is of the age; my
Ika.--I)ancing has
beam* "Sate it yid age: it was on
its list legs, I may say. To have seen a set walking
through a quadrille, you would have thought them
automatons, from the land of Nod, jerking lazily a
bout on wires, and nodding sleepily to each other,
like Mandarins on a c himney-piece. But the Polka
hal regenerated all; it has infused the spirit of *76 into
i buseing, just as ,
Yankee Doodle" does; it is a lively,
friskey, bop and skip, crackyour-heels sort of , en af
fair, something like dancing as it used to be, and awa
kens vitality like an electric spark. Commend me
those who can dance the Polka! Honor to Count
y for teaching it to us. And then it is a glo
iaa
rieibithing for old maids and widows; like the circles
that young ladies hold, it is a isociety for the promo
tion bf matrimony, admission free; and refreshments
for marrying men gratis.
The widow Mullins was a lady "of great weight,"
both satiably, talkably, and personally speaking.—
Her "dear defunct" had begun life as a seeker after
satterracions odds and ends at kitchen doors. He
sprang, like a phcenix, from the "ashes," and by soap
ing ill sorts of finks, at last got together a cool fifty
thousand, and died the most inveterate note-broker
oat 'change. People said he began by soaping, and
enda in 'hating. He left aWM rosy, fat, and
forty, Whose delight was in rich silks and large t--u.
gums, and who, in less than a year, began to think it
was a sin for her to spend her income alone, when
there was so Many deserving beaux flying at he r r feet
Beptimuc Septissimus, the inventer of the patent
corn extractor and general emollient, was the mist
favored suitor. He wasthe Adonis bf the widow's
set. His-whiskets curled ti la Count D'Orsay, ant
his shape was, as her flint - cis had it.
"diwine." But,
jest as he was about to pluck the frui. .P olka l came
sor up..
It was Baron Bauer -whiskey, a great l profes
with even blacker whiskers, ami ringlets that we.e ir•
resistible. The widow took lessors: the widow lost
her heart. It WES all up with Septimus Septissimus;
atleast, so be thought, and so thought all.
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,Cisetate Courtships—Priviltges of the Squaws.
--Cotwattitip is invariably begun by the female. II
she fancies a young man, she makes what is techni
cally called the first banter. This is clone by slyly
squeezing the hand, or gently touching the font at the
camp fire. If a man should venture upon any of
these little preliminaries, without being sore of a re
ciprocal partiality, the indignant maid would immedi
ately assail him with a stick, and this would be the
signal fur a general assault by all the scpsaws
ould haround
on the presuming lover, who, unless he fled, we
beaten without mercy. Thus, even in this rude shpe.
does woman play the coquette! The young sq a uew
who screams loudest a nd shows the most resentment
at these unwarrantable liberties of an ardent lover, is
set down as the Diana of her tribe.
Giving the first banter seems to he reserved by the
Women as a special prerogative, and they seldom al
low it to be infringed with impunity—never in the pre
sence of a third person.
This extends even to their dances. For the avow al
ways selects her partner, end sends the master of car
emonies after him, and he is nut permitted to refuse.
It Is at thews dances that elopements of married wo
men with' young warriors generally take place. The
woman slips out of the dance at a moment when the
confusion is greatest, and repairs ton point agreed up
on, where she is Soon followed by her lover. Thev
usually remain in the woods tree or four days, and
when they return live as mon and wile, without being
molested. Hence elopements Are c ommon.
The squaws have another privilege which they often
exercise. When one chooses a partner fot the dance
to whom another is aunched, her rival cicsely watches
them, and at the first favorable opportunity ruts in,
or in other words cuts out the other, leaping into
her place with the agility of a fawn, and the mortified
ciansetsse must silently retire from the circle.
Old widows, we have ascertained frequently gave
the banters before described, and in many cases they
marry young fellows tinder 21. A squaw of II certain
age if she has been thrifty, is genetally provided with
a house and some other appliances, and it is consider
ed quite a speculation fot a young man to be e upported
by one of them for a year or two. At the expiration
of that period, they are generally abandoned for a
younger wife.—N. 0. Jeffersonian Republican
A Trusty Juror.—ln trials for capital offences,
it is usual for the Clerk of the Court to propound to
each juror as be is called, and before he is empanelled,
the following questions
"Have you formed or expressed an opinion concern
ing the guilt or innocence of the• accused!"
"Do you cherish any conscientious scruples with
regard tl capital punishment?"
"Are you akin to the prisoner?"
A trial for murder in the fit -t degree, or as a sport.
jog tyro would term it, a race for life and death came
of a short time since, within less than one hundred
miles from civilization, when a jur or, who had not ac- I
tied in that noble capacity before, a man of light com
pletion and considerable spunk. vain withal. and with
a dash of what answers to Addison's definition of
.vicious modesty," was the very first man call to de
cide upon the issue of life and death.
"The accused was a buck negro, shining black
--with hair as stiff and coarse as the teeth of a carding
~ m achine.
Clerk--Ttisoner, look upon the juror—Jeror, look
-upon the prisone. Do you challenge?
Counsel for prisoner—Not peremptorily.
Clerk—Have you formed or expressed an opin
ion with regard to the glik or innocence of the ar
oused?
