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We - stated, that nearly thf trhii force in Congress, had vOted.for the war bill, the preamble to which declared, that s•the recent acts of Mexico hreve caused a state of war .. to rri;t. beitreen the vrernanst of Mexico and the government •of the , truitrd Btatev." The editor of theGizette does not deny the fact, that nearly the %thole _vihig tisres voted for the bill; but, in order to extricatehimself from a position of dissent to the.aition,of the whigs in Congress, points to their votes in the tienate, to strike cait:the preamble. The assertion that, ‘‘the recentaits of Mexico had caused a„state. of war, - is either true or false. • If false, why, did the wbigs vide for the bill? if frac, why did they vote to strike it from the bill? The editor of the Gazette has assigned them a most un enviable posltion; if he is 'to, be believed, they ac tuanyvoted for.the bill, believing and knowing that the preamble to it affirmed a falsehood. t e: ~~' ;..~~i..~ ~: =NE ;. , r # ~: ~•; . _ . MEE IHM ~• . • ." ... .1 . =SE ..-'~.. ....r . THE PITTSBURG HILT 110RIGO POST. JOHN MELEE, Editor. Worse and Mort,' of it, What: xcuse Could a member of Congress give to constituente•for. voting for a fiduhoiod? What would the people think of a memher of Congress, .• „ • who,"otthis return home, would_say to them, ' , true I vote for the war bill, but the preamble which affuths -that "the resents tiers of Merlin hare cawed tray to exist" is false; anal, at the time knew it to be GO" They would without hesitation tell him he was a degraded man, and should never again re ceive their suffrages. Yet, in this pitiable position has the stupid creature at the head of tlie Gazette phi* all the whigs who Voted for the- war bill without protest against the preamble. • • „Speed of . Alr.,Donglass, of Illinois, We publish •in the Nit of to-day the very able speech of . Mr. DOM/LISS, of Illinois, on the Meilcan question. Mr. DOUglass has nobly vindica• ted the honor. of his country, and most satisfactorily proves that the army of Gen. Taylor is posted up on soil belonging to the State of 'Texas. He not only. states the fact that the country between the. ICuetesand the Rio . Grande. has been , represented in the Councils of Texas, but he does more; he states that - Ames Pouters was the Representative of that country in the Convention of 1836, which frained the Constitution of Texas, and that Col. Rensiy has since represented the country in the Texian Congress, awl farther, that Texas has there organized counties and established courts. We hope our renders will give it a careful examination: It will enable them to meet and put down the thousand falsehoods with which the country is at preient flooded. We trust our Democratic friends will be vigilant in the ilissimination of correct hi' formation. The old spirit is again at work—it is as active now as it Was , in 1812, but it will ere long be as signally rebuked by the unbending pa triotinn of the people. Spee!h of Ilan. S. A. Douglass, Or ILLI.NOIS, Dclircred in the .flusese of Representatives, on Widnes day May 13. ON TIFE WAR BILL. ''‘Mr.Deagfrurartext took the floor. Several mem him 'proposed that the committee rise, that he might proceed with his speech in the mornings-- He declined to avail himself of their courtesy, as he had but a few. remarks to make, and those prin.l ciirally in reply to the gentleman from Ohio, who had just taken his seat..[Ma; Drano) Thegeri denten from Ohio (said Mr. D.) has been so kind as-to herald spy advent before my arrival, and an nounce that I was about to follow him in the de bate. I suppose that he drew this inference front the fact that I took a'seat near him and listened to his speech with the most res.pectfal attention.— Acting upon this' suggestion, he has addressed a large portion of 'his speech to me, and invited an answer from me. especially to the principal points in his arguement. I propose to gratify him in this respect; and while I shall speak with freedom and boldness of his positions and arguments, I trust I 4 . 41 observe the ,same respectful courtesy to whi-ds" My opponents which hiss characterised his effort. .1 commend the patriotism, if not the mor ality, of the sentiment which he quoted at the be ginning, and repeated several times in the course of- Ids 'speech: "I go for my country .right or wrong." I fear, however, that this sentiment. 0660 60 much improved by our countrymen, is a bout io be brought into disrespect and contempt by the use which the gentleman and some of. his coadjutors are now making of it. They "go for their country, right or wrong,' but they insist that their, country is, and has been, all the time in the wrong. They say that they will support the war, bit-that in their opnion, ..'the war is unholy, un righteous, and damnable." Mr. J. IP: Houston. Who made use of that expression? Was it any gentleman on this side of the. Henze? 'Mr. Douglass. Tee, sir. The gentleman from Ohio [Me. Detasto) who has just taken his seat, made use of the identical words, and repeated them seVeraltimes with great emphasis in the course of his epch, while the great body of his political friendstened with the most profound respect, and gave every indication of approbation and en couragement, by expressions, looks, and nods of assent. I see the venerable gentleman from Mas sachusetts before me now nods his approval of the sentiment. - :Mr. &lams. Yes sir: Mr. Chairman, I. prove,ind endorse every word and syllable of it. Mr. Douglass. .So I supposed, from the marked indications of approval which that gentleman and his-friends gave to every attack upon the rights, in terests, andhonor of his own country. What re liance Shall we place on the sincerity of gentle men's professions, that they are for the country right or wrong, when they exert all their poser I andintluence to put' their country in the wrong in the eyes of Christendom, and invoke the wrath of heaven,upon us far our manifold national crimes and aggressions? ' With professions of patriotism on their lips, do they not show that their hearts axe against their own country f- They appeal' to the consciences and religious feelings of our country ' men to unite in execration of our government, ar my, citizens, soldiers, and country, for prosecuting what they denounce as an unholy, unrighteous, and damimble cause. They predict that the judgment of God will rest upon us—that sickness, and car nage, and death will be our portion—that defeat and:disgrace will attend Our arms ! Is there not treason in the heart that can feel, and poison in the breath, that c an utter, such. senti m e nts against their own'countty, When forced to'take up arms in self defence-, to"reps.l invasion by' kbrutal and perfall - ons-enemyl They for their country right or wrong, . who tell our people if they rally under their ceum try's standard, their hones will bleach nit the plains of Mexico, and the enemy.ill look down . from the Mountain top to behold the destruction of our ar mies by disease and maladies, and all those myste riOus elements of death which Divine Providence employs to punish a wicked people for prosecuting an unholy and unjust wart Sir, I tell thesegentle. men that it requires' more charity thartfalls to the lotO(Trail man to believe that these sentiments are consistent with the sincerity of their professions— with .patriotism, honor, and duty to their country. ' Patriotism emenates from the heart, fills the soul, l infuses itself - into : the — whole Irian, and speaks, and orate the same language'. A friend . of his country. in war will fiel, : speaki and, act for his.country— ; will revere bis eduntsy's cause; his"coun try's enemies:, dOun- AitiericiWants noliietsd,:siedinoW' - ledge.ifise. fidelity tifno eitizerr who, after war is declared; condemns the justice 'of her cause, or sympathizes with the eneriii, All such are traitors in their hearts; and would to God that they would commit some overt Set .for which they could be dealt with according to their - deserts. 