4:1)c Ehii ,illoming post. lone PIOIIR, EDITOR PITMEURGii. SA Tr RD 11'. DECEMBER 27 PA LS( fAt kt;ent for country new•finpers, is the' Agent for !h. Doily Slorning Post. and Mhuuracturer, to R•CtiVe ~dver.isr^ en s and i.nhscriplions. He hit offiree in Nix Yrots ar t he C.nil Otti,n, 30 A nn street, (nil joining ti.. int Tee 130.9704, No, 12. SNyte atref . t Plan_ ruLtliza, Rrai Estata and Coal Office, 59 rine , it • t B•tetatoma, S F corner Saltimnre and Calvet.' at• where ,nir paper can hekmoren, and terms of ailverti sing Innreed. - - City Democratic Nominations )14 TOR, WILLIAM KERR. ut 1.11.3h.GRS Or THE TOWN.' I. J. ASHBRIDGE. M'CLUFIE. AUDITORS, JOHN J. MITCHELL, WM. C. 11EREDITH. JAMES SH IDL F.. Tut. JUDO Fllll P.—Ti will be .een by the lariat of our Washirgiiin enrinorondent. that GIORGI. IV. Woonw•ap. of Lt. Prne county, in this .rate, has Gwen appiiinii.d In fill the place on the Supreme Bench pt the United S;ate., voc.ited by the death of the flint Hearn Baldwin. The City Election. The peopleaf tLis Lity bare now before them roue randidatea for the offiro of Mayor, all of them regular party nominees. Dr Wlt.t..iam Klett. is the camii• data of the Dernoeract 1Y it.ti x J. Dowaap, Eaci. of the whivi B r. C. MORGAN. E.q of the Native Americans, and Dr. J. P. Gazatst, of the Libevy. The contest %ill Le a spirited one. The flemoc racy will struggle manfully for the ascendency, be-1 lieving that a thorough reform is necessary in our t municipal exits. TX‘ election is one of much im portance to the people. The Lei payer. should care fully investigate the affairs of the city and freely ex- : press their opinions es to the manner in which they have been attended to by the .'poweis that be " Du ring the pest year the eels, je p of som e of t h e c ity „fn. - faittr have been tuereaed and others reduced, and a new office, that of Clerk to the Mayor, has been created, and a striary of thrr e hundred dollar: per annum attached to it. The whole doings of the city authorities, aill. of course, he freely examined, and we feel well wiser/id, that no part of their tifficiel con dect will be more tigidly scrutinized titan the distri butiun of the relief fund. The distribution of this fund which ought to have been cetrustell to a com mittee of the sufcmeis. was solur terily assumed by the eouncils, and they are now called upon to submit the whole matter for the inspection of the public.— Vt'e hope that a full report tel l at once be given to the people. It is certeiu'y time that the donors were informed as to the disposition which hos been made of the money generously contributed by them for the re• Lief of the needy. Tat MILITIA Of THr 1:51TID ST AT C.3.—The nut-o ber of militia enrolled and subject to draft in the eni. Led Stntet , is, seetording to the Army Register, 1,759.. 710. From the date M many of the returns, they must necessarily be fur below the true standard, but then may be saf..ly stated at 2,000,000 men. One tenth of the actual militia face of the country would give an army of 200 000 men. This is the number contempla ted in the resolutions for organizing the militia, w hich, it is said, Col. Benton intends to report in the Senate. F, , PtC.PI Foe Ontoom.—This Manchester Goardidn states that Admiral Se)mor Is very soon to be upon or near the coast of Oregon with one ship of 80, one of 50, one of 13, and one of 16 guns. The same paper says that the Americans are rapidly rein forting their squadron in t he Nair. Down to a re cent period it consisted of two first class frigates of 60 guns, two large corvette■ and a schooner. It has recenth i.een reinforced by another corvette, the Ports mouth, and two more large frigates, the Raritan and the Congress, on their way thithtr. Adding to these their vessels in 11. e Chines Seas. says the Guanlian, they will as•rmbie n free of six frigates (ench as large as an Engli,l: 74 gun ship,) fine corvettes, one brig and one schooner. IVRIRDICTION or tan STATE or VIRGINIA —The General Court of Virginia hes decided twelve judge. to three—in the Parkersburg kidnaping case, that the