it IN Tilailp -Morning Post. THOS. PHILLIPS & WM. H. SMITH, EDITORS PITTBURGH, MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1843. Txa How. Caws .Ic7teson.—The new Poet Mas ser General, ills already made some important im provements in carrying the Mail on the eastern route, by width the business community, and the public gen teelly, are greedy benefitted. We learn from the ear toriarspirsArt Ter a long time past it has been the prootkil to onsti a mail from New York at five o'clock eaoiladkernoots--(which containing an account of all thisbasinees of the day, is the most important mail gas' the city.) This mail got into Philadelphia at about ten o'clock, P. M., and was there suffered to steep till Q o'clock the next morning. This bad ar rangement has been broken up, and now, thanks to the energy of the Railroad Company and the new Postmaster General, the mail is brought on direct from Philadelphia, and arrives in Baltimore by sia o'- 'tclock in the afternoon, thus placing the merchants of that city in possession of their Now York letters be fotethe business of the day commences, instead of af ter it has closed. The mails for the south and west are thus eeveral hours ahead of the old time. This is but a commencement of the improvements labia Mir Jonsson contemplates making in his de partment. We sea it stated that be is about perfect ing a system for the more expeditious transmission of the.mail throughout the country, and if labor and en terprise, on the part of the head of the department, can do it., we have no doubt bat it will be accomplished. Mr Jonesott war noted for being one of the mos t laborious men in Congress; the whole of his time was devoted to his duties, and he was never known to be unreasoeably absent from his post. He carries his habits of industry and application into his new position, and theeountry may coLfidently expect to derive many advantages from his labors. Srtr*Tos FROM MABSACHUSETTe.-lohn Davis has been eleeted by the Legislatnre of Massachusets to supply the vacancy in the Senatorial representation of that State occasioned by the death of Mr. Bates. In the Scanty, John Davis had 26, Levi Lincoln 2, Miriam Allen I, Robert C. Winthrop 1. The whole atinxiber of votes was 30; necessary to a choice, 16. in the House of Representatives John Davis had 149, Frederick Robinson 19, John Quincy Adams 1, GeorgeN Briggs I. The whole number of votes was 200; necessary to a choice 101. Massachusetts thus has the same representation which she had during Mr Van Buten's administmion. Cosszettcor.—The aural election of Governor and other State officers, and members of the Legisla ture, takes plate in Connecticust on Monday, the 7th or April nest. Four members of Congress are to be chosen onthat occasion, and also a sheriff in each of the eight counties, who are elected for the term offooc years. The delegation in the last Congress have all been nominated for re-election. except Dr. Simons, who, it is understood, did not desire to be again a candidate, Mesan.•Catlin, Seymour and Stewart are to be voted for spiv in theirrespective distticur. Rita tir BALTIAIIoRI.—Tbe firemen in Baltimore are determined to carry off the palm for rowdyism.— On Sunday night a riot occurred, during which officer Gross was struck with a brick in the breast bone with au& force se to break his collar bone. On Monday afternoon, about four o'clock, another riot occurred, which for violence and the utter disregard of life and property, says the Clipper, we have never seen its equal. We cannot name any particular company, for fear of doing injustice. The fighting was not confined to one spot, for, in the language of a spectator, "it was not only the tallest but the longest fight be had ever seen ;" it extended as far as the eye could reach. During the riot, the hose carriage of the Vigilant Fire Company was taken from them, and carried to the Long Wharf, at Canton, and thrown into the Patapsco river. Scarcely a fire occurs, that some of the suction engines are not thrown into the Falls, or in some way injured. A SON CIii,HOID WITH LIDELLIIIO HIS FA THICR.- In New York, on Monday, Joseph Heine, son of Dr. Solomon Heine, was arrested, charged with libelling bis father, inasmuch as be was the writer of the arti cle which appeared a short time since in the "Court Journal," reflecting on the conduct of Dr Heine, his parent. The libellous article was smuggled into the columns of the Court Journal (as wad alleged) by a lad named William E Jacobs who was employed by Dr Heine's son (Joseph) to prove the insertion. The accused is held to bail in the sum of $lOOO. This state of the case places Mr Kelly in a very different aspect before the public in respect to the charge made against him some days since by Dr S Heine. KELLY, the editor of the Court Journal,had been ar rested for publishing the libel, and held to bail. The a bove facts were elicited after his arrest. Dr HEINE must have a hopeful set of lads. One an inmate of the Peaittntiary, and another printing a gross libel on phis father. APPOIFTMENTS. - It is said that Matcus Morton *las been appointed Collector of the Port of Boston, and Robert Rantoul, U. S. District Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. ri p The editor of the Philadelphia Sun condemns in.proper language the brutal Prize Fight that took place a•few days since at New York s but he entirely -overlooks the fact that the bottle-holder and principal Ccwkerof one of the combatants, was a "native beau ay" from Philadelphia, who, o n account of the rutl-. is part he took in the riots, Inis been worked into a , fuss-rate patriot by this seine editor. Tut Astazontss Tsysne:liatrzn.