Tuz Flee •T QZBEC.—Between 1500 and 2000 elje Oath) Post• houses were destroyed by the great fire in Quebec , making about one-third of the population—about 12,- 000 people—houselesa and in absolute want of the common oecessaries of life. Of the deplorable loss of life which must have resulted, no exact estimate] has yet been obtained. Twelve bodies had been found when the latest advice. came away, but it is feared that the real extent of the loss must be fat greater. Oue painful incident was the destruction oftbe Hospi tal, to which,' as'being considered entirely out of the conflagration, numbers of sick persons were carried, when, melancholy to relate, the building became igni ted by the flakes of fire Cl/flied ftom a distance by the wind; the unfortunate inmates, unable to help them selves, perished miserably. [Extract from a letter to the Baltimore Sun.] Queb.e, May 29.—Eighteen schooners were burnt at the Palate, also a new vessel; Munn's ship yard is completely destroyed, Jeffrey's property has escaped, also Lee's. The whole of St. Ruch's is a mere wil derness of chimnies. The loss of property has also been attended with a considerable loss of life. It is conjectured that not lees than one hundred persons have perished. Six bodies were this morning taken out of the church, which fell a prey to the fire. The Convent was saved with greet &IR nilty. although the distance between them is very large—but such was the rapidity of the raging element. The loss in round numbers cannot be easily ascer tained, but half a million will not cover the losses, nor I perhaps £740,000. THOS. PHILLIPS & NM. H. SMITH. EDITOH9O PITTSBURG I, SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1395. Tate Nair L6.OISLATUDE—TnIi RAIL ROAD Batt.—As the citizens of the various counties of Penn sylvania are about taking ctunlidates up for Assem bly, we would say a few words to them on the subject of the Bill granting the right 'of way through our ter ritory to. the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Cc rope ny. We would appeal to the people of the whole commonwealth to do an act of simple justice to their brethren of the western portion of it, by electing men' who will not be swayed by I Ise selfish motives of those who, last winter. killed the bill by a postponement of it. We would appeal to them to take into considet a tion the ml interests of the whole State; rather than the supposed interests of a single city on one of its b or ders, whose rich men have long been pampered by legislative favor, and gratified in their speculating projects at the expense of the people of the whole commonwealth. And lastly, we would appeal to our fellow-citizens throughout the State. in the name of a city which hits been sorely afflicted with a calamity of almost unprecedented extent, to take up this matter. and be careful to choose men who will gtve their sup port to this Rail Rood Bill. But while the termination of the Baltimore Rail Road at this city, will greatly advance her prosperity, and' assist bet citizens to recover from their late un paralleled losses; it is not fur the advantage of Pitts burgh 'alone that this measure is desirable. The whole of Western Pennsylvania would share in its beoefits, while the Eastern portion, mauve the jealous fears of certain millionaires in Philadelphia, would lose nothing by the completion of the work.— And has not Western Pennsylvania in general, an d Pittsburgh •in particular, a right to claim with con fidence the poor boon of this Rail Road Bill.— While ether sections of the State have sought to use the Legislature fur their special benefit, and have peopled the lobbies and door-ways of our legislative halls with clouds of borers, the West has not been im portunate or troublesome in asking for partial enact ments Of peculiar advantages. Anti now, when she asks for this measure, not as a favor to any particular region, to be granted at the expense of all the rest of tbeState,bat as a matter of right, it is the height of in justice to refuse or postpone her petition. The West does not complain that it has to bear its proportion of the taxes forth. Construction of the North Branch Canal, a work begun for the benefit of a certain region of the State. It does not complain that it has to share the burdens incurred by the Delaware Division, a work devised for the benefit of another certain per tion of the Ftate. Nor does it complain of its share of the debt incurred by the commonwealth in assist ing various canal and rail road companies, in the Eastern section of the commonwealth, got up fur local advantage. Why. then, sbouhr a measure which may seew to be more advantageous to Pittsburgh and Wes tern Pennsylvania generally than to other parts of the State, be cast aside by jealous or sectional feelings. We do not subscribe to the opinion that the comple tion of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road will injure our main line, or any of our State 'works. We be- 1 lieveehat the making of that Road would so far in t.:ream the trade to rittsburgh. both from the East and West, that ample business for both the Canal and the Rail Road would be found. Each, to be sure, would take that portion of the trade they could can y the best and the cheapest. Neither of the works are designed to answers mere temporary purpose. They are to be thectutnnels of trade between the Atlantic cities sod the Great West, for centuries to come; and who can calculate the great extent of that trade even twenty years hence? Will our brethren throughout the commonwealth, sod particularly in the West, think of this subject, and while they manage their political disputes as may seem unto them best, will they take care that the members they send to the Assembly next winter, shall he firm fritter's to the Rail Road Bill? ®'We observe that a Committee of the Councils give noticetothe sufferers by the fire oft he 27th May,that all estimates of losses must be han3ed in before the 11th inst. as none will be received after that late.