is JDnilp illorning Post. THOS. PHILLIPS h. NM. H. SMITH, EDITORS PITTSBURGH, THURSDAY, JUNE 2C, 1845 NOMIN ATKINS BY CAUCICS.—The democracy of Permsylvuoia have a duty to perform, this year, of the bigitestimportance to their harmony and integrity— tretnein, to re-establish on a film and immovable ba sis, the principle of adhering to caucus nominations in our legislmute. Frorsome cause or other, within a few years, cers talents.' mbens of the legislature have acted upon the idea that these was no party obligation to adhere to the nominations made in legislatir caucuses, and un der theirfluence of this idea, we tace seen a State Treasurer and a State Senator chosen in defiance of time nominations. We believe that the custom of settling upon a candidate from the various aspirants by means of caucus meetings, is a most excellent one, which time has tested and fully proved, and that it has alt the force and virtue that was ever attached to it— thattbe increase of aspirants to the office of Senator, &c. filled by the legislature, renders the system of cau cusing more than ever necessary, and that the pelt) should rebuke those wl.o have disregarded it, and re affirm it in the fullest mariner. It is riot our purpose. nor is it necessary, todiscuss the merits of the men who were elevated to the offi ces of Senator and Treasurer through the violation of what we consider a valuable ucti,ge of the party.— Such a discussion would he profitless and intermina ble. If their political character and conduct were unimpeachable, previous to their election, their ac ceptance of office under such circumstances, would lay these open to great and deserved censure. We be• lieve that Mr IIIA ts made a good Treasurer—still his election was a bad precedent, because it v as made to the exclusion of a eiti/ea, who was deemed more de serving by a majority rd . those who controlled the election. Gen C AN! F 110:i may make an honest and faithful democratic Senator; those who know him well say be will prove worthy of the high honor to which he has been called; but ull this will not jastily the made of his election. But while it is worse than useless to indulge in un kind remarks upon those who contemned the late c mu cns nomination, or to stir up bad feeling by angry dis cussions as to the merits of the successful candidate, it is incumbent on the party to vindicate the practice of caucus nominations, and to express their decided disapprobation of any departure from that mode of choosing Senators and other officers to be elected by Congress or our State Legislature. If the defeat of the caucus nominations we have .l laded to, be suffered to pass without comment or re buke by the people, they will be quoted as precedents fora similar course whenever a few persons may see proper to do so, until caucuses will lose all that salu tary influence they have hitherto exercised in allaying ill feeling among political aspirants, and in procuring a fair expression on their respective claims. tat the democtatic purty, then. express its adherence to this ancient and useful custom, at its Conventions, meetings. and RH other befitting places, and resort to every means in its power to convince those who have violated it that they have acted without warrant, and have com mitted a miteriAl Prior. CIIT MATTERS - In C. C. the fulluvving petition■ were pre.entei!: For the inereese of the night V 1 etch For tbeenlargemcnt of the Water Pipes in the sth Wald. A petition about the University site Ttesohitiims were offered about grading Duquesne Wey—repairing market house in sth Ward—direc ting the Relief Commi , tee not to pa) the fourth claw of claimants :ill the 3d were puid—authorizing the Com mittee on University to tell the western hailer the site of the old be.in t the Trustee< for $5OOO Mr Mellvoin offered the following preamble and re solutions, which were read three limes and adopted tad sent to S C, vzi: Inertag, Thrinigh the di•ipenstilinnof Divine Wk. anm, it is Knitted to all (iemiwslk) mice lo die.— .And Inerias, it has plenseit Almighty God, to close , the long and useful career, and canto his final account our much esteemed fellow citizen, Art DREW JAcitsots, whose arduous life has been one of deed devotion and unremitting set-vice have placed him in the first ranks of her need and patriots. and carved for him an un dying monument on the tablets of his countrymen : Therefore be it Resolved, That we deeply sympathise with his family in !heir bereavement, and with our fellow citi zens throughout the Union, in the demise of the great and good Andrew Jackson. Resolved. That in our opinion the vicious and tro it orous (as an Arnold) may bo said to never live; ss hilst the vii tuous and good( as aIV •9Htt GTOS and J •cx - sort) never die. Mr. Albrce called up the resolution relative to the Distribution of the Relief Fund, ‘s Lich had been rend a first and second time, and on the 16th inst., which, after being amended by the addition of another resolu• tion, was referred to the special Committee wilt' in structions to report to Councils the MITE'S of such per eons as in their opinion should hove the amount-, of •their dividends reduced, os well as the names of those who, from their pecuniary circumstances. ought not to be entitled to any portion of the Relief Fund. Sent -to Select Council. In the Select Council, n remonstrance signed by 143 resident voters of Pitt Township. against the admix• siert of Districts Nos. 3 and 17 as a Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, was read and laid on the table. Mr. M'Devitt