Juror—Why whet a rpiestion. How should 11
..i.Clerk repeats the question. 3 •
'Juror—Why I noversaw him before.
''Clerk—Answer the question—yes or no.
Juror—No air ree!
•Court—No sport here, it is too serious a matter.
Clerk—Have you any conscientious scruples? ET"The Democrats of Greene have nominated
Juror—l have a few left. their candidates for legislative and county offices, and
Clerk—l mean shout inflicting capital punishment
from the tone of the Messenger, we infer that a very
for crime? , satisfactory ticket has been selected.
Juror—None whatever, I do assure you.
We referred some time since to the plan which has
This emphatic declaration brought the prisoner's
counsel to his feet, who was going to argue that the been adopted in Greene and Crawford fucounties,r
-manner
or
-manner in which the juror's last answer WWI given was ,
nominating, and we now see by the satisfactory result
a good cause for challenge, but this was stopped by the
in Greene, how much better it is than the old delegate
Court. ' system, which always leaves room for heart-burnings
Clerk—Are you akin to the prisonei
Juror--W hat! i -
am; r it , n e gthe friendsiff the . disappointed. .
[Clerk repeats the question,] Are 3uu akin to the
rimmer? ho pe out friends in th i s cowry will take this
.Jurer—What do you bike me for? matter into consideration, and adopt a plan similar
Clerk—Are you akin to the prisoner? to the 011 e which we have mentioned, and thus secure
Joror--Your fare is blacker on Sunday li mn ' nine the ponce and harmony of all our future county Con
on week days,and your -bait is wool. Are you akin amtions.
.to the prisoner?
-Clerk—Answer the question.
;borer—Akin to the devil! my kin are respectable
?septic!
;Here the cloudy brow of the Court indicated that
-the ermfettonce should be cut short, and the prisoner's
couosel boding no good from the juror's contemptuous
opinion of his client, challenged the juror fur cause,
namely, an opinion expressed.
Juror continues—What, I am insujimi by that
'blackguard clerk, and now one of hisill'red bullies
has challenged me; No, I'll fight the clerk first, and
'his bully after ward*—no fighting by proxy—none
Court to J uror—Sir you are challenged—you may re-
mend. arm'', A
ft whiz. Sirs,
n mathematical
htlni, especially
I can see in it
ing, exact age.—
wan-like
motlon
pine. The henu
rapptaenogxenimtaati?own
3m n
w inding up with
l eiag buffaloes on
tire.
Jurop--1 never turned back on friend or foe—l'll
Dot retire.
Court—Sir, yen ere committed for 4 24 hours fur ccn
tempt of Court—Sberitr, ehi Spir i tustodny.
(N. Y of Tones
rrStrenuous exenions nee making to improve
the navigation of the Chattahoochee river above Co
lumbus, Ga., at least as high up as West Point, about
forty miles alonve Columbus. It appears, however,
that the improvement is opposed by -nen of wealth and
• : chicromicHt project.
- • •
Peesteetti Heesion Aso Aesslsitos. — Ther e
has been much dispute about the sentiments of Pres
ident floosies upon Annexation. One day vire,#r
told *Otis seeret machinations against Annexation,
the next, we ire told of. his warm expressions in its
favor, and of his authoritative assurances that'll cannot
1:1r The poor re
whigs are trembling in their shoes at
the s be- defeated. It has been said, too, that the Ex-Pre
erious demonstrations which the natives are
sident is in favor of annexation, 'when drunk,' and
making to take the field as a distinct party. The A
against it •when sober'—and to invalidate this, it is
merican was one of the papers selected by the native
asserted that he never drinks, and he is announced as
Convention to publish the proceedings of that body,
a Temperance Lecturer in New Orleans. All these
but as it is already committi-d'fot the whig ticket, it
stories are calculated to perplex the public, and no
did not like to give publicity to the new organization.
A sober second thought, however, has convinced the man can come to any conclusion as to what the feel
ing of Housros really are, in relation to the en
whigs that it would be better to try and conciliate the grossing measure of Annexation. We ore inclined
natives, than to attempt to smother them, and accord
to the opinion that he is opposed to it—though there
ingly the proceedings appeared yesterday afternoon— is • much to induce a contrary view. The following
nearly one week after their publication had been or
letter to the New York News, is the most recent
dertsd, commentary we have seen on Houston's course. The
The fears of the whip have magnified the native
writer speaks in a tone of much confidence:
mole-hill into a very respectable mountain, and they NEW ORLEANS, May 25th, 1845.
are fully impressed with the opinion that if they can You have doubtless seen that the late President of
not make some arrangement that will satisfy the am-1 Texas has been sojourning some days in this city, and
bitten of Messrs Karns, Forrester & Co. they will bel that he is playing the part of "Temperance" him nnex
a used up party at the fall election. We should not
temperance,he is
I d oot
fmereahnethhaets itsoislenmenwlytotrakee
the
o e
wonder if they should; but we do not believe that the
ti p tl r edge halfazen times at least, but it ICEIS new,
handful of natives added to their own strength Could I and to those ignorant of his versatility of character,
save them from that catastrophe. Whenever the dem- i surprising, t one hear him avow himself the friend .of
ocrats will it. they can carry Allegheny, and as aim of,
eanneoxsiattiiounntetitecinalelsesheisreor,Tenoci, vueehtteiemgewnti,tEeErisiegvutehrp
great importance to our citizens that we should have perhaps that correspondence with Mexico which con
influential representatives in the Legislature next win- i signed every tenth man of the Mier expedition to the
ter, we think it likely that eel. party will determine to executioner and sacrificed our boundat7, e d i
tion but , a
carry the county this fall. In 1843, we showed our litteltetehda,r,mwlietshs
y"ticeceratauentttinogl'hewdietheruMeetTeiceon.