—Mrs Hunting the heroic hostess of an Inn in Delaware county, N Y, protected two sheriff's officers at the risk of her life, standing at the top of a staircase for severel hours with a knife in her band, and threatening the first In dian with death who appeared. (Diturat or FLov a.—An Oswego miller who has also some influence in Milan, has been selling four thoussodtrarrels of flour, deliverable in New York in June, at $4,75, inspection guaranteed. (The Danville, N., letelligencer states that the Montour. Iron Company at that place have just ad ded to their extensive works a large foundry for ma king heavy castings, and they have determined to erect another furnace this season, of extraordinary capacity. The new rolling mill is nearly completed. This is probably the most extensive iron making concern in the cowry. The fuel used is anthracitc coal. rirWe have a horrid report, says the West Chester Itecord.that a man was ploughed up by a farm er, in his field near Chadds's ford, near the southern line of Cheater _county. We have no authentic de_ sails; though it was said that • pedlar was missed in that vicinity about a year since. There bas been foul Play. P ...i- DECIDED •T LAST.—We find in the Chronicle of Saturday the following report of a trial that created I t some interest in our city. Previously to carrying it into the District Court, it had been arbitrated, and after a close and careful examination of all the facts by three intelligent arbitrators, they bad. no hesitation in awarding Mr. O'Neil a verdict for the full amount claimed. Those, however, who managed the matter for the city, would not abide by the award of the ar bitrators ; they must have it tried by a jury. The subjoined report will show the result of their appeal: DISTRICT COURT. BETOR THE HON. RIDGE GRIER Toots O'NKLL, The Mayor, Aldermen, and citi- t Snmmons Case, &c. tens of Pittsburgh. This was an action for wot k and labor done and ma terials furnished in the completion of the City Basin. Amount, $229 54. . _ _ The defence set op was that the Plaintiff, on a for mer contract, had been overpaid $4,00, and if the au thority of one of the city papers was good, the plaintiff had no tight to recover. But the Plaintiff, who is a highly respectable citi zen, was ansjous to have a full investigation, nor did his course obstruct an equitable investigation of all the dealings of the Plaintiff with the city. The testimony took a wide range, and the learned Judge in charging the Jury declared in the most unqualified manner that no part of the testimony gave evidence of the slightest departure from perfect rectitude and integrity on the part of Mr O'Neil. The Jury inn few minutes return• ed a verdict for plaintiff of $243,3L, amount of claim, with interest. The case was ably conducted by Mr Burke for the Plaintiff, and the city had Mr Thomas ‘Villiams as special counsel, employed to aid the City Solicitor. The claim thus opposed now amounts to upwards of four hundred dollars, including fee to counsel. But we live in an age of reform and retrenchment. A TAX PAYER. TRIAL OF I'OLLY BODINE A jury having been obtained, the trial of this enrol , . fortunate woman, charged, under several indictments, wiih murder, arson, &c.. in causing the death of Mrs Houseman and child, setting fire to the pr emises, and burglary connected therewith, at Staten bland, com menced in New York on Monday last. Mr. Clad:, District Attorney, opened the case to the jury with the following summing uy of the facts which he expected to prove:— will be found, he said, that Capt. Houseman (brother of prisoner) sailed in the:early part of Decem ber for Virginia, leaving his wife and child (the latter about 22 months old) in his house, which nearly ad joined that of his father, in which the prisoner resided. he daughter of prisoner usually slept with Mrs. Houseman after Capt. H. left, but a short time be fore the event now complained of Mrs Bodine sent her daughter to another part of the island ; and went evenings to sleep with Mrs Houseman herself. On Christmas night (being Monday) the house was discovered to be on fire. The flames were soon ex tinguished, and the bodies of Mrs Houseman and her child found on a portly burnt bed, but under such circumstances as left little or no doubt that they had been murdered before the fire. On one of the wrists of Mrs. H were the remains of a silk hand kerchief, and on the other wrist a crease, showing that her hands had been tied together. Under one of her arms were the remains of a calico rheas, corset and chemise, showing that she must have been dres sed at the time of her death. A piece of the skull of the child was found detached from the bode, with hair still on the scalp, showing that it had been removed previous to the burning. The bodies were much burn ed and charred, but the physicians bad no doubt, from the post mortem examination, that they had beendead befo:e the fire. On opening the bureau it was dis covered that a gold watch and a quantity of jewelry and platewas missing, also some clothing. The lat ter was found in a bundle in the room, after the fire had been extinguished, but untouched rby the fire, , and evidently placed there after the fire had been put out. The watch, jewelry and plate were pawned by Mrs. Bodine (the prisoner at the bar) at 4 or 5 pawn brokers' shops in New York, on Christmas day.