— This isa somewhat singular, and many may consider a very arbitary rule for the Councils to adopt. If the Councils propose to relieve these sufferers from the tuna collected for the sufferers of 10th April, we cannot understand how or where they get the power to exclude any of them from relief if they do not make their losses known before the time specified.— • It is certain that the people who contributed the mon ey gave no such instructions, nor did they contemplate any such disposition of the fund; and as the Councils have undertaken the disbursement of the money with out any very clear authority for assuming that duty. they should not be so poritive in their decreesegainst those who may not come up to, or may not know the rules they have adopted. If no claims for relief are to be allowed that are not presented before the 11th inst , we would like to know what disbursement will be made of tBe $lO,OOO which the Councils have concluded to hold over. Tex RAIL ROAD.—SVe observe, in the Chronicle of yesterday, ■ Review of Mr. Bigham's speech on the Rail Road Bill. The speech albeit it was publish. ed fur electioneering purposes, is very creditable to Mr B. who deserves the thanks of his fellow citizens for his efforts to carry the Bill. Inasmuch, however, as every body here is for the Rail Road, and the Dem ocratic ticket, wben.formed, will doubtless present a strong array of efficient and ardent friends of that im portant n.easure, Mr B. will not be entitled to the ex clusive support of all its friends. THAT Kee or Pl./IMM, with a hole bored in it, which some of our contemporaries discovered under a pile of shavings, the day after the fire in 7th street, is creating quite a sensation in all ports of the coon.; try. Our exchanges generally are very much shock ed aid* bold villany of the Pittsburgh incendiaries. • Our citizens, however, understand that the incendiary Intentions *manned to this keg of powder, are all Tabu• lous, and that irtstead of having any desire to originate afire, it had been removed to titto plate where it was found, to avoid one. We are disposed to take all the charges of incendierism that have lately been made, with a great many grains of allowtmee, arta are strong ly of the opinion that if people were mote careful in the management of fire, we would not have so many conflagrations to record. THR StAXT Acr, passed by the last Legislature of Maryland, appears to be operating very favorably for the Treasury. The returns fora period of 20 days, during which it bet been in operation. exhibit an amount of between $5,000 and $6,000. This act is considemi by the people very unjust And oppressive, bat if it will be the means of relieving them from their financial difficulties, we suppose they will grin and bear it until some easier mode to pey their debts is discov ered. THE DESTRUCTIVEFIRE U N ENV Yomt—One hun dred Buildings and Twenty-five Horses Burnt— Pour Hundred Destitttle Families.—A bout half past twelve o'clock on Saturday night, says the New York Tribune, a fire broke out in the stables of Megan' Pal mer & Peters, on the corner of Sixth Avenue and Eigh teenth street, more distressing in its effects than any oth er that has occurred in the city fnr h long time. The actual amount of property destroyed is comparatively inconsiderable, although nearly two of those very large blocks between the Sixth and Seventh avenues were en tirely swept, and over 100 building'', of all sorts, were consumed—leaving mote than 400 fainiles entirely destitute, many of them even of their clothes. Not $5O worth of furniture or property of any kind as far as can be ascertnined, was saved by any one of these poor creatures, and not 20 individuals were insured at all. A grant portion of the buildings burnt were poor shan ties, occupied mostly by Irish families, and these suf fer terribly, ODD FELLOW FICITIVEL —We are informed that the meeting of the Odd Fellows at Washington, Pa. on Thursday, was a most brilliant affair, and afforded the citizens of that place an opportunity of witnessing a pageant which, in gorgeous display and imposing form, was fir superior to any spectacle that has ever taken place in that quiet borough. The Lodges of Pittsburgh and vicinity sent a strong representation, and Wheeling, Steubenville and all the adjacent towns where the order has any organization, were respectably represented. At 9 o'clock in the morning they met at the Od Fellow's flail, and proceeded in procession through the principal streets to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, where on appropriate and very eloquent ad dress we. delivered by the Rev. Mr. HoGLAND, who is a member of the order. After the ceremonies in the Church were concluded, the procession was again formed, and they marched back to the Hall, where they were dismissed. This who were present speak in the warmest praise of the whole aiTair, and say it was the most in teresting parade of the kind they have ever witnessed, far supetior to any that has ever taken place in Pitts- burgh. ENGLAND ♦ND AMCRlGA.