: oppenents what we could do, by beating the united and with the Indians to the desolation of our capital
f our navy , .
vote of the 'Alga and blue noses, and as it is again and frontier: and now he "coquets" the people of the
necessary that democrats should be elected, we think United Slates into a belief that he was always in se
cret Ihe friend of an nexation. Never before ee a
t
i t probable tha our party will make such arrangements
public man heard to boast as a merit such pu b lic it y
l as is ill ensure that result. as this with which Sam Houston charges himself.
So we would advise our whig friends not to give In his Cabinet, at the public dinner-table, on the
I '
themselves any trouble about the movements of the steamboats, in private society, every where and at all
times; in his hours of epee:fineable
and unquestionable
native branch of their party; it would be useless for
sobriety, he avowed himself unwilling to merge the in
them to try to conciliate that crooked twig, and even dependent existence of Texas in the Union. He pre
if they could, it would not save them no more then a ferred nitely," a close alliance with
inglyEnnd, fiee
union of the whips and antimasons would have saved
• trade, and rivalrs with the United States e rotten
• markets of Europe. This rivalry, he contended, (and
them in 1313. all his friends with him.) would discontent the South-
They might learn from the objections that are made e r n Stares, who would recede from the Union, and
in every quarter to the legislative ticket which their join Texas in carrying tire peculiar institutions o)r
Convention nominated, that tney have not the coact- ' t h e
plant South t
i e to the
‘ta r ins
ntAthe
u s r n
i o t f o
oDfai%,rii
Mexico
I n fr a
'r
would' es•l i n
e
deuce of the people, and that the public requite men te hulls of Montezuma." lie •'would establish a free'
better qualified to labor effectively for the interests of trade Southern confederacy, aad leave the mnrinfactu-'
the city at this important crisis in her affairs, than the rers ondf the N.irth d
to
mour n
overt
over their s
dim•ainii.hed
ne of
mar
men the whip leaders have presented for the popular l s cete a humble" Thi tss the to
. Houston and all the members of his Cabinet, to
-of the citizens. I the last day of his administration. Such is the lan
have come to the conclusion long since that the , gunge of his intimates: and frotn men avowing such
icket cannot be elected even if it should receive i principles, Jones selected his advisers. Of this stamp
every anti-democratic vote in the county, (provided
a w n s :i s
w T n e r r a r n e l s l t . i
l h l i s n o
Riley,m i n: .
h e
n t s o the
n darl i ng
i
ih. Court e
ha n f e
e S e t James;
0 .
heeelei
our party turns out in it s full strength.) sod we think a wish ass to defeat annexation to negotiate with the
would be just as well for them to preserve's little self- United Swett. His plan was to clog the treaty of an
respect, and boldly defy the squad that has threatened nexation with conditions which the U. S al tatescoulti not
to wrest the sceptre from the hands of whiggery in accep t , sto tF.e and
serf -love
unsfatthhee
Texans,nevitableenrde fiundu i nduce
could
not
this county. It would certainly be more manly than to enter into setvile alliance with France and England.
try, as they are now doing, to conceal from their country ' So far from his aosertion, that he has had little or no
friends that the natives have nominated a ticket and co mmunication with the Biitish envoy, being true, that
'gentleman was known to shape everynct of Houston's
have resolved to support it et the polls. i policy.
t TeTxhasere,hios
willisctt orr•etehnodnotroithdlewianthde‘ientsetleltitemenetrompananidn
LARGE RORBART.—WhiIe the receiver of the pub-
tic monies at the Land O ffi ce in Shawneetown, Illi-I a proper respect for e
the truth - induces me to reenest
nois, wits coming up to Louisvi le, on the New World,', their publication. Your's &c•. GALVESTON.
a day or two since, to make his deposits, his trunk was _ —_----
cut open, and $l.BOO in gold abstracted. I THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGF.—Thf . Secretary of
!
"Steamboat Robbery" has becomes standing head the Navy states that "information has been received
in the columns of the western papers. happears that at that department. that her Britanic Majesty's ships
there is a bar - 1 of scoundrels who have made it a pro- "Erebus" and "Terror" are proceeding to make a fur'
fession, and so expert have they become in their call- Cher attempt for the accomplishment of a north-wes'
it-g, that but few of them ore detected. Gambling past-age by sea, from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean.
is now too scienced. for inlay of the river rogues, ln complience, with the requiest of the British govern
and they are fuund to turn their attention to some other , meat, communicated by her Majesty's minister at
business better suited to their genius. Many of thorn Washington, and to the end that the goverment of the
who cannot stock n pack of cards skillfully, are smart United Stntesmay manifest its interest in tis effort to
d r owse to break open a trunk or pick the pockets of a adirence the hounds of human knowledge, all officer s
pin the naval service of the U. S. are hereby authorized
drowses passenger, and we supose they filed it a much
more lucrative business then v.—thing the chances to and directed to afford every assistance in their rowel:
catch a "green 'un" at the card table. ' in case of need, to the commanders of these vessels, in
_ . ___ ._ _ i
the promotion of the objects of the expedition."