jurisdiction of the State of Virginia extends to the ac tual water litte of the Ohio river, at the particular time of any occurrence. This line, of course, is nut filed, but shifts, according to the rise or fall of water from freshets or low water. If this line be agreed upon, the offence charged upon the Parkersburg prison. era will come within the jurisdiction of Virginia. THE Sstat.t. Poe.,—We regret to state, says the Baltimore Sun of the instant, that the sinull pox in this city is evidently on the increase, as it is also in Philadelphia and Now York. In Philadelphia during the past two weeks them has been forty-six death. from it—in NSA , York twenty-three, and in Baltimore twenty-six. As this is a disease on which the cold weather has &contrary etLet from what it generally has on contagious affections, there is but one course for our citizens to pursue, hi order to suppress i:■ ravages, and that is a general vaccination. It should be the doty of every head of a family to act promptly in thematier, not only a to his children, but to the older members of his household. Lot all who have not been vaccinated for twelve or fiftemiyears, be re vaccinated, as it is an ascertained fact that vaccination in many persons tortes its power within th,t period.— When persons are te•vaccinated, and it does not take, they have the assurance that they are exempt from the disease, and if it does take, the sam, result is secu red. A BIG flt tacss.—The receipts of the lar of the St• Charles Hotell, New Orleans, pay the expenses of the entire establishment—being in the middle of the day at the rate done hundred dollars an hour, and from six to eight hundred dollars a day;—so says the Pica• yune, N LW. PAPLIte ENGL AND.— WC may yolgo dtlie difficulty in establishing newspapers in London, when Charles Dickens. (Bog.) had lamina capital of ;f: 100, 000 before be could commence. His new journal is to appear about the list Jan. "f is said he is poor, and this measure has been urged by his friends with the hope agorae's. A SCIeSTIFIC Max .—A friend of ours looks at the thermometer to see when be is warm. at the barom eter to gee when it storm.. at the clock to see when he is hungry, at the almanac to see 4ow old he is, at the moon to see u.lieu it is high tide, et the stars to ascertain when he is in love. flu is a scientific man, end 'does everything by rule, but his devotions which he doesn't do at all. Wircrin. there wns a law which ( 11 , II EMEIMEM t , vs:a' dccroyed 'Br , r • MENIMiEMOIIM From our 117as3Ligiest Correspondent W AIIiINGTOM, Dec. 23, 1F43 I have not much to offer you this evening, In the way of congressional news. Both houtrs adj urned, slier a &Lunt setting, to meet again on Saturday . The Senate previously elected a chaplain, in the per son of Tustin, chaplain to the late Congress. The I.itl providing for the extension of our lows over the state of Texas, end making it o judicial die trim. Sc, MBA considered and ordered to be envoi. I .ed for 'I third rending. Mr Benton, from the Committee on Military AT fairs, report...l a bill providing for the raising of a corps of sappers, miners and frtmrirrs, also a bill to', revive the office of Inspector General. Mr ‘Veloder pteeented a number of temonshances against the admis•rion of 'feast into the Union as • +lave state; which he desired to have laid on the ta ble; as they might epply to the contemplated annexe , don of Cuba—the object for which they were designed being thwarted by the previous notion of Congress. In the House of Representatises, a resolution was passed directing the printing of a map that accom panied the President's mrssegel and enattempt was made to go into the election of superintendent of the Folding Room—an office hitherto in the girt of the / Doorkeeper, but which was token nu , of hi. hands by resolution of the House Il ft, day. shire. While the proposition to go into the election sves rending, a mo tion was made to adjourn, which %kits etieried. balirve I hare before talc•' occasion laS Outlet to the spirit of indu.try which iteenno to charactctime the members of ;he present Congress. A three des ad• journment for . Chrlotnntl.,..