Zig Dail» illorning por&I THOS. PHILI.II.:+ 1c V%:01. H. SMITH, EDITORS _ - NION - ITA - i, - AI'AIL 21, 1845 THE Firry 1 110115Ati 13 .. DOLLAR DONATION FROM THE STATE has been a theme-of much conversation since the news of the appiptriation reacited.Secity From what we can gather of the public' feeling, we sr ...clearly of opinion that ,if the receiving of it be ' left to a vote of the citizens they will respectfull,yOut *lardy tledine to receive it in the.ohape of n donation:lndeed, one of the late residents of the hur't district, a man who has lost every dollar he was worth, told us that he believed that a majority of the sufferers would promptly reject the donation, if the tnauerivere left to their decision. Althetreh we do not shate s in the fears of some, that incase of distributing the fund, the poor would get more than they should lase—toot 'they would make false, frsoduleastaternents, and obtain money to which their losses did nor entitle them—and that the fact of their baying present employment at good wages, renders use lees all further sympathy or ewe fur their cond ition— still, we think that this $50,000 should not be received _our city. We think, in the first place, that the Legislature had no Tight to vote away the funds of the whole People of the State to re-imburse the losses of a small portion of them, severe and distressing as those losses have been, and painful as will bo the struggles to re pair them. In the second place, it is clear to us that if t h e legilliattllehed the right to vote away money for thhinirpose,it worild not be just nor expedient to do so in the present condition of the finances. And in the third plane, we think the precedent of granting Ibis donation, although it was no doubt given under the best impulse that ever stirred the hearts of men, will be permicious in its consequences, and produc tive of numberless abuses. Every loss by fire in fu tpre will. be the basis for a prayer For legislative Which cannot be granted; and how unjust it will be to turn a. deaf Parts the prayer of a single sufferer, wbOse individual case. may be harder than that of many who will receive Mid' from this fund, should it be'accepted. Let no one imagine, because our people are disposed todoelinethefund,thatthey areactunted by stubbornness or Nide, or that their suffering and loaves have been in the least degree'exaggernted. Ne er was a communi ty more sorely stricken by a calamity of the kind— never was pecuniary aid more needed nor more grate fully received, than that aid has been and will be, vvhich springs from voluntary benevolence, bestowed out of their own competence, by those who have an undoubt ed right to dispose of what they give. But even in the period of their privations, our citizens have no desire to add to the embarrassments of the common wealth in which they live—and they have no disposi tion to obstruct, in any degree, the payment of the in terest on the State debt, so important to the honor ■nd prosperity of their beloved Pennsylvania. - It has been proposed, and the idea has numerous and ardent advocates, that the $50,000 voted by the Stlite, be loaned out to individuals who have lost their houses, for five years, without interest ; bonds to be taken in favor of the Commonwealth—after five years, if the money is not repaid 'to the State, the bonds to bear in terestatifee per cent, until they shall be discharged— thits tekirg the 450,000 as a loan and not as a gift. Other modes of disposing of it—always ron,idering it as a toan,—have been spoken of—but C have nut conversed with a single man that thinks it should be received as a gift. Though all are penetrated with a steam of the kind intentions of the Legislature, none can imagine what they have seen in the conduct of Pittsburgh that should induce the opinion that she is so devoid of pride or patriotism an to take so large a sum as this from the impnverisbed Treasury of Penn sylvania. But there is another strong objection to receiving the donation, and which. in our opinion, is sufficient to convince every man, that it would be entirely usless as a measure of relief to the sufferers. Unless it should be distributed pro rota among all the sufferers, it will beimpoesible to avoid the charge of making in vidious distinctions; and we would ask, of what benefit svoidd each individual's share of fifty thousadd dollars be to him, even if it shou Id be equitably divided among all who lost by the fire. Ten times fifty thousand would not be sufficient to rector© to them a tithe of what they have lost, and the pottion of the $50,000 that three-fourths of the sutrerers would receive, would not be sufficient to buy a barrel or four. Although the sum is large—too large for the State to throw away --yet it is clear to every one that it would be entirely , insuffacient to enable those who were burnt out to re trieve their krises. Under these citcumstances it is the desire of all with whom we have conversed that the money be re turned to the State Treasury. They believe it was appropriated without authority; that it would estab lish a dangerous precedent which may be Qf incalcu lable annoyance and injury to the State, and they have Do *sire that such results should be chargable upon our city. It would have been much more grateful to the feelings of our citizens if . the Legislature had passed the Rail Road Bill.. Our prostrate people would much rather have waited the slow, distant and perhaps uncer tain effects of that measure to restore their ruined fin alises, than to rely on the donation of $50,000. Twa SA. , lICOPIIAOL's or ALEX ANDKX &CV P.R115. It will be remembered that Corn ELLIOTT presented a saroopbagus to the National Institute, which was :supposed us have been prepared for the Emperor Alexander Severn', land which he desired should serve -as adspositoty for the remains of Gen Jacasoa. In re ply to a letter on the subject,Gen J ACX sot, thus writes: "I must decline accepting the honor inten&d.to be bestowed. I cannot consent that my mortal body 4411 be laid in a rrpository prepared for on Emperor sore King." -A Ltaansa.. Doastioa.