411)e Malin ,Iliming post.
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THOS. PHILLIPS & H'M• H. SMITH, EDITORS
PITTSBUR6I-1, TUESDAY JUNE 17, 1843
CoNTE3IrTIBLE CALUMNY.—The Nashville Bnn
the organ of Tennessre whiggery, Las started a
the calumny that Mr BvcuAN• 3 was an anti-
--. federalist, and all the little organs of the party
snatch at the slander as a morsel delightful to their
palates. We cannot suppose that any of the editors
who are publishing this falsehood, are so ignorant of
the facts as not to know that it is destitute of even
the semblance of truth. Instead of being opposed
to the war, Mr. B. was among the first of the citizens
of Lancaster, who took active measures to sustain the
I honor cf our county. H e enrolled himself in a corn
puny of volunteers, and marched to the defence of Bal.
This was his conduct during that tr y ing period in
our nation's history; he proved himself to be a true
hearted republican, and that in a struggle between his
country, and a foreign foe, he knew no patty but his
country. We would like tok now how many of those who
are now denouncing Mr B. as an "anti-war federal
ist," were among the apologists of British outrages ,
and considered it immoral fur the people to rejoice at
the victories achieved by American arms. If it were
known, we would find that many of those who now
slander him , were Imams at heart during the list war,
and that theirpost ardent desire was that our govern
\ment might have to succumb to the arrogance of Great
Britain.
DEATH OF SIR RICHARD JACESON.—The Montre
al Courier announces the death of Sir Richard Dow- •
nes lackson. K. C. B. Lieutenant General, command
ing her Britannic Mejest!,'s forces in British Ameri
ca. Fie died on Monday the Dth inst., having been
suddenly seized by apoplexy the day before. fie
was on 'the point of embarking for Europe, having been
relieved from his command, and the arrival of his su
cessor, Lord Cathcart, being looked for in afew days.
Sir Richard was, says the Courier, a good and brave
soldier, and a good man, who 'lfeared God cod hon
ored the King."
tCarr. FicweTrY, of the Spitfue, has incrved
through his counsel for a new trial. The motion
vas to have been argued yesterday. If the motion
should be denied, lie will be sentenced: pursuant to
law, to nut less than a fine of a thousand dollars and
imprisonment for three years, not more than a fine of
five thousand dullata and tniptisonnicnt for aeven
Tue OltEflol .4 ComrAs Y.—TLe St Louis Reporter
of the 7th says that Capt Fremont has gone up the
Missouri river with his company consisting of sixty
men. If he had needed thousands, they could have
been procured without ddrietirty. There was g,reatcom
petition for the places. It wns nrnii.ing to see two
w-st Point cadets in the crowd state at the tact ics of the
"Mountain boys"—an illustration of theory versus
i practice, or science verstrA experience.
JOHN G. CROCKER. Ede. has withdrawn from the
editorial conduct of the Utica Observer. h continued
to be published by Mr 'inert F. KITTLE.
Have the ancient difficulties between POT and
KETTLE contributed to produce this dissolution? if
the book of old sayings is to be believed. Pot and
Kettle have been calling each other hard names for a
long time.
The brig "Empresario," Capt. Collins, arrived at
this port yesterday frotn Havana, whence she sailed on
' the Ist inst.. bringing us files of papers as late as due.
Four of the seamen on the schooner Wm. A.
Tnepy r, on %Hai the late Gen. Sentmanet and his
The Albany Argus reproaches the citizens Ji
unhappy e made his passage to Tobasco, re-
Albany with having contributed nothing to the sufferers I turned in the Empresnrio. They were releviedon the
at Pittsburgh. and asks if they will give "nothing to 11 th 3th of Mooner ay,
La d an ra Vi sailed the same day fur Havanna, in
Quebec." Subscriptions ore being taken up for the e schurgin.
The Mexican steamboat Neptune, Capt Parkinson,
sufferers in that city. I arrived at Havana on the 30th ult., in five days from
' Vera Cruz and Campeachy, with twenty-seven passen
gers, but we do not find one word of Mexican news
brought by her.
The British steamship "Hermes," W. Carr com
manding. went to sea from Havana on the 30th ult.
Hor destination is not mentioned. On the same day
the Royai Mail Company's steamship Tay sailed Eta
Jamaica.
The Dario de la Marina has adsices from Be
lize, Honduras, to the 20th of May, The King of
the Mosquitoes—a boy ten years old—was baptised,
confirmed and consecrated on the 7th of that month.
The religious ceremonies were pet rurmed by the Bish
op of Jamaica, with great pomp and show. TheDiario
more than hints that England, in erecting these Mos
quito savages into an independent nation, has scone
latent designs of making it tributary to the construc
tion of a ship canal across the isthmus, by which she
may open for herself a nearer route for India.