—Commenting on the foreign news, the New York Express remarks: 'lt appears to have been expected that great consterna tion would have been created in the United States by the speech 'f Sir Robert Peel in reply to the inaugural address of Mr Polk, and the coolness displayed bare appears to have disturbed the equanimity of the peo ple of England much mote than a noisy rejoinder of words for war." Ors Bet.t can't shine in Cincinnati; at his two lest Concerts he scraped his catgut to a "beg garly account of empty boxes" and an equally poor representation of the"groundlings." He 'honk( come rightstraight to Pinsburgb,whore the people hare some soul for harmony and will know how to appreciate his musical powers. Folmar:. to las.t.ea D.—Mr Fortest has been play ing at Dublin with success. On the 15th ult. he ap peared as "Spartacu.s" in Dr Bird's tragedy of the "Gladiator," and was called for at the end of the play, On the IGth he was about to perform in a fe vorite play, by desire and under the patronage of Lieut General Sir Edward Blskeney, commanding the for ces, and the officers of the garrison. GOVERNOR or ORICOON.—Tha New °deans Re publican says Col. R. M. Johnson, of Kentucky, would have been appointed Governor of Oregon, it Brown's hill had passed at the last session of Con gress. The Missouri Reporter regrets that it was not passed, and Col Johnson sent over the mountains with fifteen or twenty thousand emigrants, properly armed and equipped. The Hero of the Thames is just the man to lead such an enterprise, and lay the foundations of a Republican State on the Pacific. Tess SectterAaT or Wan.—The Washington Union of Monday, asys:—"The Secretary of War left Washington this morning, to attend the annual exam• inntion of the Cadets at the military academy, West Point. During his absence, the duties of his office will be discharged by thu Secretary of the Nary, as acting Secretary of War." Ely -The Marquis de la Talarne came passenger in the Great-Western. It is said be is on a visit to thi s continent in an official capacity, either as Minister to this country, Mexico or Texas, or to the three at the same time. It is supposed that he come from France to watch the movements in Texas, Mexico and the United States, relative to annexation. Gentlemen:—As the. time is near at hand when the Republicans of this county will be called on to select persons to be supported at the ensuing October elec tiori. I have thought proper to direct the attention of the Democracy throughout the county, to an individ• ual who will be supported by his friends, for nomina tion for the Assembly. I refer to Jl , lO. F. RICH•RDS, Esq., of Elizabeth township, believing that we are en• titled to a candidate from this district we place before the freeman of this county, a person of g.eat integrity of personal character with business qualification of of the first grade. The Democrats of Elizabeth knowJ F Richards;firmly he has stood by them through good and bad report. We hope the Republicans of the county will not, pass by the claims of a man whose experience And gentlemanly deportment would do hon or to the State. A DEMOCRAT. Aart-ReNT DITTICULTIKS continue in Seim bade county. and according to the Republican of the 27th inst., Sheriff Bouch had enlisted a body of 120 men to aid him in enforcing the laws and preserving order. In serving a writ he is accompanied by 50 ar med men, end the party were twice fired upun on the 26th, though without injury. FURTHER EXTRACTS ?ROM PATERA RECZIVB.II BY TEE CAMBRIA. From Wilmer & Smith's European Times PARLIAMENTARY. Before the Whitsuntide holidays intervened, Mr. Huu moved, and the House, by a large majority, re jected hitt preposition, for the admission of corn the produce of Australia. The Government. anxious to prevent a debate, endeavoured, it is said, to prevent the formation of a "House."—a common stratagem when unpalatable dite.ussions are to be burked. The case of Canada was adroitly adduced by the mover as a good reason why a similar boon should be confer red on Australia; hut the Premier would nut, or could rot, see any analogy between the colonies.' The par ties interested are highly indignant at the conduct of the Ministry, and The subject, in all probability, will be mooted is another shape at no distant day. The speech of Lord Howiek, in reply to that of Sir Robert ' Peel, was very bitter end taunting, describing it as one I of the weakest and shabbiest he bad ever heard fall from that able man. The truth is, Sir Robert has difficultyenough in keeping his supporters in order at present, to apply the spur cow to the agriculturists, in the matter of corn, would cause the suppressed mutiny to explode. The proceedings which took place in the House of Commons on Friday night are important in the present position of matters between England and the United States. The debate tefersed more particularly to the state of the navy, which, the professional members contended, was in a most inefficient state—badly man ned, and altogether disgraceful to the country and to the service. The admission of this inefficiency was made by Sir George Cockburn and the other represen tatives of the Admiralty Board, and the blame was thrown on the Exchequer, the Chancellor of which evinced no willingness to place the wooden walls of the nation in a better position. The same complaint has been made every year chat we have been at peace, and every administration has been assailed by the outs on the same sore point. as it is one which appeals strongly to the nation's prejudices and fears. The migratory characters of the sailor is proverbial, and all co-nplaints on this score is fruitless, unless the Go vernmont of tho day will consent to keep as many men in pay during a period of peace as the exigencies of the country would require in war. Sailors, when un employed, are obliged, like other men, to seek else , where for a living, and however it is. that with the large naval force of this country, more British seamen I are to be found in foreign service than the seamen of all other countries put together. It was stated in the House, some time ago, in corroboration of this fact, that the American navy was principally manned by English sailors. But the resources of the country are so ample. 