a mo
ment when their respective countries were at a low
point of fortune. Carthage had succumbed to the
rising power of Rome. France had sunk under thel
genies of the elder Pitt. Carthage had been compel- I
led to resign Sicily, and France had been stripped of,
her American colonies and her Indian possesaions.- 1
The education of both was strictly military and if the'
advantage of birth gave to the Carthaginianan tiered-I
itaryiommand, the fortune of circumstances opened to
young Bonaparte, through the Revolution, a path tot
fame which a few years previous was closed against,
him. Each was placed, from hie earliest years, in'
face of that power to which he - was destined to prove al
most formidable foe, and to which, after reducing it to
the utmost extremities and menacing it with utter de-1
swot:don, he was fated to yield; for Corsica, the native;
country of Napoleon, at the moment of his birth, had
but escaped from the domination of the English; and
Carthage, when Hannibal first saw the light. still,
trembled at the recollection of the Romans. Their;
eatidies over, and their active career of arms commen-;
cad, itis still against the same hereditary foes that the',
two voting chieftains direct their arms—Napoleon at,'
Tottlern Hannibal at Segumum; end it is with the to ;
king of these towns that the military success of each'
commence.
If we bok at this moment at the respective situa
tion of their native countries—of France and of Catch
age—we shall find a correspondence to bear out our
parralleh Both had recently issued from a contest in
which they had been worsted, and had lost the com
mand of the seas,—a circumstance that had so power
ful as influence upon -the after fortunes of the two s
chiefs. In each instance, too, in these remarkable,
struggles for empire, we perceive on the one side al
Democracy; on the other en Aristocracy: and each
principle display its particular characteristic: the De
mocracy bringing to its aid all the more violent pas
sloths which agitate large masses of men; renderin
the war a popular one; the conductor of it, so long as
fortune was faithful to him, the idol of the people who
feasted upon his victories, but could not support d
feat. On the other side, in the Roman Senate, we see
those resolute, unbending, and unreleming counsels
forwhich Oligarchies have been remarkable. Defeat
might follow defeat—armies be lost, commanders per
jab, allies fall off, the capitol be threatened—all failed
to.subdue that desperate courage which nraintain
the aristocracies of Rome and England; and at lengti
after many failures, the man issued from their rank.
who was to reward them for their constancy.
But to return to our more immediate subject.
Alison has said that the genius of Napoleon was
Oriental; and certainly in the fire of his language, in
the energy of his actions, and yet with the statue-like
calmoness of his feature for wilich ho was re
markable—dim coolness in the piesence of dan
ger which nothing could disturb—ghat equanimi
ty alike in the midst of the greatest successes and
of the greatest reverses—above all, that acquies
cence in the decrees of destiny, and that stoic philo
sophy which enabled l.im to find in the Russian Re
treat the subject of a philosophical reflection—this u
nion of two such opposite qualities appears to belong'
more to the natives of the East than to the inhabi
tants of the North. Se far as we can judge from the
descriptions of Hannibal, he, ton, must have partaken
of this mingled nature—He must have had this icy
exterior and imagination—the poet's power of concep
tion and the General's power of execution. He must
have had that flexibility of character which conciliated
men of opposite nations and various interests and,
which bound up in one terrible engine of strength,'
the African, the Spaniard. the Gaul, and the
Italian. Wherever he could bring his personal influ
ence to bear, there was he like Napoleon, successful,
whether it was conciliating the savage, versatile, and
suspicious Gaul, in winning over to him the allies of t
Rome, or in seducing from her the affections of her
sub
jects.
Neither of these great Captains was merely n
slier. They were great Statesmen, as competent to,
lead in Council as to command in battle—masters of,
the motives by which men are actuated, of the power;
by which they are moved, and ever ready to make use d
of them for their own ends.
Italy was the great field in which both performed,
their must illustrious achievements, and to which'
each was most attached. Their first campaigns were,
too, their moat glorious. There is nothing in ancient
history to compare with the Hannibal from Satuntum
to Canna---signalised as that march was by the pass - 11
age of the Pyrenees, the Alps, and the A ppentneal
and by the victories of the Trebbia, of the Lake,
Thrasymene, and of Cannie. There is nothing in,
modern history to compare with the first Italian cam-,
Taigas of Napoleon, in which three Austrian armies.
were successively destroyed by him, as those of the'
Romans had been destroyed by Hannibal. Napoleon's '
'Canine—Marengo—was, indeed, reserved for a later
day, when he, ton, had crossed the Alps; and it was
this victory of Marengo that closed the first and most
glorious period of Napoleon's career, when his victo
ries were indeed fought for France. They were otter
wards won for the Emperor.
If we descended into detail., we might point nut
the correspondence between the personal dangers run I
by these two great warriors—by Hannibal when march-1
ing through the marshes of Arno, which cost him an',
eye; by •Hapoleon, when struggling in the swamp atl
Arcola. Each, too, received but two wounds in their
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numerous battles—Hannibal, aiSagentim to the thiglel
Napoleon at Toulon, in the the thieh, Hannibal be- 1 ,
'ore Placentia,after the victory of the Trebbia: Napo-1
leon, before the Ratisbon, before the victory of Eck.
anal.