Save only the province of Guatemala, where every
thing was tranquil, Central America was still harras
secl by internal feuds. The latest news is that the
troops of Salvador were on their march against Hondu
ras. It was the opinion of those beat infurmed, that
if the reaction in favor of the liberty party should be
come general, the . gcvernment of Central America
would be entirely recognized and become consolidated..
The Belgian colony at St Thomas (on the Pacific
coast, we believe) after various misfortunes which
threatened its existence, is again flourishing—thanks
to the energy and sagacity of Baron Bulow. The Bar
on is a near relative of the diplomatist of the same
name, who represents Prussia at the Court of St..
Gas \Volta , ' IX ALBANY.—The Albanians are e
ecting magnificent Gas works. It will consist of five
principal buildings, besides out houses and other ne
cessary implements. The Retort House will be fire.
pool, 65 feet by 30. The Purifying (louse 20 feet
by 25. The gaMnmeter is a circular building, 60 feet
'in diameter. The whole cost of the works will be
$154,000. The contractors are Messrs. BArri(,
LSE & DocGA', of Philadelphia. The works are to
be completed by October next.
r Mr Kendall, of the Picayune, and the rest of
the party which left New Orleans two months ago for
the buffalo grounds of Texas, have returned. They
found buffalo, deer and antelope in great numbers on
the small streams between the San Gabriel and Little
River, and were highly successful in tl eir different
hunts. especially in chasing the former animal.
"Previous to leaving the range, the buffalo, in count
less throngs, were seen moving south and towards
them, convincing the older and more experienced fron
tiersmen who accompanied the party that a numerous
body of Indians were bunting the huge denizens of
the prairies., but it was not until they reached the set
tlements that they learned they had been in the imme
diate vicinity of the immense ennampment of Caman
ches who have recently pitched 'their lodges on the
northern side of Little River. Notwithstanding these
Indians profess the warmest friendship, and say they
wish to leave their families in the vicinity of Torrey's
Trading House and the buffalo grounds while they
go on theircontemplated expeditions against the Mex
icans, the frontier settlers, knowing and fearing their
treachery, are very mistrustful of them, at least in the
neighborhood of Austin. Hays and Co!eman, however,
with the well-mnutited and daring border rane un
der their command, will keep a bright look au g e rs the
savages."
Eir An editor having lead in another paper that
there is a tobacco, which if a man smoke J r chew it,
be will forget he owes a dollar in the world ; " inno
cently concludes that many of his subscribers have
been furnished with the article.
MA lIC E.—We learn from an address published by a PUBLIC MEETING.
committee of gentlemen belonging to Portland, that 1 A meetini, of the Citizens of the sth W Ward was
en ednesday
the popular, It of the state is about 600,000 souls; held, in pursuance of public notice,
e tri v e e n e n in s g o , f the rot tla tio in n st t . o , for ai the i purpose of rl de o r f ising ,
from 1830 te - 1840 the increase was 25 per cent. The
committee say—" Our territory is about as large as all ' citizens of theward from thieesraavnagPesculloef Ire, &e. 1
the rest of New England. Our tonnage is already e- ! George Hamilton, Esq., was called to the Chair, and
f J Aekrim appointed Secretary. After the ob
qual to that of New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Con- 1 Wm
staatceodrnbvthieeeCnfhaiiire, and
scon
necticut, New Jersey, Virginia arid Noah Carolina.
' .s e 't c d
t e
r o e bl t e h e d
i ff s i c e u e s t s h in g n y' ll 'a n s d
were appointed to report to nn adjourned meeting to
In shipbuilding we are second only to the State of New
York—having launched in 1844 nearly three times as I be held on Saturday evening, the 7th inst., on the
practicabiliiy of organizing a private watch of the citi
flinch as Massachusetts; and rather more than Massa
zconms,mirae a ppo inted dd consisted of James Blakely ttionto the present night watch. The
chusetts, New Hampshire, Rlind. Island, Connecti-
c tte 'f.
cut., New Jecrey, Delaware, and all the states south of J ames D ean , H enry Fes', Joseph Irwin and Wm
~ o Potomac." Ankrim. On Saturday evening the meeting again
convened according to adjournment, in the absence of
the Chairman. Mr. Wm. Bayne was called upon to
preside. The Committee reported unfavorably to the
organization of a patrol, or private watch, and recom
mended to the meeting the passage of the following
resolution which was unanimously adopted:
R'esolved, That our Representatives in the Select
' and Common Councils. be requested to urge upon
i Councils the necessity of increasing the present night
police, so that every part. of the City may partake of
its advantages, the sparsely settled as well as the more
populated districts, believing, as we do, that they are
ins necessary there, if not mire so, than inthe districts
more densely inhabited.
Resolved, That the Councils be memorialized on
the subject of taking up the present small and ineffi- I
cient pipe on Penn street, from the Canal to Adams' i
street, and that they be requested to have the size of
pipe laid down as is usually laid on main streets, it
being the opinion of the Committee that it would be
totally useless in case of fire.
Resolved, That this meeting aillkint. Committees
to obtain signatures to petitions for the purpose of car
rying out the views of the citizens of the sth Ward on
the above matters.
fhe following gentlemen were appointed under the
' last resolution:—Thomas Keys, James McClain, Alex.
Glass, James Dalzell, James Cochran, Thomas Mitch
el, Wm. Bastian, Morris Martin, James Hamilton and
Win. Gates.