—We have been furnished `by Mayor Howsan wiih the fuliow•ing copy of a let * ter from the Hon Jaws BUCHAN AN. This donation is larger than that of any other indivdual, and is worthy the noble-hearted and generous feelings which have always distinguished him. Great are his talents and hie political achievements, his goodness of heart outshines them elk AVAsHmormi, 14th April, 1845 Cashier of the Batik of the ',Metropolis, pay to the crier of \V J Howsnn, Mayor of the city of Pius burgh, for the use of the sufferers by the Into fire, Five Hundred Dollars. JAMES BCCHANAN. Dear Sir—Will you plgase to accept and apply the above to the relief of the sufferers by the late dread ful calamity. My feelings of sympathy and compas sion have never been so strongly excited upon any similar occasion. But let the people be of good cheer and exert their accustomed energy; and, untie' the bles sing of Providence, all will yet be well, and Pittsburgh W4l arise more glori.ms than ever from its ashes. Yours, very respectfully. JAMES B R:1-IANAN, W J HOWARD, Eori From the Philadelphia Spirit of the Times PITTSBURGH SUFFERERS. At a mreting of the C.-nmittee appointed at the Town Meetingbeld at the Exchange, on the 15th in stant, for the relief of the sufferers by fire at Pitts burgh, lion George NI Dallas took the Chair. On account of other pressing duties I'Vir Dallas - resigned the Chair. His.lionor, the Mayor, P aas then choten Chairman, Robert boland, Treasurer, t. J Morris, Secretary. The following resolution was offered by HonVeo M Dallas, and unanintonslyadopted: - 41.esolsed, That it is recornoseeded to the Select and Cjimmon Councils of the Cit.#oPhiladelphia, to a dopt such measures as they may deem most expe dient for immediately raising by public loan, the se of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars, to be lent to - the City of Pittsburgh on conditioni that may afford ef fectual relief to those sufferers who have lost their homes, property and means of usual livelihood, by the Into disastrous conflagration. On motion, the Aldermen of the City and Incor porated Districts werse-eppointed additional mem ber of the Committee. On motion of Mr . _J DOhnert, the following reso lution was adopted: Resolved. That the President of the respective Boards of Commissioners of the Districts of South wark, Mnyameirsing, and Penn, be respectfully re quested to call district meetings immediately to ap point Ward Committees. On motion of Mr. Wilson, it was resolved, that five thousand dollars' be immediately trammitted to the Mayor of Pittsburgh, in advance of the collections. On motion, the Committee resolved to hold its ses sions daily, horn 10 till 12, A. M., and from 7 till 9, P. M., in the Hall of Independence, at which place they will be ready to receive onntribroiong. P. M'CALL, Chairman. E. Joy Morris, Secretary. At a meeting of the Committee on the subject of the Pittsburgh S u ffe re rs, the following resolution was unan imously adopted. Resolved, For the purpose of affording all an op portunity of contributing to the relief of our fellow cit zens of Pittsburgh, that the Pastors of the several Religiltii Congregations of the City and County of Philadelphia, berequested to cause collections to be made in their respective churches on next Sabbath morning and evening—said collections to btt appro priated towards alleviating the distresses of such as have suffered by the recent dreadful calamity. By the Board of Aldermen and Board of Com mon Council of the city of Washington: Resolution in relation to a public meeting. for the re lief of the sufferers by the conflagration at Pitts burgh, Pennsylvania. Whereas the city of Pittqlrreh, in the State of Pennsylvania, has been visited by one of the most ex tensive and terrible conflagiation, by which hundreds have been deprived of their property, and are entire ly destitute; whereas, a strottedesire is felt by many of the citizens of Washington to extend whatever relird they can to these who have been so severely visited:— Therefore, Rrsolred by the Board of AMermen and Board of Common Councils of the City of IVashington, That the Mayor be and he is hereby iepsested to call a meeting of the citizens as soon as convenient. for the purpose of adopting early and proper meamtes for the relief of the Mdignent sutTerots by this fearful calamity. SAMPEL BACON. President of the Board sf Common Eto,ril JAMES ADAMS, Pretsiskra of the Ektald of Aldermen rF. In ready - Itterii sore with the ',hove resolution of the City Cuunciht. I requeitt the citirents of \Volts ing too to meet on 'Thursday, the 17th inst.. at :5 in the afternoon, at the City Hall. W W sEA-roN, Ma2,or, April 15, 1C45. The 1 7 111.47trgh Meeti•+7.—The mee!ing at the Cx changernsterday, though small was anitnatchl with the 1 right spit it, t, end we cannot doubt will be effectual to the ; end proposed. Our citizens, we believe, pretty gener ally regarded the meeting 119 one preps's-story to actise measures in the community, anticipating such a result as would afford them an opportunity to contribute in a 1 moreefficient manner than by their mere presence cn the occasion; the proposition for an immediate Lion being entirely unexpected. The response, howev er, to this movement,among the few present, is indica. tiveof tho g-enerons feeling which persadcs our citizens in relation to this distressing calamity; and we feel confident that on the appointment of the ward commit tees, their visits will be cordially received and acknowl edged by a suitable c4tisibutiou. We do not think proper ts urge any personal considerations in a matter thatisppeals at once to the common humanities of the heart; but we feel assured that a moment's reflection suggest weighty and important ones, in lien. (.4. our relations with this devasted city. A !corn P.R DONATION.