z . .1 , ' THE PITTSBURGH POET. ji,,,111 Es p. esikuLt., Editnr rtna Vre pi t.,)r. PITTSEUi7CH SATURDAY MORNING STATE C,INVENTION.—At a meeting of the Democratic State Ccuimittce, held at Ituehler'h Hotel, Harrislawa, January 10, 1858, it was &solved, That the next Democratic State Conventi..n be )d4/1 at Harrisburg, on the 4th tiny of March next. Pursuant to said res,dution. Delegat..s from the several Senatorial and Representative districts of the State will con tent) In the Hall of the Hews , of Itepres ntatives, nt the Capitol, ou THURSDAY, March 4th. 1858, nt 10 o'clock, A. to nominate candidates for Judge of the Supremo Court and Canal Commissioner, and for the transaction of such other business as pertains to the authority of such Canyon Non. 'C. It. ISUCKALEW, Chairman. J. N IlurcimsoN, )Secretarka. R. J. Hetncus.N, Reading Matt• r will be found on Ist Page ACURCOUS PARALLE L The parallel between many of the events in the political history of Louis Napoleon and Louis Phillippe is a most remarkable one, and if the Emperor allows his belief in fatality to be influenced by comparisons with the past, he may well begin to believe that his mission is nearly fulfilled. No less than five attempts were made to assassinate Louis Phil lippe, and the life of Louis Napoleon has been attempted about the same number of times. On the 28th of July, 1835, on the anniversary of the revolution of 1830, as the King was review ing the troops, attended by a splendid suite, ,an explosion of an " infernal machine " took place from an adjoining house, killing or wounding upwards of forty persons. The assassin was a Corsican named Fieschi, who was condemned to death by the Chamber of Peers. The immediate consequence was a law almost annihilating the freedom of the press. The King and three of his sons escap-. ed this atMick uninjured. Louis Napoleon has escaped an " infernal machine," and like his predecessor, he has caused the press to be sip lanced and its freedom destroyed. On the 25th of June, 1836, Louis l'hillippe was shot at as he was leaving the 'l'uilleries in his carriage, accompanied by lf s queen and sister, by a young republican named Aliband, who was guillotined for the offense. No dam age was done, except to the root of the car riage. Louis Napoleon has also beep shot at in hie carriage. On the 27th of December, 1836, the King was shot at by a workman named Mennier, with a pistol, the ball of which narrowly missed him, passing through the back of the vehicle in which he was seated ; and again on the 15th of October,lB4o, he was again fired at with a musket, loaded with six balls, while reviewing the National Guard, by a man named Dames. The King, as in former instances, already menti9ned, eseape:d unharmed, the gun bursting in the assassin's hands. The attacks upon the pros • eat Emperor have been precisely similar in their character, and like Louis P hillippe be , has escaped unhurt. Monarchs, in France, ,• are mude marks of by the assassins, but the rascals don't seem to know how to shoot. • The escapes of Napoleon are curiously co'. incident with those of Louis Phillippe, and the severe laws against the liberty of the cit izens and of the press, the narrow limits to which the right ofsutfranee has been reduced, and other political circumstances of the pres ent regime, closely resemble those which so immediately preceded the downfall of e the king. In : 1840 the cry for war resounded . through the French army as it does now. The nation thought themselves insulted when En. • gland, Russia, Prussia and Austria settled the "Eastern question" without consulting France. In 1842, as if the nation had a pre , monition of the downfall of the king, a re., gency was appointed and the wardship of the heir apparent—the young Count of Paris— was entrusted to hiS mother. Late arrivals inform us that precisely the same thing has been done now. The Empress Eugenie has • been named regent, in case of the "sudden taking oft" of the Emperor until the infant Na • poleon IV. is of age to assume the royal pur ple. The condition of affairs in France now is certainly similar in many respects to what they were during the latter part of Louis Phil'. lippe's reign, and with all the discordant ele ments which are at work in France, another Revolution would astonish no one who knows the French character. DUELLING A lady friend at our elbow, whose ideas of honor as imlicated by the code duclloagree with Falstafl's,thiuks the fighting gentlemen about Washington City, are both fools and cowards —fools to quarrel about nothing,and cowards because they dare not admit their folly, and act as men with families to support, and souls to save, ought to act. Besides this she says, this kind of weather is not at all suita ble for fighting duels. She thinks a man lying on his back in the snow, wiles away from any house with a bullet hole through his body, would " feel very uncomfortable." Our lady friend also thinks that quarrels, originating in warm bar. rooms over " old fashioned Ken. tucky drinks," are not a sufficient cause for men to expose themselves to chilblains, frost ed fingers and cold lead. We are very much inclined to think she takes a sensible view of the mutter. POIC. F.Sl' A 1.1.11 N We have always been of the opinion that the small merchant with a iew dollars of capi tal had as much right to trade upon it, and make a living as the big merchant with his thousands. We have always looked upon the laws against what is called forestalling, as useless and impolitic interferences with the freedom of industry. The wholesale provision merchant is but a huckster on a large scale. lie buys the necessaries of life to sell again at a profit, and so does the retail grocer, and the poor devil who occupies a stand in the huckster end of the market house. Why is one more a huckster than the other, save in amount of purchases and sales. Blackstone divides forestallers into two classes ; one com posed of those " buying corn or other dead victual, in any market, and selling it again in the same market, or within four miles of the place." This is nearly our modern definition of a,huckster. The other class are those engaged in "the getting into one's possession, or buying up, large quantities of corn and other dead victual, with intent to sell them again." There could not be a better description of a whole- sale pr• vision dealer than this, yet Mr. Black stone places both these classes as " forestalls. ers." The City Ordinances against huckster ing are no advantage to the city, the citizen, the seller, nor the buyer. They are oppres sive upon the poor, who might make a living on a small capital if permitted to do so. In most other cities, laws of the kind which exist here have either been formally repealed or suffered to become obsolete, and no good reason can be given, why they should not be abolished