'hat when occasion serves abundance of men could be found. Naval officers, like most profriotion. al persons. have hut one idea—that of upholding the honour and dignity of their profession, and when this can be done under the guise of patriotism, the temp tation to indulge in profitless complaint is the greater. The Government, however, will be, probably, induced, in consequence of the strong representations which I are made at a critical time, to provide a remedy for some of the evils dilated upon. The onerous duties which the private business of the House of Commons entail upon the members, in consequence of the multiplicity of railway and other bills, have turned attention to the doings of the Irish truants. who pass their time in Conciliation-hall in stead of St. Stephen's, and thereby throw additional labor on the shoulders of others, who do not, like them, shirk the week. Mr Hume has threatened a "Call - of the House, for the purpose of commanding the enforced presence of the absentees. The result of the -Call" would be. that the Serjennt-nt-Arms, Sir I%' Winn.' Gossett, with the Speaker's warrants, would have to cress over to Ireland, and arrest the fugitives. Mr O'Connell has declared that in the event of such a proceeding, he would test the legality of the arrest, and he pledges his reputation as a law yer, that the statute law of the land would not sane Lion such a proceeding—that the Speaker has no pow er over members of Parliament in Ireland—and that the act of Union does not repeal • previous act of the Irish Parliament bearing upon the point This flaw will probably induce Mr Hume to forego his in tention, as a failure would compromise the dignity of the popular branch of the Legislature, •nd secure a triumph fur the parties who resist. The few Irish members who do duty in the House of Commons, are in disgrace with their constituents, and when the next election comes, they will, as public men, be "numbered with the things which were"--and amongst those under the basin of exclusion is the brilliant and fascinating Mr Shoji. Emboldened by the declaration of the Premier that the Repeal agitation cannot be subdued by force. O'Connell is going to put Peel's temper to a severe test, by holding another series of "monster" meetings. "Tara of the Kings," a spot sacred to Irish patriotism, will shortly be the scene of a gathering nowise inferior in numbers and pomp to that which revived its ancient glories two years back, when upwards of a million people assembled to hear the magic of O'Connell's voice. This is hurling a bold defiance in the teeth of the Government. It remains t.) be seen whether they , will now, as they did before, fill the country with sol diers. and bristle it with bayonets, to keep Pat quiet. The wrongs of a country prevent its Ministers from ere joying a bed of roses. It is still uncertain whether the Roman Catholic Bishops will give in their adhesion ti Government plan for the erection of the three colleges in Ireland, minus religious instruction. Mr. O'Connell has de,- dared against the plan, and, judging from the lan gnage of the Dub/is Freeman's Journal, the organ of ultras of the Irish hierarchy, it is probable the bish ops will do the same; but as they are about to hold a synod to consider the subject, the result will be known in a few days. THE Getout; Qcgrrtos.—The following is from the London Morning ilerald. It will be observed with what confidence the English editor looks to the whip journals fur arguments against out own coun t, y: The arrival of the Caledonia has put us in posses. sion of news from the United Suites a week later than that we received by the Great Western. The tone of the American Journalis:s continues to be, on the whole, pacific, although some few, chiefly the organs of Mr. Polk, and his immediate fiends, do not disguise their anxiety fora rupture with this country, or their inten tion to create as much agitation as possible on the disputed question. One or two journals, professing to a certain extent to be the organs of the Adminis tration, among them the Washington Globe, call upon the President to adhere to the spirit and even the let ter of his icaugural add , ess. This spirit is, however, not responded to by the public, and is, as ee have said, warmly discountenanced by the largest and most re spectable portion of the press. The Nem York Coes merciat Adeertieer of the 90th ult. publishes a tumor which seems fat from improbable. It is. that the re• sult of the President's deliberations with the Cabinet on the Oregon question has been a determination to follow the example of the British Government and dispatch a special Minister to London. It is not.. however, doubted that thedispute nf the United States with Mexico has arrived at • crisis which leaves little hopes of an amicable adjustment. The Ocerernment of the latter State appear to be acting with considera ble vigour having given orders for the immediate its fence of her ports, fortresses, &c ; and it seems to be pretty generally acknowledged that if Texas should not comply with their last requisition, war will forthwith be declared. So averse, indeed, do the Mexicans appear