14ill now:• proceed to examine the arguments by which this gentleman from Ohio, and those with whoin he acts, pretend .to justify their .foreign sympathies. They assume that the Rio del Norte was not the boundary line between Tesaii and Mexiiiss—that the republic of Texas never extended beyond the. Nueces—and consequently our govern ment was 'under no obligation, and had no right, to protect the lives and property of American citizens beyond the last-mentioned river. In sup port of this assumption, the gentleman has refer red to the dispute which he says arose between the provinces of Coahuila and Texas, and the de. cissions of Almonte and some other Mexican gen eral thereon prior to the Texan revolution - ' and those provinces constituted a state of the Mexi can confederacy. He has also referred to Mr. Hastings's History of Texas, in which we are al so infonned that tiresome bouudary is assigned. to -the Mexican province of Texas. I do not deem it necessary to go back to a period anterior to the . Texan Revolution, to ascertain the limits and boundaries of the republic of Texas. But if the gentleman has so greats - !reverence for antiquity as to place 'more reliance upon old authorities, which have become obsolete and inapplicable, in eonsequence of the changed relations of that coma try, I will gratify his taste- in that respect, by di recting his attention to the various maps, records. histories, and authorities—Spanish, English and French—by-which in .is shown that the Rio. del Norte was theboundary line between • the French p - rovince of Louisiana and the Spanish provinces of Mexico. The gentleman' can satisfy himself on that point, if he will take the pains to read a dispatch (1 might with propriety say a book, from its very great length) written bythe American Secretary of States John Q. Adams, to the Spanish minister, (Don Onis,) in 1819. Ile. Will there find the authorities all collected and reviewed with a clearnesa and ability which defies refutation, and demonstrates the validity of the American title under the treaty of 1803, to the country in dispute, together with the expression of the opinion, by the venerable gen tleman from Massachusetts, (Mr:Adams,) that our title to the Del Norte was as clear as ' .to the island ofNew Orleans. This was the opinion of, Mr. Ad ams in 1819. It was th e opinion of Messrs. Mon roe and Pinkney in 1805. It was the opinion of Jefferson and Madison—of all our Presidents, and all administrations, from the day of 'the purchase of- Louisiana in 1803, to the fatal treaty of relin quishment to Spain in 1819. I give the gentleman the opinions of these men in opposition to the opin ion of Almonte and his brother Mexican general, and then leave the question of boundary prior to the Texan revolution. Will .he tell us, and his constituents, that those distinguished statesmen, including his friend from Massachusetts, (Mr. Ad ams,) as well as Mr. Polk and the American Con gress, were engaged- in an unholy, an unrighteous, and damnable cause, in claiming title to the Rio del Norte? But, sir, I have already said that I do not deem it necessary to rely upon these old authorities for the full and complete justification of our govern ment indefrnding the possession of the country on the leR bank of the Rio del Norte. There is better arul higher evidence than that. The republic of Tex as held the country by a more glorious title than can be traced through the old maps and musty re cords of Spanish and French courts. She held the country by the sense title that our fore fathers of the revolution acquired our territory and achieved the independence of this republic. She held it by virtue of her declaration of independence, setting forth the . inalienabl e rights of man, by men who had hearts to feel and minds to comprehend the blessings of freedom; by principles successfully maintained, by the irresistible power of her arms, and consecrated by the precious blood of her he roes. These are her monuments of title to the empire which she has voluntarily annexed to our Union, and which we • have plighted our faith to protect and defend against invasion or dismember ment. We have received the republic of Texas, with her entire territory, into this Union, as an inde pendent and sovereign State, and have no right to alienate or surrender any portion of it. This oh. ligation, the gentlemen of the opposition admit, so far aa.respects the country to the northeast of the Nueces, but deny both the obligation and right to go beyond that river. I should have felt my self--under peculiar obligations to them, if they would hale condescendedto inform us upon what grounds they assume the Nueces to have been the boundary line of the republic of Texas, and draw a distinction between our right to the country an the opposite sides of that stream. I know noth ing in the hiatory - of that republic from its birth to its translation, that willauthorize any such as sumption. In order that I might be certain of the accuracy of the facts to which I am about to refer, I have taken the precaution, within the last few minutes, tohave them,properly authenticated by the testimony 'of the two most distinguished actors (one of whom. I now recognize in my eye) of those thrilling and glorious scenes of the Tex an revolution. - Before this high authority I assert that as early as the campaign of 1835, there were soldiers and officers too in the Texan army. who resided in the country between the Nueces and the Del Norte.