here. Atlantic Monthly. The Atlantic Monthly for March has been received by Messrs. Hunt & Miner. —Oysters are ecarea, both in Baltimore and Philadelphia. The cold weather has prevented the fishermen from reaching the beds, and the price is raising in consequence. Y -Ask t, 4 - KANSAS COMMITTEE OP THE SENA'I`E OF PENNSYLVANIA. Messrs. Buckalew, Evans, Randali and M il ler, the select Committee of the Senate, to which was referred Certain resolutions relative to the admission of Kansas into the Union as a state, reported, at great length, on the 24th, the argument in favor of admitting Kansas FEBRUARY 27 under the Ltcompton Constitution. We make ho following extract Ist The objeotion that the constitution is un changeable until 1864, is fully answered by the citations already made from Pennsylvania con stitutional history We may conclude that the same power will exist in the people of KIII3PILS to change their constitution through a regular pro cess, as that exercised by our own people in changing the constitution of 1776 The cases e alike upon the question of power, an•l the one is solved by the decision of the other. Any u m) who accepts our Pennsylvania practice as gular and lawful, will not doubt that, upon admission, the people of the new State of Kan sas will have power, through a convent-on, to amend or change altogether their fundamental law, retaining in any case its republican form. This power stands upon the solid foundation where our fathers placed it, and upon general grounds of reason where a constitution provides for its own amendment, the mode or time so pro vided can not be excluded, unless others are ex- pressly prohibited. Every presumption should be made in favor of the bopular right in legal instruments of govern ment, and the power of changing then must re mainentire,unless expressly limited or forbidden. The Kansas constitution does not forbid amend ment before 1864, and it does contain a declara tion of popular power over constitutions similar to those quoted by our legislature of 1789, in a case precisely similar to the present one. 21. Upon the final adjournment of the Kansas convention without submission of the whole oon stititutoon formed by it to a vote, objection was made to it upon that ground ; and a constitu tional philosophy altogether novel was produced upon the occasion to sustain that objection, by Robert 3. Walker, the Governor of the territory. It. may be found expounded at largelin his sub sequent letter of resignation, and it constitutes the material point in the message of M i r. Secre tary Stanton to the terrotorial legislature, on the Bth of December, 1857. It was this; shortly stated, that the people cannot make or amend a Iconstitution through agents, sovereignty being "inalienable, indivisible, a unit, and incapable of &leg own," in whole or in part. The prac Heal result arrived at by Governor and Secretary, from this doctrine, was the invalidity of the be compton constitution, without a popular vote upon the whole of it. Strange as it may teem, all this is spread out in official documents, and constituents the leading ground n objection by Governor Walker to the constitution, as stated by himself. Nothing more untenable and more opposed to constitutional principles, as under stood and practiced in this country, could he produced Doubtless, under the republican system, the people are sovereign, and constitutions must proceed from them; but they would no longer be sovereign if stripped of the power of ap pointing agents or represontstives to act for them. Governor, Walker quotes no authority for his doctrine, except himself. He say ho stated it in an address in 1833, and again in a painphlet give en to the country in 1356 It is not perceived how its reputation can strengthen it, in the ab sence or reasons t, sustain it, the most weighty and conclusive Such authority is fUrnished by the constitution of the United States, and hi, that of Pennsylvania. The former was prepat 'Oil by a convention, the members of which were se looted by the State Legislatures, and it was rati fied by the conventions in each State, elected for the purpose No part of it was ever submitted to a popular vote. The amendments proposed to it by Con gress in 1789, 1793 and 1803, were ratified by the Legislatures of three-fourths'of the Status, pursuant to the fifth article of the constitution, relating to amendments. And now, and here after, any amendment whatsoever may he rati fled by Legislatures or conventions in three fourths of the States, upon being proposed by two-thirds of both Douses of Congress, or by a convention called by Congress, upon apillieet non of the Legislatures of two-thirds of the Sif-tes. It will thus be seen that the sovereign people of Penneylvania acted through their Legislature, in selecting members to the convention which formed the constitution of the United States; that on three occasions they have ratified amend monts to it through their Legislature, and that by the fifth article, to the execution of which they have bound themselve-1, any future amend wont may he proposed by Congress, or a con vention, (under certain restrictions,) and ratified . by Legislatures, or conventions, in three-fourths of the States. The only exception from this power of amendment is, that no State can be' deprived of its equal representation in the Sen ate. And in fact, with the exception of State representation in the Senate, any and 'all parts of the constitution may be changed, against the opposition and protest of Pensylvania, If ot'acr States and Congress give to it adequate support. She has bound herself to all this by becoming a party to the Union, and cannot be relieved form the obligations by any refined philosophy, whether proceeding from men of distinction or not. Such is the character of the constitution mak ing and amending power, as illustrated by the constitution of the United States. And when we turn to our own State the case is equally clear. Both of the State constitutions were formed by conventions; neither were submitted by a popular vote, and we are living at this MO ment under a constitution so formed, and it is manifest that a new constitution might now he established through a convention in the same manner, and having equal validity with former ones. The notice of this objection becomes impor tant 'when we consider it as an assigned reason of the difference between Gov. Winer and the national Administration, leading to hie resigna tion, and also as the reasons stated by Secretary Stanton for convening the territorial Legislature in 1857, and recommending to it the passage of an act for a vote to be taken on the Lecornpton constitution. It is directly connected with the conduct of those officials, and distinctly put for ward by the latter as the ground upon which the vote in jantutry upon the constitution