••,, inch has usuully been I made, to include New Year's and sometimes the Eighth of Junntry—is another sample of their pro. I ; pen.ity for doing the work they were sent to do. The lung mooted qnration as to alto oltail fill tin'. [dace on the bench of the Supremo Pout I, ~seated by the death of Judge Balch' in, a long time nr., is fins! ly settled h. the appointment fieorge W Wood want or, rather, I shot/N1 any, b) lii. nomination. It will undoubted! ) be smt,tionrd b ) the Senate. Your., very re.pecifollv, DUQUESNE. .; IMPoRTA NT l'ltoNl MIAiCo the mrsttenger just anise) vttro Cruz, via Ilusnna and Chntleston, ue leat n, • s .s th e Weshingrort Union tt , ' the :I'3 I inst.. that !Ur. Jahn Slidell arrive) al Vera Urnz on the `:.'9111 ult. having mete vii cordial ieeeptinn (wm the aUttiot lie took his !Pelt in the .take on the...vetting of LISP Ist inst., fir the city of Mexico, attended b) an es• ernte in the furthera• cr or tile isborn uhiveti A few Ante beSire nor inforonnt left, lieNS h.d SZeniiiseil, That the iirocee.ling. 01 thi• miwtir , g Lr eer"l V I ' r'"'" • ;°` or . • f t .. 04 i d s I : "' :u l n . ;; ' , fr • ok ' n .' et er. i" r11 1 P RI U P I' II Ii. h t "l l ' el t ' o n in the prun i tie! of Scent/YTS. Imd prOnfill iced goitift the the state tu gin C th• 111 afire CUIIIeCI4I,C notices in their 11.1tiloCILL01 or ow Mexican go%rrnmrnt. d0t . 14 ring the " 'o r . '" ite p.peu. Signrni GEO. Met : Ch ' n. prunince 1./. the 1-t I% ulr I. W. SNOW M.N. 6ce Conic. c.ionty. Ehnii. 4, 1845. cort of Mexicton express art i red at VI'M Una .satin` that G.n.rra! Pen dvs had pronoGtic,',l ftgai tog the prelivill gn‘ern mer.t and wet. ab tut to march 011 the city uf from San LUil. The messenger that he I it Vt•ru Cfl,7 'I) the English ntentmer Taxed, of ESSO t inn, on the t?ii inst., and dri iseri in Ilavaoson he 11th it..s in the kmeriena schooner F. A. Itron (I. 4 . 2 tons rrgi .trr, and arrived off Tyliee light on the cc. 'tint of I ill, when he ,N as ov..ttaken be u heavy gal; s,teilwesl; lay-to 42 hours-11o: 4.41 provill her...llan excel, or sea War, arrived in I_ harieston un ;he cm , ruing 10. 18th inst., and liri. been 13 ho nr, I if/ the rva4 to %Vaal An eastern ituitcr mate, that • man some*. time down on Cape Cod. hag drunk niarey one thousand nine hundred and eigh , y.lhrer glows of turn in the hut 36 7 - he cost • mild amount to neat $6,000, and we senior, to way, he is not worth • —fip," Ando (atilt w jib hard times. and wonder. ally be cannot get along in the %orb!. Cider or malt liquor ma) be prevented from Lrcom• ing sour by adding three pounds tf touted bread to a barrel. This has been tried with complete success When stale or hard. it may be restored by putting a a few str.l' lariat. pit aro of hard toasted Loud. with m , :startl Made Wi:in eater upon 'horn, hoe the La, rel. Nlusx it is estirtinti..l that ihere ate one million finished niti•kets in the ilift-tent attn.'s, and art., a!, of the ro.i.n QCITE A.:141LF411.11.F. 4./ Ilia 11 r.—John 13 , 61, t1.14,,igh be L.lncitm Murr.ing It a the grincr it sentiment chat the American■ wish for wt., arid with the blessings of God upon a goal cause, they shall have enou,;ll of it. Never sine, the United States bus become a nation, was there in Eng. land a desite,mure reasonable, and at ilia Lame time more agreeable, than that of giving the Americans a drubbing "Clic V.urno•oh (N. B.) Courier chion . clet the lot. 01 tokir. Tryo. with 80U b.iothelo putators. bound to St. Johr:d. daring a toorat gdo off Varzzoltnit. No inv., ranee on eith.r I or cargo At Gerwa every attorney taker an oath rot to un dertake any ra.e he dues trot think j:irrt. It Wootiti be well if this waq n rey . ri.ition in 111111 country: would lie a rnrarot of 1 , -"oo.g :1 vait Amount of iitiga GERM A , EMI6IIA TION —The New Of leans Pica ynne, of a late say.: An inteligent Gorman in forms as t h at, between this an.l spring, at ieastt.'o,ooo em . ,gt ants niil reach this ci y from B reman and (abet