presented the following which was treed three times and adopted, and Messrs. M'Deyitt . sad King appointed on the part of the Council, viz: Resolved, By the Select and Common Councils of - the City of Pittsburgh, That inasmuch as we have -beard with sincere regret or the death of that Illust: i• nut Hero and Statesman, Gen. ANDREW Jscasoa, El-President of the United States of America, we, in -common with citizens of other cit ;ea. do most sincerely deplore the loss of that great and good old man; there fore "Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed, two from the Select and three from the Common Coun cil, to make such arrangements as to them may seem appropriate, and to confer with any other committee or committees which have or may be hereafter appoin ted for the same purpose, and report to Councils on Wednesday next." Sent to C. C. and by them adopted and Messrs. Mcllyaine, Stockton and IVhitney appointed on their part. "A run kSi T RAN siCT tor;."—Tho Brokers of Cleveland, 0., issued a circular un the 16th inst., informing the public that the notes of certain banks, a il list of which was appended to the circular, would not be reoeiyed in Arposite at their offices. The circular threw out ell the /odium', Kentucky, Missouri and Canada banks, bit. banks in Virginia.fout in Maryland, fifteen in Pennsylvania, and all Wisconsin ebecke. The merchants of the city refused to receive money that they could not deposit°, and the bill holder was cor.sequently obliged to find the 'best market he could for his rst • The Brokers then turned round and com menced buying at their counters this very mcney they had n4used to receive on depoldte, and at a discount of three per cent, thus pocketing a nice little sum by the game- The operation looks queer, but the next Crest. of these nusney 4:lllangers.tnay surprise people it vest Paosrter FOR • Duet..—The editor of the Vicks burgh Sentinel has, in some unaccountable manner, Offended a Mr J Marshall, of Jackson, and Mt M has written the editor a number of insulting letters. The editor remarks that if Mr Marshall feels agrieveden account of any thing the editor of the Sentinel has said or done concerning him, it is hoped that he has not such singular notions of what is becoming ton gen tleman, as to suppose that this is the proper method of seeking redrees. To the mind of a matt of hoeorl some other method of attaining such an object %%void , suggest itself besides that of annoying the person by whom he considers himself injured, by sending him in solent letters (with the postage unpaid too) through 1 1 the post-office.) This is almost the same as saying, "I am ready to accept an invitation to pistols and coffee, and will bo happy to give you a small token of my regard at any time and place you may choose to designate." The editor of the Sentinel is, of course, a fighting editor, who can perforate his man at ten paces. None other would have any business to take charge of that Ijournal, as we believe it is a part of the social regula• thins of Vickshurgh, to make every one who assumes its control sustain his opiniars with the pistol sawedl as pen. Throe or four of its former editors have fallen in duels or have been assassinated in the streets, and from the determinined tone of the gentleman who has now charge of it, we should not be surprised if ho should be forced to pass the same bloody ordeal— , Vielishorgli is a comfortable place for an editor to live in. VfIiGINIA STATE CoNYE:.TION.—The queslion of authorising a Convention in Virginia to amend the Constitution, will doubtless be a very prominent mac ter among the deliberations of the next Legislature. The Richmond Times says that the West is unanimous in favor of a Convention, while a majority of the peo ple in each Eastern county is said to be opposed to it. 'flie demands of Western Virginia, we doubt not, will both be heard and atiirmatively answered text winter. Toe CCO.—The Riohmontl Timex says that the ac routes of the tobacco crops in Virginia arc ext r emely unfavorable. The destruction of plants by the late frosts and dry weather, has been total in some cases. M. Van Buren and Gov. Wright were in New York on Monday, and it was expected they would take part in the funeral obsequies of Gen. Jackson the following day. The Cadiz Slantlaid, a big rush-light, has gun° out. Its last glimmer v,us visible on Saturday last. NAVY Ut trowit.—The officers of the navy are high ly delighted with the recent regulations relative to clinnr„ts in their unifurrn T As ELECTION.—The aggregate number of votes cast for President of Texas at the election 2d Sept., 1344, in the thirty six counties, was 12.752. IMPORTANT MoVEMENT.—The Llinoi. State Regis ter states that Com Morris, has been ordered by the Government to survey and explore the ',mite between Peoria and Chicago, and report as to the practicabili ty, expense, &c., of a ship canal connecting the Illi nois river with the Lakes: and also to fix upon a suit able location for a Naval depot on the Lakes. THE CHOLERA.—An extract of a letter, dated Cal cutta, April 4th, to the New York Journal of Com merce, sa3t:—"The cholera is raging hero. From five to six hundred lie (tail); though not many among the shirring. E 7" The lion George Balicroft, says the Union, has consented to deliver en eulogium upon Gen. Jeck nt the request of the Democratic Association ut Waohington. NVW WHEAT.