— It will be shown that the prisoner was the last per son left in the house with Mrs. Houseman on Satiir day night, at which time the watch, jewelry, &c., were in the drawer, and also a trinket on the child's neck, which was missing, but parted with in New York by a woman supposed to be the prisoner on Mon day. Mrs. Houseman or child were never seen alive after Saturday night. A boy, on Sunday, tried to get into the house, but could nut, and Mrs. Bodine from her father's house, called to the boy to desist, and ask ed him if be was going to knock the door down.— About or 10 o'clock, on the evening of Saturday, a neighbor heard screams, but they sawn ceased. No person except the prisoner visited the house on Sunday. On Monday morning Mrs. Bodine was seen, at an unusual hour, walking back and forth in frost of her father's house, waiting fur the stage to carry her to the steamboat. She came to the city. Subsequently a letter was discovered written by her, In which she stated that Waite and her son must swear she had been in their store the whole of the day on Christmas, flu:. Mr. Clark stated other facts tendingto chat sus picion upon the prisoner. Mr. Clark call ed upon the jury faithfully to perform their duty. THE FATAL. ACCIDENT IN NEW YORK The Coroner held an inquest on Tuesday morning upon the bodies of Edward Duvall, 33 yew sof ago, at No 102 Carlton st, Aaron E Brice, No 79 Thomp son st, Richard J Broderick, 16 years of age, corner of Hudson and King sts, and Robert J Bennett, 16 years of age, No 376 Hud,on st—the unfortunate suf fers of the dreadful accident in Charlton street on Monday evening—and the jury found a verdict to ac cordance with facts. Mr Duvall had both arms end one leg completely servered from his body, and received other dreadful , wounds in different places. Mr Price was killed by having the back part of his skull carried away. Brod- brick received a wound in the right side of the neck. extending inward to the spine, together with the less of the entire calf of the right leg. Young Bennett was blown up in the nit about ten feet—he received severe injuries in the lower part of his body, but was perfectly sensible when ho touched the ground, and remained so up to the hour of his death, between 3 , and 4 o'clockton Tuesday morning. He stated that he was engaged in picking up some of the loose pow der, when the explosion took place, and that when he fell, he did not feel his own wounds, but was horrified at the appearance around him. It appears that the shell which exploded was purchased with other shells and shot by Mr Duvall from Mr Bartelson, formerly keeper of the Sandy Hook Light, who stated that he had fished them up. Nothing was said at the time of the purchase about any of the shells being charged. Although the accident was very serious and so many lives lost, it is miraculous that there was no more, as a great number of people were passing in the street at the time. There were several persons in front of the shop at the time, and only a few feet from Mr. Du vall. The New York Express so) P: "We learned, at the spot yesterday, that six more shells had been found, loaded to the muzzle, where the one exploded. They were dug out of the sand at the Hook, having been lodged there by different ships of war in-their experimental gunnery. It is cnly a miracle that others did not explode, especially when all were dumped together upon the pavement by the cartman. The prethises are in the custody of the Mu nicipal Police, and doubtless these dangerous missiles will be removed to some place of safely. Mr Gillen's, residing at '230 Varick, near Carmine street, brought to our office apiece of the bomb which was picked up a quarter of a mile distant. The piece of iron projected is about an inch and a quarter thick six inches square, and weighs from 8 to 10 pounds.— It struck his house with such force that, with the ex plosion, it jarred the whole premises. Had it struck a person, it would of course have produced death. Rumored DueL—We have seen a letter (says the New Orleans Picayune) from Little Rock, dated on the Ist inst., in which it is stated that a rumor is afloat that a hostile meeting is shortly to take place between Es-Governor Butler, U. S. Cherokee agent, and Col. Mason of the army. We sincerely hope that tbe re fort may prove untrue. FOREIGN PARAGRAPHS. The new Artie Expedition.