— These same heroic men from the west side of the nieces, or so many of them as had not been butch ered by the Mexican soldiery, were present at the ' battle of San Jacinto, on the 21st of April, 18313, when Santa Ana was captured, and the Mexican army annihilated. Although few in number, and from their residences exposed to more of the bar barities of the Mexicans than any other portion of I Texas, they were faithful to the cause of freedom, and constant in their devotion to the cause of the republic throughout its evidence. Immediately af ter the battle of San Jacinto, Santa Ana made a proposition to the commander of the Texan army to make a treaty of peace, by which Mexico would ' recognise the independence of Texas, with the Rio del Norte as the boundary. In May, 1835, such a treaty was made between the governmentof Tex as and Santa Ana, in which the independence of the republic of Texas was acknowledged, and the Rio delNorte recognised as the boundary. In pur suance of this treaty. the remnant of the Mexican army were ordered by Santa Aua to retire beyond the confines of the republic of Texas, and take their position on the west side of the Rio del Norte, which they did in conformity with the treaty of peace. Mr. J. IV. Houston. I wish to ask of the gen tleman from Illinois, was that treaty even ratfied by the government of Mexico. Mr. DOUGLASS. I will answer the gentleman's question with great pleasure. That treaty was never ratified on the put of Mexico by any body except Santa Ana, for the very good reason that, in the year previous Santa Ana had usurped the i government of Mexico, had abolished the consti- 1 tution and the regularly established government, and taken all the powers of government into his own hands. To give stability to the power which he had usurped by the sword, he called a Con gress around him composed of his own adherents! and followers, and had himself fornially proclaim- 1 ed dictator of the republic of Mexico, and, as such, clothed with all the powers of 'government, civil' , and military. In this capacity, he marched his ar- • mica into Texas for the purpose of reducing those people into :subjection to the despotism which he' had estithlished, and exterminating the last vestige, of freedom which remained in all his dominions.' While engaged in this work of desolation with fife and sword, committing butcheries and harbor-, ities unknown to civilized warfare, he fell into the hands of the heroic Houston and his gallant little army—a captive to those whom he was striving to reduce to captivity. Then it was the tyrant became a suppliant—a suppliant for his life and liberty—At the hands of those he had designed as his victims. Then the dictator bent the knee in prayer for mercy, offering to recognize, the inde 2 pendence of Texas with the Rio del Norte. Sub sequently the treaty was entered into in due form, as I have already stated, and the Mexicans evacu ated Texas in pursuance of its provisions, retiring' to the west side of the Rio del Norte. This trea ty-was entered into by the government of .Mexico de facto, Santa Ana combining in his own person I at the time °lithe powers of the government, and as such was binding on the. Mexican nation. - Mr. John Quincy Mama. ,desire to inquire of , the gentleman from Illinois if Santa Ana was not a prisoner of war at the-time, and in duress, when I he executed' that treatYl_ 1 Are: nougfass; in. eerily Santa Ana was a wit over of wat - at. the:tinie;nnri iiewas• the entire gov erimient of Mexico: he heirig : , Go vernment Government de . . • • . . ; ' • . • - • • -- p • - , . =IN facto, and clothed with all the powers of govenk ment, civil and military. The government was it prisoner at the time, and in duress. But will it be said that circumstance rendered its obligatiOn the less obligatory? , We are now at war with ,Mexico. Our armies will soon march into the heart of that- country.' • I trust they will penetrate as for as the 'capitol, and capture the army, people, and government—make them all prisoners of war, and keep them in duress until they shall'ionCtude a treaty of peace and boundary.with us, by which they shall not only recognise the Rio del Norte, but such other line as we shall choose to dictate or accept,. Will the geiatlearian from Maesachusetts contend 'that a treatymade with us under those circumstan ces,-would'not•be binding, becalm forsooth, the government was a prisoner at the time ? How is a conquered nation ever to make peace, if the gen tleman's doctrine is to prevail? They refuse to make peace before they are conquered, because they hope for victory. They are incompetent to do so afterwords, 'because they are in duress! Surely an unfortunate and defeated belligerent would be in a most lamentable condition. Too imbecile to insist, disarmed, conquered, still incompetent to make a treaty of peace, and adjust the matter in dispute on such fair andequitable terms as a mag nanimous foe shall propose, because' the war of aggression which- they commenced has resulted disastrously, and made them captiVes! I fear that if this doctrine shall prevail, these gentlemen will soon find their. Mexican friends in a most pitiable condition. Perhaps, if that government should be reduced to captivity, these gentlemen would reqiiire that our armies should retire within our own ter ritory, and set the government at liberty, before negotiations for peace could be opened. 'This may be their view of the .subject, but I doubt whether it is the view which the American government or the American people will deem it their duty to act, upon. Our crude notions 'of things may teach us, that the city-of Mexico would be the most suitable place to form a treaty of peace. Mr. Adams. Has not that treaty with Santa Ana been discarded by the Mexican government lonKsitice? ' Mr. Douglass: I presume it has, for I am not aware of any treaty. er,c4ipact which that govern ment ever - entered into that has not either been violated or repudiated by' them afterwards. And our treaty stipulations with them furnish ample ground for this presumption. I have not deemed it necessary to inquire, therefore, what particular acts 'of disavowal have been since adopted by the Mexican government.. It is sufficient for my pur pose that the treaty was entered in to and sane- ' I tioned by the government de facto, Par the time be -1 ing. The acts of a government tie facto . are bind; ing on the nation as against foreign nations, with ! out reference to the modern which that government was established whether by revolution, usurpation, or rightful and constitutional means. Mr_ Adams. I deny it—l denythe proposition. Mr. Douglass I do not intend to enter into a discussion of the law of nations with the learn ed gentleman from; Massachusetts.- I will only say that I understand all writers on the law of na tions to lay down the principles as I have stated it. Certainly the practice and usages of all civi lized nations sanction it, of which history furnish es us innumerable examples. Mexico herself was nothing but a government de facto in the strict le gal sense of the term at the time of the Texan re volution. She ,had revolted from Spain in 1821, and had successfully maintained her national ex istence, but her independence was not recognized by the mother country until December, 1836. Yet we had recogniied her independence as a govern ment deface, in the meantime, and had entered in to treaties of commerce as well as of boundary. There treaties were made with the existing gov enunent for the time being, whether a constitution al republic, a military despotism, or a dictatorship. We never pretended to inquire into the question whether the government had been rightfully form ed or not; it was sufficient for our purpose that it was the existing government de facto. So it was with Texas. She became independent de facto in t 536, and we recognized her