—Mr Robert Dunlap, Jr., has shown us a letter from the firm ofEsToN & DENIME, Phila,, containirga check for fifty dollars, whiCh they generous!) contributed for the relief of the sufferera by the lute fire. Wd 1111 MS ETINGS.—A pnperi eir.-ulating for signa tures, requesting the Mayor to cull Ward Meetings, for the purpose of selecting a suitable number of persons whose duty it shall be to advise and co operate with Councils on all the questions arising from the late dis- aster. Many MUMS •have been signed to it. Messrs Editors—"We should be just before we are generous." Under the peculiar circumstances of the case— the indebtedness, embarrassment and insolvency of the State, I think the donation or grant to the suffer ers by the late fire, unwise and impolitic. The act was one of those sudden movements, which carry a waylthe judgment of feeling men—and whose rcflec ' tions do not return till the storm of sympathetic im pulse is past. That the appropriation referred to, was the effect and sheer result of such a moment of generous Oren zy, there can be no doubt. The appropriation is gen erous; it is indeed noble on the part of our Represen tatives. But is itjust, or wiae,or politic? I think it is neither•—and I would respectfullyinggest, that the citizens Of Pittsburgh,in public meeting, while they acknowedge with gratitude the kindly moiives, and generous sympathy of our Representatives peremp torily refuse to receive any portion of the fifty thou sand dollop grant? It is . wrong in principle, for the representative to give away the people's money fur private uses: or to alleviate individual suffering, or make up the loss of a few, by taking it from the many. As a piece dent, it is a bad one; and it will lead to abuses that may become grievous if not intolerable. Every fire after this must come before the legislature for an appropriation; and $50,000 will be the maximum standard of the amount to be granted, tb be follow ed by nn act remitting all taxes for three years! Will this be right? I believe that Pittsburgh is bet ter able to give the state a $lOO,OOO, than the State is to give the city $50,000! But how and to whom is this money to be given? Who will incur the in vidious task of deciding what class of sufferers shall receive it? It will lead to much jealousy and bad feeling, let it be appropriated ever so equally.—lf it be appropriated to rebuilding the city, the rich will get it. If it be given to buy provisions and furniture for the poor, how is it possible to distribute it ac cording to their losses and destitution I It is undoubtedly better to refuse it altogether, and to depend for relief upon the benevolence of our own citizens, and the munificent, efforts that are being made in many of our sister cities by individual con tributions to ieliove our pressing wants. A SUFFERER. y s.—T Ilere is a genera', law* au-stout in Germany, that apprentices, after qiennpiratien of their service, shall wive!' two years before prosecu ting their trade as master workmen. 'Hence the ety miry of the word journeymen.. I__ HALL oP 111 DRIPHPIDENCL April 16,1845—evening PUBLIC MEETING ISSIIM [BaltimLre S :71 TOR THE POST THE $50,000 GRANT! From our. Ettre of Saturday. 4ti ARRIVAL OF THE STEAM 4 SHIP 114i.' GREAT WESTERN ! Twenty days Later from Europe. We received last nights copy of Wilmer & Smiths European Times dated. March 291.11, from which set make the following copious extracts. We are indebted for this early news tothe kindness of the agents of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road, who forwarded through Mr J C Hutt a package of the Times, for the use of the Pittsburgh editors: • From Willmar's & Smith% Liverpool Times ENGLAND First Arrival of Sugar from the United States. —On the 9th inst., the American ship Franconia ar rived in Liverpool, bringing, as tart of her cargo, twelve hogsheads of Louisiana sugar. This is the first arrival of American-grown sugar hi this coun try. The New Customs Act.—The new Customs Bill, repealin; the duties on a large number of articles which have previously been subject to duty, and redu cing the duties on several others cattle into operating On Saturday morning at the Custom-house. A great number of free entries were passed in consequence for goods which have for a considerable time been housed in the bonded warehouses, but which are new free of duty, and the offmets of the warehousing department will no doubt be very busy for a time, until the goods on hand, now declared to be free of duty, are all de livered, when it is expected that the bulk of the free goods imported from the presenttime will be deliver ed direct from the quay at the side of the importing vessel, thus doing away with the necessity of placing them at all in the bounded warehouse*, • Professor T J P Swift.—The Professor goes pas senger in the Great Western, he having been engaged for the American Museum, New York, by Mr P. T. Barnum, the enterprising proprietor of flat establish ment. Professor Swift has been for many years enga ged at the Royal Adelaide nallery. London where he has been favorably known as the directer of the magnificent optical and other scientific exhibitions en popular et the Gallery and at the Royal Polytech nic Institution. The Professor goes well provided with dissolving views, microscope, rhysiesc ope,proten scope, camera obscure, and a great variety of novel ties, which cannot fail to prove highly interesting and attractive to our trenslantic friends. Mr Barnum's unparalleled success with General Tom Thumb seems to encourage bum to expend still more money upon his Museum, which he appeals determined shall stand et the head of all similar establishments in the New World. Rt ran nf Mr the United States Consul.