__ .
MESSRS Enivorts:—The Gazette of yesterday con
tains an article intended as a reply to mine, which ap
peared in your paper of Satut day last. The writer be
gins by finding fault with Mr. Mitcheltree, for not com
ing out in his own name, stating that it was unmanly
in him not to do so, and yet be is (to use his own term)
"unmanly" enmesh to sign an assumed name—what
consistency! In the next placeireehargea Mr M. wi h
not confining himself to the truth—yet lie does not
show wherein he has violated truth. It is easier to
make charges than to prove them. Vague assertions
go for nothing with just and sensible men.
Again he says M:!,-1. has omitted a very important
fact by not stating t, • a few hoursAer the Fire he
sent to the supposed owner a writtenglemami to re
move the incumbrancesalmest "instanter," or he weeld
have it done at his expense—dad then goes on to Say
that the owner does not live within 600 miles of Pitts
burgh and has nut been in it fcr years. Now the facts
(and I defy contradiction) are these: Mr M. wrote a
respectful note to the reputed owner or agent of the lot,
informing him that a part of a pile of timber had fallen
into his yard, and requested him to have it removed be
fore 12 o'clock the next day: otherwise he would have
to employ men to do it and charge him with the ex
pense, as he could not put up his fence till it was re
moved. He wrote a similar note to the reputed own
er of the lumber, and the answer he received was:
they would not do it. Mr M. ascertaining after
wards that the owner of the lumber was .a poor man,
told him he would not ask him to remove what had
fallen into his yard, and immediately employed a man
to do it at his own expense. He thus cleared his own
premises, but the larger porti rn of the pile being on
the adjoining lot and on fire, Mr M. did not believe it
was his right to remove it. It was suffered to remain
burning fur two days, notwithstanding Mr M'llwain
had seen it. and the Mayor had been applied to.
This much have I said to repel the charges brought
against Mr. M. Now I will ask any candid man, not
blinded by prejudice, has "Vindex" met the question
fairly—has he denied there was a burning pile—that
the Mayor was applied to, and gave for answer, "I
have no authotity." Has he denied that Mr. Mcll
wain, the street Commissioner, was brought to the
place and saw the burning pile—and that a letter was
afterwards left at his house requesting him to his duty?
"Vindex" tells us Mr. Mcllwain is fully competent
to defend himself against such attacks—but he does
not think he would be willing "to learn what his duty
is from A Citizen." W bat are we to understand by
this? Is it that Mr. Mcllwaiti is too' proud to pay at
tention to a citizen when he remonstrates with him
for neglect of duty? In the name of common sense
for what do we put men in office and pay them?—is it
to beour Masters—to de their duty or not jest as they
please—and to treat us with contempt if we presume
to remonstrate. He. however, admits one fact—that
had Messrs. M.'s buildings been consumed, the con
flagration would have been very ostensive, but adds
(by way of insult) that there are few of our citizens
who would not concur in the belief that they have not
essentially contributed to the propesity of the city.
1 beg leave to differ with him nn this point also—for
all the neighbor s, and every one I have heard speak on
the subject, attribute the preservation of that part of
the city, i't a great measure, to the harrier these build
ings interposed to the progress of the flames—owing
to their having been properlyibuilt. And I will venture
to say no one thoucht these buildings a nuisance cm
that occasion, unless it might bn the incendiary who
was foiled in his design to destroy that portion (now
the wealthiest) of the city —or some °there who may
have a morbid taste for great fires.
In conclusion, I was mneh astonished (after what
the city has already suffered) to see such apathy, not
to say indigerence, manifested by these public officers
for its safety, and I repeat that if the Mayor has no
authority to art in such cases, the sooner lie is invested
with it the better. It is not my interest only, but the
interest of every citizen to look to it in time.
jel7-It. A CITIZEN.
Messrs. Editors-1 wish, through the medium of
your paper. to inform the Superintendent of Streets, or
if be should be uut of town, our worthy Mayor, that
the mud and filth in the infect. from the Diamond to
the old Allegheny bridge, has not been cleaned up
and taken away within six weeks, and I wish very
modestly to say to those gentlemen, that if it is not
attended to soon, it will be necessary to swear them
over again; and while I am at it I may as well
mention another evil, and that is, obstructing to that
degree that it is almost impossible for the citirens to
pays.between Liberty and Third streets, on Market,
and on Liberty street from St. Clair to the Canal
bridge, with empty boxes and barrels; and what is
most perplexing, they are permitted to stand and ob
struct the side-walks for days, and almost weeks,
without being noticed by our city authotities; or, what
is more particularly hard. they have not time to attend
to either of the above evils. E. T.
James.