independence as such immediately afterwards; and so did England, France, and most of the great powers of the globe. All other nations formed treaties with her as a government de facto, without inquiring who had been right and who in the wrong in her revolution= ary struggle. We purchased Louisiana from Napoleon, a usur per at the bead of a military despotism. Does the gentleman deny the validity of the acts of the Brit ish government during the times of Oliver Crom well, because it was a mere government de facto, established in blood, in violation of the British con stitution? Many of the most important treaties affecting the destinies of Europe were made with the British government during that period. Who ever thought of denying their validity because they had been made by a government de facto, which had been reared on the ruins of the British mon archy! The doctrine of the gentleman from Mas sachusetts is a novel one—it finds no sanction in the books, and no examples in history. The uni versa! doctrine's that the acts of the government de facto are binding upon the nation as against other nations, from the consequences of which it cannot release itselfby a subsequent revolution. It is imm a te rial, therefore, whether Mexic o has, or has not, since repudiated Santa Ana's treaty with Texas. It was executed st the time by competent authority. She availed herself of all its benefits. By virtue of it, she saved the remnant of her army from total anni hilation. Under it she was enabled to remove-in peace and security all her soldiers, citizens, and property beyond the Rio Del Norte. The question is, had she a moral or legal right to repudiate it, aller'she had enjoyed all its advan taees? But the right of Texas to the country west of Nueces does not rest on this treaty and the preceding acts alone. She has had legal posses sion of, and exercised jurisdiction over it, from that day to this. When the people of Texas assembled in 1836 to form the constitution of the republic, the inhabitants residing between the Nueces and the Rio del Norte had their representative there.— James Powers, a citizen and resident of that part of Texas, was a delegate in that convention. I Col. Renny, formerly a citizen of my. own State, - 'has for many years resided west of the Nueces, and I represented that county in the Texan Congress.-H He was a member of the convention, which form ed the constitutton of the State of 'Texas, prepare- tory to her admission into the Union, and is now I a member of the Senate of that State. Besides all these facts, Texas has had counties organized,' and courts established there for years, and has sue- I cesefully maintained her, jurisdiction, not only a-1 gainst the marauding parties that Mexico- has been able to send across the Rio del Norte. . There is still another item of information which I can give the gentleman, to show that Mexico has, at a recent date, recognized the Rio Del Norte as the boundary, The members of the last Congress will recollect that much was said in debate - on the treaty and resolutions for the annexation of Texas, about an armistice which' had been entered into between Texas and Mexico, for the cessation of hostilities. The proposition was proposed and ac cepted; and in the proclamation of the President of Mexico announcing its existence, the Mexican troops were directed to retire from Texas to the west bank of the, Rio Del Norte, and did so in pur nuance of that armistice. Here we find a clear and .unequivocal, recognition of ,the Rio del Norte as the boundary by Mexico as late as 1843. What stronger evidence could we have of the establish ment of a boundary line than this train of facts, reaching back as far as 1835, ' and all tending to two points—first, that Texas has always claimed the country west of the Nueces, and exercised jurisdiction over all sections of it occupied by her people; and secondly, that Mexico has: on all oc casions, the Rio del Norte as the boundary? Mr. Adams. Iwish to ask the gentleman from Illinois if the last Congress did not pass a law re gulating commerce and trade to the foreign pro vince of Santa Fe! Mr. Douglass. I believe there was an act pass , ed regulating trade between Independence, Missou ri, and Santa Fe. Ido not now recollect its exact 'provisions. Nor is it important, inasmuch as that was before Texas was annexed to this Union. Of course Santa Fe was foreign to us at that time whether it belonged to Texas or Mexico. But as the venerable gentleman from Massachusetts has called my attention to an ant of Congress, which he supposes.bears upon the point at issue, I will re ciprocate the compliment, by asking his attention to one for which hevoted at the present session.— Will that gentleman inform us why he voted at the present session of Congress fora bill establish ing'n Collection district Texas, and in it inclik ded the country between the Nueces and the Del Norte, and in the bill itself provided for the estats -- . liahment pf . it port of 'delivery west of) the Nueces, and the appointment of a serveyor of the port to relide ,there, and to superintendrthe-exemition of the United States' revenue lawe f iever the very coun try which he .nowasserts belongs to Marmot , The present Congress has passed such a law. It is now in force over the country in dispute,Mnd the gen tleman from Massachusetts, [Mr. Adams,) and 'if my recollection.serves me right,. every. gentleman of thi4House whO is how denouncing the Piesi- I dent for tending the army there, voted foitihat law, My friend from Ohio, who' sits iietirt'ae; to me, says that the gentleman from Massachusetts I made a speech for it—a fact which had escaped ,my recollection. ' ' 'A surveyor af:that port has been appointed by Ithe President, and confirmed by the Senate s and, I am informed, has been engaged for months in the performance of his duties under the law, for which all these especial guardians of Mexican rights vo ted. Novv, sirs, I ask in - all fairness and candor, what right these gentlemen have to abuse the coun. 'try to protect the Heft of our citizens, atter they had voted to take legal possession of it by the ex tension of our lawst They had asserted our right Ito the country by a solemn act of Congress, they I bad erected it into 'a collection district; the consti tution required the . President to appoint the officers, and see the laws faithfully executed. He has done so,and for this simple discharge of duty, under a I law for which they voted, he is now denounced in the coarsest terms known to our language,_is have ing done an' act unholy, unrighteous, and damna -1 - I And this denundiation is endorseil'bY the gen 'demon from Masaachusetts, who, inlBl9, declar ed that our title to the Del Norte wei r as perfect as to the island of New Orlians. Mr Adams. I never said that our titk 12•'1118 good to the Rio Del Norte from its mouth to its source. Mr. Douglass. -I fully undersuand the points of the gentlefiran's denial. He denies that he claimed the Del Norte all the way to its ' sou rce: I know nothing'of hi s . mental reservations.'' ' He claimed the Del Norte as the boundary, without specifying how far it extended up the river. He Will riot de ny this fact for I have the official evidence of his own aignatare. Itis true I cannot prove the hand writing, for it is printed in the State papers, and is the same celebrated despatch to Don Onis, the Spanish minister. Mr. Adams.. I wrote that dispatch as. Secretary of State, and endeavored to make out the best case I could for my own country . , as it was my duty.