to he to the contemplated annexation, that an act has • passed its Congress making the very proposition of such a course high treason. Dr A. Smith,. Texan Seem ' tary of State, has arrived in this cmintry by the Caledo nia. We haveelsewhere collected the opinion of sev eral of the most intelligent of our contemporaries on on the recent declaration of the British Ministry, the tone of which is studiously pacific. It is needless to add that these sentiments are warmly reciprocated in this country. The following is from the Liverpool Mail. Its tone is highly complimentary, and quite characteristic of John Bull. This is the best illustration of the "dog that will show his teeth, but dare not bite," that we have seen for some time. TOR THE POST "And, we ask, when did the citizens of the United States cease to carry on a civil war of cheating, robbing, and swindling, against this country? She boasts of her honor. Can she pay her just debts? She brags of her power! She cannot makes gun to arm her most formidable frigate, the Princeton. The only national bank she ever possessed was founded upon English capital; and, according to her usual practice, and the rules of her government, she swindled and sidthed the English shareholders. in short, and its plain terms, the whole spiel" of ?truer/leaning is the United States is founded on robbery. The revelation was a premeditated act of robber,: nen redly of its leading revolutionists with France, was amaet of 'Unquestionable' amid stapardonselde villainy. These be hard words; but their truth is de- monstrated in every act of that senseless and dishonor- ed democracy. There are, however, many sensible men in America—men of property and influence—she see that dishonesty does not prosper—that limits are set to mob rule—and that the time has come when the Institutions of the United States must undergo a change for the general benefit of the Commonwealth. These thinking men think that the time is now. We agree with them. Mr President Polk is an instrument —and en ignorant though a useful one. While he has been flogging his slaves, the Christian world has un dertaken the duty of flogging the slave-owner: and in the conflicting course of discipline, the breeder of, and dealerin slaves, must take the consequence." "The Liverpool 'rimes of the sth has a long article on the effects produced among their foreign and Irish neighbors,' by Sir Robert Peel's 'enormous indiscre tion, in dragging Mr Polk and Oregon into the May nooth debate.' The rejoicing of the Irish at the pros pect of thus being enabled to compel England to come to terms, is dwelt upon at length, and extracts are giv en from articles in some of the Irish papers on the subject. The Waterford Chronicle says all the Irish ask is 'life for Ireland,' and adds, that 'if war was waging along the Canadian frontier, and if 30 sail of the French line were confronting the English fleet in St George's channel, they would not long he without lile fur Ireland,' it further exhotts the Irish, before they consent to be 'conciliated' by the Maynooth grant to remember that the concession is made at a moment when 'England cannot depend upon the Russian wo. man-flogger, Nicholas, or any other power to help her over this bit of a fit in which she seems to be placed with regard to the Oregon territory." The Belfast Vindicator goes still further, and puts this hypothesis: 'Suppose a war with France and A mer ice, and all its embarrassments: and a people here are determined to make use of these embarrassments would England fire a gun until Ireland was free?— Who recruit her ranks? Forty thousand Irishmen are in her service, raising the temple of her glory, but not dating to inscribe their names or, the entablature.— Even their neurrality—even our refusal to enlist in the ranks—would impede her course, and frightfully em barrass her. But if not merely neutral, but cwnstitu tionally opposed, how could England war with a par alyeed—nay, a hostile right arm ' "The Times treats all this as mere hypothesis, but is very severe upon Sir Robert Peel for giving the Irish an opportuuity thus to threaten. It says: '• 'The entegrity of the empire is 'harken, the French are called to our shores in battle array. Canada is frin ged with invasion, Oregon seised, Great Britain and Ireland are imagined in actual war, our army is sup posed melting into a current of rleserrion,—all in order to get up a case for Sir Robert Peel's pretemal inter ference with the ordinary course of the British consti tution..' DREADFUL STEAMBOAT ACCIDENT Four Lives Lost.—The steamboat Paul Jones, Capt. Moffitt, from Havre-do-Grace. bound for this port, land having in tow eight canal boats, exploded her boiler yesterday morning about 4 o'clock, between North Point and Bear Creek, about ten miles below the city, and, melancholy to relate, four persons were instantly killed. The urfortunate individuals were Mr. John Parsons, tho engineer, who has left a wife and three children, the two firemen, one of whom was a colored man named Hiram, from Northumberland county, Va., the oilier, Mr. George Gill, and a boy nged about 11 year. belonging to the canal boat "Far mer," of Bloomsbuty, Pa. ihe previous part of the eight had been very rough, and two of the canal boats laden with lumber were avramped in the Bay, one near Pool's Island, and the other a short distance below North Point, which was the cause of the boy being on hoard the stenmimat. Cape. Moffitt. who was asleep in his MOT nt the time of the explosion, war severely scalded in the hands, facie and neck, and fears are en tertained that he may have inhaled a portion of