The local news from Havanna is without interest.—
The Fanal of Puerto Principe announce the arrival at
Neuvitas, on the 17th ult., of the steamship Natchez, ,
in forty eight hours from Havana, v ith sixty-one pas- ' mica.
sengers, many of whom were merchants attending the . Howard & Lathrop's fined ruled cap:
sale of the effects of the wrecked American ship Cy- I, Butler's Supe,fine Blue Vellum Poet ruled:
rus.—N 0 Picayune, June 6. ' Howard & Lathrop's "
_..-------------- ' H& E Goodwin's superfine glazed post"
TUE BEAUTIES oN RACING.— The N. Y. Spirit of Superior Flat Cap:
the Times, in speaking of Peytona, says— 1 " Blue Demi Papers:
"Barney informed us that oh the 4111 mile of the 2d Medium Papers;
~
heat he was fearful the race was lost. lie had been • Also, Nall papers, &c.
spurring his mare so iccessantly that her lacerated I Cro.wn and Medium Wrapping paper.
sides became callous, and he changed his seat in or- , For sale by CHAS. H. KAY, Bookseller, No. 76,
der to get a acw flesh! lie could not have won the Market st., above White &Bru'a., bet een 4th s e
16 t. and
race by an inch more than he did!" 1 Diamond. j
FUR Tlit. ToST
TOR THE PCST
FROM HAVANA
Gcn. Sam. Houston.—This distinguished soldier
and statesmen, from our sister republic of Texas,
reached Nashville on Sunday evening. He was imme
diately informed of the extremely dangerous illness of
Gen. Jackson, and without delay proceeded to the Her
mitage. We regret thathe reached there a few min
utes after the Old Hero expired. He was there in
time to grasp the hand of his friend but it was cold in
death. He was there in time toaid in closing the eyes
of hie friend, hut not to receive the warm welcome of
friendship.—Nashville Union.
Providing for Editors —W e cut from a Boston ra
rer the other day, a remark thnt "a large proportion
of the Democratic editors" of Massachusetts, had been
provided with suitable appointments in the Custom
House at Boston. The U S Gazette of this city quotes
the paragraph, (omitting, however, to "locate" the
facts, and thus leading the unobservant to infer that
the Pennsylvania editors had been so favorable here,)
and observes that "that these very editors put in:o of
fice the men that dribble out to these the two-penny ap
pointments," This is very true. Without the assis
tance. the warm and untiring exertions of the press,
many a worthy gentleman who does honor to his office
would be left at home, the public or the appointing
power remaining ignorant of his qualifications. It is
right, therefore. that the press should be remem
bered and the Collector at Boston has manifested a
sense of gratitude ar.d propriety that will neither lie
unforgotten nor unproductive. Editors rarely earn
more than a genteel subsistence by their profession—
vide that sterling and veteran Democrat Thos Rit
chie—and remembering them in the general bestow
ment of political favors, enceurages their zeal, and adds
much to the energy of their endeavour in the good
cause.— Penna.
Died,
Yesterday morning, Mrs Farley, wife of Thos Far
ley. Esq.
The funeral will take place from Iris residence (3d
Ward, Ann street, Allegheny city,) this afternoon, at,
4 o'clock. jel7.
Six Cents Seward.
ANAWAY from the subscriber, on the Ist inst.,
1.11.. John HIRTM•?I, Jr., an indented apprentice to
the Tailoring businewl. All persons are hereby fore
warned again3t harboring or trusting•him on my ac-
une 17*
Valuable Works.
T T RE'S Dictionary of Arts and Manufactures—A
Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines, con
taining a clear exposition of their principle's and prac
tice, by Andrew Ure, M. D.
Supplement to L'ie's Dictionary —Containing the
recent improvements in Arts, Manufactures and
Mines, by Andrew Ure, M. D. illustrated with 190
engraving..
The American Farmers' Encycloptedia, and Dic
tionary of Rural Affair , '; embracing all the most recent
discoveries in Agricultural Chemistry. illustrated by
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Arnott's Elements of Physics—Elements of Phys
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ten for universal lase in plain or non-technical language,
and containing new disquisitions and practical sugges.
tions, by Neel Arnott, M. D.
For sale by C. H. KAY. Bookseller,
No. 76 Market sr. above White & Bro's. store, be
tween 4th st. and Diamond. Shnel7.
14 Valuable Buildings Lots,
AT PRIVATE SALE.
THF. 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 22/ feet front on fourth
street, and extending' back 85 fesst,adjoining the Bank
of Pittsburgh.
One other lot having 19/ feet front, mt Third meet,
and extendhagback'B2 feet, to connect with the above,
and if desired both lots will be sold -together and are
considered among the most desirable '34431160ns 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 vilify 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 toe 20 feet alley.
1 other Lot of 'ground, hnving a front of 24 feet on
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 L 2 Lou are situated in the city
district, near the property of Doct. Black.
Apply to JOHN D. DAVIS, Auctioneer.
june 164 Corner of Wood and sth streets,
Goshen Cheese.
A PRI MC: lot just received and for sale by
A. G. REINHART,
140 Liberty St
'Paper, Paper, Paper.
OWEN & 11 ulbures superior Fools Cap plain and
ruled.
MANAGERS,
STAGE-MANAGER,
TREASURER,
PRICES OF ADMISSION.
Ist Tier Boxes, 50 cts. 3d Tier Boxes, 20 as.
2d " " 37 " 25•'
Gallery fur colo persons,2oc,ts.
FRANCIS LIICKERIVIAN,.
letter paper "
SHIRES & PORTER.
NOTlCE—Tickets of admission to be purcbased,at
the BOX OFFICE ONLY.
Last night of Nir 1!:. SHAW
Second night of "DON C2ESAR DE BAZAN!"