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The world will never know the reasons which re
-strained Hannibal from marching, in accordance with
the advice of his general of cavalry, Mago, on Rome,
after the battle of Carom , . Such a mind, so accustom
ed to victory, could scarcely have been overcome by
the greatness of the opportunity; there must have been
stronger reasons than that assigned by the Rumen
historian—inability to make use ofthe battles he won.
The man who would conceive the idea of marching
'from Spain to Italy, through titolofriest mountains and
'The fiercest nations of Europe, to encounter the most
- powerful people of the world, Auld not have been d
ficient in moral energy and decisson. Rot it is useless
to speculate. Hannibal did not match on Rome; nor
did Napoleon invade England; and in future times ono
event may be regarded as remarkable as the other.—
For, after all, what was the invasion of England to the
march to Moscow? No more than the advance upon
Rome would have been to the march from Spain t
Italy. That which each of these chiefs did not d.
could not compare in point of daerng and dilhulty with
that which they did do. But they were withheld by
some canse, and that decided their after fate. The
-opportunity, once lost, never presented itself again t.
either of them. The French fleet, which might have
carried over Napoleon to England, was destroyed
shortly after by Nelson at Trafalgar; the army with
which Hannibal might have taken Rome was lost at
-Capes- When he did approach within three miles o
the Eternal City, it was only to utter the hitter words,
"That sometimes the will—sometimes the power of
taking the City of Home, was denied him?"
The repulseof Hannibal from Nola by Marcellus
the first check he received after his great victories
may be compered to that of Napoleon before St. Jean
d'Actv, by Sir Sidney Smith. It turned the current
of events—gave them another direction. Could Han
nibal ba ve taken Nola—a sea-pc rt, like Acre, it would
have opened to bitn all the resources of Africa. Could
Napoleon have taken St. Jean d'Acre, Asia would
have lain before him, and be might issued fie th from
it an Oriental conqueror—a second Alexander instead
of returning to Eutopo to meet with the fate of Hanni
bal.
It was the singular lot of both these men never to
meet the commander raised up against them till the
very moment of their overthrow. Hannibal and Scipio
met fur tbo first time at Zama, so did Napoleon and
Wellington at Waterloo; and in each case the superior
genius was conquered by the inferior. Spain. too, was
the field on which - both Scipio and Wellington formed
themselves for this great exploit, by which they reaped
the laurels accumulated by their great antagonists.
At Zama, Hannibal was allowed to have done all
that a r , eut commander could do to ensure victory; so
did Napuloon ut NV atm lon. Each fought for fame,
rovanr, liberty; as betete they bad fought fur foreign
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leon, on
conquest. Yet each was defeated; and each fled from
the field of battle, leaving their hosts a prey to the
rtetors. All hope of further resistance was gone; but
it was not the character of these men to give way to
sudden bursts of despair which cause inferior men to
throw away their lives. They had the courage to live;
but it was that one might die a proscribed man in a
foreign land, where the vengeance of Rome still fol
lowed him and presented the poison to his lips, the
other on a barren rock, a prisoner in the hands of his
greatest enemies.—Brighloa Herald.
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THOS. PHILLIPS t WM. H. SMITH, EDITORS
PITTSBURGH, MONDAY JUNE 16, 1815
Death of General Jackson.
With feelings of sorrow which we will tot attempt
to express in words, we read the following announce
ment. Although the death of this great and good old
man was daily and hourly expected, still the realiza
tion of their worst fears will fall-coldly and heavily on
the hearts of the millions who loved him for his good,
nevi, and venerated him for his unequaled achieve
ments. For our own pert, we have long looked on
Gene/aid ACICEION as the 'foremost man," not only in
his own country, but "of all this world." Of him i
may be tru'y said that he possessed all the attributes
of greatness, his faults and errors ware few and far
between, and could not even fora moment detract from
his fame or dim the dazzling brightness of his career.
The boastful words ascribed to Ctesar may be justly
applied to him—fot he was
"constant as the northern star,
"Of whose true-fixed, and resting quality,
"There is no fellow in the firmament."
From the Louisville Democrat, June 12
GENERAL JACKSON IS DEAD!
The term of his eventful life closed on Sunday even
ing last, at 6 o'clock. On Sunday morning the repor
reached Nashville, that he bad expired, owing to his
having fainted away. in the attempt to remove him
from his chair to. his bed. He however recovered for
a few hours. A short time before his death, he took
anaffectiona'e leave of hi. friends and domestics, retain.
ing to the last, his senses and intellect unclouded. He
expired with the utmost calmness, expressing the high
est confidence in a happy itnmortulity through a Re.
deemer.
General Houston landed at Nishville, nt half mist
ix. on Sunday evening. and set oft in haste to the Her
mitage, but was met by the physician who informed
him that the General was no more.
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We received this intelligence frem Col J. C. El
dredge, who accompanied Gen Houston from Texas,
and who is now on his way to Washing-ton City.
The simple announcement of this melancholy,
though long expected event, will excite the deeper
.emotions in the hearts of the American people. The
memory of Jackson belongs to his country. Her his
tory will contain the record of his valuable services
hissterling patriotism,and a nation's gratitude will be
his monument.
The ftineral, we understand, was to have taken
place yesterday morning.