— But I utterlydeny that lammed the Rio Del Norte in its whole extent. I only claimed it as the line a short distance up, and then took a line north ward some distance from the river. Mr. Douglas's. Will the gentleman specify the point limn which his line left the river? Mr. Adams. I never stated, the point. • Mr. Douglass. Was it above Matamoros? Mr .Bdanis- I never specified anyparticularpoint. Mr. Douglass. I have heard of this line to which the gentleman refers. It followed a river near to the gorge of the mountains: certainly more • than I one hundred miles above Matamoras. Consequent ly, taking the gentleman on his own claim, the pee sition occupied by Gen. Taylor opposite Matamo ros, and every inch of the ground upon which an American soldier has planted his foot, were clear ly within our territory as claimed by him in 1819. I am not now to bediv the real point - at issue by tracing the , toe d which our rimy es apil has marched. My pr object is to repeal the calumnies which have: been uttered against our government for the purpose petting our country in the wrong in the existing war. I have exposed these calumnies by reference to the acts and ad missions of our title at least 44 high up as we have taken possession. The Preaident had ordered the army no further than Congxess had extended our laws. I have shown that the country in die. pute has constituted one congressional election district in Texas since 1839; that its citizens were engaged in the war of , the revolution; that they participated in the convention which formed the constitution of the republic; and also the State constitution; that the same country, is within a senatorial district for the State of Texas, and has' a senator residing within it; that it forms a part of one of the districts for electing members to the ' Congress of the United States; and that it is inclu ded in our revenue districts for the collection of ' tariff duties, and has officers of the customs resid ing within it ' In view of all these facts I submit it to the can dor of every - honest man, whether the President did not do his duty, and nothing but his duty, when be ordered the army to the Rio del Norte. Should he have folded his arms and allowed our citizens to be murdered and our territory to s he invaded with im punity? Have we not forborne to act offensively until our forbearance is construed into cowardice, and in exciting contemptfrom these towards whom we have exercised our magnanimityl We have a long list of grievances; a tang catalope of wrongs to be avenged. The war is commenced, and be who is not on the aide of our country, must necessarily be a traitor to it. I hild trusted and hoped that there would be no anti-war party after war was once declared. But lam particularly mortified to see one of those who were ready to go to war for Oregon, arraying himself on the side of the enemy whin our country is invaded on the other side of the Union. To me, our country and all its puts are one and indivisible. I would rally under her standard for the deence of one portion as soon as the other—the South as soon as the North—for Texas as soon as Oregon. And I will-here now do my southern friends the justice to say, that I firmly believe, and never doubted, that if war had arisen out of the Oregon question, when once declared, they would have stood shoulder to shoulder by me as firmly as I shall by them in this Mexican war. Whon the Oregon issue comes,-I have no fears of the result Mr. Adams. I thought I understood • the gentle man, some time ago, to be for 54 deg. 40 min., and to tell his southern friends that he wonted no dodg ing on the Oregon question. Mr. Douglass. Sir, I was for 54 degs. 40 min., and am as ready to fight for that line as the Del Norte. My patriotism is not of that kind which would lead me to go to war to enlarge one section of the Union out of mere hatred and vengence to wards the other. I know of no sections in this respect; and while I did . complain of some of my southern friends on the Oregon question, I never doubted their patriotism when war was act ually declared. But, since the gentleman from Mae-' sachusetta has referred to the Oregon question, I' wish to' call his attention to one of his wise sayings on that subject, and see if he will not apply: it to Texas as well as Oregon. He told us that he went for the policy of the great Frederick in regard to' Silesia. He was for taking possession first, and negotiating altewards. According to the gentleman's showing , that is I precisely what Mr. Polk has done in rega rd to the country on the Del Norte. He certainly ought not ' to blame the President for acting overpne of his own maxims. The President has taken ftossession, 1 and has offered to neg otiate , and gone so far as to I send a minister to Mxico for that purpose. For this he is abused also. He is condemned alike for ' using the sword and the olive branch. His ene mies I object to his efforts for amicable adjustment us much as to the operations of the army. All is wrong in their eyes. Their country is always I wrong, and our enemies in the right. It has ever been so. It was so in the last-war. Then it was unbecoming a moral and religious free people to rejoice at the 'success of our arms. We week wrong in their estimation in the French indemni ty case—in the Florida war-i—in all the Indian wars, and now in the Mexican war. I despair of ever seeing my country in the right, if they axe to be the oracles. To the Honorable the Judges of the . Court of General (2warter Sodom of the Peace, in and/or the Coun ty of Allegheny. The petition ofGriffitb Jones, •of Lower St. Clair Township, in the county aforesaid, humbly she.w eth, that your petioner has provided himself with ma terials for the accomniodation of travelers and'others, at his dwelling holm, in the county aforesaid, and prays that your Honors will be pleased to grant him a license to keep a public house of entertainment. And your petitioner, as in duty hound, will pray. GRIFFITH JONES. We, the subscribers, citizens of lower St. Clair tp., do certify that the above petiticiner is of good re pute for honesty and temperance, and is well, pro vided with house room and conveniences for the ac commodation of travelers and others, and thatsaid tavern is necessary. John Obey, F. Cotter, Samuel Duff, James Flanigan, Joseph Lawson James McDonald , Ephraim Joao, Adjourned Meeting of the Journeymen Printers. • ;The Journeymen Printers of, the cities Of Pitts burai:and Allegheny met agreeably to adjwint on Tuesday evening, in -kilegheriy The OffiCers of the lastmeeting-hUiling ?een cal led to the chair, the committee appointed to draw up a Bill of Prices, submitted the same, with the following preairible and reOltitions, were