First night, (in three Acti) of "Brien Boroihme."
Tuesday Evening, Jane 17th, /846,
Will be performed, (Second time this season) the
Tragedy of
DON CESAR DE BAVIN H
The whnle to conclude with
BRIAN BOROIIIME.
Wednesday Evening, Mr WI-I:MA - WS Benefit
Ejr Doors open at 7 o'clock. Curtain will iise at
8 precisely.
riPThe Box Office will he open from 10 A. M.
to I—and from 2 P. M. to .s—at which time places
and seats can he secured for any number of Personi,
Or A strong and efficient Police have been enga
ged, and will preserve order at all times. jun 17
C RAN BERRIES—For sale by
P. C. MARTIN,
No. 60, Water 61, BUM District.
Shawls, A I pac cam, Cashmeres 13 , Catule.
83. Market Street, Pittsburgh. 83.
SELLING OFF AT COST.
BE. CONSTABLE requests the attention of the
public to his stock of shawls; consisting of
Blanket Cloth, Cashmere, embroidered Thibet and
Belvidere, and Broche, at prices ranging from 50 cents
up to $l2.
Alpaccas, figured and plain, Romelias, Zenebla
Cloths. &c., at from 18} cents up to SO 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 n
the only kind that is not liable to shrink. fan 15
Building Lot Wanted.
PROPOSALS for the sale of a suitable lot, either
in Pittsburgh. Allegheny, or vicinity, on which
to erect a building fur the Western University, will be
received until Tuesday evening next.
Proposals may be left either with Dr Denny, et the
Merchants' and Manufacturers Bank, or with the sub
scriber. A. W. BLACK,Sec'y.
june 14-3 t of the Board of Trustees.
Books, Books. .
SIGOURNEY'S Letters to young Ladies;
Doctor Duibin's observations in Europe;
The Glory and Shame of England, by C. Edwards de°
Lester, for sale by CHAS. H. KAY,
Bookseller, No. 76 Market et. above White & Bro's
store, between 4th at. and Diamond. jel6.
Dili°llliioll.
NOTICE is hereby given that the 6rm of G. & E.
Ariburais dissolved from this date by mutual um
sent. All perms 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- buslness -
heretot'ore will be eondocted by Edward Arthur*.
GEO. ARTHUR'S,
E.ARTHURS.
je14.411w..
Pittkurgh, June Ist. 1845
Illonougahola Foundry,
Corner of Water and Grant Streets.
THE subscribers having rebuilt and enlarged their
Foundry, which was destroyed by the great fire
of the 10th of A pril, are now prepared to furnish cast•
ings of all kinds on the shortest notice.
JOHN ANDERSON & SON.
june/ 41-I.w*
Marine ilespitaL
PROPOSALS will be received until th e 30th inst.
for excavatietg cellar and building foundatimt
walla of Marine Hospital. There will be about 1,500
cubic yards of excavation--900 superficial yards of
concrete pavement, laid six inches thick—for cellar
floor, say about ISO cubic yards. There will be about
3019 cubic yards of masonty in the foundation walla,
which are to be built of bard and durable stone, dress
ed to lay in regular coutsea--ell the otawmry to he Isla
in cement mortar. JOHN SANDERS,
Captain Engirrers.
Age, American, Ariel, Chronicleand Gazette pub
lish d.iily until 30th, and charge this ciffice. jel4.
A FRESH SUPPLY
Johnson's Superior Printing Ink,
RECEIVED THIS DAY,
At the Office of the Pitt:Sure& Alarming Post.
'une 3-0 - dirw 'PHILLIPS & SMITH..
Ploaght.
4 LOT of "Trite Aswericam Ploughs" on ma
t" signment and for sale by
C A M'ANULTY,
Canal Bailie.
JUST published, and for sale at Cook's, No 50
Third u, near the Post Office.
The Creston and the Cross, by Elliot Warburton.
Faq., being No, II of the Library of Choice Reed-
i Mk'
The Eventful Life of a Soldier, 11) the late Joseph
Dcnaldson, being No 7 of the Home and Travellers,
Librar7.
The Trials of Margaret Lindsay, by Profesiior WO.
son.
The Philosophy of Evil. "Man has no right to
say this is worse than that. In time every thing shall
be well approved." 2. Eadras, 1-10.
The Mysteries of the Inquisition—No 4.
MonterAma, the Serf—part 3.
Littell's Living Age—No 46.
Eveline Neville, or a Spirit, )et a Woman too—by
Lady.
Norman, or the Privateersman's Bride—a.Sarpsei
to Freemantle.
History of Oregon—Geographical and Political—
by George Wilkes, accompanied by a Map.
American Review for June, a Whig Journal.
Democratic Review for June, a Democratic .tow
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Ire's Dictionary of Arts, Science and Mines—a
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a complete doscription of the Earth, physical,
statistical, civil anal political. exhibiting its relation to
the heavenly bodies, its physical structure, the neutral
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political, institutiona and civil and social state of all
nations; By Hugh Murray, F. R. S. E., assisted by
Professors Wallace, Jameson and Hooker, 3 vole, 8
vo. Illustrated by eighty two maps and eleven how
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with an ancient Atlas containing maps illustrating the
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June 11
GEO. T. ROWS.
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No. 43, Market street