EXTENSION OF THE CITT.—On Saturday last, pur
suant to law, the citizens of the Bth and 17th districts
of Pitt Township, met at the house of Henry Rea,
to determine, by ballot, whether they would have the
aforesaid districts annexed to the City, The vote was
s follows:
For Annexation , 171;
Against it,
Majority in favor of Annexation,
There was quite a spirited contest, and the oppo
nents of the measure did their utmost to defeat it.
But they were too weak, and in a few days, we sup
pose, the people of the SIXTH WARD of l'ittlburgh
will elect their Councilmen, Aldermen anti other offi
cers. We am glad they have determined to come into
the corporation.
THE RAIL Rein.—We are gratified relearn tha
mnay of the more moderate and most influential men
it the whig party, think that the most prudent course
the people could pursue at the nest fall election, would
be to elect members of the Legislature from the demo
cratic party, as it is very obvious that they could exer
cise a greater influence in favor of the measure., than
whig members could. It is rot on account of the po
litical advantage that such an event would he to th•
democratic party,.that we desire it—our majority in
the Legislature will be sufficient without the Alleghe
ny members—but from a sincere feeling fur the success
of the Rail Road Bill.
We know that the democrats of this city and coun
ty are honestly in favor of this project, and that when
they nominate, they a ill make the will and the ability
of the candidates to aid the Rail Road, the principal
consideration in presenting them to the people for their
suffragel.
We have conversed with many of our political
friends in regard to this meaaure, end we have not
found one who is opposed to it, or who does not ar
dently desire that it may receive the sanction of the
next Legislature.
It is then. plainly the course of wisdom, to send
from the portion of the state most interested in the
success of the measure, such representatives as will
have most influence with the majority in the Legisla
ture, and whose political associations will gain them
the friendship of those from whom they must solicit
support if they expect to succeed. Neither of the
tickets now before the people, is such as the emergen
cy requires, and we do not know that a worse ene,
for the purpose of carrying the Rail Ron.] bill, could
have been selected, than that which was nominated by
the whig convention.
A portion of it has not only personal interests to serve
by opposing the Rail Road, but if they were willing to
forget self, and fellow the wishes of the people, their
political conduct has been so grossly abusive of distin•
nished democrats, that, even if they possessed all the
abilities that their friends claim for them, they would
fail to win the confidence and support of the democrat
ic members.
But with a delegation of active, energetic and tai
nted democrats, the caw would be different. They
would have no political prejudices to overcome, and
they could appeal to their brother democrats with a
confidence that the whigs could not with propriety as
sume.
We have no doubt but when our nominations are
made, such a ticket will be presented to the people 114
will satify every man whose feelings for the prosperity
of our city are not smotheted by bitter political preju•
ice, and we indulge the hope that a majority of the
people will see the advantage of being represented by
men whose asseciationsand abilities are most likely to
win friends Cur a measure in which we are all so much
interested.
THE PREsIDENT . 3 HEALTH.—Weetre sorry to learn
says the Washington Journal of Wednesday evening
that the President is so much indisposed as to be una
ble to see company. Nothing serious is apprehended
The fashionable tide is already setting toward.'
Niagara and Saratoga. The Pavilion at the lute
place is even now respectably tenanted. In three
weeks not a belle nor a lion will be left to grate the
pare of Broad rt ay, fin i s aN . Y Exchangr.
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[The Lancaster Deinocrat says that Lewis C.
Levin, or Levy, (descended perpendicularly from Judas
Iscariot,) is studying the German language, for the
e of converting the farmers of Lancaster ;minty
to the doctrines of Nativism. We should hardly have
supposed that Mr Levy would have employed a for
eign tongue for the purpose of making native pro
selytes.
THt LAST PHILADELPHIA Duct..—Mr Meredith,
thegentlemnn wounded in the last duel, was on Tues
day doing as well as could be expected. The ball
entered the left thigh, and striking the bone, without
fracturing it, glanced downward and lodged about
three inches above the knee, from where it has been
extracted. There was a rumor prevalent about town
on Tuesday, says the Ledger, that another duel had
occurred that morning, but upon inquiry there was no
oundation for it. The cit., of "brotherly love," is
_cuing along right smart in the pleasant amusements
of riots, rnurders,duels, &c. dtc.
Er The Comptroller of N. Y., has given notice that
.e will redeom at par the outstanding notes of seven
insolvent Safety Fund Banks of that State, viz: the
Commercial Bank of New York, the Bank of Buffalo,
the Commercial Bank of Buffalo, the Commercial
Bank of Oswego, the Clinton County Bank, the Wa
tervliet Bank and the Bank of Lyons.
ONE Crtr.Ensul. NOTE. —Amid the general cry of
scarce crops, and the complaint (almost universal) of
taught, we hear good accounts of crops from the
frontier out West. The last Arkansas Gazette gives
favorable news, from all Arkansas. The farmers, it
says, have a bright prospect of realizing abundant
crops, and making up for the last year's losses by the
overflow of the rivers.
It is hoped that the abundant rains we had last week
will revive the crops in this quarter, and that our far
mere will yet have . a
fair return for their labour not
withstanding the fears that have been entertained
heretofore.
