, Canove, Louis de Garcia, Cazadores, Pedro Gereno, Principle, T. Antonia, Ugues, Castellos, &c, Together with the best brands of Virginia Chewing Tobacco (fine cut,) Snuffs and half Spanish and Com mon Cigars; all of which will be sold at the lowest possible price for cask. M. M'GINLEY, No 6O Water et., a few doors from the sept 18-tf Monongahe!“ House PRINTING INK. A FRESH SUPPLY OF C. JOHNSON'S tion of loveliness through all generations to come. Yet still there lives on the race of those who were beau tiful in the fashion of the elder world,end the Christian girls of Coptic blood will look on you with the sad, serious gaze, and kiss your charitable hand with the big, pouting lips of the very Sphynx. Laugh and mock at the worship of stone idols; but mark ye this, ye breakers of images, that in one respect, the stone idol bears awful semblance of Deity, uuchangefulness in the midst of change, the same seeming will and in tention for ever and ever inexorable! Upon ancient dynasteis of Ethiopian and Egyptian kings, upon Greek and Roman, upon Arab and Ottoman conquer ors, upon' Napoleon dreaming of an eastern empire, upon battle and residence, upon the ceaseless misery of the Egyptian race, upon the keen eyed travellers. Herodotus yesterday and Warburton to-day, upon all. and more, this unworldy Sphynx, has watched, and watched like a Providence with the same earnest eyes, and the same sad tranquil mien. And we, we shall die, and Islam will wither away, and the Englisman leaning far over to hold his loved India will plant a firm root on the banks of the Nile, and sit in the seats of the faithful, and still that sleepless rock will lie watching, and watching the works of the new, busy race, with those same sad, earnest eyes, and the same tranquil mien everlastingly. Yuu dam not mock at the Sphynx, TO THE PIIBL/C. EAGLE HOTEL Important Arrival. SUPERIOR PRINTING INK, IN LARGE AND SMALL KEGS, Just received al the office of the "Post." mar 10. PIT ili a a " I NESDAY, MARCH 261 1 PUBLISHED AND EDITED BY PHILLIPS & SMITH, N. W. corner of Wood and Fifth Streefs. TERP43.—Five dollars a year, payable in advance. Single copies Two CENTS—for sale at the counter of the Office, and by News Boyd. The Weekly Dlercury and Manufacturer is published at the same office, on a double medium sheet, at TWO DOLLARS a year, in advance. Sin gle copies, SIX CENTS. TEaras OF PER SQUARE OF fly One insertion, $0 50 rwo do., 0 75 Three do., 1 00 One week, 1 50 Two do., 3 00 Three do., 4 00 YEARLY ADVERTISEMENTS. CHANGEABLI AT PLEASURIC. One Square. Two Squares. six months. $lB 00 Six months, $25 110 One year, 25 00 One year, 35 00 Larger advertisements in proportion. (VPCARDS of four lines Six DOLLARS a rear. B. Woods,Attornoy and Counsellor at Law Office on Fourth street. between Grant and Smithfield, a few doors from din corner of Fourth and Grant sept 10 M'CANDLESS & M'CLURE, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, Office in the Diamond. back of the old Court House, sep 10 Pittsburgh. Eyster & Buchanan, Attorneys at Law, Office removed front the Diamond to •'.Attorney's Row," shady 5111 of 4th, between Market and Wood its., sep IC) Pittsburgh. James Callan, Attorney at Law. OFFICE Fit EH STREET, Pt TTSBURCIII junu 13—ly Wm. E. Austin., Attorncy at Law, eit tsburgh Pa. Office in Foul di street, opposite Burke's tar WILLI AM E. l'