—So long ago as Sep. temhcr, 1843, it was stated that another expedition to the Artic circle was contemplated, the , command of which would be offered to Sir James Ito's; various circumstances arose to delay the execution of this de sign, and to modify the appointment of those to Whose charge it should be entrusted. At length, howeever, the return of Sir John Franklin from his government of Van Diemen's Land, has given it a now impulse, and the sailing of the expedition under his command has been finally determined. After communications from the First Lord of the Admiral- ity (the Earl of fladdington), Sir John Franklin has under taken this onerous enterprise; and, with the ex perienced and able Captain Ctozier,(who is daily ex pected from the continent.) as his second; will forth with prepare fur the service. Both the Erebus and and Terror returned from their arduous southern voy age in as perfect condition as when they started from Chatham. Their strength and capability of resistance have indeed been well tried; aed thus, for skill in their commanders, and the requisitequalities in themselves, we have every reason to augur hopefully of the results. These vessels havebeen towed up to Woolwich. where there is to boa small steam-power attached to each ship, so as to help them, by means of a screw, to push through the ice. Sir J Franklin has, we learn, visited them this' week, in company with his gallant companion and friend, Sir James Ross, whose advice must be so val uable on such an occasion, even to the most experien ced of polar-sea navigators, and given directions for commencing their equipment. The expedition is ex pected to sail about the first seek in May, and ought on no account to bo later. The ships being in first rate order, ii ill not require the least repair. The only alterations necessary will be for the purpose of apply ing the small steam-power and acrew-propeller to as sist them in light winds or calms, which greatly pre vail among the ice of Baffin's Buy. This can soon be one. The officers, we believe, are not vet, but will of course be immediately appointed. The intended route is through Barrow Straits, between Cape Walk er and Banke's Land, and thence to the continent of America to the westward of Wallaston Land. They will be able to take two years' provision, though the steam-apparatus and coals will not admit of their ta king three years' complete, as on former Arctic voya ges. Heaven prosper them, and enable them to com plete a geographical survey honorable to the character of the greatest naval nation that ever existed on the face of the earth!—Literary Gazette. An Adroit Afalrfactor.—The . Gazette dos Tribu nnox, has the following curious statement:—"The bold and wily malefactor Chapon, who in the prose cution of Carpenter's garg participated with his chief in the then difficult and dangerous task ofdenunciation and confession, appears to have resolved to live hence forth as an honest man, As a testimony of his sincer ity he has male known a plan which he bad projected of an important robbery to be committed after the ex piration of his punishment, but the execution of which was rendered impossible by his revelation. Chapala, it was shown during the trial, never attempted to com mit a robbery• unless excited by the hope of obtaining a large sum of money, or valuables to a considerable amount. The great object of his ambition was to ri val the !dealing of th 6 medals and coins from the Roy al Library a few years ago, and by some equally grand stroke establish fur ever !Ili fortune and his fame.— The following was the scheme that he had imagined: In the Cabinet of Natural History, at the Garden of Plants, there is a case in which are closed a great number of precious stone*, both rough and polished, many of which, separately, are of very high price. and the amount in value of the whole must be immense. The case in which this collection of precious jewels is enclosed is double and treble locked, tha gnilrey or room in which it is placed is most difficult of access, and, in short, the treasure is guarded with the utmost care. Chnpon, if he is to be believed, was on the eve of triumphing over all these obstacles, when he was arrested as an acccmplice of Charpentier. Placing himself on the watch for week.; together about the entrance to the Cabinet of Natttral History, disguised each day in a different manner, he mingled with the parties who had got tickets of admission,and from time to time made impressions from thelocks, and tried false keys until he was able to pass them all and open the temptingcase. All that remained for him was to de vise the means of getting into and retreating from the buildings without being discovered. To succeed in this, he passed eight successive nights concealed in the garden, noting the positions of the sentinels, the hours of going the rounds, the movements of the watchmen —in short, everything it was necessary for him to know. Every information being gained and prelimi nary precaution taken, lie fixed the night on which his grand feat was to be performed; but on the very day before it be was arrested. In support of the truth of his recital,Chapon spontaneously gave up the false keys that he had made, and which, on being tried, were found perfectly to fit to the lucks they were intended to open." Recovery of a Cheek.—The Fakir of Ana, whose necromantic. performances have been seen by many in this city and elsewhere recently, lost a check of ,t9OO, drawn in his favor upon a house in Philadelphia, whilst in Charleston, S. C. Ho soon suspected a light-fin gered looking personage who was stopping at the same house, of having stolen it. The Fakir kept a watchful eye upon this individual. It was not long until he departed for the North. He was soon over taken by the Fakir, who conversed freely and with apparent sociality with him. Both having arrived in Baltimore, the thief, without a thought of his being suspicioned, proceeded to the banking house of Nic...srs Johnson Lee, doubtless to offer his cheek for sale.