— Mr White, the Viited States Co /IPA has, we learn, been recalled, and will return on the arrival of his suceesAor. 1 - 10U.'1 , : OF LORDS—MARce /0 Tart of the United States.--Thar Eat lof Claren don inquired what means had been taken to obtain redress for certain merchants who complained, as he conceived justly, of this loss inflicted on them by tt change made some lime ago in the tariff of the United States. Under the 4 .26:h sectiun of die new tariff, a greed to on the 2Gth of August, 1842, goods coming from Englund, which were shipped before thn impo sition of new duties was known, were exposed to ruin ous duties, to the extent pfPO or 100 per cent on milk goods and 120 percent otibation goods. Guod4 that bad come front the eastward ofthe Cape wes subjected to much lower ditties. Now.ia he considered to be an infraction of the treaty the United States, which provided, among other things, that no duty should be imposed on goods from England higher than was imposed cn4oods coming, from any other countty. 11y the change, a single house in Glasgow had lost .C3OOO, Lind the total loss by the British mer chants is estimated at £'200,000. The American. appear IV iy arks to the impwuthee of the treaty wherever it is in their favor; fur they have insisted on the repayment of the amount of duties levied on thrir by us in exec,s of that levied ext the ;ice from the cuast of Aft ice The Ea' I of Aberdeen reldied. that the ease had the attention of G..nerotuent; but neither the reinootentn tiony of Mr Fax, the late Minivter at NVashington; nor of Nlr l'acke;,ham. his successor, had as yet wet with the atteotian they deserve. HOUSE OF CO%INIONS.-MARCIi 10 Remission of Dtaies.—ln roply to Mr Havre., nn Monday. Mr Grrolbarn 'aid hit it was not tile totem. tlon of Government at pre.ent to make any alteration in i6e J otiea on tobacco. In reply to Mr Paulett Sctope, Sir Robert Peel that no negeciations are penelintl bctoreen t his Country rind Raisin for the removal of the Russian export dude,' and on the British impertAuties on till- In reply to a gngrlstion of Mr Hume, Sir Robert reel said, hr felt that the question of commuting the window-duty fur a tax on houses was a very itripoct ant one, and coull not be satisfictority discussed in answer to a question; he bogged Mr H ume, however, to recollect, that when the Hlllll4O had the option of taking of the or the window duty , they pre ferred taking oil the house-duty, and he apprehended they did so because the window-duty was thought flora fair and less inconvenient. OREGON. Me Roc!, Irk added whether Government had any objection to lay before the House the negotiations be tween this country and the United States on the sub ject of the disiswd Oregon territory? His reason for asking was to be found in existing circumstances in the United States; though ho was the last man who would desire to cast a slur on a great /action. He un derstood, that in 1813 LI convention was entered into between this country and the United States, the pur port of which was, that the territory in dispnte upon the Oregon should be considered as a matter upon which no determination had been come to, and that the whole Trestion should be left open. Tinder these cirrumstaneesthe HOtAf. of Representatives had pas sod a bill fur "settling" this territory. The English were not, he believed, a people at all accustomed to bluster, or express themselves in a manner which should rouse the indignation of those with whom they conducted negotiations, but it must be apparent to eve ry body that this was a roost extraordinary proceed• ing. If it arose from the weakness of the American Executive; it behoved foreign nations seriously to con sider the matter. If the House of Representatives passed such a bill. if i• were sanctioned by the Senate and urged upon the President, he might be forced to give it the effect of law; while we, having taken no precautions, but trusting to their good faith and the comity of nations, would find ourselves divested of the means of protecting our own rights. If this ease had been properly looked into, they should at once have de clued that the United States had no rights West of the Rocky Mountains; and if the negotiations which had been broken 'up were to be . re-commenced, he trusted they would be put on a proper footing, and that the United States would be called on to show what right they had to cross the Rocky Mountains at all. Sir Robert Peel replied, that Mr. Roebuck had rightly described the convention : whick was framed to last-for ten years. It was renewed in 1827, and ex pired again in 1838 ; but it was also provided that nei ther party should terminate Ale arrangement without giving a year's notice. With respect to the negotia tions with the Executive Government of the United States, they hove not been brought to a close; and it would not be comistent with his duty to produce the correspondence to the H °use. Mr. Roebuck would see that our relations are not with the House of Re piesentro ves, but with the American Executive. Si* Robert quite agreed with Mr. Roebuck that nothing could be morn unseemly than to use any language of bluster or menace; but, while forbearing to do so, he hoped the House would not infer that her Majesty's Government are not deeply sensible of the importance of this subject. IRELAND Repeal . Associalion.—Con Monday, the 10th inst., the folio he truant M. P's. we present: Messrs. O'Connell,) O'Connell, W S O'Brien, .1 Kelly. and R A Fitzgerald. Mr. - T.ivingston, a native of Mayo, but now residing to. Liverpool, handed in £5 55., the renewed subscription of Mr John Langan, of that town; also tiO+ from the members of his family; aad £37. 