could he justified. Without this, according to the admission of Mr. Stanton to the Legislature, there would have been no legal pretence for the 4th of Jan nary vote, and therefore the force assigned to that vote will, according to him depend altogeth er upon the soundness of the objection; but as we have demonstrated that the objection is wholly groundless--that not only is it not sus tained by reason, but it, is utterly condemned by , the high authority of the constitution of the United States and of Pennsylvania—the whole foundation for the January vote is destroyed, and it stands without validity, or force and effect upon the constitution ngainst which it was (lived:id. And at the same time the policy of the r.itininistration, as against the Governor tinil Secretary, is vindicated, and those officers con Oetrined, upon the ground selected by them selves It is indisputable that the people, in "electing a convention to form a constitution, may, and do, delegate to them the whole power necessary to estribilsh it, unless there be sonic expressed limitation. Having thus shown untenable nature c•f the position assumed by Messrs. Walker and Stan ton, open which they threw their official influ ence against ;he censtitutional party in the territory, and at the same time demonstrated the futility of the January vote by the failure of reason assigned for it by the mart wno recom mended it, whose official act caused it to be taken, we might conclude this part of the subject, but the warmth with which the fourth of January vote is pressed as en independent object to the constitution will excuse something furthtr ou that point; and it may be confidentally asserted, upon general grounds, that not only was it with out legal effect upon the constitution, but was in itself wholly irrelevant and void. No Logic lature in the country ever assumed jurisdiction over the formation or ratification of a constitu tion, except upon an express delegation of power for that purpose; and the ass.umption of such power by a representative body, in the absence of express grant, must be of necessity an uu surpation, and its acts relating thereto wholly void. - PENNSYLVANIA POST Ornnons.--An office is established at South, Easton Northa pton county, and T. D. Barrington appointed postmaster. Directly on the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Di3eontinued.—The offices at Walkersvill-, Lycoming county, and Sandy Hill, Porry county. Appointments.—W. R. Wilson, postmaster French Mills, Bradford county, vice John Brovi• nell, moved away. Jonathan Weiser, postmaster, Mohontongo, Juniata county, vice A. G. Cox re signed J. C. Snyder, postmaster at Jackson Hall, Franklin county, vice Thomas C. Fitzger ald, resigned. —Col. Shaefer's bill to investigate the affairs . Qf the . LancaSter Bank has passed both Houses of, the Ligislatnre, and only awaits the Govern or's approval to become a law. .i' . : - ,;i:l'.' 2 :o''.'.Z . ; 4 '' .l ' .. t i ' . :! :.: : :' iti. , l[l.llo,ND I.ONDS. Our Philadelphia brethren are hard to please. We have labored under the impres sion that so far as the bonds issued to the Pennsylvania Railroad were concerned, that the bond holders were many of them desirous to exchange them for the stock of the road, and indeed that some applications hal been made to our County Commissioners for such an exchange, which was declined for want of legal power to act in the premises. Mr. Fos ter, of our city, has introduced a bill to give the Commissioners the required power, but this does not seem to please the Philadel phians. As we understand the proposed law, it allows the Commissioners to make the ex. change if asked fo9 but there is no compul sion about it. If the bond holders prefer i o keep the bonds. thq can do so. In speaking of this bill, the money writer of the Lrdger gives us the following : A bill has been introduced in the Assembly of this State, by Mr. Foster, of Allegheny county, in reletion to the bonds issued by that county to various railroad companies iu exchange for shares in said several companies. The compa nies having fmiled to pay dividends on their stock from which the county could pay interest on the bonds—default, as is known, has been made, and the bonds are suffering greatly in credit in consequence—being quoted at about 44 a 45 per cent. of par. The bill introduced by Mr. F authorizes the swapping back of these se curities on the same terms of the original ex change of the bonds for shares, provided the tender is made to the Commissioners of Alle gheny county, in sums of $50,000, This, it strikes as, is a very one sided arrangement, and is as arbitrary as it is unjust to the holders of the bonds who came into their possession with out any knowledge of the productiveness of the roads, but wholly 01 the ability and good faith of the county to make good their prom ises. The county ought to have well considered whether the bargain they were about making was a good one or not before consummating it, and any change of its conditions should at least have the assent of all the parties in iui cr est. There would be little binding force in con- tracts, if any one party may at pleasure nullify them. Had these roads proved productive, and paid to the county 8 or 10 per cent. per annum, would it have quietly assented to a proposition from the companies to trade back. We think. not, and yet that proposition would be quite as reasonable as are the. provisions of the bill of lured by Mr. Foster. A portion of the bonds of the city of Pittsburgh was similarly created, and occupy a similar position in credit and confidence, as do those of Allegheny county, and if the prin ciple hero alluded to is conceded t y the Legisla ture and sanctiontd by the Courts, there is no knowing in what disruption of credit it may end We desire to see some clear - and strong inhibition of debts by municipal corporations for any such purposes as that of making railroads, but trust this desirable end will be reached in some way less disreputable and demoralizing than that 01 breaking plighted faith. VARIOUS TIIINGS. --The business men of Baltimore withstood the late financial panic better than those of the commercial cities of Philadelphia, New Vet k and Boston. With its 2,000 liusiness housei, Baltimore showed 58 failures to 915 in New York, 280 in Philadelphia, and 253 in Boston. —On dit that Lady Lytton Bulwer is in great distress, and actually pennyless. In Sheffield her cause has been taken up by a number of gen tlemen, who are known as having already shown some sympathy for her. It is ddi,ved that le gal proceedings will insure Lad , Ilnlwer a com petent elmony, end therefore the public are re quested to furnish contrihution in aid of rtfurld fur securing her ladyship speedy justice —The price of fare from New l'orlt to Calif, r lila has been reduced; second c tibin fare