— Tho Fakir, at this crisis, was in sight, and when the mno was about entering the exchange office, lie step ped tip and demanded with much firmness and prom ptitude, the lost check. It was banded over to him by the affrighted scoundrel, who confessed his guilt and was permitted to make hiseecape.—Phila. Keystone,. Distressing Calamity.—On the night of the 12th inst., Captain York, with his son about 18 years of age, and Mr BC Di Cole, wan sleeping en board the schooner Mary, off Deer island, when they wete arous ecl by discovering the vessel to be in a sheet of fire, having caught from the stove pipe. They rushed through the fire upon deck, and attempted to swim to the shore, five or six rods distant. Copt Y., although a good swimmer, sunk before he could reach the shore, probably from having been severely burnt. The oth ers landed on a high bluff cf broken ledges, thickly covered with ferns and shrubs, and half a mile from any dwelling.—The night was dark, they were nearly naked, the skin burnt from the faces, bands and feet of both, and from the arms, legs, and a great part of the ibody of young York. They reached the house, blood marking their path at every step. Young York died on the 14th, et 6 P M. On the 18th, Cole was sup ! posed to be on the recovery. The body of Captain Y had not then been found. He has left a sickly wife and a large number of children. The Finery of Wan—Attention ! Present arms! One min speaks the words, and, as if by mechanism, a thousand men obey him. 7!s! Look down the col umn, that long extended line of red and white crown ed by steel and feathers. Every limb, every muscle, moved like limbs and muscles directed by one mind, and yet there are a thousand minds, a thousand wills, a thousand hearts throbbing with manhood's feelings and emotions, yet all curbed, checked, pent. up. giving no outward mark of their presence ro more than if they were-nought but so much steel and brass. It is a great thing to see machinery imitating man, lever and crank apeing muscle and sinew; but is it not so great a thing to see men imitating machinery, muscle and sin ew imitating lever and crank ? Attention ! 'Tis a ser ried rank, compact, regular as a mathematical diagram. Legs, arm, musket, sabres; the same lines, the same forms, the same movements ; every pulse beating, eve ry eye glancing but as discipline ordains. Crashing past with ringing arms, and trembling horses, a whirl wind of gaudy trappings, gay plumage, and sparkling steel, a body of cavalry flies past. Their array seems more loose, but 'tis in appearance only. The trump et is their word of mouth, and not onk tho men but the brutes they bestride can interpret the language.— To the right, to the left; halt! Forward! rings from out the brazen or the silver tube, and the docile steeds and docile men, equal) , as well disciplined, think as little, the one as the other, of the why and the where fore ; but they obey, faultlessly, mechanically obey.— And then the loud melody of martial music comes ring ing through the air, a spit it mooing strain! A march, a triumphal march, in all its cadences, all its burst of rich harmony, talking cf glory, of pomp, and lying while it talks! Why not interpret martial music a right? It might he done. An ear morally tuned might bear, amid the breath of ha melody, mournful, wailing shrieks, such as surgeons shrink from, when I tbescalpel is deep in the flesh; the lamentations of despairing men and women muttered lowly ; a roaring es of burning homes; and anon, when the strain ceas ed, a silence, like the silence of deserted hearths ! Jerrold's Shilling Magasine. THY Nem COMEDY ♦T THE PARE, NEW —The new comedy, "Fashion," by Mrs. Mowatt, was produced ut the Park on Monthly night. Boxes, Pit, and Gaileries were crowded. The papers state all the literati of the city were there, with a tolerable sprink ling of the elite, and the greatest curiosity and excite ment appeared to prevail throughout the house, rela tive to the plobable success or failure of this first at tempt to exhibit on the American stage a picture of American society and manners. After the orchestra had played an overture, the cur tain was drawn up, and then Mr Crisp entered, read ing a newspaper, and spoke the following PROLOGUE. Fashion, a Comedy—l'll go—but stay— Now 1 read father, 'tia a native play! Bah! home made calicoes are well enough, But home-made Dramas must be stupid stuff; Had it the London atamp %would do—but then, For plays we lack the manners and the men!" Thus speaks one critic—hear another's creed! "Fashion! what's here? (reads) it never can succeed! Th at from a tcoman's pent it takes a man To write a comedy—no woman can!" Vell, sir, and what say you? And why that frown? His eyes uprolled, he lays the paper down— '• Here! take," he says, "the unclean thing away! 