—The first wheat of the new crop made Its appearance in the Baltimore market on Thais day last, and brought 95 cents. The Republican sap: —This is much earlier than usual, indeed the crops are not only goal, but some weeks more forward than usual. This a ill enable our sturdy farmers to be done harvesting befute the 4th of July, a day which they have often 'heretofore spent in the harvest field. while others were in the field of glory, fun and rejoic ings. 131rORTA NT FROM LIBERIA. -A letter from Gover• nor Roberts, dated April 17, and published in the New York Sun of Saturday morning, says that the colonial schooner John Seys, has been captured by an English man-of-viar—apparently in retaliation for a seizure of goods on which the owner refused to pay the colonial duties ntGrand Bassa. We shall doubtless have fur ther particulars soon. A ran HER SLAYER Ex.i.rcrED.—We learn, says the Boston Traveller of Friday, by the brig Brothers, which arrived at this port this morning, from Rio Janerio, that the brig Porpoise, of Brunswick, Me., which was seized at Rio some time since, suspected of being a slaver, was to sail from thence on the 13th of May, fcr Boston, undor command of sailing-master Duer, of the U.S. ship Raritan. AMPUTATED.—One of the persons injured by the falling of the stand at the Camden Race course, hod one of his legs amputated at the Philadelphia Hospi tal on Saturday last. GCTLTT OF PERICRY.—Jos C Ashley, hitherto • gentleman of high respectability, and of an omen- Sire family, has been conviaeti of perjury in New York. REMAIIKABLr..—In 1768 a man named Ci;llet, of Patchogne, L. 1., cut his name on the shell of a Tortoise and let it go; and in 1814 the Tortoise so mocked was found crawling over Gillet's grave. Cap Stone.—Thousands of spectators stood gazing yesterday afternoon to see the workmen hoist the cap and topmost stone, to its place on the pinnacle of the spire of Trinity Church, now two hundred and eighty feet from the ground. The men on the top looked like Lilliputians, and the mere sight of beholding per working so high in the air, and at such imminent peril. made the spectator dizzy. In a few days the machinery and scaffolding of this exquisitely beautiful spire will betaken down, and the whole work will then be seen in all its grandeur. It is not generally known that the tower, from bottom to top, is solid stone, with not an inch of wood. The weight is therefore enor mous. It is a subject of great congratulation that, up to ibis time, although the men have worked in immi nent peril, and when one fake step or movement would he fatal, there has not been the slightest accident.— N Y Express. A New Applitatios of Gwano.—Aiormer writes a Boston paper that he shut hislitt4e son op in .thebar.n all r ight—that the boy slept with his feet on a pile of guano—anti that neat morning, looking for his soa, what was his astonishmsnt on enteringl—instead of the child he had imprisoned. a man about Aix feet in height stood before him! His dress resembled that of a child, the sleeves of his jacket reaching his elbows, and the bottom of his pantaloons his knees, while the buttons of his entire dress were torn oft and hanging by threads. Such was the wonderfully fertilizing effects of the guano! ar The whew crop in Maryland, which was begun to be cut as early as the 11th, is as good as been known for several VPfl THE BIG CHINESE LETTER.—This singular..doc- 'LIFE IN TEXAS. i up in less time , than s yearlin' bar could came dowel ument, says the Washington Union of Saturday, VelticAs ' . Affehnve been considerably amusyd at a description, a greased saplin'." perhaps surpasses *its ditocesiofts, and in particu. -irerniehed the Providence Journal bye cansientcorres-1 The Cockney was off for up the rivetA the very the . capital of Teo" s, and some of the priti- , "first boat." IHUttewlng somet hi ng about a book be ;is. lars of com Position, any state . palferlehich was ever , 01 , 4 " r t e s m i i . cif . in in that metropolis. The writer was nub- tended to writs upon America in general and of the addresied to our government, arrived et the Depart- Er surprised at the primeval simplicity of things in' " 'ortible state of society" in New Orleans in pottiest- meat on Friday. We have had in eppeesanity of see-'Abet quarter, and did not appear particularly to relish lar. Picartae. Dither the log houses or the Seas about Washington. ing the extraordinary missive, and have been favored The mean cs t p o ital is described l a i s i a small village, of rather 1 with the following copy of a translati3n, Which Wft3 made front the Chinese by Mr Parker, end transmitted i seo inhabitants . se. 11 1 : he og p:i a ncip ns al c h o o n t t e a l i c m o n n g ui s i74 5fi a v g e e o n r - with the original document. The whole aocempani- ' end sleeping teem, constistingof a large and unfurnish • . ed garret where one could lay contemplating the naked meat is almost as unique as the document itself. It will be de beamsandrafters, and their relations to each other. posited with the archives of our government , A bout twent y lodgers were promiscuously bedded in to gratify the curiosity of virtuosos. Accompanying this Ittzurioes dormitorly. this letter, is one addressed to Mr Cushing, our late The following is - a description of the Legislative commi.,sionor to China—tif which we furnish also a Hall and public office: The Representative Hell we found to he an unfin translati on . .lobed loft over a drinking shop, in a frame building SO The letter to the President consists of a roll 7 feet feet by 20. After else adjournment of Congress, which' 1 inch long, by 2 feet 11 inches wide. The writing is occerred a few slays previously, it was tiiken posses on a field of plain yellow silk, with a margin of silk s o i f o o n u o r f v b is y it tlr t w T u ree d luz e l:o i era t rtment, and at the time of the same color embroidered in gold thread. The by screens of unbleached fecto o ry-c va l r o l t w h, s to .c retcEed art a u rrons t s s letter is in two languages, (Chinese and Manchu Tar- it in various directions; Bad by the side of the passage , tar,) in characters of large size, and in perpendicular way into each division was pinned to the cloth a label , ' columns, which are separated in the middle by the fm- on which was written, "The Treasurer's Office"— Compta oiler's Office—" Auditor's Office." &c...