145., the weekly subscription of the -Liverpool repealers. Mr O'Connell moved the hearty thanks of the association - to MrJohn Langan, who, he said, was as good a patriot as ever stood in shoe-leather,—had prospered thrice, and was ready to share that prosper ity with his country by contributing largely—indeed, he might say munificently, for, the restoration of his native parliament. Mr 11:' D Browne secondechhe Motion, observing that no mao deservel more from his country than Me Langan, who could stow what an Irishman could do when opposed to the Englishthiur. The motion was carried unanhnously. The other mat ters touched upon were the assertion of the Duke of Wellington. that at the monster meetings no petitions had been adopted, which the speakers said must be a misreport, as there were a great many; a notice of the manner in which Irieb paupers are treated in Eng land, which was severely conderene.l; and a farther condemdation of the report of Lord Devon's commis sion: The repeal rent for the week was announced to he .£477 15i. 3d. The usual weekly melemg of the association, was i held on Monday tho 17th - instant, Mr. S. W ' rien, - M. P., is the chair. Mr. O'Connell anno - that. t the "Repeal Martyrs" would, on that day ' , , he on their way to -Kilkenny, to attend a great dinner which was to be given them on the following day; therefore, as it was impossible to be in town on Easter Monday, he would at once move that theassociation, at its 'rising, should adjourn until that day fortnight.— Mr. O'Connell, in reference to the proposed grant to Mavnooth, said that they would take it as they got it, although they did not consider it half enough: - (Hear.) He also noticed ter Majesty's visit, and stated •that he hoped the Irish people would keep a groan fo: Sir Robert Peel end Sir James Graham, and give them, when they came over, what he called "a little cheek music." After same further proceedings the rent of the week was announced to be £406 10s. 6d. The Dublin Evening Packet, the min of the Castle confirms the-. statement that her Majesty and Prince Will visit Ireland next summer. At Waterford, the proprietors of the Dublin War der, were cut in £5OO damages, for a series of li bels on Messrs. Macohnson, cotton manufacturers, at Portlaw. It is 'stated that a serious split has taken pl ace a mong the leading members , of the repeal committee on the question of mixed education Mr O'Connell oppo sing, and Mr W 8 O'Brien and "Young Ireland sup porting it. Six lives were lost by the upsetting of the Countess of Mulgrave passage-boat, on tha Dublin and Long. ford Canal, on the 3d instant. The boat was about to leave Longford, and the accident was occasioned by a number of emigrants crewding to one side to bid fare well to their ft ietids on the bank. • FRANCE. A new plan for abolishing the ballot in taking the votes, pioposed by M. Hauranne, had been occupying the attention of the Chamber. A Committee hail re ported ittimor of a mixed system, which, while it did not abolitiViecret voting altogether, would great) modify it. By the plan of the Committee, the ordi• nary mode of voting in the Chamber would be par assis et Jere: but ten memberscould call fur a division; and in case where, according to the present regulations, secret voting could be called for by twenty members, the Coromtuee recommended that the number of re quisitions should be increased to forty. This plan was adopted by the Chamber on the 13th instant; the Gov ernment Siscountenancing, but not opposing it. "'he Journal des Debuts glorifies the Ministry upon a treaty having been concluded between the French and the trillium of Muscat io November last. By this treaty, French subjects are to be allowed to re side, trade, and navel in that country, and to enjoy all the immunities granted to the most favored nations. French goods imported will be subject to a duty pot exceeding 3 pet cent, no article of commerce will be prohibited, and five franc pieces are to be cm rent at their real value. The Opposition papers ridicule this as one of M. Guizott's peculiar triumphs: the National say+, that before this great treaty, though the English and Americans paid 5 per cent., the French paid only 4 per cent. A great baturet wee given on the 16th instant by the misrchants of Paris to Manduil Brigead, in the Great Hull iif the Course. The number present was limited to four hundred; among whom were the Doke teNiltapurs. the Doke of Attmrle, the Duke of Mont pettsier, aria the Prince de Jninvil:e, the Plefect of the Seine, the Plefect of Police, &r. M. Cunoin Gridaine, the Minister of Commerce, W 94 tho only member of the Government who attended. The ora tory was less striking than the splendor and luxury of the feast. The Paris papers mention with some exultation the ill-gal seizure of a vc►.el tin, Ville de Bordeux by the British authorities of l'ort Adelaide, in New South Wales, fur an alleged bleach of the customs' laws—and the restitution of the vessel when a repro resentation of the circumstances was made of the owner to the French Ambassador in London, who Laid the facts before the British Government. SPA IN The accounts from Madrid come down to the 18th instant, inclusive. Oa the 17th, the Chamber of De puties passed 'he bill for restoring the unsold church property to the clergy, by a majority of 126 against 16. The Minister of Justice and the President of the Council repeated, in the course of the debate, limit former declaration, that "the rights of the ovraerit of national property were guarantied by the laws;" "they had conv.cluently no cause for alarm," and that "the restitutit iota of the unsold propeny_w us indispen sible to cat ry out the negotiations with the Holy See." It was reported that the Government had recvivedsat isfactory intelligenCe from Rome, and that a nuncio would be shortly accredited to the Court. PORTUGAL The province of Minho has been the scene of some disturbances, in consequence of a new impost upon wine, which the tax-g itherers arbittritily levied. The people put the Government officials to flight, who re lassoed with an escort