MORE PREPARATION.—The Charleston Courier
says that orders have been received to put tho forts
in that harbour in a complete state of defence at
THE NEW OHIO BANKS.—Gov Bartley, of Ohio
has issued Ilia proclamation, auth"rizing the newly con
stituted Banks of Cincinnati, of Columbus, of Cleve
and, and of Dayton, to transact banking business
as they have complied with all the prelimina
requisitions of the General Banking Law of the State.
THE FLORDIDA Lt.GtaLATURE.—The first Legis
lature of the State of Florida will assemble on Mon.
day, the 23d of June, on which day Gov Moseley, the
newly elected Governor, will be sworn in. One of the
first duties of this Legislature will be to select two de
mocratic U S Senators.
['No less than. twttve hundred and seven emi
grant: from Europe arrived at New York during the
24 hours ending at 6 o'clock, P. M. on Sunday. his
supposed that the arrivals during the year will reach
150,000. The New York Gazette says that 10,000
have already arrived, and adds—"lt is not a little sin
gular that an unusual proportion of these are Bakers
nd Tailors—the Bakers from Germany, and the
oilers from England."
SutcluE.—Tha Baltimore Sun of Thursday con
tain*an account of the death by suicide, of Wm Van
Buskirk, Eiq., late Secretary of State under Governor
Thomas. He killed himself with a rifle gun, near the
court-house door, at a few minutes before 4 o'clock—
the muzzle being held between the eye-brows, and the
dkchatge effected by the ramrod, producing instant
death. .4 correspondent of the Patriot says Mr Bus
kirk was in the office of George A Pearce, Esq , a few .
minutes before the act, where he wrote two letters,'
which were found in his hat—one to S. M. Semmes,.
Esq., desiring him to communicate the fearful new*
to hit, family, and to others this brief note:
"Let no mnn presume to censure an act which does
him no hntm, and which ho is not cnpable of under
standing."
He was in the 42d year of his age, e nd is represent
ed as a man of genius, with a warm and erneroug
heart. Pecuniary difficulties are supposed to have been
the cause of the act.
SMALL Pox.—Fatty-four persons died of the small
pox in New York within the space of three weeks.
Fine AT New Yoax.—About half -past ono o'clock
on Tuesday morning, a fire broke out in the slaughter
house of Mr Heild, 229 Christie street. New York,
which with its contents of live stock, was entirely de
stroyed—no insurance. No 231, Erkleson & Myers,
butchers, also destroyed with the stock—no insurance
No 233, corner of Houston street, was on fire a num
ber of times, which was subdued by the active exer
tions of the firemen. It next communicated to Alder
man Cornell's house on Houston street, who saved all
his furniture in a damaged state. Building uweed by
A Mellen, insured—principal damage by water. The
house next adjoining, occupied by David Marsh, who
saved his furniture, was considerably injured, and
one or two other frame buildings considerably scorch
ed.
STEINKE! Buss ILD.—The steamer Importer, lying
a little below the mouth of Deer Creek, was discover.
ed to be on fire about 2 o'clock yesterday morning.
Before the flames could be arrested she was burned to
the hull. A small portion only of her furniture was
saved. The fire is supposed to have been accidental
by some, and by others the work of an incendiary,
The Importer was four years old, was built at Pitts
burgh, and was worth between $3OOO and $4OOO.
Several boats were lying along side, and had there
been any wind, some of them must inevitably have been
burned. Cin. Enq. June 12.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRES
Destruction of the Academy of Fine Arts at Phil
adelphia.—The Ledger says that at about eleven o'
clock on Wednesday evening, a fire broke nut in the
cellar in the rear of and under the gallery of the Acade
my of Fine Arts, which in a short time, enveloped the
whole building, totally destroying the collection of an
cient statues belonging to the Academy. The flames
, then extended to the building occupied by the pictu
Hely, but fortunately the principal pictured were re
moved to a place of safety by the neighbors and those
interested in the institution. We do not know, how
ever, whether West's great painting of Death on the
ale Horse, was io fortunate. When we left the
ground, at 12 o'clock, the flames had not been subdu
ed, and the impression was that the painting in
tion was destroyed or damaged by the heat and smoke.
Of this, however, we cannot speak for certain,
as it was impossihle, amid the confusion, to ob
tain information which could be relied upon.—
Certain it is that the statues, some of them the work
of ancient masters from one to two thousand years
ago, some the work of the greatest modern artists, and
all collected at an immense cost to the institution, hay,
..en totally destroyed. From the place where the fire
originated, and the manner in which the buildings are
cut off from the main street, the firemen found it ex
rremely difficult to operate with effect in subduing the
estroying element, but they worked with great ear
neatness. From the fact that no fire was used abou
the premises, we are led to conclude that ibis was the,
work of an incendiary—an act of Vandalism which
merits mote than ordinary punishment.