-111tN , 1 penal seal—which is composed of Chinese characters, ing examined this stature, and re fl ecting to ourselves enclosed in a cartonche about 3 inches square. This roll 15 enclescd in a wrapper of yellow silk, bellow being the imperial color-0 which again is enclosed in a round box covered with yellow silk, and closed by two fastenings of jade stone; and finally is enclosed in an o'llong square box of rose-wood, and pedderi and lined with callow silk. [copy.] The Ii RKAT EMPEROR presents his regard to the EREslnz.vv, and trusts HE is well. I the EMPEROR having looked tip and received the manifest will of HEAvsN, hold the reins of govern ment over, svd soothe and tranquilize the Central Flowery Kingdom, regarding all within and beyond the border seas ns one and the same family. Early in the spring. the ambassador of your hon orable nation. Caleb Cushing, having received your letter, arrived from afar at my province of Yue.— He having passed over the vast oceans with unapeaka• Me toil and fatigue, 1, the EMPEROR, not bearing to cause him further inconvenience of traveling by land and watrr, to iii.pente with hit coming to Peking to be presented at mitt, specially appointed Kt Ying, of the IMPILItIAL HOUSE, minister aa,d etrmotissioner rxtraordinary, to repair thither, and to treat him with courteous attention. Motever, they having negotiated and settled all things proper, the said minister took the letter, and presented it for stz tasrzcztotr; and zoca sincerity and ft iendship being in the highest degree real, and the thoughts and sentiments being with the utmost sin cerity and truth kind, at the time of opening anti pe rusing it, my pleasure and delight were exceedingly profound. All and every thing they had settled regarding the regulations of commerce, 1 the Esprßoß further examined with utmost scrutiny, and found they are all perspicuous, and entirely and perfectly judicious, and forever worthy of adherence. To K.srang Chew, Hen Man, Felt Chow, Ning-Po, nwl Shang Hae," it is alike permitted the citizens of rho United States to proceed. and according to the articles of the treaty, at their convenience to carry on cotrunerce. Now, boind by perpetual amity and concord, ad ‘antage will accrue to the citizens of both nations which, I trust, mutt certainly eaute the PRE4IDENT alto to be extremely well eatitfied and delighted. Taon Kwunc. 21th yr. 11th m. and 7th d. (16th Dec. A. D. 1844.) Great senl of the empire in Chi- Signet of the imperial seal. new and Tatter. (Signed.) PETER PARRIER, Late Chinese Secretary to the Legation 'The fine ports in the Chinese empire which he treaty opens to the commerce of - the Unitrd States. [COPY.] Tsi Ying of tha Imperial House, Governor genera of Kwang Tang and Kvvang Se, a director of the' l boat of War, a vice-guardian of the heir apparent. minister and commissioner extraordinary of the Tsi Tying empire, makes this communication, &c: iVhereas, on a former occasion. 1, with the honora rile envoy, negotiated and settled a treaty of amity and commerce, and fortunately received the august Emperor's injunctions to the ore' cativo boards, wito have ratified the sit mc, a due notice whereof has been given by me. the mi i-rer. Tirh, is on record. I have now received ili" atige.t Emperor's reply to the presidential letter "I" your honorable nation gust President; and, as Iwhooveth me. T. the minister, appoint two high officer., (Hwang ) the provincial treasurer, and (Chow) the commissary, to take it and deliver it to (Dt) Parker, the officer whom your ex ecellency deputed to receive and transmit it. After your excellency shall have received it, I re quest you will, without delay, respectfully present it to the President, in order to manifest "perpetual amity and concord;" on this account, I make this communi cation, snd take the opportunity of presenting my re gards for your daily increasing happiness. As is re quisite, I make this communication. The foregoing communication is to Caleb Cushing, Envoy Extraordinary and Ministt r Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to China. Taon Kwung, 24th year, I2th month, 16th day, (23 January, 1845.) The question of "To whom does the Oregon Ter rilory rightfully belong?" occupies, at the present time, not the minds of diplomatists, statesman and editors i only, but it engrosses the attention of the people, in dividually, of two or more nations. The Cockney tradesman diseases it as he takes, at evening, his pint of "half-and-half:" it is the theme of mess-room spec ulations at the "Horse Guards;" and the prevailing topic in the club rooms at the "West End" of Lon don. The cotton-spinners of Manchester loom largely in their yarns on Oregon; and the Birmingham cutlers r 4 The editor of the lowa Stand ird starts off speak as if they knew its merits like a knife ; the earth with the following axiom: rnware manufacturers of Derbyshire