of thirty infantry, The people now assembled in great numbers, and drove the sol diers to a neighboring height, from which they were dislodged, and obliged to retire. The next cthe stronger military foice appeared, defeated thit,, gents, and restored order. Sume lives sere lost. The affiiir had given considerable uneasiness to the Government. - SWITZERLAND The F.xtraoldinary Diet having referred the guess 'ions of the Free Corps, the Jesuits, and the Amnesty to the Committees, the Commissioners had disagreed respecting the competer.cy of the Diet to decree the exclusion of the Jesuits. The majority, consisting of Messrs. Neuhaus, Mitozinger, Kern and Druey, main tained that competency. and cited in support of their opinion t6e first and eighth articles of the federal com pact. Messrs. Frey and Mousson construed those articles in a diffctent Inantnr; and M. Nceff, who ad mitted the right vested in the Diet by the Constitution, thought that under existing circumstances there an peered no sufficient grounds to justify the expulsion oF that religious order from all the Clltlloo in which it was settled; and that as regards Lucerne, it was incumbent on the Assembly to endeavour to prevent the admission of the Jesuits by amicable means.— The solution of the two other questions gave rise to no difference of opinion. The majority of the Com mittee had submitted a nutnbcr of propositions to the Diet, amongst others for remitting the State of La. cerne to !admit the Jesuits, and recommending that State to grant nn Amnesty for all offences committed on the 2411101 October, 1844. In the event of refusal, the stand Diet teserves to itself the adoption of ul terior measures. It remains to be seen whether these propositions will receive the approbation of the Diet. The Swiss joutnals to the 2lst inst., have since come to hand. The Helvetic Diet held its lost meeting on the 20th. Several deputies who had not voted on the preceding day gave in their adhesion to the propositions of the committee respecting the suppression of the free corps, which having been adopted by 13. and two half states. become a law of the confederation. The President, M. Mousson, afterwards informed the Diet that the Charge d'Affaires of Austria presented to him, on the 19th inst., a devpatch from Prince Met ternich, which he hdd not had time to lay before the Deputies. bat which be would shortly communicate toad] the Cantonal Governments. He then pronoun ced the close of the session of the Diet in the follow ing terms: "Our deliberations are terminated. Some of you will reti redissatisfieti. A similar disposition will man ifest itselfamong a portion of the Swiss people. 4t.tis conserventlyaduty more imperious for you to . j selves to maintain public order and tranquility;, 1 4 ; • allow the interests of thecommonvvealth tubes:sew to party spirit. I must remind Lucerne that itdepends upon its Government not to incrmure-tlas existing irri tation, and to affect a reconciliation by saiking a sacri fice to the country. May Switzerland be ready to pro- vide agalbsternuts, and strong enough to uphold her honour and liberty under every direuntetance, She would repent towlate, if authority and powerltters abandoned to the mercy pecrty interests." , ALGIERS. The merit* establiihment at Algiers has been the i scene - Of a terrific explosion. The pavillion, and the buildings inhabited by artillery-workmen and others, had been carried awny. The explosiop;to4 place in two magazinesoteparated from each bthsre by a ditch at the foot of the old Spanish town, upon , which the lighthouse stands. Forty-three artillery ' workmen, ten artillerymen, : thirty-one pontonniers, and workmen, were killed, and thirty wounded. 'At the time of the calamity, there were 'twenty person.s in the drawing toom of the director of the : port, M. Se. gustier, whose wife, bearing her child cry, left the apartment; that instant, the portion of the building' where the child was gave way, and the mother and the infant was buried in the ruins. The last words of the poor woman were, "Save my child!" Happily, the persons in the diawing-room escaped uninjured, with the exception of-a lady, who was slightly hurt. TURKEY The spirit of reform has extended to Turkey. The Ministers had issued a hatti-sheriff, in which they ex press their anxiety to improve the condition of the people. To arrive at the bestmeans of carrying out their contemplated improvements, two deputies were to be summoned from, each towsior district, the one a Turk, the other a Rayab, to give evidence respecting their several localities. W hen the evidence is collect ed, a plan is to be formed for assimilating the institu tions to those of European States. SPEAKER OF THE SENATE On ts,day, in pursuance of previous notice, Mr WiLc , pl,, j.gned- the o ffi ce of Speaker of the Senate, and M .. luoaac, of Montgomery county, was elec ted in his - stead upon the eighth ballot. The ballot ing, were as follows : ~ ...- 1234 5 6 7 8 Stengere, 2 2 9 7 3 12 12 17 Chapman, 7 9 9 8 9 11 10.10 Sullivan, 9 7 1 1 Sherwood, 6 7 7 12 9 3 1_ Scattering, 5 2 2 2 8 9 7 2 Upon leaving the chair 14Ir WILCOX delivered a neat and pertinent Rddress, and the Senate passed a vote of thanks highly complimentary to him. Mr STVII. GERI, upon taking the chair, thanked the Senate in a brief but handsome manner, for the -honor conferred upon him. If either of the addresses have been writ ten, we have not been able to procure a copy. Chantbersburgh. Ar gsts. On Saturdny, on bontd tne Canal Boat, on his way From Harriaburgh, to his residence in Beaver, Col: Jon!. T. Ctrs NufMIAM, one of the Representatives from Beaver county, in the Penn.ylvanin Legislature. His body was left at Saltsburgh, to await the coming of his friends. At his residence in the Bomugh of Blairsville, on Sunday, the 13th inst, Lew!, HULL, in the 41st year of his age, for many year. en