a- !Opted : Wiiiittas, We, the . joilineyMen printerS ' of the -; - cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny, have for a long time been laboring under serious difficulty and many hardships and privations connected with the honest prosecution of our. occupation, which find their origin, in the exceedingly low prices which they have been offered, and which they have recei ved, and the ruinous "boy system,'.':which is con tinually driving the best journeymen from their sit uations therefore, in view of these, and many other considerations of a like character, be it Resolved, That, for the purpose of sustaining the honor of the craft, and that we be enabled to provide for ourselves and families, the necessaries and com forts of life, we adopt a regular Bill of Prices. Resolved, That the Bill of. Prices, adopted, is as low as we can afford to labor for,: so- as to main tain ourselves and, ,families; • and that if our em ployers are not justifiable in, giving them under the present low , prices received for advertising, job_ work:and subscription; we would recommend that' they be raised so that we may be epabled to sui te* ourselves and the honor of the huiineSs. A committee consisting of -(Messrs. Cooley, Latehaw and Russell, were appointed to wait up on the Printers of the cities of Pittsburgh and Al legheny and obtain their signatur6 to the Bill of Prices. Messrs. Crinne } agle and 31: Norton were appointed a committee,to wait upon the Mister Printers and obtain their signatures to the Bill of Prices. • . • , r A committee consisting of Messrs. A. J. Fos , ter, Wm S Haven, ankt.J.. a ' Thornburg, were ap pointed, to preyare astatement of. the ruinous con dition of the Printing business ih .the MO cities, and submit the same to the puhlic: • .0n motion, it was ' Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting (the Bill of Prices excepted,) be published in all the daily papers of the city. J. F. H. ooorsr, Sec - y. • , • C,OIRMERCIAL RECORD. eparsol , and corrected every AfternOon PITTSBURGH BOARD OF TRADE.. CONMITTS lOU, NIT. J.' Carothers, J. May; John Shea .fl FLIT- WATED IS THE CHANSIIL AID TAILING ARRIVED. • Michigan, Boies, Beaver, . Louis AVLane, Bennet, Brownsville; Consul, Mason, BroWnsville. Lake Erie, Hoops, Beaver. Uncle Ben, Crawford, Bridgeport; Rhode. Island, Dawsoti, Wheeling; Wilwington, do • do Clipper, No 2, Crooks,Ciacinnati; Milwaukie, do Susquehanna, Isaacs, j do Lottimiite—per stmr Pacific 27 lab& tobacco, 15 boxes grit, 80 bbls tallow, 114 tierces, 1 bhd and 17 casks bacon,lT ba]e cotton, 14 bbls and 1 box scrap iron, 1 box leather, 107 bbls and 700 kegs lard, 17 bbls vinegar, 203 dry hides, 6 bags bristles, 10 bbls,. 13 sacks aud i 2 casks potatoes. Cincinnati—per stmr Wisconsin-56 lands ba con, 1 chest tea, 17 casks craCklins, 6 bag shoes, 2 bags wool, 1 box hardware, 56 bbls corn. - Bridgeport—per stmr Unite Sen--220 hhds to bacco, 1 bx do, 2 bxs sundries, 72 bbls flour. 18 sack rags, 21 bundles shovels, 1 bx mdse, 10 bxs bacon, 3 bags sacks. Wkedi~~g~ per stmr Rhode Island-53 hkds to bacco, 93 bbls flour. • • Per stmr Wilmington-125 bbls flour, 5 kegs lard. 0:1-The splendid steamer , Wisconsin leaves .for Cincinnati this morning at 10 o'clock. cc? The new and splendid steamer Tom Corwin under 'command of Capt. P,oaglier, leaves for St Louis to-morrow. • , Steamboat Burnert—Last night, about 10 eclock the steamboat Rob Roy, used asave - learn . ,•lariner. ly in the Tenses riper trade but latterly as ti.har bor-boat, took fire at the Levee, edge. - Soon after the fire broke out she wascest adrift; and floated., down stream, . presenting a splendid . spectacle.-- She soon got in shore, but did no damage to ;any, other vessel. • We could not learn bow the fire originated, or indeed any more particulars about her.—.Y. 0. Delta, may 10. , • There is no apparent change in the market to day ,and business generally,' under the influence of a stringent money market, and the unsettled condi tion of our public affairs, is becoming extremely dull and languid. The sales of Cotton are small and prices less firm. In briadstuffs the transac tions are unusually limited for the season, supplies being kept back, on an account of the new rates.— We note some further sales of Flour at $4,250 $4311 bbl. for common brands, and good brand at $4,373, Rye Flour is, very dull, and a small sale is reported at a shade less than $3,25. Corn Meal scarce and enquired for at $3',10053,123f Wheat is nt _dsttuad at 95c,,(a51 bush.: $1 tOr Pennsylvania reds, and $lO5. for prime white.— Sales of corn at 616363 c., for southern, and 050 67c., for'Penns- as in quality. Oats are dull it 41047 c., for northern and southern The Provis ion market though not active, is more firth. • -We note sales of Pork at $11,50 for Mess, and $9,373 for good prime, and in some instances these rates refused. Sales Spirits of Turpentine at 373 c. p gall. Whiskey rather dull at 210203 c. in bbls., and hhds. ' " • New York May 16.—Tire sales of Cotton for the week are 6,4300 bales, and the decline on most de scriptions is_about p Thereceipts are 5,297 bales. he sales today are 500. bales. The market' for: Flour continuedfirni, and the whole a mount sold this week fcir peat is estimated at about 20,000 bbls. Thisbeing a rainy,day, there is very little doing.. We hear of a sale of 2500 bbls, of Genessee at $4,623." We qiiote Genessee at $4,623, and Michigan' at:54,561 mixed brarids, that in , l bright order, can bebought at $4,50. Boston. May 14.—Flour-4Considerible sales have been made from vessels of Genessee, good•commou brands, at $4,75e54,3 1 p bbl.; about 3500604000 bble, Michigan $4,75; Southern, nothing doing prices' nominal. Corn—Sales of a few cargoes yellow flat at 70c. p bushel. Cats 43045 c. TNRY GOODS, St FURNITURE AT AUCTION,— If At McKenna's, No. 144 Wood street, to-mor row, Friday, May 22d, at 10 o'clock, A. M. alarge lot, of Dry Goods, such as Cloths, Cassinieres, Carol netts, Tweeds, Giughams, I.awns; Ike: A lot of fine Straw Bonnets. At 2 o'clock, P. . • 902 pair Butt Hinges, asSorted. • . 6 boxer good Chewing Tobacco. • 4 half chests Y.ll. Tea. Furniture, viz: Bedsteads, Tables, Bureaus, Rock ing and Arm Chairs, Feather Beds, 3 bird cages, .1 double bbld Shot Gun, twist and patent breech, arm porior article, and '3 urtle Doves. my2l P. Mel/ENNA, Auct'r. Henry Phil i p I s n au grari4 th, John Robinson, Andrew Robinson, Hugh Roberts, J. P. 'RCM, PENN 'INSURANCE COMPANY .—An eighth divi dend or ten per cent. 1 , 3/11 all claims against the Company, has been , declared payjahlpellionshityrlra! the ..25th Inst. my2l-4t tary'' ' ' - PORT OF-PITTSRIIROH. DEPARTED. Lake Erie, Hoops, Beaver Consul, Mason, Brownsv.lle Michigan, Boies, Beaver: Louis McLane, Bennet, Brownsville Hibernia, Klinefelter, Cincinnati. New England, Page, Cincinnati. IMPORTS BY RIVER. SUMMARY OF MARKETS. Philadelphia May 46 -: • ATTE'. charti, B..Poito;' Mr;Fndertcla, Manant:' Stage IVta Eta g e .4pk ces pf admission First Tieri. &cgdA Tier, ,Third Tier, .7t _Last night of Mr. MURDOCH This Evening, will be perfortnel the Play of : 'DIONEY.a , - MSS-BERM limns .:;Mr. WALTiB.I.