the steam. His condition is very critical. A colored man named John who was at the helm, was blown with the wheel-house, in which be was, from the bow to the stern of the bolo, and. strange to say, received no injury. Mr. Benj. Ferguson, the mate, was on the upper deck at the time of the explosion, and was blown some thirty or forty feet, alighting amongst a quantity of pig iron upon one of the canal boats in tow, but fintunately escaped without the slightest injury. Mr. Patrick, the agent of the boat, season board, and at the time was asleep in the cabin. He also escaped without injury. About half an boar after the occurrence, the steamer Georgia, Capt. Cannon, from Norfolk, hove in sight— she was immediately hailed by the survivors, when Capt Cannon rounded to, took them off, and brought them to the city, w here they arrived about half-past o'clock. Capt. Moffitt was taken to his residence in Granby street. A short time aPer the Georgia left the wreck, the steamer Boston came up, and taking it in tow the eight canal boats, reached the city with them about ten o'clock. As soon as the news reached the city, the steamer Relief was chartered by John Boggs, Esq., the owner of the Paul Jones, and des patched to the spot, but on reaching her it was found that she was a complete wreck, and bad sunk in 18 feet water, nothing appearing but a portion of the up per deck and wheel house. Mr Boggs, we understatel, will make another effort to have her raised and to recover the bodies which are below in the engine- Bali. Clipper, June 4. That Porn. —We are now enabled to give the re mainder of Mr Enion Kendell's '•beaotiful" poem upon the wreck of the Kentucky packet:— "This boat was broke and smashed in to One end it stood aloof Some of the passengers clung to her One of them tumbled off The steersmnt be and three men more Also the chnmbet maid Were lodged upon a sickamnre log And there implored some aid Mr Brown proprietor of Brown's hotel In the city of Lafayette He was on board at the same time The packet boat did break" VACCIN arms .—Now that public attention is some. what directed to the danger of small-pox, it may be profitable to read the following remarks from the London Lancet, on the subject of vaccination: "The general conclusion drawn by Dr Ritzins, of Stockholm, from his observations of small-pox, and the . effects of vaccination in Sweden are these.—The pro• tection afforded by vaccination, from the close of the second year of life, against the contagion of the variol one points, usually lasts unimpaired to the end of the thirteenth year or so, after this period it begins to lose its effect, and gradually becomes more and more un certain to the twentieth or twenty-first year of life. For the next four or five rats, the disposition to the small-pox seems almost to have recovered its original integrity; and this state of liability continues unimpair ed up to the age of forty years or so. At about this epoch of life it begins to approach nearer and nearer to the limit of its existence—which it reaches, in the majority of cases, about the fiftieth yearkt• period ' 1 commences to take place." CURIOUS biIITRIVOIIIAL Areata.—The New York correspondent of the Philadelphia Morning Post, says: "Laat summer, an intelligent and hanasame but elderly Irish gentleman gave some amateur specimens of Irish song, in this city. accompanied with lec tures on the Irish character. He was an accomplished surgeon, and performed some splendid operations in this city, into the bargain. It was understood by a few here, that like Dr Lardner, he was in New York with another mew's wife, and was living under a fic titious name. It seems she was the wife of an officer of the Army, and Blood, McMichael's real name, was her professional attendant in London, with whom she eloped. Her husband, Maj. Boileau, sent out a con fidential messenger begging her to return, and prom ising forgiveness of all past errors. He had a private Interview with the recreant wife after various unanc cessful attempts, and she engaged to return with him to her husband. McMichael, it is said, discovered the plot. gave the agent an unmerciful beating, bit he got off safe with his prize. Since her return, her hus band has asked of Parliament to be divorced." THEATRE! SHIRES & PORTER.. GEO. T. ROWE. MR. EVANS. MANAGERS, STAGE-ACM.I.OER, TREASURER, PRICES OF ADMISSION. lst Tier Boxes, 50 ct 3d Tier Sexes, 20 cts 2d " " 37 " Pit, 25 " Gallery for col oredpersons, 20 etc Third and last night, bat ono, of the UNRIVAL LED ETHIOPIAN MELODIST, MR. H. BLAKE. First night of the splendid drama of "Joan of Arc,', together, with the highly 'attractive piece of "CLarir, Saturday Evening, June 7th, 2845, Will be performed, (First time this season) the Drama of JOAN OF ARC! (For Programme see small bills.) •ITCH WHICH, MR. U. BLAKE Will appear with his budget of VIRGINIA MIN STRELS. Previous to which the beautiful piece in 3 acts of CLARI; OR, TEE MAID OF MILAN. ITPDoorsopen at 7 o'clock. Curtain wads. at Bp ierisely. M•fhe Box Office will he open from 10 A. M. to I—and from 2 P. M to s—at which time places and seatscan be secured fur any number of Persons. A strong and efficient Police have beeM ged, and will preserve order at all times. jun 7 Fruits! Fruits!! 40DRUMS fresh Smyrma Figs; 4 Cases Genoa Cis ma; 40 Bushels African Ground nuts; 15 " Prime Pealed Peaches; Raisins, Oranges. Lemons, Almonds, Filbert., Cream Nuts, Cocoa Nuts, &c., &c. Just received and for sale hy Fish! Fish!! 20 nnLs rio 1 Herring; 25 bales Settled do 1200 IhA. prime Cod fish; 15 quarter and half bble No 1 Mackerel; No 1 Salmon, Shad end Lake Fish: Fresh and pickled Lobster'; Sardines, &c. Received and for sale by Groceries. 