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EXECUTION OF MRS. ELIZARITEI ReKD.—A few
days since we published a report, which was curren
in our exchanges, that this human fiend, who was u
dersentence of death in Illinois, had cheated the gal
lows by eating glass. The Charleston (11l ) Reports
refutes this report, and gives a minute account of he
execution, pursuant to sentence. She was hanged at
St Lawrenceville, (Ill.) on the 23d ult. She stated
upon the gallows that she felt an interest in the re
deeming blood of the Prince of Peace, and died, but
to live forever in a state of bliss made perfect to the
glory of God the Father. Sbe was very unwell on
he morning of the execution, and with a weak and
feeble step, she was conducted to the scaffuld, and
ung in the presence of eight thousand spectators.—
(ter her spirit had taken its flight to another world.
ber body was taken down and dissected by the physi
cians. Her stomach, upon examination, was found
• o contain a number of pieces of brick as large as a
o a, and pulverized glass, by which she had in vain
ttempted to save herself from an ignominious and
loublic death. It is justly presumed that she could
I ave lived but a few days longer. Some days previ
.us to her execution site made a full confession of all
thecircumstances attending the murderiof her husband,
which she aecomplised by administering poison.
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NAVY DEPARTMENT.—Extract cfa letter from Com
odore Charles IVm. Skinner, commanding naval
orces on the coast of Africa, to the Secretary of the
Navy, dated 16th March, 1895:
"From the most authentic sources within my reach,
it appears that our commerce is rapidly increasing.
t is manifest and admitted on all sides, that so long
s protection is afforded by the presence of a squadron,
it will go on increasing in extent and profit. Since
he chastisement inflicted on the people of Baribee,
the natives stand in fear of our power, and the A meri
. n merchants now trade in security at places where,
treviously to that event, they were deferred from enter
ing from fear of the treacherous character of the na
ives.
A brisk and lucrative commerce is carried on in
ivory, palm oil, hides and gold dust, received in ex
hange for various articles, the growth or manufacture
.1 the United States. It is apparent to a superficial
.bserver, that the natives along the coast stand In awe
rf our vesseln of war; the interest manifested by rho
officers for our merchantmen and citizens employed in
their vocations, the prompt manner in which every
rang inflicted on them has been resented, and every
act of kindness acknowledged, has had the effect of in
ducing the African to propitiate in every way the citi
zens of our country; even the lone missionary experi
ences and acknowledges the advantages arising from
the protection of a flag at once feared and respected."
Hayti and St. Domingo.—The Courier des Etats
Unit gives us the following specific information res
pecting the Haytien Republic, attention to which will
prevent a confounding of names that is but too com
mon. The name Hispaniola (Little Spain) was given
by Columbus to the northern part of the island, on
which be landed. Subsequently, the French took poi
ession of the western portion, and called it St Domin
o. In pmgress of time both Spaniards and French
were ousted by the colored race, she gave the name
f Hayti to the whole island; but since the expulsion
f President Boyer there has been a separation of the
eastern and western portions, the former of which is
.11ed the Dominican Republic and the latter the Hay
tien. The city of St. Domingo is the capital of the
Dominican Republic, and Port Republican, formerly
Port au Prince, that of the Haytien. The name of St
Domingo is still sometimes applied to the whole island,
but improperly.
Foreign Inierferenee.—What will tho "Albany A
merican Citizen" say to the following paragraph from
the "Savannah Republican," a whig print as rabid as
itself—a paper which has abused Mr. Polk us much
as itself, and which sees as little through "the green
annexation spectacles" as itself.
"A friend writes us from New York, under date of
the 31st ult. as full )ws: 'A feeeling of deep indigna
tion has been excited in the public mind here, arising
out of the open and improper interference of the
British charge d'affaires riitritin t ? Mexico with a
rietc to prevent the annexation of Texas to the Uni
ted States. Whatever may be the feelings and opin
ions of a part of the people as to the means used to
have that country annexed to this, they certainly can
not bear lightly interference with ortr rights . from
abroad of this kind. If England has been honest in
all her protestations of having no desire to interfere in
matters pending between ourselves and Texas, she has
certainly not shoal it in this case."
And yet the Albany Whig press has charged us with
manufacturing sentiment for the American people, be.
cause we have declared that they will not view with
out indigdation the interference o f Mr. Commissiunei
Elliot with the annexation of Texas.—Globe.
Canada.—At Montreal nn the 28th, M M Lafleche
was drowned; on the 26th James Smith was drowned;
nd on the 28th a private of the 93d Highlanders cut
his throat. Montreal has contributed $28.605 to
ards relieving the Quebec sufferers. The Catholic
hapel at Valcarder, and one commenced at Forsyth,
n Megantie, were both burned down on the 28th, in
consequence of a fire raging in the woods. A letter
from Montreal, in the Rochester Democrat, says:—
"The immense influx of goods from the United States,
together with those arrived by ships from Europe, has
.oubly overstocked the market, and intelligent mer
chants compute the stock now in the city, at two years'
supply ol every variety, from a Connecticut cluck to
Yorkshire broadcloth. The business, although new,
has been immense. Rising of $30,000 duties were
received by the Collector at St John's fcr goods des
ined for this market during the month of May. Ris
ing of 4,000 cases of tobacco have passed that Custom
House within, twenty days, and the stock on hand was
large. Canton satins, of which there is an immense
importatien to-day, sold at auction at a loss of 2:i per
cent. It is so in almost every article offered, while
ilks are a drug. The first importation of an invoice
of $35,300 of French and German good+, proved a
loss of 20 per cent.--dnuble of the usual variety of
cads having arrived from Europe. • All is competi
tion."