esteernedkitizen of that borough; the Discoecre of an important secret irl o the arts, connected with cin phenomena of the eleotro Magnetic fluid; which has, to some extent, been the subject of notice and remark in the public journals. JOHNSTON & STOCKTON, Booksellers, Printers and Bookbinders, HAVING purchased the entire stock of W Donald, Bookseller and having taken his store, No 44, Market street, they have now, with what they saved from the fire. a large and extensive assortment of Classical, Tkrological and Miscellaneous works. Also, a eeneral assortment of Blank, Steamboat and School Books, all of which they will sell low for cash, or exchange fur Rags and, Tanners' Scraps. City Regulator's Mike. Penn street. a Ate doors above Hand street. R E titcGONVIN, Recording Regulator ap 19-2 w and Surveyor 0 BIJSFIF.LS African Ground Nuts; 4 2 barrels Honey Dew Syrup Molasses; ' Finn Pulverized Loaf Sugar, 2 • Crushed do; 100 DA. Jarnaia Ginger Root; just tcceived and for sate by A. G. "REINHART, ap 21 140 Liberty st New Herring. A FEW bbls. now Baltimore Herring just receiv ed and for sale by A. G. REINHART, ap 21. 140 Liberty street. LOST, ACotton velvet dress. striped' witbblue and straw colors, and trimmed with gimp—and in the pock et were two bunches of keys—it was handed to some person to take care of during the late fire, and has not since been heard of. Any information in regard to it, will be thankfully received, or a liberal reward given if left at the Drug Store of Ogden & Snowden, in Lib erty street, head of Wood. ap 21 ronad, THE night of the Fire: In Wood street, a parcel of glazed wndding. ' The owner can have it by applying at this office. ap 21. Pound, Asmell parcel of remnants of dry groods 7t , Inquire at the office of the Post. ap 21 Edward renderich, DRUGGIST, FORMERLY of the Monongahela Honse, may be found daily, ketweon 9 and 10 o'clock, A M., at Mr. Dubail's, corner of 7th and Grant swept, where Letters, Bills, notices, &c., are left for him. ap 21-2 w Valuable Real Estate at Auction. A T 8 o'clock, on Thursday . evening, the Ist of May next, at Davis' Commercial Auction Rooms, corner of Wood and Fifth streets, will be sold twelve valuable building lots, situated in the new city dis trict, near the city line, being part of the subdivision of out lot No 2, in the manorof Pittsburgh, and are very eligible for business houses or private dwellings.— Five of them front on Wylie at, continued. A plan of the above may be seen at the Auction Rooms.— Terms, cash, / payable in five months, and the re maining / in ten months with interest, on the two last mentioned payments to be secured by bond add mortgage on the property. ap 21. J D DAVIS, Auctioneer. Bones and Lot for Sale. nitA THREE story brick buildings, with back buildings, on the corner of Grant and sisal sts. Inquit a of tbe subscribers. or at this office. REMOVAL. _ G. L. Robinson &M. DVEiride, ATToRSICTS AT LAW, HAVE removed their office tit. Grant street, a abort distance from Seventh street, towards the Court House. ap2l TO the Ifonorable the Judger of The Court of Gen , eral Quarter Sessions of the Peace in and for the County of Allegheny: The petition of John Flack, of the Second Ward, of the city of Pittsburgh, respectfully shewet h That your petitioner bath provided himself with materials for the accommodation of travellers and oth ers, at his dwelling house in the city aforesaid, and prays that your honors will he pleased to grant him a license to keep a public house of entertainment. And your petitioner, as in duty bonnd, will pray, We. the subscribers, citizens of Pittsburgh, do cer tify that the above petitioner is of good repute for ho nesty and temperance-, and is wellprovided with house room and coveniences for tho accomodation of travel : $ .dathers. r obn Baker, Yr Wilson, linnet Lemon, - John Irwin, .1 Il Gallaher, Wert Bryant, Geo B Jones, Chas Barnett, ~B S Hancock, Thos Powers * A Bonafron, R H Patterson. ap 21-d&w. P. CUNNIN3HAM P. RATIGAN. JOHN FLACK Masters USIMIUGO IS Citizens' *bawd Insurance employ of Peatatiti. vaista, in Philadelphia. ritnlS Company has now established an Agency in the City of Pittsburgh, for Allegheny county. Insurance will be made at this Agency, on dwel lings, stores, and other buildings; merchandise, furs niture, and agricultural implements and produces, against loss or damage from fire at moderate 'Wei. Persona insuring. in this.office, will have the Capi tat Stock of the company as a security for the pay. ment of any loss that may happen from fire, together with a further claim on each insurer, should such be necessary, to be assessed by the managers on said in sureni in proportion to the imespective insurances; bet on no account to exceed flee run of one per cent 0* the sum by them respectively insured. Thus great security is afforded to the assured, gni the more of thea, the greater that security be comes; while the very utmost responsibility jibe:trif ling, and hardly a probabilti of its being any thing at till. This Company has been in operation now over fiveyears,and has been gradually acquiring strangtb,and is at present in a ,prosperous condition. Office of the Agency in Burke's Building oat Fourth street, between Market and Wood, at thls , rooms of Eyster & Buchanan,—apply there. JAMES W BUCHANAN, Agent. ap 21—dtf. &FWD & 1310SLEY, .AUCTIONEERS, Tippecanoe Hall, Liberty street, between Strawberry Alley and 7th street. ap1214 Motion Sales, By John D. Davis, Auctioneer, corner of AA and Wood streets. ON Monday morning, the 2lst inst, at IO will be sold without reserve a general assorttasmt of seasonable Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hal and eut dory. And at 2 o'clock, P. M., a large quanity of bonse• huld and kitchen Furniture, dtc. bags god quality St Domigo Coffee: 8 do Rio Coffee. Slightly damaged. 