say that America Editors are but men after all." cannot sustain her claim to the territory—nut by a jag " full; and the coal miners of Newcastle say that the That's true, brother, very true. From Louisiana the boasting of the Yankees is all gas. to Maine, and from the Atlantic to the Lakes, it is ' just as you say, they are men ''after all." But it is In our own country, the agitation of the qeestion is their own fault that they are after all. They are ef . still more general. The Yankees "calculate" ongiv ter their politicial opponents, and drive them furious- ing the Britishers gess, should they have the temerity 1y; and when the spoils of victory are thought of, the to insist upon their claims to the first fuot of Oregon, editor generally finds himself after all the rest, and, of by ar. appeal to arms: the Southernets "reckon" that course, too late. SO.llO of the craft, dn. indeed. op- if a war grows out of Oregon, defeat—certain and in pear to be "after all" in another sense; they are after gloriousdefeat to the English—iv ill be the consequence, all the spoils, all the fun, and all the honor, but "after sure; and the men of the West say. that if John Bull all" they do not get them, and see, "after all,' that I dares to raise tbeir dander, they will first gouge the they took the wrong course fur either. eyes out of the old English lion, and then give him a [Phila. U. S. Gazette. I licking that will make him roar louder than thunder-, and "holler enough!" till he won't be able to "holler . ' any more. Last night. in a cabaret on the Levee, a sevenfa-sixth rate Cockney tourist, who was on his way to the'saintly city of Nauvoo, indulged in some hyperbolical re marks touching the prowess of the •last anchored (Sittneki,l PETER PARKER. Late Chinese Secretary of the Legation Concealment of a Lord in a Coal cellar.—Lord Northland voted with the government on the May nooth question; his vote was obtained under novel cir cumstances. It was the noble lords intention to have gone out of the House of Commons without voting ut all. Ile remained, however, in conversation with a nother member until the doors were locked and retreat impossible. Lord Arthur Lennox, (one of the Lord■ of the Treasury,) however, in pity (or the noble vis count, hid him in dm coal cellar. According to the rules of the house, all members within the body of the house must vote; and on its being intimated to the Speaker that Lord Northland was secreting himself, the speaker ordered the S.lrgant to fetch him from his lurking place, which he did amidst shouts of laughter, and Own, in gratitude, no doubt, to Lord Arthur Len not, the noble lord voted with the Ministers. Life too short, yet wasted.—Pliny makes a strik ing computation in regard to the shortness of life. I never recall it without being powerfully impressed by its truth. "Consider," he says, "the time spent in sleep, and you will find that a man actually lives only half his space. The other half passes au a state re 'enabling death. You do not take into the account the years of infancy, which are destitute of reason, nor the many diseases and the many cares of old age, those penalties of longevity. The senses grow dull, the limbs are racked, the sight, the hearing, the power of walking, the teeth also die before us, and yet all this time is reckoned in the period of a life." But, short as life is at the best, those who complain of its brevity let it slide by them without wishing to seize and make the most of its golden moment. How much time do we waste in indecision, in vain regrets, delusive hopes, and ungrounded fears! What a vast portion of our precious existence is wasted in mere waiting. "waiting for something that seems necessary fur our happiness, an the want of which prevents ts from oryoying the present hour." that though less imposing in its architecture and finish; it had resounded with tones as grandiloquous, and speeches for Bunkum as fulsome and bombastic as any ; that had echoed through the lofty dome and pillars of its proud sister capital on the banks of the Potomac, we went in search of the Senate Chamber, which we found, some 300 yards off, over a grocery in a small building rather in the decline of its being, on which no great expenditure for paint had ever been made. The chamber. 15 by 20 feet, unfinished, thangh a few gallons of white wash had apparently been spread, by no very practiced hands, over the rough board ceiling, was rented for the session at the extravagant national expenditure of $3 per week. A flight of steps, which displayed no great expenditure in their construction, nor of artistical skill in ornament, ran from the street, on the exterior of the building to a platform, from which a door opened into the Senate Chamber, which spared their Honors the necessity of entering the august assembly through a dirty grog-shop. We next proceeded to the War Department, which we found to be a low, 16 by 18 feet, log-cabin, blessed with but one g laz .d window. It wasdivided into two! apartments; the front one contained an old chair and a chubby looking bed for a single gentleman, which, at the moment of our entrance, a black boy was giving its usual morning airing. The rear apartment, where we found the acting Secretary, was occupied, besides his Honor, by a small pine table, three old chairs, and a handkerchief full of papers: the chairs being just equal in number to our party, the Secretary politely took his seat on the corner of the table; and, although no; elegant, things seemed quite comfortable and con venient; six panes