INDIAN WAR, (says the Houston Telegraph.) it
appears, is now raging ulong the whole line of the Rio
Grande from its mouth to its source.
. - .
On the south the Camanches are devastating the
country from Matamoras tothe Passo del Noma; above
this town the A pachas and Kioways are extending
their depredations noar to Albuquerque, and above
this position the Yuta Indians are desolating the coun
try through the whole valley of Taos.
The war with these Indian tribes will probably be
ome more and more formidable to the Mexican set
tlements until these Indians are checked by the United
tates.
The weak settlements of Chihuahua and Santa Fe
will be scarcely able to withstand the terrible inroads
f these savages, aided by their Indian allies from
rkansas and Missouri, who have battled with success
ven with the veteran troops of the U. States.
Indeed, it isnot improbable that the whole province
of Chihualiga and Santa Fe may be in possession of
Indian tribes in the course of five or ten years, unless
the Government of the United States interposes its an
bothy to keep these tribes in check. For this reason
Mexico would derive an immense advantage from an
nexation.
The last sentence furnishes a key to the whole sto
Links.—" Honest industry has brought that man to
he scaffold," said a wag, as he observed a carpenter
.pon the staging.
Speaking of wags—what is more waggish than a
. og's tail when he is pleased?
Speaking of tales—we always like those that end
ell. Hogs' for instance.
Speaking of Hogs—we saw one of those animals
ying in the gutter the other day, and in the opposite
•ne a well dressed man. The first had a ring in his
ose—the latter had a ring on his finger. The man
as drunk—the hog was sober. "A hog is known by
he company he keeps," thought we—so thought mis
er porker, and off he went.
Speaking of going off, puts us in mind of a gun we
•nce owned. It went off one-night, and we have not
n it since.
EV"What is the matter with Mr Johnson's eyes'!"
'Why, be has injured his eight by looking through a
hick-bottomed tumbler."
THEATRE!
MANAGERS;
STAGE - MANAGER,
TREASURER,
PRICES OF ADMISSION.
Ist Tior Boxes, 50 cts. 3d Tier Boxes, 20 cis
~" 37 ~P it, 25
Gallery for color persons.2o cts.
Last night but one of Mr E SHAW
The Managers respectfully inform the Public, tha
on this evening will be performed the new and rel.
firmed Drama translated from the French of "DON
CrESAR DE BA Z A N !"
Monday Evening, June 16th, 1845,
Will be performed, (First time this season) the
Tragedy of
DON CESAR DE BAZAN ! !
The whule to conclude with the laughable farce o
DUMB BELLE:
-
Mr Doors open at 7 o'clock. Curtain will use a
13 precisely.
LlP'The Box Office will be open from 10 A. M.
to I—and from 2 P. M. to s—at which time places
and seats can be secured for any number of Persons.
IA strong and efficient Police have been enga
ged, and will preserve order at all times. jun 16
Paper, Paper, Paper.
niVEN & Hulburt's superior Fools Cap plain and
V ruled.
Howard & Lathrop's fined ruled cap;
Butler's Superfine Blue Vellum Poet ruled;
Howard & Lothrop's "
H & Goodwin's superfine glazed post"
Superior Flat Cap:
Blue Demi Paper.;
" Medium Papers;
Also, Wall papers, &c.
Crown and Medium Wrapping paper.
For sale by CHAS. H. KAY, Bookseller, No. 76,
Market at., above White &Bro's., between 4th at. and
Diamond.
je 16
14 Valuable Buildings Lots,
AT PRIVATE SALE.
TIE subscriber is authorized to sell at low pri
ces and on liberal terms—The following
very desirable property in this city and its vicinity,
viz
One lot of Ground having 224 feet (Font on fonrth
street, and extending back 85 feet,adjoining the Blink
of Pittsburgh.
One other lot having 194 feet front, on Third street,
and extending back 82 feet, to connect with the above,
and if desired both lots will be sold together and are
considered among the most dealt able situations for
business to be had in this city.
One other lot of ground situate at the corner of Wy
lie and Elm streets, having a front of 40 feet on Wylie
street, and extending along Elm street 124 feet to
an alley 26 feet wide.
Two other lots adjoining the last mentioned, having
each a front of 24 feet on Wylie street, (or Coal Hill
Turnpike) and extending back 124 feet to the said
alley.
2 other lots on said street or Turnpike, having each
a front of 24, feet and extending back 109 feet to an
alley 20 feet wide.
3 other Lots of ground, having each a front of 24
feet on Coal street or Coal Lane, and extending back
109 feet to a 20 feet alley.
1 other Lot of - ground, having a front of 24 feeton
Franklin street, which is 60 feet wide, and extending
back 124 feet to an alley 20 feet wide.
3 other Lots of ground, each fronting on said Frank
lin street 24 feet, and extending back 126 feet to a
street 40 feet wide.
The last mentioned 12 Lots are situated in the city
district, near the property of Duct. Black.
Apply to JOHN D. DAVIS, Auctioneer.