- - Dance,. Song, To conclude _with the Farce of PURSE. <rDoors to ripen at a .!foro 7, Curtain to rise at past 7. Erny2l FOR . A FEW DAYS.. In. Front of the American lintel, on Penn street Equestrian Director, Mr Shay. Clowns, Green Johnaon and W. Yi'errell MHIS evening, Thursday, May 2lst, 1846, the en tertainment will commence with the beautiful Allegory entitled, Otra Couirrwr , s Gronr. ' Horsemanship, by Messrs. McCollum, E. and. D. Stone;J. Sharp, and Levi.. Comic Singing, by Young: , ' Posturingand Slack' Rope, by W.'Day. Plato Spinning, by E. Stone. Groupings Of Statuary, by the four Brothers. Tom Young on the Iron Wire. '- John Smith and his associates in their dark say ing and doings. Conclude with the sketch entitled: . Ait>in the Wrong. VirThere will be an afternoon perrormance - gis- CA on Sattinlay, commencing at. half _part 2 o'clock P. bi., Box, 50 cents; Pit 25. ' No half price to Pit WY - Proper officers engage to enforce order. Regimental Orders. THE Officers, (commissioned and non. t3commissioned,) of the 51 1 h Regiment, lit _Brigade, 15th lDivision, Pennsylvania MI litia, are requested to meet at the house of MAJOR Ficsmiscs, (in the Diamond,) on Saturday, the 23d inst, 'at 8 o'clock, P. M.. for the'purpose of tendering the services of the Regiment, in defence of our country's Flag. By Order of the Colonel. • D. D. BRUCE, Adyt. City papers friendly'to the cause of our country will copy. may 21 To the Honorable the Judges-of the Court- of General Quarter Sessions of the Peen, in.and for the county of Allegheily. The, petition of John Martin, of Wilkins, township, Allegheny,_ county,.' hurnbley sheweth thatyour petitioner kith provided hiraself with ma terials for the accommodatiOn oftravelers and oth ers, at his dwelling bouse in the county aforesaid, and prays that yonr Honors will bo pleased to grant him a license to keep a public house of entertain- meat. An4,your, petitioner, as in duty bound, , pray. , JOHN MARTIN. We, the sulmcribers, citizens of Wilkins township, do 'certify that the above petitioner is of good, re pute for honesty and temperance, and is well provi ded with house room and convenience for the ac commodation of travelers and others, and that said tavern is necessary. John Campbell, John Robinson, Francis, Wilson, John wilt,- - 'George Smith, William Stewart„ rnaT2i-i1& . o the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Gener al Quarter See:dente of the Peace, in snuffer the aunty cf Alleghe4. The petition of Robert Hopper, ‘2ti ward Pitts burgh, humbly sheweth that your petitioner bath provided himself with materials for the accommo dation of travellem and others, at his dwelling house in the city- aforesaid, and prays that your Honor will be plensed to grant him a license to keep, a public house of entertainment. -And - your petitioner, as in duty bound will yray. -- ROBERT HOPPER. We, the s'ubscribera, citizens of Pittsburgl4 - do certify that the above petitioner is of good repute : for honesty and temperance, and is well provided with house room and convenience for the accom modation of travelers ".'and others, and that said tavern to necessary. Robt. Porter, George Felix, . Wm. Sinclair, Robt Story; W. 31eWhinney, R ht. Young; my 1.-4.13t* To the Honorable !he Tales of the Court of Genera Quarter 'Sessions of the Peace, in and for the Coen . ty of Allegheny. - - The petition of Evan Tenlans, of the sth ward, Pittsburgh, in the county aforesaid, humbly shew eth that your petitioner• has provided himself with materials for the accommodation of travelers and others, at his .dwelling house in the county afore said, and prays that your honors will be pleased to grant him a license to keep a public house of en tertairunent, and your petitioner, as in duty bound, will . pray . EVAN. JENKINS. We, the subscribers, citizens of the first ward; do certify that the above petitioner is of 'good re 'puts for honesty and temperance,.and is well pits. , lided with house room and conveniences for the accommodation of travelers and others, and that said tavern) is rieceseary, Thos. Young, Mtutock, Howard J Davis, W Taylor, James Wilson S Peppard, roY2I-St* . 7b The Honorable tke Judges qf. the Court of ac dQuarter Sessions of the Peace, in andfor the county of 4/141terig. The petition of R. D 1111er, of the 2d ward, Pitts burgh, in the , county aforesaid, humbly 'hewed] , that your petitioner bath provided himself with materials for the _accommodation of travelers and others, at his dwelling house in the countraforesaid, and prays that your Honors will be pleased.to grant him a li cense to keep a public house of entertainment. And your , petitioner, as in duty bound, will It. D. MILLER. We the subscribers, citizens of the First Ward, do certify- that the above • petitioner. is, of: good repute for honesty and , temperance, and is well pro vided with house room and conveniences for the ac comModation of travelers and others, and that said tavern is necessary. EIV Lynd, • - Henry 'M Smith, G - W Taylor, John Best, P 13 Jones, It Miller Elliott, ray2l-3t FRESH BUTTER— - - Jo 7 Kegs Family Butter. 2 bbls " " Just received and for Hale by' 'MARTIN tk. SMITH, thay2o 56 Wood street., betw e en 3d and 4th 71bACON- , -5000 lbe Ide.resar_id,kides, well cured ~ no:l.l.riromed. Tor Sale by IiARTINEL fit-Wo4)dis.trect. may 2.0-418mr • Stencil Lettnnn. • - (VN HAND, an assortment of and Figure!, /jr Newel Plates tei-- cut to order - .IOIIN W. BLAIR; "120 - Wood street. trn'ARD4--50 cans Mustard, 5 each, just re INJL- ceived . andlor sale by mriyl9 MILLER - 8r RICKETSON. PSOM SALTS.-IQ..blf-bbls Epsom Salta, just 1:4 receitied and for sale by inyl9 MILLER & RICKETSON. ,50 cents. : ' .37i a: .20 " - a ALT.--150 bbls No. 1 Salt, just received and. S for sale by myl9 A6K.EREL÷IO iialf ban - els, No IMa4keak 10 Kitts mess' Mackerel, put lip-fOr fanrily use, and for sale by mayln MILLER RICKETSOIt% , OILS-1800 gallonsunblcach , Oi - - - 1000 . ..; " bleached . do. do.. tio;ll.F. 1.800 pounds Palm Oil; _ . 10 baskets super Oliye Oii; _ oust riceived,and for sale by, , • . maylo ' MILLER & RICIKETSOI.I.' CLARET- 4 lEadS. Claret, 1.0 Boxes SuOerior dog_ ;:1," • . .5... d 0.,, very sup..(lo-; • In store and for sale by ' • MILLER &,RIEXCET§ON.' • ALT PETRE-156kegs reftedSaltretre,juit. ,, S received and for safe by -- _ mayl9 MILLER &RICKETSON. . . . MITE CANTON .TEA. COMPANY, theoldcatTes,: establishment in America, have been populat-: ly knovin for many, years and possess faith' ties, relation. to the Tea Trade, which enable them to.; sell Teas roam norm rnsortarrr and pnituic-r,:. for the prices than any other house, in , the woad, China excepted. Their principal establishmentis in the city of New York; but they have had agencies in Boston,. Philadelphia and Baltimore for edictal yeara. They have now established one in Pittsburgh and have appointed QYlessrs: BELL & Gnaws., comer . • of Ferry and Liberty els, their Agents-, to whose stock they earnestly invite the -attention. of perches ers. They feel no hesitation in saying, thatr-wher ever a fair trialis made, a preference will ever af terward be giyen to the Teas of the “Canton” The retail prices are as follows, subject. in all case; to be , returned, if not approved of, A. liberal ,dis; count made to those who buy to sell again. 