'Tis tainted with a notice of a play!" But, sir! bat gentlemen! you, sir, who think No comedy can flow from native ink— Are we such perfect monsters, or such dull, That wit no traits for ridicule can cull? Have we no follies here to be redressed No vices gibbettedl no crimes confessed? "But then, a fentale band can't lay the lash en!" Hew know you that, sir, when the theme is Fashion/ And now come ?meth, thou man of sanctity! How shall I venttire to reply to thee? The Si - toe—what is it, though beneath thy ban, But a Daguerreotype of life and tnan? Arraign pour human nature, if you will, But let the Drama have her mission still:- Let her with honest purpose, still reflect The faults whichkeen-eyed satire may detect. For there be men whodread not an hereafter! Yet tremble at the Hell of public laughter! Friends! from these scoffers we appeal to you! Condemn the fa/se! but 0! applaud the true. Grant that some wit may grow on native soil— And Art's fair fabric rise from woman's toil— hile we exhibit. but to reprehend— The social vices, 'tie fur you to mend! It was received with much favor, and was announ ced fur repetition amid loud applause. Secretory of the Navy.—The Washington corres pondent t:f the N Y Commercial Advertiser (Whig) thus speaks of the new Secretary•. "I am inclined to come to the conclusion, after all, that Mr Bancroft means to turn in something of a river into the Aegean stable of the Navy Department, and sweep away many of the abuses which have grown of fensive there to the public nostrils. The sentiments which he avows in private conversations indicate that be has some idea of the Herculean labor before him, and of the nerve toundertake it. His predecessor, Mr Henshaw, began the work; but, unfortunately, he did so before he was confirmed, and, of course, arrayed all the parties interested to sustain the present abuses a gainst him, to prevent his confirmatian. Mr Bancroft is beyond the reach of such hostility. being firmly seated in power for four years. He is a friend of progress. and an advocate of reform; and he has row a fine opportunity for raising the character of the Department, ahd making it conform to the spirit of the present. rather than, as heretofore, of a past age.,, re We find the following Steamboat items in the St Louis Reporter of March 21. Yesterday the weather was much milder and very pleasant. The Illinois river is falling rapidly. The Upper Mississippi is at a stand, with 4 feet water on the Lower Rapids. The river opposite here is still receding slowly, with abundance of water between this place and Cairo for boats drawing 8 feet. !The steamer Tobacco Plant was injured in the I Missouri river, a few days ago, by swinging against a a snag, whilst getting off the bar a Beeuf Island. She was also slightly damaged by being run into by the Is tnn. The steamer Wapello is reported on the Bceuf Island bar. The Istan passed the bar after removing a part of her cargo. The Balloon was laying on the bar. The Lewis F Linn had not passed the bar at 9 o'clock on Wednesday morning. She had on board the passeng,e-s of the Wapello and Tobacco Plant.— The Lexington is aground at the ['not of Washington Island; the Nirracd and Henry Dry at Smith's Land- There are but 3. feet water on the principal bars in the :Missouri. tsrThe steamer Inda is reported hard aground on Apple Creek bar, in the Illinois river. PRODUCE MARKET FLOL7R—Sales of 230 bbls at Canal at $3 50, 50 do. at 3 55, SO do. at 3 57, 50 do. at 3 58, per bbl., all clear. Sales from river of 100 bbls at 3 52, In pected WHISKET—SaIes of 400 bbls from Canal at 18c. per gallon, and a small sale from the river at the same price. Lena—Sale of 30 kegs and 4 bbl 3 No 1 at 6c pe lb.—Gin. Times, March 25. MERCHANTS' HOTEL, CORNER OF WOOD ♦ND THIRD STREETS, PITTSBURGH. THIS well known establishment, lately occupied by Mr. Allen Brown, is now opened under the proprietorship of the undersigned, by whom its repu tation as a Hotel of the first class will, it is hoped, be fully sustained. Extensive improvements are being mode, and it will be put in the most thorough repair— painted and refined. From its location, being in the most central part of the city, it is convenient to men of business. Bringing to the direction this Hotel an ex perience of more than twenty years, the proprietor assures his friends and the public in general that no effort will be vpared to render the visits of those who may favor him with a cell, pleasant and agree able. B. WEAVER, Proprietor, N. B. An Omnibus and Baggage Wagon always in waiting to carry passengers to and from, toe Hotel, free of charge. mar 30-d&v;3n3 GUNN'S Domestic Medicine; Wesley's Physic, Complete Farier; British Cattle; Arthur's Tem perance Tales; Tales of American Social Life, by F S Arthur's; Barnabv Itudg,c; Berleighls Poems; Ladies' 'Wreath; C“nfe, - sion of an In.:loiate; Uncle Hugh; Permanent I.smperance Documents; Seneca's Morals; Relizions Ceremonies: Gritj,r on, Temperance; Ameri can Pioneer, vols.; Dr Beecher on Intemperance; Crimsha \N 's Rome, &c.; .a Loge variety of School 13c01.5, Paper, I nk, Quills, Steel Fens, Pencils, &c. I:Cr Rags bought or taken in payment by ISAAC HARRIS, urn. 31 Agt and Corn. Merchant, No 9, sth 91. Select School for Young Ladies. KENNEDY has retnos-ed to Penn street, .15.1. silt door below Pitt, where his School will re open on Tuesday, Ist April 1845. mar 31. EMI= Formerly of the Nlansion House Books. MIMMSI Spinning Wheel Irons. 