June 16-tf Corner of Wood and sth streets,
[ N the matter of the volun• )In the Court of Com-
Itary assignment of Syl- ' mon Pleas of Alleghe
vanus Lothrop. t ny County, No. 31, of
J March Term, 1840.
sT And now, to wit, June 7, 1845, On
isz
the petition of Sylvanus Lothrop, setting
(' . - • forth the payment of his debts by the as
.r, ,',. signees, under the voluntary assignment
...:. 'St!. 'made by him for the benefit of creditors,
on the 21st day of December, 1839, and
praying the said Court to order a reconveyance by the
said assignees of the balince of the property assigned
by him, and still undisposed ef in their hands, and not
required for the purpose of the said Trust, and further
to discharge the said assignees 'from the same; it is
ordered and decreed by the Court, that the prayer of
the petitioner will be granted hod allowed, unless cause
be shown on or before Saturday, the fifth day of July
next, why the., same should not be allowed.
Attest GEO. R. RIDDLE, Proth'y.
.junel6-3tw.
DAMAGED FILES AT AUCTION.
A TM'Kenna's Phoenix. Auction Mart, No. 64
Market street, Simpson's Row, between 3d and
4th st., Wednesday, June 18th, at 10 o'clock A. M.
At the same time of the sale of Damaged Steel, will
be sold a lot of Files slightly damaged, assorted sizes;
they can be seen on ibe morning of. Sale.
jel6 P. M'KENNA, Aec'a.
Goshen Cheese.
A PRIME lot just received and for sale by
A. G. REINHART,
190 Liberty St
Stools, Hooks.
SIGOURNEY'S Letters to young Ladies;
Doctor Durbin's observations in Europe;
The Glory and Shame of England, by C'Esdlismist
Lester, for sale by CHAS. HAW
Bookseller, No. 76 Market et . above White I'prlA,
store, between 4th at. and Diamond
Dissolution.
NOTICE is hereby given that the firm of G. & E.'
A nhurs is dissolved from this date by mutual con
sent. All persons having claims against the above firm,
are requested to present them for immediate payment
and all knowing themselves to be indebted will please
call and settle their accounts at the old stand, on the
corner of Second and Grant sts. where the business
heretofore will be condacted by Edward Arthurs.
GEO. ARTHURS,
E. ARTHURS.
lel4-dlw.
Pittehurgh, June in. 1845
Monongahela Foundry,
Corner of Water and Grant Streets.
TH E subscribers having rebuilt and enlarged their
Foundry, which was destroyed by the great fire
of the 10th of April, are DOW prepared to furnish cast
'ngs of all kinds on the shortest notice.
JOHN ANDERSON & SON.
junel4-1w•
Scales.
IPAIR large Platform Scales in good order an
for sale low. Apply to C A M'A NULTY,
jel3-Iw. Agt. United State, Line.
Marine nospitaL
D ROPOSALS will be received until the 30th inst.
for excavating cellar and building foundation
walls of Marine Hospital. There will be about 1,500
cubic yards of excavation--900 superficial yards o
concrete pavement, laid six inches thick—for cellar
floor, say about 150 cubic yards. There will be about
300 cubic yards of masonry in the foundation walls,
which are tube built of bard and durable stone, dress
ed to lay in regular coutses—all the masonry to be laid
in cement mortar. JOHN SANDERS,
Captain Engineers.
Age, American, Ariel, Chronicleanti Gazette pub
liehdeilyuntil3oth,and charge this °kw." jel4.
A FRESH SUPPLY
Johnson's Superior Printing Ink,
RECEIVED THIS DAY,
At ae Office of the Pittsburgh Morning Post
June 13-tid&w PHILLIPS & SMITH.
SHIRES & PORTER
GEO. T. ROWE
HR. EVANS.
" letter pa rer ~
From Chambersburg by Rail Road to PAiladelplia,
In splendid newly built Eight Wheel C. there
connecting with Mail Cars for New-York; also at
Chambereburg with Mail Lines direct for Bakianore
od Washington City.
leWr Only Office for the above Line, next demist* this
Exchange Hotel, St ClairStmet.
jitne 12-d3rn W. R. MOORHEAD. A'gt.
Valuable Seeks.
T HE Encyclopedia of Geography—compiling
a complete description of tbeEarth, phystial„
statistical, civil and political, exhibiting its :windmills
be heavenly bodies, its physical structure, the augural
history of each country, and the industry. sosetwertm,
itical, institutioos and civil and social state of of
nations: By Hugh Murray, F. R. S. E.., assisted by
Professors Wallace, Jameson and Hooker, 3 vole.
o. Illustrated by eighty two maps and ehryea has.
dred engravings.
Mitchell' a Ancient Geograyky, designed for tip
use of &endemics Schalk and Families, a system te
Classical and Sacred Geography, embellished with
engravings of remarkable events, views of ancient
cities and various interesting antique remains; together
with an ancient Atlas containing maps illustrating the
work.
Woodbridge 4. Willard', Ueiverte/ Geography
for the 11347 of higher classes ia Schools and private
Libraries.
, LANK BOOKS, Dsy Books, Jourmda,
Ledgers , Magistrates Dockets, &c. &c made of tbe very ,
beet qualitrof Eastern Papers, and for sale wholesale
or retail, for Cash or Raga, at cash prices, by
JO/111 H. MELLOR,
122 Wood strew.
June II
Shawls, • !pumas, easb
83. Market Street, Pitt " t "' • 13.
SELLING OFF AT COST.
pp E. CONS T A BLE requests the attentios oftha
-LP • public to his stock of shavvls; fi si n
Blanket Cloth, Cashmere, embroidered sa d
Belvidere, and Broche, at prices ranging emus
up to $l2.