2 • GREEEPTEAS. • • - Young gyson, frem 50 cents to $1,50:04 ponid; - ilyson ' • 'do 75 do • 1,25 do; ... HysonSkin, 50 - Imperial, . do 75 do , 1;25 do; Gunparder, . do 75 do -1,25 , do; • BLACK TEAS. Souchong, from'so 'cents to 75 per pound; Oolong, do 50 do 1,00 do; English 'Breakfast : 75 do; Orange Pekoe, ' '62 do; Pekoe Flowers, 1,00 do; Elowqua, {finest Black Tea imported,) _ 1,00 ,do; Ningyorig, and Powchong, various prices.. The Teas of the Canton Co. are put up in %natter, pound, half pound and pound packages; the contents of each so thoroughly secured from light and air that their.quality and power will remain unimpaired in any climate. Reader try them!. . - Remember the place--corner of Ferry and Libei- . ty sts., immediately opposite the 'mouth of Diamond Alley. . THOS. A. MONKHOUSE, - 9-dtkiv3t _ of theN.'Y.s Canton Tea. Co. ,* Pittsburgh . Navigation' -. and Fire insu... • . , ranee Company. . . OFFICE. NO. 21 MARKET STREET. THE citizens of Pittsburgh - continue to: be offered an opportunity to effect insurance upon their! property, by a Domestic institution located among themselves, based upon domestic capital, and eon-. ducted by directors, in whose`prudence, integrity and good faith they can readily ascertain whether -they ; may repos* that undoubted security which' ahould. ever attend an assurance transaction. To persons Whose property has already been dam.. aged or destroyed by fire or water, the- advantage of . personally adjusting the loss with an institution - AT HONE, Will he strikingly evident.' To thosewho suffer-, , , ell by the Great Fire, this particular corporation needle - no recommendation. The prompt payment 'of the. ; whole amount of its lessess—rrammy TWO_IIIDIDDED - VIOL/ AND P03..1.8 !.othem a sufficient guarantee . - of future security. ~ It is the -part of all prudent men, however fortu= nate, to anticipate calamity for the purpose or avoid-- ing its effects. To-such as have hitherto. escaped, as well nit° those who have sustained loss,- the-facility, of protection and indemnity, offered by this inatitu tion, will be the strongest inducement to avoid the - ; reflections and regrets which must be experienced - by those who suffer without hope of restitution. • - .. M. !kuum,President.' $ feb10464- David Stotler, John liarshey, Andrew INTKelvey, Jease'Pattdri, - ' • . John,Greenewalt, Thomas' Likens: TNR. EOFF'S Tonic andi..kuli-dysl}eptic .Pius Li The general properties of:these _pills,- ae; carminative, purgative and toni'c... Irpttecorninon disorders arising from imprudence in diet, fzer,such as sickness and sourness of the heart burn, headache, &c., where a medicine is reqiiiredi this combination is very 'applicable; for its carOni:. ative or soothing effects give almost immediate re lief when nausea or sielmess,exists; its purgatitie - operation upon the stomach and bowels. is gentle , effectual; its tonic Proprieties impart strength to the digestive organs, thereby enabling them organs, 1 - , to perform their proper functions with order ernA regularity. For sale-by B. A. F-kHNESTOCE. & CO., ma 19 comer Sixth and Wood sts/ James Clark, Wm. Andemm, John Bryson, T. J. Adams, Robt Carmen, Robt 3fatehel. D Bentz, John Dora, B F. Thomas, John C: Donald William Davis, James Barney. 'Magiamr, " Charles MPKibben, Charles :H Paulson, Thom Graham, J R Dick, J L Shea, MILL EA & TEAK, TE,203,_ TEAS. fl TFinrtY, Secreta rOR. RENT.-.We offer for rent, that large and commodious frame housmnpposite the resided - cis' of Mr. T. McCarty on Commirq streets; 6th ward.-4 The house contains eight -well finished toeing ana has a well,. garden' and a number of good fruit,trees, , and grape sines. ..Rent low and possession- given immediately. Enquire of BLAKE.LY & MITCHEI., Real. Estate Agents. - 601 t. SAM—The large three stiiry•briehhouse t and lot afground on which tt ereetedi oreryanre, street, between Cherry alley and Sixth streetiqP_ ant occupied by Mr. Delany. = The property be 'sold at a great hargain.. ' Enquire of mytB ' - • BLAK ELY 14 A1ni;.141.a.. JAYNE'S EXPECTORANT. - ; ---• A.HIS medicine has already proved itself to - be all that it has been recomniended, by those who: - have given it a fair' test in this country . , and the demand for it increases daily.. We have Just heard;: of an important Cure .. of . Asthma, Which - haSheen effected by tbe use of it in a,rieighboring:towtri-- the case was that of a female - who had for a 1014 time been under the care of aphysician, but had received . no .relief, - and her- - case was considered hopeless.. As a last resort she; purchased tbottle of Dr. .Tayne's Expeetoraith carried - her to expectorate freely, gradually eased her cough, and rapidly restored her to health. We have no hesita tion in saying that this preparation:4;44)r. Jayne, , for the cure of Coughs; Colds, Influenza, Asthma,' Consumptions; Rec., is the most valuable medicine ever to the`American public. There is no , quackery about it—Dr-Jayne is one of the most skilful practicing physicians; andwherever his' va rious preparations have been thoi-ortgly tested, he is looked upon as a great public benefactor:= Somerset (Me.).Journd ' • • For sale in Pittsburgh, at the Pekin Tea Store, 12 Fourth st., near Wood. • myls-d&vr A N IMPORTANT.CUEE . BY - DR. JAYNE'S -ALTERATIVE.--We have been informed by - Mrs Mahan, a grand.daughter of old . Gen. Wayne., that she suffered for a number of years from- the': growth of alarge goitrous tumor of the throat, which besides the deformity, produced both a diffictllty of '', deglutiort and of breathing: ' Indeed, she says, thi pressure upon the vvindpipe was so great as to pre- - ' vent her from sleeping •in recumbent position, and often suffocation appeared inevitable. She also, labored raider "severe indisposition from laver Corn plaint and Jaimdice, for Which she commenced tile' use of Dr—Jaynes, Alterative, which she lAA" six or seven weeks,. and, her general health was completely re-established by it,. and perceiving some diminution inthe size of the Goitrous Tumor, - - she was encouraged to persevere in the use of the'"-` Alterative until every vestage of the painful Tumor m'as entirely removed. • - For sale in Pittsburgh, at the Pekin Tea.aoro - Fourth A., near Wood. - myl4 OWEL 'AND SUMMER COMPLAINI%-;;No Cour. No Pay .-- . Dr. JAYNE. No: South' Third skeet, is" willing to guaranty ;Slit his Gn native Balsam will cure Diarhcea, Colics, Pains, Cholera Morbus, SummerComPlaiuti and other derangements, of the stoniach" , and bow els, in ninety-nine cases-out of a' hundred, and. in' , less than half the time they can be effected by e.g.". o ihe r means. It is ,extremelypleaAnnt,_ and chil dren are fond of it. is,equally as , effectual; for -adults as children, and. when the directions are Ica lowed and a cure is not the money still be" a cheerfully•returned, For sale in Pittsburgh, at the Pekin Tea Store, - 72 Folirtiket,- near -Wood. .= .$1)
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