ports—a part of :hem of tbcir way w Texas, ant the rest to to and utter nurth-we•tern Sts el.' Ma. 4:tit - row—At the suta of the appointment of a Snperintendent of Motive Power on the Allegheny Pottage Ruil Wind, is again brought before the pub- Ilic, and from the gteit desire of injudicious friends, to I promote the interests. t her the views of their j respective favcrites, erinnnoits impression. are being formed, by moor. at a distance, - of the stare of the toad and of the conduct of those having charge of this im• , ' portant section of our public improvement. In jus tice to the able and efficient superinteudant, and for the benefit of those who are unable from personal in spection, to form a correct opinion on that subject, , and in older, that the character of our public works, muy not softer :rum unfounded or interes ed statements i I have to request that yon will publish in your widely circulated paper, that portion nfttte statement haring a bearing on the subject, given by the respectable gen. tlemen.ettgagad in the transportation of goods, over the A. P. R. Road, with their proper signatures. and as a further corroboration of the fact, set forth by !these gentlemen; I will beg leave to state, that not. withstanding marry unfavorable circumstances, that the actual state of the road and the results of the business for the Beason, as compared with the lasi iyear, speak in the highest terms of the ability and correct management of tire present superintendent. Mr Warsoir, Surveyor on the A. I'. R. Road, 1845: I Increase this year over last year, 1800 Tons. Increase of tolls this year, 3000 Dolls. Decrease of expenditures ftom lust This should enrisfy every unprejudiced mind, as I can ElPSill'a you, that you will find this statement in the main to be correct, and shows what may be done, by an adherence to a correct system of conducting our int. portant public works, under skilful and judicious olE cers, and that much may be corrected from them From the Democratic Standard, 11111 ~..; ~.:. ~. ~;.. ,~.r ll= to hurt the iadividuels against whom it is evidently levelled. Leaving Messrs W auon and Boon to notice. •► to them may seem best, the seurilous personal at tacks of the *tithes, we deem it alike due to them ea publictiefficers. to the - interests of the State, and to our own interests as Transporters, to gibe an unqualified denial to every word of the communication which re lates to the nast and present condition of the Alleghe ny Portage Railroad. We have no hesitation in se.ing that the charge that the repairs of the road lino been neglected dor- ng the past sea-on, is unfounded—that tire road has been kept in good order, and is now in better order than it has been for the lart '2 or 3 years, and there fore cannot require any additional or extraordinary espenditutes to prepare it for the coming seasons business. We deem it but an act of justice to the officers su grossly attacked by this annonymous scrib. bier,-to say that every Incility hus been afforded by them to Transporter., and that their energy end the ~stem introduced by them into the Management of the road, has resulted, as out own tape Herm" aLun. dant ly testifies, and the returns of the toad wilTprove, an increased buslness,specd air! safety. It M. LEMON, WM- rtuAsEt. fill 0. BINGHAM, WM. JOHNSTON, T. C. 7vleDol‘ ELL, PArL GRAFF, SAMUEL LEMON, A. NIcCORMICK, wM. F. LEEC . • Fursuaht to public notice eivon in the respective newspapers published in Carlisle, Cumberland roun• iy, Penn'a a number Of the Com-nissioned MSc,. of the Army of the United States, who served in our sec ond IVar of Inilependance. met at the public house of Den, W. Faulk, in Carlisle. Upon minion. Col. George McFeely was appointed Chairman and Dr. Isaac W. Snowden, secretary, when the following preamble and resolutions web unanimously adopted, viz: \YMLRLAI, Congrea , in 1776 and at other times, did provide. that the tifficers and soldiers of the IVor of Independence. thou!! 'revive a lotunt, in land. ani i . • that 'event! States ;o the milio/ did follow the tame gen e rous impulse, and appropriated /dike for theft vet.