10 BOXES double and single Loaf Sugar; 4 blds coshed and Pulmized 60 bags Rio Coffee, fair to prime; Prime Old Java and Laituayra Coffee; Emu' fine Green and Black Tea.; And all other articles in the Grocery line, on hand and for sale by A. G REINHART. June 7 140 Liberty street. Notice. i L LL persons who have lost by the fire on the ..17th dig May last, are hereby notified and requested to hand in an esiimate of their losses to the undersigned on or before the 11th inst., as none will be received af ter that date. ROBERT PORTER, je T Chairman Committee of Councils. Notice. INASMUCH as the assessors of the loss by the Fire 10th April last. registered the names of many persons without their knowledge, and inasmuch also as mar.y persons handed in statements of their loss merely for the purpose of ascertaing the aggregate loss by the said calamity. Therefore. the committee on the apportionment of the relief fund, respectfully request that such of their fellow citizens as were sufferers on that occasion and do nut intend applying for assistance from said fund, will, without delay, inform the committee of their de termination by note through the Post Office, as they are very desirous of making a final distribution there of as soon as passible. By order of the Committee. THOS. BAKEWELL. je7 3t. Chairman. Auction. Sale of Dry Goods, &c. AT M'Kenna's Phoenix Auction Mart, No. 64 Market st., Simpson's Row. between 3d and 4th streets, on Monday next, June 9th, at 10 o'clock, A. M., will be sold without reserve a large lot of Dry Goods, of Dearly every description, together with a general assortment of Boots and Shoes Hardware, Scc. At 2 o'clock same day. a lot of Furniture. june 7 P. M'KENNA, Auctioneer. Aucl ion Sales. AT 10 o'clock, on Monday morning the 9th inst., at Davis' Auction Rooms, corner of Wood and sth sts., will be sold by order of assignees, a quantity of Seasonable Dry Goods and Fancy articlee. At 2 o'clock, P M , an extensive assortment of new and seconi hand Household and Kitchen Furniture, Matrasma, Carpeting, Looking Glasses, 1 Billiard Ta ble, 2 Iron Safes, 20 Kegs damaged Nail. and Spikes: 12 Boxes Va. Manufactured Tobacco, 5 Coils white Hemp Rope for Cable. 60 sides N Y tanned Sole Leather 50 Reams Le tter and Writing Paper, 10 Boxes Black Tea, good quality. Books, Watches, JewehT, AT 8 o'clock, this evening, at Davis' Auction Rooms, will be sold without , to close consignments, • quantity of new and second hand Books; 2 new silver Patent Lever Watches, Johnston, Liverpool; 10 second hand silver Watches, single and double case. An extensive essortrnert of Jewelry and fancy articles, comprising afidd and silver Pencil Cases; geld, silver and jet Necklace Breastpins; Pearl and shell Card Cases; a grearoragietv of Beads; Seger Cases; 1 Banker's Cate; 'Nosy Boxes; Snuff ob.; Silver Wire Basket; Hooke and Eyes; Pitts, Needles; Stay Lacings: Suspenders of fine quality and various descriptions; Fancy Boxes, &c. june 7 J D DAVIS, Ancer. SUSPENDERS, SUSPENDERS. 600 DO ceirtl S F onclinfeorC° rruted sale bgya Su spen der s the dozen or pair. No6l Merkel street, Simpson's Row by June 6.lw* J. CAVANAGH. Great Sale of Geld Pencils. NO. 46. WE last evening received another large invoice of those splendid GOLD PENCILS, warranted equal, if nut superior to any in use; and selling off with a perfect RUSH, at the same priers before advertised —from $1,50 to $lO, including the largest (Gents.) size in use. We have them manufactured, and new lots receiv ing constantly, and selling at mash less prices than can be had elsewhere. At the New Cash House of Jan 6 BARROWS & TURNER. GREAT DOINGS "DOWN TOWN." 110.481 ANOTHER package of those splendid 6.4 white figured Swiss Muslin., this morning received— with colored TAR LIONS, something new and beauti ful. New styles Balzorines—another package just opened, equally beautiful with the other Int. Call at je-6 BARROWS & TURNER'S. Great Troat far Little Money! At No. 46. DP ARROWS & TURNER are now selling beau tiful NEAPOLITAN LACE BONNETS for only rlfs2,oo. Call end see, at their new Cash House, 3 doors above the Burnt District. GLASS STAINING, By J. ..Vetcton, Fourth street Road. hear Toll Gate, THE only Glass Stainer west cf the mountains. A specimen of this glass is to be seen on the steam boat Cambria. All orders promptly attended to. feb..l9-waidtf. A. G. REINHART, 140 Liberty street. A. G. REINHART. 140 Libeny street J. D. DAVIS, Auctioneer 111611W111 • !pima% Cashman. • BS. Market Street, Pittaborgh. WELLING OFF AT COST. BE. CONS TAB LE requests the attention of dos • public to his stock of shawls; consisting of Blanket Cloth, Cashmere, embroidered Tbilisi and Belvidere, and Broche, at prices ranging from 56 cents up to $l2. Alpaccas, figured and plain, Remains, Zombis Cloths, &c., at from 18f cents up to 50 and 62 1-2. Cashmeres D'Cose from 25 up tO 50 cents, the new est imported styles. Just received, another lot of Flannels. imported as the only kind that is not liable to shrink. jan 1$ A Pismo to Beats • AGOOD Maw, Forte for rent by the clatter er year by ENO. H. MELLOR, june-6. No. 122 Wood weer. Notice. THE papers,dtes , of the late Sand. Kingston. Esq., I are now in the possession of the subscriber rea dy for delivery. All those having unfinished business will please call so that arrangements may be made to have the cases disposed of, MARY T. KINGSTON, Admr's Of the estate of S. Kingston, Esq., dsc'd. Conveyancing. THE undersigned would most respectfully initwet her friend& and the public generally, that she