Alpaccas,
_figured and plain, Rmneliaa, Usable
Cloths. &c., at from 181 cents up to 30 and $ll
Cashmeres D'Cose from 25 up to 50 cents, the sew.
est imported styles.
Just rersived, another lot of Flannels. horned as
he only kind that is not liable to shrink. Jaa 13
Building Lot Waated.
DROPOSA LS fot the sale of a suitable lot, ether
1 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, or vicinity, on which
to erect a building for the Western University, wig be
received until Tuesday evening next.
Proposals may be left either with Dr Denny. et the
Merchants and Manufacturers Bank, or with the stab
ctiber. A. W. BLACK,Bee.T.
june 14-3 t of the Board of Trusties.
PITTSBURGH RIMUCAL AGADBITZ
T O those of our citizens who are lovers of meek,
it bes long a query, "Upon what principle can
an institution for the acquisition and cultivation of a
knowledge of music be eutablisbcd so as to render it
v.rmenentl"
An association has a short time since been formed
in our city upon the same prineiplear "The Bootee
Academy of Music," under the title which forms this
aption of this circular. The constitution of this ale
sociation provides as follows: lst, for the election of
officers; 2d, specifies their several duties, and 3d, reg
ulates the terms of membership, which are thew:its,
gentleman may become a member of this institution
by signing the constitution . , paying the sumer five dol.
lass as an initiation fee, and each year thereafter, bear-
ing an equal proportion of the necessary expenses of
the institution."
"All ladies who an read music are admitted into
membership, free of charge."
"Each member shall be required to pay an equal
dividend of his initiation fee at the commencement of
each quarter. The contingent expenses of the institu
tion all being paid in adyance."
The exercises of the institution are divided in three
departments: Ist, the Academy Choir, for the prac.
tice of the higher branches of music; .2d. an Adult
Elementary Class, for instructions in primary princi
ples; and 3d, a Juvenile Department, for the instruct
tion of youths between the ages of 6 and 15.
In this arrangement we hope we shall be able fully
to meet the desires of every member of this commu
ni..y.
If you have already acquired a knowledge of ma
sic, in our first department, you will meet numbers who
are in the same advanced state, and you can practice
upon every variety of music. both sacred and secular.
If you have ts yet devoted no attention to music.
but are desirous of learning, in oar second department
under the instruction of our Professor, (a graduate of
the Boston Academy,) you can acquire a thorough
knowledge of the whole science.
And if you are the parent of sons and daughters to
whom you wish to impart a thorough musical educa
tion, for the sum of five dollars. (initiation fee.) you
not only secure a membership for yourself In either of
the other departments, but you also secure the privi
leges of the juvenile department for all the meadows of
your family between the hours above specified.
The Choir meets every Thursday evening for re
hearsal.
The "Adult Elementary Class" will be commen
ced as soon as a sufficient number of members can be
obtained.
The Juvenile Department commenoes operations oa
Saturday, 21st June, at 3 oclock, PM, and will meet
weekly at that hour throughout the season.
Out present location is the school-room of the Sec
ond Presbyterian Church. Fifth street.
S WKINLEY, Pres%
L OSGOOD. V Pres't,
T W WRIGHT, Rea See.
J M'KELLY, Cor etc.
H EWALT, Treas.
L P LINCOLN, Prof.
jone 14-d2t&lwt
Ploughs.
A LOT of "True American Ploughs" on con
signment and fur sale by
UST published, and for sale - at Cook's, Nct 50
VThird st, near the Post Office.
The Cresent andoilie Cross, by Elliot Warborraill.
E3q., being No, 11 of tber Library of Choice Reed
ing.
The Eventful Life of a SnHier, b 3 the late Joinpit.
Donaldson, being No 7 of the Home and Travellers,
Library.
The Trials of Margaret Lindsay, by Professor
son.
The Philosophy of Evil. "Men has no right to
say this is worse than that. In time every thing shall
be well approved." 2 Esdras, 1-10.
The Mysteries of the Inquisition—Nu 4.
Monterams, the Serf—part 3.
Linen's Living Age—No 46.
Eveline Neville, or a Spirit, )et a. Woman too—by
Lady.
Norman, or the Prirateersman's Sride—e Sequel
to Freernantle.
History of Oregon--Geographical and Political--
,y George Wilkes, accompanied by a Map.
American Review for June, a Whigiournal, .
Democratic Review for June, a Democratic Join
t'''.
Ure's Dictionary of Arts, Science and Mines—s
ew supply in one vul. je 14
FARE REDUCED TO 8 DOLLARS.
Good latent Pant nisi' *?
PHOLLADIELPEI OA;
OF SPLENDID TROT BUILT COACRES,
AND RAIL ROAD CARS,
Otrig_._ *Ma
Leave Pittsburgh Daily at I o'clock P •19 •
RUNNING TEIROVGII IN 48 MIMS,
Ascending the hills with
SIX HORSES AND POSTILION.
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BOSWORTH & FORRESTER.
No. 43, Market street
C A WANULTY,
Canal Basin