- ancrificev anti suff;•rittgi. We, therefute, at;trt mature reflection and examination of tho services ut; he offs/ and soidirra of hn:tt M art. find no teaeon, wio, they alo.uld be treated diff.ovuoly, 'l'l.ltefore, anirrd, That Ow forthwith ptoitiots Coogrets fan • grant of Imod to he deeignated hereafter a may be thought mint whisaltle. Kewlvel, That we recommend, to evely officer of the \V.r of 1812 to do an like, ive, and that they hold meeting. in their respective counties or diit tict. , o o d a cetera! meeting ( o f a ll who coot make It Vllns ,niem to attend) at tite 11.111 of poet ottlem ilarti.turg. ou the 20;h of January nest, it, utdo to a.•t in Cu: nett to -ails nut tir•c vie* s Itesuiviol. That wo rep mmend rap-wing. in othe v oti,oeii by the officer. Of lion ift.ar of 1814, to co ol.• F/ am !kr St Lout, Ga:rttr.,D. c 13 RfiA T FIR I.: IS BT. LOUIS. This morning doirt 4 o'clock. our city was .Slited • 4 ! , the Most ;lest roc , iyo tim a loch it ha. been our du ty to recoil for months. It is soppos•.l In his • ~rigi nured is the ,nr , lllo of the l'erpeturd In•urence Cum p.tny. second floor, north ergo corner of Vine and \lain streets ; and aorripirl w us the prove., of th e , destroying that tha whole building. running hack in Commercial surer?, rind on the latter, Ave ant.' s in height, was sonn envel-iped in one sheet of tme The fit• must have been hurtling for some time pm. inns to its di-coven a bid, cart ttn!c account for the diffiettlt experienced in arresting its progress The whole of the building i•cdostroyed in the basement on I "motel-cis! street. which ens t/rcortesi a. a whole stile grocery cure by Edward .1 Gay. The wall out Main street, and is portion nt that on Vine V., are vet statoltog. but in s cracked condition, Ind aill probe hly have to be polled down. The Messrs. Doan. King. wlin ,rc.arpied the! !greater part of the building. lost their entire stock of liey gocNII. which was Sery we are happy, lion 'vet, (coin it .35 sell CoNrrlni by insurance. Mr. Gay was folly we understood, in. twit nfficrs in this city--in one, $5OOO. Mr. Jaynes ii•rrri•on. the won, of the building, arse insured in • the sum of $4.0110. 'The cooditivn Sir Ili. wall on Vine street Then the !engines arrived on the ground, aa• nbaerverl to he ve ry insecure., arid this fart prevented The anion of the companies in that dip-orlon. Atairrt half r‘f it rich 'the vrnli on Commercial street. goon carrnirtr do •trnuinn in ins course. Part wf tine well of the Clark building, on the !booth aide of Vino Street, was broker, iit, and the drug estahli•hm,•nt of %lesser. Barron iSc ' Bothwell. in the ha.entent, ron•idrrably damaged. The paper la areliorise of Mr Crittenden, next door Imo In, on \loin wa•d it-milted by the exrr••ive heat, brit tlor contents did nut troffer, except from w ere, We have heard of no li.e• twirl hot. or personal injury sustained, thourdt from the doting Of firemen inn the occr•iun, it would seen elmoor t mirucle that menu were not killed. We understood that two young !gentlemen, Messrs. Hoyt sod Bigelow, sleeping in the third story. here}, escaped by the 4COitiP, w ithout their clothes. The be•istends in the lodging room of theul ivining stole of Mr. Nash. are horned toe cinder. Much praise i• due to nor enterprisug citizens of the foe department for their untiring efforts to arrest the progress of the flvmes. The fire wardens as usual I were bu•c, aid by their vigilance &while. presented much confusion. and secured the safely of •uch proper ty rise• resaiicd. The entire loss a ill not vary much from $75.000 •CTITLL 1 NC11)104 I —We coo thr following in. cident from the Cincinnati Commercial of the Ind inst.. concerning a noble youth of Cincinnati, oho was on a vialt to his relutivea in this city: DEAR FAIRER:- As I wo• voing to the p,.at office the other d iy. I as an fortunate a. cll fled a large pocket book full o f money, and equally fortunate in finding the owner. a abort time after-weld.. He offered me a reward. whicn I refo•ed to accept. He then inked my