30 GROSS Wbeel Irons of superior quality man ufactured by Geo Stevenson, successor to Thomas Hazelton; for solo by GEO. COCHRAN, No 26, Wood st. Boots and Shoes. J STORE REMOVED. JAMES BOBBY HAVING removed from the Corner of Liberty and Market street, to the Store formerly occupied by E. Black, No 99 Market street, now offers to his custom ers and the public, a large assortment of Boots and Shoes, which he flatters himself is the best selected Retail Stock in the City. Having had long experience in the manufacture and sale of Shoes in the city, he feels confident of being able to give general satisfaction. His rule is small profits and quick returns he therefore earnestly invites the public to call and examine, and judge for them selves. Also, A G Robb's superior Paste BLACKING, always on hand, and sold Wholesale and Retail. mar3l dlw&wlm First Chance for a Picture. IDAGUERREOTYPE THE subscriber has made very important changes in his Daguerreotype Apparatus, by which he is now enabled to take pictures, "RIGHT side up," and not reversed. The objections that have hitherto been made to these pictures having now been obviated, for beauty of tint, perfection of delineation, delicacy of coloring. they stand unrivalled. Call at the rooms, corner of Fifth and Market sts., and examine specimens. A. C. DRAKE. mar 31 56 WATER STREET. 56 DIONONGAHELA CLOTHING STORE. COOLEY & LAIRD, Have removed their Ready Made Olotking Store to the spaceious room ONE DOOR BELOW Their old stand, and invite all who wish to buy GOOD AND CHEAP CLOTHING, to call in at 56 TVATER STREET. Unlike some of;their uptown competitors in the Cloth ing business, they have not been in the habit of puffing their goods in an extravagant manner, nor do they in• tend to resort to it now. But they can assure the public that they have on hand an entirely new and SPLENDID STOCK OF SPRING GOODS, Of the Richest. and Newest,Styles, Recently purchased in the Eastern cities, under the most favorable circumstances. They have made ar- rangements to haws their stock FREQUENTLY RENEWED. During the Spring emi Summer. As theyerereguler ly supplied with THE LATEST FASHIONS, And have no cutters in their employ but those who are workmen of ACKNOWLEDGED SKILL, All who may purchase of them may rest assured that they can always be suppplied with A FASHIONABLE ARTICLE, Both in material and make. They would invite especial auention to their selec tions of BROADCLOTHS, & ' Among which will be found superior and Extra super fine French, Gorman, English and American goods.— They have on band a fine lot of AIDE 597/ZWZMOns, -CONSISTING OF- Rich Velvets, Satins, silks, Cashmeres, Valencia and Marseilles Vestings. ALSO, They have a splendid assortment of SHIRTS, CRAVATS, Collars, Suspenders, Handkerchiefs, efall kinds, and suitable for men of all occupations. Being located near the wharf, they have many arti cles prepared expressly for the use of RIVER MEN, To which they would invite their attention. Bat ALL MANNER OF PERSONS Can be clothed according to their respective tastes at 36 WATER STREET. 86 We earnestly invite a call from persons wishing to purchase clothing. We know we can furnish CLO- T Mis:Ci as good and cheap as any other house in the city dare offer it. mar 31-tf Fresh Smyrma Figs. 0 DRUMS, prime, just arrived and for 1 0 sale by Soft Shell Almonds. od - k LB S. Fresh Bordoux AIR - tends, just m t. ceived and fur sale by A. G. REINHART, 140 Liberty street. Cream Nuts. 300 LBS.Fresli Cream Nuts just arrived and for sale by A. G. REINHART, 1.10 Liberty et. mar ^9 Spiced Chocolate. A FEW BOXES, prime. just to-band and for A sale by A. G. REINHARI. m 29 140 Liberty st. Illaccaroni and Vermicelli. AFEW boxes fresh Italian Macceroni and Vertni celk just arrived and for sale by A. G. REINHART. 190 Liberty et. Allegheny County, $5l 4110 In the Orphans' Court of Allegheny County, No.l, March Term, 1845. In the matter of the Account of ~„ Alexander Laughlin, Executor of the last Will and Testament of Samuel Logan, deceased. And now, to wit, March 28th, 1895, on motion of A. H. Miller, Esq., the Court appoiut Thomas M'- Connell, C, Darragh and Robert Porter, Esqs., audit ory to audit said account and make distribution. By the Court, THOMAS FA RLEY, Clerk. All parties interested, are hereby notified that the auditors above named, will sit for the purposes of their appointment at the office of Robert Porter, Esq., in PittAtrgh, on Thursday the first day of May, A. D. 1845, at 10 o'clock, A. M. THOMAS M'CONNELL, C. DARRAGH. ROBERT PORTER. m'29- 1 3t BLAKELY &TcHEL, Re,.l F.;'7lt°, and Con:.•yrinct.ri,l.9ve rr-rnneed their utlices to the corner of Fl)!If n%d Smirtir , l , l s!ree , s; and Penn Prreet, near 11 - IQ, Canal Inlai;e, Pittsburgh. rnf..l9. GLASS STAINING, By „T. Newton, Eaur,'l4 street Road.near Toll Gate, TE only Gin:. Stainer west c f the mountains. A specimen of this glass is to be soon on the steam boat Cambria. All orders promptly attended to. feb. 19—w ad tf. „ s „ : „ . A. G. REINII ART, 140 Liberty street. Removal Irbawls, Alpaca's, Casimmens Doceese. $3. Market Street, Pinstrorgli. 83. SELLING OFF AT COST. E. CONSTABLE requests domande° ads, 1.1 • public to his stock of *hawk, consisting of Blanket Cloth, Cashmere, embroidered Thihst and Belvidere, and limbo, at prices ranging from 50 cans up to $l2. Alpaccas, figured and plain, Re/m.oas, Zombie Cloths. &c., at from 181 cents up to 50 and 62 1-2. Cashmeres D'Coss from 25 up to 60 cents, the new est imported styles. Just received, another lot of Flannels. horned as the only kind that is not liable to shrink. yin 16 The Teeth!