of 3 by 10 glass admitted consid erable light from the west, and the room was sufficient ly luminous to see, to read and write without any very great tax on the powers of vision; a bright fire was blazing in the chimney, and a •'smart" effort bad evi dently been made to chink up the worse crevices in the logs, both on the out and inside, with mud to protect the inmates against a "Norther." Since the alarm of Mexican invasions has subsided, the business of this department does not appear to be pressing; and the chief clerk and he was the only clerk, discharged all theduties of acting Secretary and the subordimite bu reaus at the same time. We next paid oar respect to the Secretary of State, whose department we found in R building which I at first, in my simplicity, mistook for a carpenter's shoe; though more st at. ly, it was less continual-tie than the war office; for, being a frame bilitling, it was simply weatberboerded on the outside, and the winds of hear en were sifting through innumerable cracks. As di plomacy was qei-e active at the time of nor visit to the capital, affa:rs in this department appeared to require a much larger array of assistants, and a great deal more display of official importance eta dignity. It was evident that the occupants of stations here, felt that in their little clapboard shop, events were enrols.- ins which fixed the attention of the world. The writer seems to think that these matters might be endured with a tolerable stock of philosophy, but for the inflictions of certain agile and ferocious insects. which left him neither peace nor repose, during his so journ at thecapital. He denounces the "fleas" with a vindictiveness and rancor that proves his sufferings from their incesssant attacks •o have been most agoni zing, and relates sundry anecdotes which we have not space to insert, but which are intended to warn the unitiated of the torments in store fur them, as well as to inculcate certain wholesome counsel, as to the most efficient mode of eschewing the said tormentors. President JON ES is described ass dignified and cm- VOUS gentleman, who was Cirmerly a respectable phy- sician in the western section of Massachusetts, and in his native State would probably never be known be yond his neighborhood. Although he does not open ly avow his sentiment, says the the writer, he is evi dently opposed to annexation, as is every member of the administration, and almost every subordinate of ficer of the Government throughout the country. [N. 0. 'Bee. THE OREGON TERRITORY FIRST BLOW ALREADY STRUCK! •'lt was a most boxtranrdinary hidea," he said, "to suppose that, in a war, Hamerica could 'old a candle with Hengland, the moat puwerfullest natiun as has ever been known of in 'ivory." "What are you striving to say, old Fogometer?" said a tall, bone•and-sinew-built Kentucky boatsmen, who had listened with evident symptoms of impatience to the Cockney's gasconade. "1 ves a satin'," said the Cockney, "that if the 'Mericans persist in laying claim to the 'ole of the Horegon Territory, Hengland will put the Old Dook at the 'ed of the barmy again, who will immediate ly march them to take possession of the disputed ter ritory; and hour navy will, as with a broom, sweep the seas; we will then not only take Horegon, but the 'ole of the States ender our protection as colonies." "You will, will your" said the Kentuckian, barely able to suppress his rising wrath. "We means to," added the Cockney; "and hinetead of the present republican hignorance and confusion that prevail, we will hintroduce horder and the culti vation of the harts and sciences." "Stop that, stranger," said the Kentuckian; "I'm gettin' riley—l'm wolfish. Do yon know what light nin' ignited by a lickin' is, or the thunder a-Kentuck ian's thump?" Berore the Cockney had time to answer these ques tions of physical phenomena, the Kentuckian gave him ablow that knocked lightning out of his eye and thun der into his ear —thus practically illustrating what was before a mystery in physics to the Cockney. But fur the interference of some firm:lane perions ♦vho we re present and interposed, the Kentuckian would, to use his own Cannibalistic expression, "bate rhea ed him FROM MEXICO-ARRIVAL OF MR. SHAN- Mr Shannon, late U. S. Minister to Mexico, arrived at New York on Saturday, in a vessel from Vern Cruz, after a passage of 24 days. Mr Shannon has taken lodgings at the U. S. Hotel. He tepresents that the drafts on the Mexican Treasury received by the Amer ican agent for the two instalments due, had not been paid for the want of funds. Our fellow.citiien James N. Joralcmon, also came pauenger in the same vessel. He was robbed on his way from Mexico to Vera Cruz, with nine other coach passengers, who together lost some $l5OO. Mr J'.s loss in money and clothing did not exceed $lOO. The country continued in the most unsettled state, and war is confidently anticipated if the annexation of Texas is completed. Thod's last and Corr[ —At the meeting of the Pickwick* On last Wednesday evening, talking of eating some oysters. Thod remarked that if instead of theclub's eating shellfish, the shell fish should hap pen to eat them, what would it be? After thinking a little time, John sung out, "Clameatus!" (calamitus!) upon which it was resolved, that, nano of the club having heard of that conundrum before, Thod was entitled to all its merit. Adjourned 'till next Wed nesday evening. SAM., grey. Yesterday, Mr WK. It LECILY, in tho 29th year of his Hi freed &Rol acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend his funeral, this day, at 2 o'clock from his late residence at Lawrenceville. THEATRE! MANAGERS, SHIRES & PORTER. STAGE-MANAGER, TREASURER, PRICES OF ADMISSION. Ist Tier Boxes, 50 cts.. c l 3d Tier Bcxes, 20 cts 2d " " 37 " Pit, 25 " Gallery for colon. parsons,2octs. By particular request, SHERMAN KNOWLE'S Tragedy of "VIRGINIUS.” Thursday Evening, June 26th, 1845, Will be performed, (First time this season) this Tragedy of VIRGINIIISI OR, THE LIBERATOR OF ROME. MR. BCCOM AS VIRGINNIS. To conclude with the, Farce of HONEST THIEVES. Friday,Benefit of MISS PETRIE. OP Doors open at 7 o'clock. Curtain will rise at 8 precisely. 