name. which I owe him. The next .bay I received a letter. which 1 have copied on the next page, wish the fifty dollar. therein mentioned. • • • • • phAlt Slh My graiiiiide wdl nut let me rest nntil I have rev. at Jed Iwo noble traits in your characthe s hieh I so for. tunerly discovered in my very short orqiinintonce ith you esierd.ty; ilonesty in retitriiing to me that, which if I had lost, it would have been my ruin:— Generosity , in refusing to accept a reword for an hon est action. Define 3ou will have received this letter vs hit the enclosed fifty dollars (which I must force you to ac cept without an opportunity to refuse) I will be en my way to England, which is my home; otherwise it would afford megreut pleasure to cultivateyour acquaintance. My pocket-book contained at the time, (nor thousand, tight hundred and fifty dollars, in Bunk notes, and papers double that amount in value. It may be a source uf gratification to one it'as you to know, that you have paved from poverty, the beloved wife and children of one who will ever remember you with feelings of gratitude Tu C. B. Iluctino chief ah,orbing interest in life is attend ing to the wants of the body. This every man of ex. periptice compelled to acknowledge, however Sod roue be me. he to lend hi, testim on) to the filet of higher and holier ohjecti, engaging the attention of the MILK.. The epitaph of most men might reed— "lie was horn. He toiled and worried for food Ho thing and equipage, he sought the phantom happinesa He died." 1 r, then, mnnkind lt.lll Ptilt persiAi in attendinz chief. bodily' I,llrit :hat r ~P'C!; r. .th 7i .1: r r.n .1.. i r , • t• C7i!Jq: imtl .1 • median-•.lVuttar's Balsam of Wild Cherry dec24 =EEINI EIRE= _ _ .1 Alt-. S1 • 1t rARY :MEET! Ntl Pittsburgh, Doe. 13. 1215 V oar utollivnt son. C LA R E NC E P.a.burgh, Dec. 13:1), 1845 W. S. MILNIAN =En Coughs mid Oolds—ln all cases of coughs and colds, the sufferers will find a pleasant but powerful remedy in Clickener'sSugar Coated Vegetable Pi 11...! The fame of this medicine has already spread far end wide. Over five hundred thousand boxes of these pills were sold last year, having been used in all as• certained cases with prefect success. Fur liver COM. plaint, nfrection of the lungs, palpitation of the heart, inflame., asthma, scarlet feter, lever and ague, drop sy, typhus reser, and other diseases. This pill is coat• ed with fine white sugar, so that the medicinal ingre diente aro imperceptible to the taste. To children. they may be illiminiatred without difficulty So well COlll/inced is Dr Clicitener of their t Tetley in all spec i. fled cases,. that he pledges himself tu return the money when the promised street is not produced. Sold by ‘Vtri Jackson, corner of Wood and Utterly streets, oho is general . Apia fur Dr Clickuner's in Pittsburgh and vicinity. B:Tlieware of unimitation wide called “Impro ved Slqear-Coated Pale," purporting to be Patented no both the yak end pretended patent ure furger ice. got op by a miserable track, in NeW York, whu, lot the last four on, five year., has made his livinc by countet feitiog popular titedi,ines. dec 27. TEMP lI.ANCE FESTIVAL Ihr .Sinai Street, thila door below Kidd & Drug Store. For A' brnrfit of the Waillingeon rind 3fartlx IV 7' A. S'acitties rf Psilsbargh. The Fekl MI will commence on Chi iatmla eve, be open •11 2 1uv on Chri•treas, and every evening during the week, until New Tomei, Day. when it will be open ell day. The I.adi.'e have furniAhed an ample sup ply of •Wepl n rain anti all the delicacies of ;Ire season, no ihat the mom tnatidinta cannot help but he pleased. They have read t nrrangPlVEntk to have en abundant supply or FRKSH Chsrins. ('bristmas and New Year'a day, a sumptuous Dinner will be served up kl 1 o'clock The Lawn moo re-pet-trolly solicit the poronaCe of a generous aid hettevoleto rommo..ity. to advance cauaa dear to the heart of every good than. COMMERCIAL RECORD. Office of the Pittsburgh Morning Posit Friday. bec. !:71A. 1E45 TLr• wr•n+h.•r yenerl, wnoculd nod unpb•a+nm fur nut (loin Lu,ito.to. and we hear 01 no trun