---The Teeth I W. W. Witt GIRT, M D.,Senaree Durum office and residence in a few doors above Wood street From Dr. Wright's long experientm in the depart. meets of BUROIC•L and KICHANICAL Dentistry, he feels confident that an operation' performed by him will give cntire satisfaction mar 28-d4w /111124 L 50 . 88L5. No. 3 Mackerel ; large sire; just received sod or sale by .1. W. BUSBRIDGE & Water street. Select Scheel Ow Days. WILLIAMS, will open a Select School for H• Boys, in the Session-room of the Fires Nor' , byterian Church, Pittsburgh, on Monday the 7th ot : April next. Entrance on Sixth street. TERMs:—P rimary Clan, $6 per scholar per quart"' of 11 weeks. 1 unior Claus, '$ 8 14 Senior Class, 10 46 REPERLINCI4. Rev. D. Elliott, D. D., Res.. p. IL Riddle, D. D., Rev. A. D. Campbell, D. D., lion. Charles Stealer, Joseph P. Gaszam, M. D., Charles H. Israeli, Esq. NB. McWilliams will deliver a free lecture at 13 o'clock. P M of said day, on contractions in Writ*, Arithmetic (the Prussian System) and Book Keeping, and if sufficient encouragement should be ofera, evening classes will be formed in either, or all of the a hove branches. march 27-lyd. Selling OS! THE subscriber intends closing his Mortices sad Leather Store, oo the first of April nest. AU persons wishing bargains in his line, can be acoomodaw ted by calling before that time. JOHN H. McKEE. mar 27-dtal 95 Wood st.. near Diamond Allay. Pittsburgh Mumfictive.. 0 DOZ. Estep& Sons' Cast SurelAstoe, warned 5 100 do Berger & Son's Steel Hoes, trowel empered. 100 do Shaw's & Nelson's Sickles; 50 do Marsh's Grass and Cern Scythes; 30 gross Spinning Wheel boon 100 due Shovels and 50 do Manure and ty ie ltrks; 30 do Mattocks and Picks; Window Glass, assorted sizes, Lamont's Patent runs, solid bans. For sale at reduced prices by GEO. COCHRAN, N 026, Wood st., Agent for the Masatfamerere. Spring Pashions, 4 RECEIVED AT THE NEW HAT AND CAP STORE. OIL (Observe Yellow Freud.) The proprietor would return thanks to his num rous customers and the public for the liberal patronage bestowed, and would inform them that he has received the Spring Fashions for Hats, direct from New York which he is prepared to supply them with on the most moderate terms. Not wishing to puff my estaldishmant into notice , but would my to all who wish to get a fashionable, neat and durable Hat at moderate terms. to give ma a call, and examine mysplendid assortment of Hats and Caps. (Recollect, Yellow Front.) G. W. GLASSGOW, No. 102, Wood street, third door from Fifth street. m 27. Per Bale Loren 2Ark NESTS Cucumber wood bowls; 10 nests 1 1U7 tubs; 6 dos buckets, 7-9, 6-11, 9-12, 10.12, 10.15, 12-16, 12-18, sash and glass; chum% chalk, bed and clothes lines; carpet chain; coffee all sites angers; all : kinds of brushes and combs; axes, hatchets. quills; steel pens; G S thimbles, G S table and tea spoons, paper and school books; tacks: beet hinges and screws; percussion caps; pocket books; all kinds of buttons; mattocks; fishing hooks; block mi.- dog sand; scissors. For sale low for cash, by - ISAAC HARRIS, Agent and Corn Merchant, No 9, sth street. Carpet and carpet chain, carpet and papermaken, raga received in payment. 70 DOZ. Scythe Seethes; 200 do do Rifles, just received and for sale mar 27. MACHINE CARDS—A full supply for do OASIS. ing season received on consignment, for sole by mar. 27. GEO COCHRAN, N 026, Wood st. Pickles. BARREL beautiful cucumber pickles, fit for &mi -1 lies or Hotels, for sale low by Smyrna Visa A FEW drums on hand, and fur sale low by P. C. MARTIN, 60 Water et. Fresh Oranges. 3a BOXES prime Messina Oranges, just mesh , - U ei and for sale low,by Fresh Lemons. 20 BOXES for sale low, by P. C. MARTIN, 60 Water street. Green Apples. 4ft BARRELS of superior apples, consisting af IUP red pippin, Spitzenburg, yellow pippin, Ste.. ime for family use. For sale low, by P. C. MARTIN, 60 Water street. HARPER'S BIBLE, NO. 21, And more Now Worb at caw. menu? Depot, 85, ronstlt Street. HARPER'S Illuminated Bible, No 21. Look to the End, or the Bonnets Abroad, by Mrs Ellis, and only 121 cents. The Nevilles of Garreutown, Ne 3. by Charles Le- ver, author of O'Malley, Tom Burke, &c. Thirlwall's History of Greece, No 8, and last nimt ber, the work being now complete. Illustrated London Times and Newa, 4 Nos earl, by steamer Cambria. Punch, 3 Nos. The collegians, a novel, by the author of Tales at the five SEDUM, tc. Arthur's Magazine for April. American Whig Review for March. The Art of Conversation, with remarks on Fashion and Dress, by Mrs Moberly. Lectures on the Invocati.m of Saints, Veneration of I , bo-re,l In-loges nr.i Purgatory, by the Rev Charles Constertine D. D. The Seven Knights, or Tae of many lands, by In graham. A new Fupply of Ilirpers . novels, jos; rece'ved ALL persons having claims against the undersign'. ed, on account of his official business as Over. seer of the Pool, will please present them immediate ly, for settlement. I J ASHEIRIDGE, 0 of P. mar 13. GEO. COCHRAN. P. C. MARTIN. 60 Water st. P. MARTIN, 60 Water street. Plotice. i,',:7 ':;-'-'''. -''',•:'
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