forme ly $2OO is now $l9O ; steerage fo l pnerly $l3O n $5O. This includes the $25 formerly charged for crossing the Minato. The old first cabin fair was s3oo—the new rate has not yet hen fixed. —The _Coroner of Philadelphia, hell 48 in quests during the ni _nth of January, et fl cost of $436,22 to the city. —The consolidated debt of the city of New Orleans is $8,121,136. —The Hudson River was frozen solid, from Albany to Sing Sing. —The first train laden with semi bittiminiats coal from the Broad Top mines, Pennsylvania, arrived - at Balt . more on Tuesday last. —A Mrs. Tillman has been arrested at Cleve land, charged with poisoning her niece, Rebecca Stanton. Money possessed by the niece and which the autit would inherit, is supposed to have been inducement. —A bill has just been submitted to the House of Lords by Lord Brougham, whioh totally abolishes imprisonment for debt upon a final process, retaining it only as an in terrorein for judgment debtors who may have contracted their debts dishonestly, and this must be proved before the County Court. The laws relating to bank rupts are (henceforth) to extended to non-tra ders. Colleges. By the annual statement just printed, it ap pears, that in forty-seven colleges of the land there are 8,540 students, of whom 3,082 are professors of religion-987 who intend to be come ministers. According to the fullest re port we have ever seen, there are 122 Colleges in the United States, of which 113 are Prot, extant, and 9 are Roman Catholic. Of the Protestant Colleges, 16 are controlled by the Baptists, 13 by the Methodists, 8 by the Epis copalians, some 11 by the Congregationalists, 2 by the Unitarians, and 1 by the Universals ifits, and the remainder by the various branch es of the Presbyterians. Of all the Colleges, 15, or about one-eighth of the whole, are situated in New England. The free Slates have 66 of the Colleges, and the slave states 57. •' Toby, or not. Toby: 'Fwo distingulthed clergymen —Rev. I Tyng, Episcopalian, and Cox, presbyterian, —have taken recently very strong ground against the use of tobacco. Dr. Tyng, we un derstand, pronounces cigars to be the" Devil,s playthings." Dr. Cox goes still further, and. in old King James' style, declares tobacco to be a . 4 hatefully-offensive pytalism, with con. comitant dirt ineffable." It has been well ob served that if the Devil could be killed by hard words, Dr. Cox would be a dead shot, but we do not think the Reverend gentleman will ever succeed in making chewers eschew Cav endish, Fig Leaf and Fine cut, or smokers ei • thor mild Uavanas, Operas, or Tobies. MEDICAL PRACTICE IN BELOOCIIISTAN. —To the practice of medicine in Beloochistan there are only two slight drawbacks. When the phy sician gives a dose he is expected to partake of a similar ono himself, as a guarantee of his good faith ; should the patient die under his hands, the relatives, though by no means bouni to exercise it in all circumstances, have the right of putting him to death, unless special agreement has been made freeing him from all responsibilities as to the consequences; while he, should they decide on immolating him, has no reasonable ground for complaint, but is expec ted so submit to his fate like a man and a ha kim. In other respects the amateur will find an easy field.—Blackwood's Magazine. HUMBOLDT.—The aged and illustrious Baron Von Humboldt, now in his 90th year, but still fresh in intellectual and Conversational powers, attended a ball given iu Berlin on the 27th ult., in honor of the royal wedding. The Baron al lows neither his advanced age nor his great ac quirements, and world• wide fame, to entitle him to af?y dispensation from the minutest and most scrupulous attention to etiquette and costume, and willingly condescends on occasions like the one in question, to assume his chamberlain's costume, and his numerous orders, with all the careful attention to exterior befitting the most youthful and modest aspirant to Court favor. His health, however, gives frequent occasions of uneasiness to his friends and admirers, though he ralies from each attack with most surprising rapidity.—Paila. inquirer. ;•: •tr,„ •• • , . . trp , t i t 2 tu id VSI Eli ia ill a • lul• * ~, i s h ook: 1:,-;hat,h fs :ho caning P 0.4.1 PEcs:isl - LvArqt. , LlAnttisuttitG, iry 26. .S'enate.— Rei..1911 tv,rc Ipy f.gllllSt the bilt l rmviding for a sp•••itit tux in Birmingham ; ag•aimit the removal • f th , Allegheny Bank, and against the bill relative t•t the A Ilezheny Etreets. The Senate spent much of the day's etlS3jon on the Kansas; resolutions, ate wme p••stroml fur the present. Mr. Gaznin mecca thet the Committee re port its minutes to the Senate, nhieli a:te it,t by a strict po.rty vote. Considerable time also consumed in discussing the claims of Irtr.-priers, which • on• tinned until the hear a toljeurnment. The erred iu the n ate inueutituents to the tql I relatit e t.. littrrt- k ;110 I tck-up ; and the bill relating. to the ittillet extending its pravisions to New Caath. Bills read in place : By Mr. Foster: Rttlative to party-walls ; and relative to Coal Hill turnpike. By Mr. Shaw; a bill providing for the election of over seers in Lawrence c...unty. By Mr. Grittwan: a barking law. Other Bank hills, which were recommitted to the Committee ; the Senate bill No. 165, being an act re lating to aetione of replevin, requiring a defendant to make oath of claim to property before giving bond to the Sheriff, and being allowed to retain the came, gave rise to considerable debate. They were post poned for the present. House bill No. 16G, being the act fur the regula- tion of the militia, was pohtpoue.l until Wednesday next. A motion to reconsider the vote was made. Senate bill No. 44, a resolution relative to a pro. hibition of a small note currency among the . several States was amended and postponed for the present. The House then adjourned until Monday afternoon at three o'clock. THIRTY-r'IFTH CONGRESS Yesterday's Proceedings Tho Senate is not in scash,o, having mijourood ill Monday. lIOUSN I:1 , 11'11F SENTAVIVES' On motion, the further consideration of Mr. 11047- ard's resolution for a Select Committee of inquiry whether the Executive, ihtleence was exerted to eon. trol the votes of members, was postponed till Thurs day next. Mr. Grow, of Pennsylvania, gave notice of the in. trodnotion of a bill permitting the government to be sued by creditors in courts or the United States. Mr. Potter, of Wiscon.in, rose to a question f privilege, Cr!! read an article from the Norfolk A Tua describing a ridiculous r cue in which be and sev era! others were aotors. lie denounced the writer as. guilty of a deliberate falsehood, and said that there . was not a particle of truth in the statement. The house thon went into Committee of the Whole on the Indian Appropriation bill. Mr. Smith, of Tennessee, said there