9 boxes Virginia Taboo. co. Also a quantity of damaged Queensware,Ae. ap 21 Citizen's floteL THE subscriber has opened the Citi s Hotel an Penn street, as a house of public entertainmen, in that large brick house, formerly the Penn House, near the canal bridge, where he is provided for the ac commodation of the mblic, and will be glad at all times to see his friew. Also ENJ A MIN F. KING ap2l-aw EXTENSIVE AND VALUABLE Water Power and Factory Sites at Pri vate Sale. T OFFER at private sale the property calliewSprieg I Hill," on the south side of James River, a short distance above the Railroad Bridge, in full view of the city, and about twenty minutes' walk from the cen tre of business, containing about 120 acres of Land and Islands, in the river, with factory buildings and dwelling houses for the manager and all the hinds that would be necessary to work the factory and farm. The dam and bead-gates are nearly new, and very sub stantially built. A very large amount of money has been expended in stone-welling and other insprovati., ments necessary for varied and extensive manufactur6 ing operations, for which this property is well calcula ted, from its contiguity to the railroad, and having a large flow of pure spring water, at - various elevations of fifteen to forty or fifty feet, which could be advaus tageously used for bleaching and chemical and *other works necessary to the trade of the city, with granite and good brick clay convenient for the erection of any buildings required. I have obtained a charter from the Legislature . of Virginia. for a term of thirty years to faun company of any kind ofAlanufacttres that may be desired, under the tiallPf the “ Spring Hill Manufactu. ring Company." I would prefer to sell thestlnilreprop erty to a company, under the Charter, at a 'err: low price, taking one half or one third of the amount in the stock of the company, thereby participating in its increasing. value. The situation and buildings, are well suited for a Wooten Factory, having the indispenitable requisites of an abundant supply of pure spring water, freedom from di*: and ample space for all the . .operations De• cessar'y in the manufacture of Flannels,Tweeds.fancy Cassirneres and other Woolen goods, (for which our farmers can furnish an abundant supply of wool.)—• The buildings, dam, head-gates, &c., being up, the com Puny would require liule capital to do a profitable business, having the advantage of the latest improve rnents in machinery, and could go into•operation im mediately. They would have the advantage of a large quantity of water and factory sites fur sale to those who may with to put up otnei manufacturing s et tab I iih men ta. A plan of the property will be shown by Messrs. Brown & Tucker, and further explanations given by them. HALL NEILSON. ap 21. Special Loan Agency. rrUnquestionably and incomparably the most im portant thing Jobe done in the present crisis is the re building of our waste places. No man acquainted with the locality of Pittsburgh, it business facilities and its business men, car doubt for a moment, that the indomitable energy and enterprise of its population would very soon re establish its position if the crumb ling walls were re-btiilt. Our own resources would, to a great extent, be sufficient to set in motion the prostrate industry paralyzed by the late calamity, if we had houses in which to resume business. The ground itself, now berried in the smoking ruins of the best business portion of the city, affords the amplest security, for any amount of capital required for this purpose, and- this security might be entranced by a guarantee that the money loaned should be expended on the ground, and a policy of insurance in any place designated by the lender himself and assigned to him by the borrower. But we have not, among ourselves, the necessary catliull unemployed, a million and a half, invested in buildings alone, has beeawannihilated in a few hours. We must therefore look abroad for aid, and there can be little doubt such aid can be obtained through the combined influences of a certain prospect of a profitable investment of capital. the sufficiency of the security we are able to offer, and the common sympathies of humanity. The subscriber, at the instance of some of the suf. fevers by the late conflagration, proposes to start for the Eastern cities in a few days, as . a general loan agent, and, if necessary, locate himself in 110111 e of them to attend to that business. He proposes tocar. ry with Mina faithful and (as far as practicable,) offi cial exhibit of the titles of such as desira, to borrow money on real estate security, or to sell a portion of their property to enable them to improve the balance. He will also effect insurances in the East, if desired. and transact generally and business of Ifim character, or such as cannot spare time to go themselves. %VIVI. M. SHINN. Att'y at Law, Gamines Buildings, Market st. REFERENCES. Ho.i. Wm J Howard, Mayor of Pimborgh. George W. Jackson, Eaq , President of Select Council. Mu;:gan Robertson, Esq., President of Common Council. Thos M Howe, Esq., Ca,hier of Es. Bank. Robert M Riddle , Esq , Postmaster. E D Gazzam, Esq., J Rid& & Co., Rev Charles Avery, Hari Tbos Williams, M B Rhey & Co., Marshall, Esq., Josiah King, Esq., Curling,. Robertson & Co. apr 17-d3t. ' l!isuputc, oe against Piro—Ranstrra/.. THE undersigned continues daily to make I. surarice against loss or damage by fire. Geo,. Cochran, Agent fur American Fire litaoramee Cow , pony of Philaila.; office No 2 Ferry st. Pittsburgh. Sufferers by the late fire insured at. this office, will be pleased to present their claims fur adjustment and payment. ap 18-tf Removal. MAHON & WASHINGTON. Attorneys at Lan office oc tho north side of Wylie st., 3d door East of the Court House. op 17 DRIED PEACHES-50 b us hels. received amidst sale, by A. G. REINHART, ap 18 140 Liberty st.
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