10'''Tim 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 be secured fur any number of Persons. ('A strong and efficient Police bare been enga ged, and will preserve order at all times. jun 25 THEATEIN. MISS PETRIE'S BENEFIT MISS PETRIE, respectfully informs her friends, and the public, that her benefit, will take place on FRIDAY EVENING, June 27th., when will be pre sented the beautiful comedy of the " IVonder, or a Woman keeps a Secret." An Original "Fireman's Address," together with the Musical Farce of the "Swiss Cottage. Or Box Book now open. je 26 2t. Volume 7 Watt's & Sergeant's Reports. WATT'S & Sergeant's Pennsylvania Reports_ Vol 7 this Jay rec'tiano for stile by C. H. KAY_ No. 76 Market at., over White & Bro's store between 4th street and Diamond. Tobacco. 2; KEGS No 1, siK twist, for sate low to close tir consignment by _ _ _ juno 26 Fresh Sicily Lemons. 35 BOXES prime Sicily Lemotut, in excel lent order warranted sound, just received and for sale low by I'. C. MARTIN, je 26 No 60. Water st.. Burnt district Fresh Sicily Oranges. 30 BOXES prime Sicily Oranges, in excel lent order, warranted sound, just received and for sale low by P. C. MARTIN, june 26 Nn 60 Water sr.. Burnt district. William Glenn's Book Bindery, CORNER OF XARKET STRCET AND THC DIAMOND, Above the Drug Store of L. Wilcox, Jr. AT this establishment every description of Book Binding will be executed in a neat and substan tial manner. Particular attention paid to books that reipire re-binding; and also to the binding of variable works which have been published in numbers. Prices reduced when a number of volumes are sent Editions of Pamphlets put up at low rates. Cards mounted with gilt or paper border. All kinds of Book ItTair ing dorm at short notice. BLANK BOOKS ruled neatly to any pattern, and bound in a superior style—warranted not to come apart. Merchants and others who require books or paper ruled to particular patterns, are invited to call. In" Entrance from the Dial:lola—Terms Car& june "15-d3w&w3m Commencement Exercises of the Western 17niversity. I—PRATER. 2—ORATiox—The Love of Fame—Wm. C Friend. 3-oa•Tna4 —The Influence el Language—Samuel W. Baker. 4-oasTina—Ambition a worthy principle of ac tion—Henry H Forsyth. 5— , -ORATION—The Doctrine of Divine Providence —Benjamin B. Campbell. 6 OR•TlON—Decision of Chararter--Theodore Poindexter. Music. 7 -ORATION —Civilization--Charlet; A. Helmet., Candidate for the Degree of A. M. B—Degrees Conferred. The above Exercises will take place on Thursday evenieg, June 26th; commencing at 7i o'clock, in tbe Methodist E. Church, on Liberty street. The Citizens are invited to attend. je25.3t. FOR SALE, ONE of the best and levelest Farms in this County, situate in New Sewickly Township, Beaver co., two miles east of Freedom, and one mile south of the greet Knob, bounded on the north by Jacob Peirsol, on the east, by Joseph Powel on the south, by Samuel Piersol, F:sq. who will show the place containing from 100 to 130 acres be the same more or less. There is from 70 to 89 acres cleared and under good fence, with a good bearing orchard and tolerably good house and large log barn, and a never-failing spring close to the door; it is well timbered, with the conveniences of a public Road near the House and Beaver and Pitts burgh Road. At the west end of said Farm there is • coal bank opened near the East line, supposed to run under the whole Farm. Who ever wants to purchase must see the proprietor on the Farm, as he has lost his sight; there can be an undisputable title given. june 25 JOHN D. CARBOY. rig Leads FIoPIGS LEAD, arriving per steamboat Tri lUF emeh, for sale by BURBRIDGE, WILSON & CO. Front street. OATS -500 Bu-hid. afloat and for sale by A G RF.INHA RI% Juae 20. 140. Liberty street GEO. T. ROWZ. MR. EVANS. WM. B. RHEY &CO., No 9 Water street SWIM", •Ipmccaly, Cashmeres IPODENIN 83. Market Street, PitiabergA. 83. SELLING OFF AT COST. E. CONSTABLE requests the attention ofthe .1../e public to his stock of show* consisting of Blanket Cloth. Cashmere, embroidered Thibet and Belvidere, and Brodie, at prices ranging front 50 cents up to M. Alpaccas, figured and plain, Remains._ Zen** Cloths, &c., at from Ifit cents up to 50 and 62 1-2. - Cashmeres D'Cose from 25 np to 50 mats, this eat imported styles. Just received, another lot of Flannels. imported as the only kind that is not liable to shrink. jan JUST IZECEAVED AT the Three Big Doors—A lot of very superior Shirts, latest fashion, which will be sold lower then any similar articles evercecred for sale in this City heretofore. 3NO. MCCLOSXCY, je24-Iw. No ISL Liberty ist- Wanted for Frankfbrt Spain/pp AGOOD meat cook; one woman pastry cook; two chambermaids; two strong healthy washer. women; one dining.room servant; one barber, who will be entitled to his boatdine fur waiting on the table, with privilege to make all be can. Also wan ted, for town and country, several good cooks and girls for all work; nursing and chamherwork.