was a spirit of revolutitm abroad, which, unless checked, would eventuate is disunion. Fur this spirit of revolution the representatives of a portion of the reoplo are ro sponsible, they having started it on this fluor. Ile was opposed to disunion. Ho hoped that it would never happen, but he believed that if the idea should go abroad that the disruption of this confederacy was impossible, it would only lead to increased ef forts to effect it on the kart of those who, were deter mined to destroy it. lie had no authori y for saying that the rejection of Kansas because of its slavery constitution would occasion a dissolution. Ho warned gentlemen, that if disunion should over come, the States, and not Congress, would bring it about. It that time over come—which Heaven forbid—he would be the last man to leave his po, , t. He then proceeded to argue that liansc, shoo! t he adtuitted under the Locompton Constitution. He said that the rogr , ct able Free State men of Kan-as took ho part in the scenes of v i,,f (nce th e re. In reply to a question, Mr. Smith answered: Admit Kansas; then you can withdraw the troops, and let the outlaws there cut each other's throats in their own way. Mr. Giddings—Will yen withdraw the troops in case Kansas be admitted ? Mr. Smith answered yes. Mr. Crawford said ho would hove so voted a year ago. Other Democrats responded to the same effect. Mr. Giddings immediately gave notice of a !,ill directing the withdrawal of the army from Kansas. Mr. Smith—lf I vote fora withdrawal of the army, will you vote for the admission of Kansas? Mr. Giddings (emphatically)—Under the Dertoto p ton Constitution, never! never ! Mr. Smith, proceeding, said that titer° was no cons or a separation of the Democracy on this question Mr. Harris, of Illinois, in reply to a remark ni,l,li cable to him, Paid the, convictions of h s own mind were the same now as at the last Oongress. He ob jected to Mr. Smith's drawing an inference from his speech not justified' by ite language. He maintained then, as now, that people of 4:lass:l aro not al lowed to manage teir own affairs. Ho would de. fend their rights. He denied following any man's lead. 110 came hers without conference with cl leagues, but subsequently ascertained that all agreed Ho could not charge the position he now occupied' Mr. Smith contended that the people of Kan,las are begging for admission, hat that they are opposed by members :of the House led by the New York Tribune. Admit her, and the slavery agitation there is quieted forever. He remarked that Frederick P. Stanton threw the first firebrand in the Democratic caucus during Mr. Pierce's administration ; ho had now turned Abolition lecturer and gone North. Do hoped that ho would stay there. Ile concluded by, saying he - did not want Cho admission of Kansas hampered by any conditions, as ho believed the -peo ple of that State could amend the Constitution when they pleased. Mr. Glancy Jones asked for the consideration of the Indian Appropriation bill, which had been before the House for ton days, but as yet no allusion was made to it. Mr. Giddings made a few mnarks depleting the wrongs of slavery, and maintaining that man every whore was right to assert and strike for liberty. The committee rose The House then passed the Indian Appropriation bill, and also the bill appropriating SlOB,OOO to en able he President to fulfil the treaty stipulations for the abolition of the Sound Dues. The House then adjourned h❑ Monday. WASHINGTON CITY, February 26.—Surgeons Green, Rasehenberger and Woltz have been appointed a board to examine candidates for promotion sod admission into the medic' , I corps of the Navy, „, meet at Philadelphia on the sth of March. John Cochrane, of New York, and others, during the past week, have presented in the House an mai sually large number of petitions for a homestead law. The memorials for the passage of a bankrupt law are also multiplying. The President to-day, in response to a resolution of the House, calling for information to show to what oxtent Utah is in rebellion, communicated volumi nous documents, the substance of the most important of Which has already been published. A letter from headquarters of the Army informs Gen Harney that so well is the nature of this service appreciated, and so deeply are the honor and inter ests of the United States involved in its success, that the government will hesitate at no expense to com plete the efficiency of the little army, and ensure health and comfort to it as fur an attainable. H. is told : The prudence expected of you requires you to anti ipate by a general organised force, and shape your movements its if you were certain of keeping the troops massed and in hand when approaching ex pected resistance. In a letter to Col. Johnston dated January 23d, lion. Scott approves of the form er's conduct., and unites in sympathy for the difficulties he so manfully conquered; also tendering an expression of his high appreciation of the noble energy, patience and spirit displayed by the officers and men. In this the War Department concurs. In another letter addressed to Col. Johnston, during the present month, d am S cott says that it is no longer probable he will go to the Pacific Coast, or that any expedition against or to• ward Utah will be dispatched from the side. Horace Greeley and George Ashman arc here as witnesses before the Tariff Investigation Commit tees. A joint committee on the Kona message, in the Texas Legislature, have reported tavcrably on the bill appointing delegates to the Southern ConyMition provided one be called. TORONTO, February 26.—The Governor General's speech to-day anticipated the success of the British arms in India; congratulates the country for the prudence of the merchants and strength of the kanks ; recommends attention to the fisheries; con atulates the success of the ocean steamers ; roc .m mods and notices the increasing value of trade with the United States; speaks of the correspondence be tween the Imperial Government and authorities of Nova Scotia and Brunswick in reference to the inter coloniarrailway, and anticipates the early completion of a grand trunk of railway without further aid from the Province. LAFAYETTE, Indiana, February 26.—The U. S. Marshal made a descent on a gang of counterfeiters this noon, and arrested ten or t•Aelve. A largo amount of bogus coin was discovered. The gang has long infested this vicinity. HARTFORD, February 26.—The Democrats had an excited meeting to elect delegates to the State Con vention. Douglas delegates were chosen by two to New YORK, February 26.—The Harmony Mill, at Cohoes, has stopped work in consequence of the pro prietors refusing to give higher wages demanded by the operatives. Non-Arrival of the Steamer Americo. HALIFAX, February 26.