will attend to the business of Conveyancing in all its bree ches. Deeds, Mortgages, Wills and all other instruments of writing exeented with accuracy and despatch. Paper books and other legal papers mad. oat fiw Attorneys onthe shortest notice. Rooms on Wiley street, fourth door from the New Court House. MARY T. KINGSTON. june 6.d3m. SHOP ROOM AND STEAM POWER FOR RIM P. Income *7 H. H. RYAN, je6 Im. Fifth street, opposite Exchange Bank Five Dollar. Reward. STRAYED on Friday morning the 301 h inst., a white and brown spotted Slut with a collar engraved. James Cavanah; also, a hole through her ear. The above reward will be paid by returning he to No 61 Market street, between Thi r d and Fourth streets. je6sts Notice to Claimants. ALL those persons who have applied for assistance from the Fund for the relief of the sufferer* by the late Fire of the 10th of April, whose claims for loss, on that occasion do not exceed Five Masker! Dollars. are requested to call at the Mayor's office. on Monday, 9th inst. from 9A M till 12. and from 2 P M till 6. to receive their respective dividends. B‘ order of the COmmi,tee. june 6-3 t THOS. BAKEWELL, Ch'n Wasted Immediately, ABOY about 16 years of age that understands the Variety business in a Store, and CAMS/ WWI recommended, may hear of a situation by applying at No 61, Market street, between 3d and tltb, Simpson's Row, je6-2%.* A Trunk Pound. SOMETIME last Christmas there was a truak lift on board steam boat Cicero, con t a i n i ng mine clothes and a small amount of money. There were no marks in the contents or on the trunk to indicate whose it was. The ownercan have it by calling at the ware house of Jas May proving his property and paying all charges. June 5 3w Rare and Valuable Doeksi CHAMBE RS' Information for the People. new edition; ediied by Roben & William Chant ben, editors of Chambers' Edinburg Journal; 2 vets 8 so. Royal. France and the French Revointioo—A collection-of authentic narratives of the horrors committed by tie Revolutionary Government of France. under Montt and Robespierre; written by eye-witnesses of the scenes; from the Freud). 4 vole a vu. Burton's Anatomy of Me!nimbly; Smith's Weabh of Nations; Ward's Ideal; McCulloch cm Taxation. For sale by BOSWORTH & FORREiTER, INDEMNITY AGAINST LOSS Oft DAM. AGE BY FIRE. THE MUTUAL PRINCIPLE COMBINED With the additional security of a STOOK CAPITM The Reliance Mutant Insurance Co. of PlOla...Charter Perpetual. DtßiteTolts George W. Totem", John M. A twnod, Thomas C. Roekhill, .Lewis R. AAhhorst. WIT'. R. Thompson, George N. Baker. George M. Stroud, John J. Vanderkemp, . - George W. Carpenter. WILL make insumace against Loss or Damp V V by Fire, in Pittsburgh and vicinity, on Howie*. Stores and other buildings, and on Furniture ' Goods. Wares and Merehanclize, limited or perpetual, is tours or country, on the most favorable term . The Mutual Principle, combined with a Stock Capi tal. and the other previsions of thisitharter of this Company, hold out unusual inducements, both of pm& and safety. to those desirous of effecting insurance, to which the Company ask the attention and examination of those interested. The Capital Stock of the Company is invested in good and sufficient securities. After providing fur the losses accruing to the Company. in the course of its business, the stockholders are entitled to receive nut of its income and profits an interest not exceeding six per cent. per annum on the Capital Stock actually paid in—the amount of which interest. it is expected, will be supplied by funds invested—and thereafter, all the remaining profits are to accumulate and be held, in like manner with the Capital Stork, for the better ate curity of the assured. But certificates bearing inter est, payable annually, transferable on the books of the Company, and convertible at any time into Capital Stock , will be issued therefor to the Stockholders and insisted members, in proportion to the amount of Stock held, or premium paid by them respectively, agreeably to tie provisions of the Charter. Those effecting insurance with this company have. besides the usual protection against loss, by the ordi• nary method of insurance, the additional advantage of a direct participation in the profits of the Company, without any liability. GEO. W. TOLAND, President. B. M. Hiacastas, Secretary. The subscriber, who is the duly authorised Agent for the above named Company. is prepared to make kr sumacs. at the Office of the Agency, No. 97. West side of Wood street, 2d door above Etiamond alley, and will give all further information desired. THOS. .1. CAMPBELL, Pittsburgh, May 30. 1845. (jeSly. FIRS AND NAIMNE THE undersigned, Agent at Pitt' 'burgh for the Spring Garden Mutual Insurance Co., of Phil. adelphia, would respectfaily give notice that be con tinues to take FIRE RISKS on buildings, asecohas dise, dm, and MARINE RISKS on bulls of cargoes of vessel 4, at the eststonsaty rates. Apr'Hestia! roc risks stay be mule to the undersigs ed at the warehouse of Burbridge, Wilson & Co. ert Front street, or to Sawn Hems at the dies of 'be Fireman's Insurance Co., corner of Market und Fifth streets. june 4 JAS. W. BURBRIDGE. Agent. Mackerel. 13DLS. No 3, large size; jest retviverriand sale by J. & J. McDEVITT, june 4 No. 22.4, Liberty street. P Plow. 200BBLS. S F FLOUR, just received and for sslc by BURBRIDGE, WILSON & CO., june 4 Front st. between Wood h Smithfield. Nails. 200 KEGS NAILS, ass'd sizes, just receiving and for sale by BURBRIDGE, WILSON & CO.. june 4 Front st. between Wood & Smithfield. No 43, Market street.
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