-- %V anted, places in stores, warehouses, *bops, &c. for several clerks, salesmen, warehousemen, We/4M avid laborers. %Vented to borrow, several sums of moan &c. Please call at ISAAC HARRIS'S General Agency end Intelligence office, No. 9, sth *trim. je2s.ti I w. Law Maki. STROUD'S Pardon's Digest. Chitty on Contracts. Prrcedenis of Wills. Thomas' Coke. BOSWORTH & FORRESTER. 43 lidatim at. Blank Books OF superior quality— Also, Wrappig and Wall Papers, for saleby BOSWORTH & FORREf3TER, - 43 Market at Gardeners Leek Out. GARDEN LOTS FOR SALE. NOW is your time. I will agree to cut up One Hundred and Sixty Acres of splendid Land in to one, two, three, five, eight, ten or more Acres, or whatever quantity will suit the purchaser. whine the miles of the city of Pittsbuigh, and adjoining the Farmers ind Mechanics Turnpike Road or extension. of Fourth street and just in the rear of the third Church Colony. A good part of this land overlooks the Monongahela river and hits a Southern etpoaure .-. the rnostanitable and desirable for early Vegeta/der= or such as would wish to supply the city with milk and cream. All such as are desirous of obtaining a small spot of their owe can now be accommodated on facet - able terms. Enquire of the subscriber at his dwelling ott Liberty fronting Ferry streets. GEO. MILTENBERGER P. S. Persons desiring a few acres of ground near the city and overlooking the Monongahela rivet when coal can be had at the most rednced price for mann factoring or other purposes, are lathed toast! And ex amine this location. G. M. Pittsburg-Is, June 24-d&a3rn. IMPORTANT TO BANKERS! NEWELL'S Patent Parautorfc Permutation Bask Lock, To Provent Robbery. rfl HE subscriber has accepted the agency, for the. above celebrated and well known Lock, which it wa Rit•NTILD to defy the most consummate skill of the. burglar,or even the. mventor himself. This anseriasto may be deemed exttavogant; but a critical examieatioe of the principles on which this Lurk is congas:wed.. will satisfy any one having even a limited knowledge of mechanism that it is welbfounded—and tbe actual inspection of the Lock for a few minutes will remove' every doubt that may arise in any mind. - Helms nunietouss certificates, from Bank officinal. , Brokers and (several in this city) who have used the above Lock. which be will be happy to exhibit, end give every explanation to those who may be Mensal. - cull. JAS. COCHRAN; Fire Proof Chest and Vault doer Manvfacturet,“ Corner Liberty and Fictory its., sth Went, je24 r. A 'Bargain. N consequence of the subscribers time being etheing. I occupied atthe Canal Collector's Office, he Mill dispose of his entirestock of Dry Goods, at less thaw cost, end runt the store room and cellar to the punsbaser if desired. The Goods were purchased in Philedel., phia this spring, a small part of them last November, and consist of Mailing, Calicoes, &wine's, Vat? tings, Silk, Cotten and Fancy Hdkfs, Hosiery, &c. &c. The stand is en ere North East corner ofthe Diamond, It Ileghesty city, end is well fitted up for • Ifryigoothe variety business;by givinggood security the purchaser can insvn tile on she goods. JOHN FLEMINHs' je 20- wd. Conveyandair. THE undersigned would moot respectfully infarin her friends and the public generally, that the will attend to the-business of Coreieyancingin all its bran ches. - • -••• Deeds, Mortgages, Wills am all ether inottatmen la of writing executed with 'coat-soy wad despatch. _ Paper books end other legal papers made out for Attorneys on the shortest notice. Rooms on Wiley street, Ceurth Akoorfmm the New Court Flonse. MARY T. KINGSTON. june 6-d3m. JAMES YOUNG, COMMISION AlließClf ANT AND STEAMBOAT AGENT, St. Lena *a. RETERENCCiII--George Beggs, and George CoUier, St. Louis; C. M. Strader &Co J. W. Ereden, W. C. Fellows & Co., and Andrew & Robert Buchanan, Louisville; Snider & Gorman, C. Broedwell & ki t°. and Foster & Irwin, Cincinnati; Rogers &Sher a. Bowen & Fliberd, Geo. E. Warner, and John Arboc k le, Sr.. Pittsburgh. may 30.1 y GREAT DOINGS "DOWN TOWN." N 0.461 A NO rHER package of those splendid 8.4 white figured Swiss Mullins, this morning received— with colored TAR LTONS, something new and beauti ful. New styles Balzorines---noother package j4ot opened, equally beautiful with the other lot. Call at je-6 BARROWS & TURNER'S. Great Treat Sir Little money! At IVO. 46. P ARROWS & TURNER are now selling beau tiful NEAPOLITAN LACE BONNETS fur only 17 - $2,00. Call and see, at their new Cash House, 3 doors above the Burnt. District. 133 DRIED HIDES now landing from Steam boat Valley Forge, for sale by A. BEZLEN ' Canal Basin, Penn street, 200 PIGS LEAD just received by Stmt. boat Valley Forge, and for lain by New Arrival of Q JUST received, an importation of 60 pietism of Queensware. direct from Longford, England, comprising a complete assortment of white, granite and blue raised figure, Dining and Tea acts, together , with a choice assortment of comoson goods, suitable to tie country trade, to all of which the subscriber respect, fully invites the attention of his frieoda and monomers and the public generally, at his Ivey dead taken since the fire, H F Schweppe's up stairs. 182 Liberty Id, opposite the head of Wood st. may 29-d tf. HENRY HIGBY. liersk 1 O BBLS, No 3, law siWi just received end far sale by J. McDEVITT. .june 4 No. 244, Liberty street. CRA NBERRIES.—for sale by • r. C. MARTIN, No. 60, Water st., Burnt District A, BF.Lr i bi, Canal Basin, Penn street
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