—There is nothing of the Bteainer America pot. FIRST SESSION ..I , N.Ari Prom W ashin,g ton. Canadian Parliament. Counterfeiters Arrested Connecticut Polities. On a Strike The Slave Trade Revived. I•Tew ORLEANS February 28.—An editorial in the Delta asserts that the South have already opened the African slave trade, and that there is a regular depot in Mi=sissippi on Pearl river. Cargoes have already been riceived, sold, and are at work. The Delta says thst the vesels generally use the French flag, because British ()misers do not trouble it. IMPROVEMENT IN TREATING METALS. —lt has I , ng been a common practice to harden the sur flee of various articles of iron and soft steel, by coating them with prussiate of potash ground into powder, and made of the consistency of thick cream with water, then plunging them into cold water as soon as they have been heated up to a dull red color. Lately,'Mr. G. J. Farmer, at Birmingham, England, has secured a patent or what is stated to be an improvement ou this old method. He employs a composition of, the prussiate of potash, sal-ammoniac, and saltpetre in t qual propertiens by weight, and keeps it on his forge hearth in a state of powder. A tem pering pickle is then made, composed of two ounces of prussiate of potash, the same quantity of saltpetre, and four ounces of sal-ammoniac, dissolved in each gallon of water. Having thus prepared these compounds, the first in the form of a fine powder, and the second in a bath; the operator heats the article he is operating upon in a furnace or other fire, until it has attained a red heat. It is then removed from the fire,, and if it be of a size and weight susceptible of Eueh handling, it is rolled in dry powder until every p Irtion of the article shall have taken up sufficient quantity of the mixture, or until all such portions of the article as may require to be hardened shall be covered with the potNer, which, when in contact with the heated metal becomes immediately fused. The article is then plunged into the bath, where it is left until cold. When taken out, it is stated that it will be thor oughly hardened, and not only on the surface, as in common cases, but much deeper. A WOMAN'S ADVANTAGE.—A woman may say what she likes to you without danger of gutting knocked down for it. She can take a snooze after dinner, while her husband has to go to work. She can dress herself in neat ant tidy alicos for a dollar, which her husband has to earn and fork over. dho can go forth lu the streets without being invited to treat at every coffee house. She can paint her face if it is too pale, and flour it if too red. She can :wear corsets if too thick—other fixings if too, thin. She can eat, drink and be merry,without eOsting her a cent. She can get divorced from her hus band when she sees one she likes better. And sho can got in debt all over, until he warps the public not to trust her on his account any longer. A GREAT MEDICINE FOR FEMALES.—IIIIIIdiodS 0 stimulants have been invented and sold, purporting to bo specific in the various diseases and doimnge ments to which the delicate form of woman render her subject. The result of all these stimulants has been to impart momentary activity to the ncrvubs hys teen, and false vigor to the muscles; but thisi relief has been succeeded by a depression and prostration greater than before ; and the repeated attempts of in • valids to build themselves by these false rduedies, have finally ended in destroying what little vital or ganization was left. But in using "Boerhave's Hol• land Bitters," you will find no such disastrous results. It is a purely vegetable compound, prepared on strictly scientific principles, after the manner of the celebrated Holland Professor, Bcerhave. Under its influence, every nerve and muscle receives now strength and vigor, appetite and sleep return, and finally, perfect health. Sao advertisement in another column. Caution f—Be careful to ask for Bcerhave's Holland Bitters. Sold at $1 per bottle, or six bottles for $5, by the solo Proprietors, Benjamin Page, Jr., .4 Co., No. 27 Wood street, between first and Second streets, and Druggists generally. On Frit]ly in,Tuing, ELIZABETH, infant daughtor ornalil and Prndonco May, aged 20 mouths. fonoral will ale place this diy, (SATURDAY,) clock, from the reshienco of the parents, earner of Trich rest and Poach alley, and proc. - ed to Cenactory on Steven son street. On Thuraday morning, the 25th 'natant, Mr. ARTUUR CONNOR, agul 76 years. His funeral will talt. place from tho residence of hie son, John U. Connor, No 558 Liberty street, Fifth Ward, on ATURDAY AFTERNOON, lit 2 o'clock; the friende of the Wilily are reaped fully invited to attend, without further notice. 2t—n , *Y' Pit. ItPLAV WS LIVER. PILLS, FLEIIINO PROPRIETORS.—This groat medicine hee supplanted all others for the cure of diseases of the liver Its effects Sre sn salutary and speedy, and at the same time so perfectly .elf, that it IS not surpri ,, ing it shunht supersede all others. invented by a very distinguished physician of Virginia,who practiced in a region of country in which Ilepatis, or Liver Complaint, is formidable and common, and who MA spent years in discovering the ingredient, and propor tinning their quantities, these Pills are peculiarly adapted to every form of the disease, and never fail to alleviate the most obstinate cases of that terrible complaint. They have justly become celebrated, and the researches of Dr. APLane have placed his name among the benefactors of mankind. N, one having s$ niptome of this formidable complaint should be without these invaluable Pills. Have you a pain in the right side, Hider the edge of the rib s , which increases with pressure—unable to lie NV Rh ease on the left side—with oe elsional, sometimes constant, pain under the shoulder-blade, !requ•ntly extending to the top of the shoulder? hely upon it. that although the latter pains are sometimes taken fur rheumatic, they all arise irom diseases of the Liver; audit you would have relief, go instantly and buy a box of Dr. ItPLane'e Liver -Its, prepared only by Fleming Bros . of Pittsbur,h 453 - Purchasers will be careful to ask for Dr. APLANE'S CELEBRATED LlVtlit PILLS, manufactured by FLEMING BRCS., of Pittsburgh, PI,. There ar e other Pills purporting to be Liver Pills, now before the public. Dr. ISPLane's genuine Liver Pills, aleo hie celebrated Vermifuge, can now be had at all respectable drug stores. None genuine without the trig na tur.!. of 1:251 (fe2erlrrdsw) FLEMING BROS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. LOST OR MISLAID.—Four Lawrence County Bonds, issued to the North IA estern IL. It. ; two of $lOOO, each, Nos. 88 and 89, and two of $5OO. Nos. 125 and 128. All persons ale cautioned against the same, as paymi tit has been htopp. , d. Thr li sir will In suitably rewarded on leaving them at our office. S. CIALIBERT it SON, fe27 51 Market atret L. The Pittsthlrgia Store, NO. 64 MARKET STREET, BETWEEN THIRD AND FOURTH, will be opened on TUES bAv March 21, with a splendid stock of FANCY ND STAI'LI.: PRY GOODS, which will all be new and of tla, late,t styles, and will be sold cheap for cash. We invite the citizens of Pittsburgh and vicinity to call and examine our stock. (f027:3t) SMITH i Co. lAINSEED OIL.-12 barrels to arrive, and for sale by, [fe27 . l NENP.Y H. OJLLINS. LIGGS-7 bble., to arrive by R. R., and for silo by f f 027 EIRNIII7 R Yror alo b y OUR . re ~1 7 5 , bbls i . ill i N u it s y t r if e e c e o lv t e L d i N a m n d Safety and Economy In Light. WIIY WILL YOU BURN CAMPIIENE AND FLUID, when you can get a cheaper and li,qter light. Pure Kerosene Oil, made from the gas of Can al Coal, produces the cheapest, most brilliant, stencil., pleas .o.t, awl safe portable light ever eff3red to the public, and te. danger of explosion ; mere brilliant than gas, and quite cheap;av lamps of the most simple and easily managed construction. Fur sale by T D. Is G. RODKINSON, No. 79 Smithfield street. .tie Beware of a couitterfoit already in tne market, made from Campheue, with a little Coal Oil to scent it. Ille27:1v FOMESTIC AND STAPLE DRY GOODS. —A goo - 1 ad9ortment always on hand, which will he hold as cheap a 4 the chnapent. _ _ ONE WEEK LONGER.—We will sell at the following reduced prices to make room for now g-,ll.l:—tients' Kip Boots for $3 00 worth $3 50. Gents' Kip Sham fo- 1 6 2 1 " 1 75. Gents' Heavy 8111)4_91m- 1 37% " 1 50. 11 .ys' Kip Shoes for. ...... . 1 12% " 1 37 . %. Buys' Heavy Shoes for ... 100 " 1 25. Youths' Kip Shoes SVA " 1 00. Youths' Heavy Shoe% 75 " 87 1 %. Misses' Shoes 75 " 87, 8 714 " 1 00. (lents', Ladies', and Children's Unm Overshoes tend Sem dais CHEAP, at "The Peoples' ShJe Store," No. 17 Fifth s rent, near Market. [fe27l DIFFENBACHER 8i CO. FORNEY'S DAILY "PRESS" delivered regularly, by Office, at Hunt & Miner's. MENS' WOOL HALF HOSE—Of a very superior quality nue wool, and sold Just at EAST / Itr4 COST, at BORNE'S, f 026 77 Mallet stm.t. BLANKETS, FLANNELS, CHECK S, Tickings, Gingh.am.s, Muslin% Irish Linens, Priiits, and every article in the Dry Goods way; please call and see them. .0. lIANSON LOVI; (Formerly Love Brothers,) fetid No 73 Market street. 13UTNAM'S Improved, and other styles of Window Shade Fizinrai, for rale by fc24 J , . H. PHILLIPS. jOl3 PRINTING.- CARDS, BILL HEADS, elltelHAßS, BLLLS OF . LADING, And every description of Job Printing °scented with zitnes° and despatch by . _ . DIED. 0. lIANSON LOVE. Formerly Lovo Brotben. No. 74 Market street JOHN PITTOCK, WM. G JOHNSTON & CO., Priam's and Stationora i la Wood at. S. JA'YNES 9 AGENT, BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT, FOR THE SALE OF DR. D. JAYNES' FAIMILIV JAYNES' EXPECTORANT, fot Coughs, Consumption, Asthma and other Pulmonary Affections. JAYNES' TONIC VERMIFUGE, for Worms, Dyspepsia Piles, General Debility, dm JAYNES' SPECIFIC, FOR TAPE WORM It never fails. JAYNES' CARMINATIVE BALSAM, for Bowel and Summer Complaints, Cholics, Cramps, Cholera, itu JAYNES' ALTERATIVE, for Scrofula, Goitre, Cancers, Diseases of the Skin and Bones, dm. JAYNES' SANATIVE PILLS, a valuable Alterative and Purgative Medicine. JAYNES' AGUE MIXTURE, for the Cure of Fever and Ague. JAYNES' LINIMENT, OR COUNTER IRRITANT, for sprains, Bruses, &c. JAYNES' HAIR TONIC, for the Preservation, Beauty, Growth, and Restoration of the Hair. JAYNES' LIQUID HAIR DYE, also, AMERICAN HAIR DYE, (in Powder,) each of which will chang the Hair from any other color to a beautiful Black. PEKAN TEA STORE, NO. 38 FIFTH taItEET. Ja9.3m-2p A. Q. BOOKEIAIIMER .1013EPLI BUDD. BOOltillic4.lll/11ER St ItlLDap, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, AND DEALERS IN Fish, Cheese, Flour, Meats, and Produce Generally, Not. 204 and 206 North Wharves , Third and fifth doors above Race street, • PHILADELPHIA, HAVE NOW IN STORE, AND TO AR RIVE, a full assortment of Mackerel, Cod Ash, and Herring, which they will dispose of at the very lowest mar ket rates: P. s.—Hams, Sides, Shoulders, Barreled Pork, or other Produce taken In exchange, or sold on commission. 1.1 Jordon & Brother, Stroup & Bro., Wm. S. smith & Co., Ja11:Bm-2p LOAN OFFICE— HENRY W. CIDIIOTTI, No. 100 SMITHFIELD Street, Near the corner of Fifth, PITTSBURG H, PA. MONEY in largo and small quantities WANED on Gold and silver, Diamonds, Jewelry, Bold and silver Wallies, and all kinds of valuable articles, for any length of time agreed on. :lir Office hours, from 7A.M.t010 P. M. fja2d:lyds REMOVAL;. Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railroad, AND TILE Pittsburgh, Columbus & Cincinnat RAILROAD, ONAND AFTER FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19th, 1858, the Freight built:to:B 01 these reads, ht.& CITY o PITTSBURGH, • Will to transacted at the NEW AND COMMODIOUS DEP&T, ON PENN STREET, ABOVE WAYNE, ADJOINING TLt PiNNBYLVANItt CANAL. Th. attention of Merchants, Manufacturers,aud Shippers in invited to the enperior facilities afforded by thew Roads, FOR SPEED, SAFETY, AND LOW RATES, And for the prompt transportation of Freights, by CONTINUOUS HALLWAY CONNECTIONS, Wroni Pittaburgh to Cleveland, Toledo, Detroit, Chicago, Co lannhug, Dayton, Indianapolia,Qincinnati, LonictiLie and St. ; and all the Western, North western, and South-west• ern Slates. Freight is sent to most of tho abovo places in the same cars in which it is loaded at this Depot. THROUGH Iti:CEIPLY GIVILN TO ALL IDIPOKTANT MINTS. For turthor iuforatatioo, apply to JOLIN P. GLASS, Ageut JOS. F. HAMILTON & CO., ENGINEERS AND MACHINISTS, Cbrner of First and Liberty streets, Pittsbus ph, Pa. U PERIOR STEAM ENGINES for Grist A. 7 and Saw Mills, Breweries, Printing Establishments, Manufactories, &c., made to order. They ohm continuo the manufacture of their Colebrat,d Machinists"rools, such as Turiiing Lathes, Iron Planers, Boring and Drilling Machines, &c. Also, Wrought Iron Shafting, with Pulleys, Hangers, &c. &C. jaB:lyd GO AND SEE GEORGE P. WERTZ'S First Premium Blind Factory, ~CORN ER THIRD AND MARKET STB., PITTSBURGH. f 11.110 SE WISHING TO FURNISH THEIR A. lions° with VENITIAN BLINDS, of the most owli sh') and elaborate finish, will find it to their interests to give me a call before purchasing elsewhere. My Work is gut up by the best mechanics (not apprentices.) livery attention is given to the wants of customers. Prices low. All work warranted. No. 72 THIRD Street, Pittsburgh. [myiklyis RODEBT DALZSLL JAMS/3 B. BILIA.DING ROBERT DALZELL & CO., Wholesale linwers, Commission and Forwarding Merchants and Loafers in Produce and Pittsburgh Manufactures, No. 251 Libel ty street, Pittsburgh, Pa. nov2s y. B. C. 14.1., J. U. SAWYER, 1116NUFACIIMERS OD LA RD OIL, CANDLES, PALM, TOILET, No. 47 Wood street, Pittsburgh, Pa DAVID H. WILLIAMS, CIVIL ENGINEER AND CONTRACTOR 'kJ FOR TILE ERECTION OF GAS WORKS, for iroin live Durners an.] upwards, and for Heating Buildings, public or private, by Steam, Hot Water or Furnaces. rayS:lrls PITTSSURGII. PA. WILLIAM CLAYTON & CO.. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL LIQUOR MERCHANTS, NO. 87 DIAMOND ALLEY, Near Wood street, PITTSBURGH, PA. rye- Always on band, Blackberry, Cherry, and Cognac, inanities, Old Monongahela and Rectified Whisky, of the e be.* gnats , . deldydel: F. J. Busse, C. GIITENDORP. • BUSILIA & GUTENDORF, AMITACTIJItgraI OP STEAM 801 LERS, And all kinds of Sheet Iron Work. Penn street, near Water, Pittaburgh, Pa. ni" ALL Ortnim PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. [re2s:ly PITTSBURGH COACH FACTORY. M. L. STEPHENS, QUCCESSOR TO BIGELOW & CO., former ly E. M BIGELOW, No. VS Diamond alley, near Wood street, Pittsburgh, Pa. I would respectfully announce to the carriage using com munity and public in general, that I have, thin day, par chased the interest of my former partner, Mr. Albert, and will carry on the brefinean in all its branches at the old stand, No. 46 Diamond alley. In changing the name of thin old, and eo well established manufacturing establishment, I as sure tht public no effort shall be wanting on my pert to de. serve the same high character Bo long enjoyed by my prode• cosaort, and associates. laroklydn' M. L STEP HISNS. jZ LACK VELVET RIBBON.-6 cartons of the best quality, assorted width, at low prices,j aka opened et I fe23j JOS. HORNE'S, 77 Market stree,t. EXPANSION.—Another lot of those supo rior Expaneiort Skirts, Ju4t opeued at 10•23 JOB. I.IOIIN it'S, 77 Market etre As lIITE BEANS.-25 bbls. White Bequs Just receivod and for ssle by JAMES A. FETZER, Corner Market and First streets. rryp AGENCY.-WM. G. JOHNSTON A, CO., f,7 Wood street, have the agency for the hale of Lucas & Brothers' Type, Cats, Leads, lin es, Furnitu re Cases, etC. Rules and Leads cut to order. Cash orders fill ed 11 , 91109ett , 1,1“111 ieso CLOSING OUT.—Women's Loggings,Woo St..clangs, Olove, Mitts, Comforts, Undershirts am Drawers, and every other article in the line of WOOL::' GOOIIm for men, women and children, will be closed uu very cheap during the cold spell. JOB. HOItNE. lel9 77 Market street. UONNET FRAMES.- 20 dozen half Wire; 20 dozen Buckram, Of the latest spring shape, received by Adams Express, a for sale at JOSEPH HORNE'S, fol 9 77 +;'arket street wOVEN SHIRT BOSOMS—A first-rate article, all randy for am A variety of ogles re. ceived at Ifel9] HORNE'S, 77 Market street. ONEY BEAN TOBACCO. Another Hopply of this celebrated Tobacco, jog received by JOS. FLEMING, fe23 Corner Diamond and Market street. GLYCERINE.—I have just received a large supply of pure English Glycerine. I 'so, a large lot Glycerine Cream, superior to anything now in use, for chap• pet hands, lips, etc. JVS. FLEMING, fe2.3 Corner Diamond and Market street. BURNING FLUID AND CAMPIIENE.- A. largo supply of those articles constantly on hand Ttiose wishing a Burning Fluid, superior and cheaper than can be had elsewhere in the city, can always procure it at JOd. FLEMING'S, fe23 . Corner Diamond and Market st.w,et. DAY & MARTIN'S BLACKING. largo lot of this celebrated Blacking received tl day, by JOB. FLEMING, 11,23 Corner Diamond and Market street ANOTHER large lot of those fine imported OPERA CIGA Re, received and for Bale by JOS. FLEMING, fe'23 Corner Diamond and Market street. TLIE C .EIMIC AL OLIVE LBASI E SOAP, manufactured by B. C. & J. 11. Sawyer, re r,o,ivos the preference over all other kinds ever ofleri d for family use. Its advantages over other Soaps are:-Ist It is cheaper to use : ono pound being equal to three of common rosin Soap. 2d. Half the time need only be occupied in washing when this Soap is used in place of other Soap. 11. Labor in washing can be nearly dispensed with, as the clothes will require littlo if any rubbing, thus avoiding their wear on the wash-board. 4th. Boiling the clothes is unnecessary when this Soap is need, and hard or salt water answers equally as well as soft. bth. renters, Machinists, Painters and others, find it far superior to other Soaps. It speedily re moves grease, tar, paint, printers ink and dirt from the hands, leaving the skin soft, and free from chapping. To avoid the labor et rubbing the clothes, and the use of the wash•bosird, the following directions should be followed : For the washing of eight or ten of a family, take one pound of Soap, cot it into shavings, and dissolve in one gallon of hot water; put the clothes into a tub containing 'about ten gallons of warm water; pour in the dissolved Soap, and stir thoroughly. Let them soak twenty to thirty minutes, wring out, and rinse in warm water once, cold water twice. A very dirty wrist-band, or seam, or grease, spats, may require a slight rubbing, but otherwise the clothes will come out clean and white, without rubbing to boiling. Cold water may be used in place of hot, requiring about double time in soaking. tar Observe our name on each bar. For sale, in any quantity, at our warehouse, No. 47 Woo( street, and at our works, opposite the Round Reuse, Penn 's)lvania avenue. B. 0. & J 11. SAWYER, fe23 - No. 47 Wood street. DIE.-100 barrels fresh Lime just reo'd by ife.26.1 alitißY IL OOLLLNS- CONSISTING OF MeCuteheon & Collins, Coleman & Helton, Budd & Comly, Pniuma.ruu AND ROSEN SOAPS I.N6EJIiANC'E, FARMERS & MECHANICS. INSURANCE COM.PANI , N. W. CORNER SECOND AND WALNUT an Philadelphia. TELE following statement exhibits the baainess and comb, tion of the Company to January let, 1858: Premiums received for Marino Rieke undtermin ed in 1857 Marine cremiuma received during the year end ing December 31, 1857 118,155 Piro Piemituns received during the year ending December 31st, 1857.. 192,555 So Interest on Loans 8,145 a 2 Total recelpta for the year.. Paid Marine Lossea. Paid Fire .6 Expenses, Returned Premiums and Re insurance Salaries and Commissions Balance remaining with Company 4113,858 t a The ASSETS of the Company aro as follows: Bonds and Mortgages, Ground Rents, Bank and other Stocks $212,453 f 0 Lolled on Stocks 37,650 t u Trust Fund in Now York 33,151 bd Deferred Payment on Stock 97,700 OA) Bills Receivable 74,404 b 7 Cash on hand and due from Agents. 45,000 53 Premium on Policies recently issued, and debts due the Company tbot.Y3l4 1 The officers and Directors, of this Institution, ice. are.: pleasure in laying bolero the public the above num , with a view of arresting their attention tothe area, ,nipori ante of Insuring their property. This Conipany has entered upon the third ear of it, ex • istanco, during which period the Receipts a:11.01)1:teti to eight hundred and filly thousand dollars, and . aye paid Losses over six hundred thousand dollars, whin, it equal In respect to character of business to the very be et and eldest offices. We append the names of a few largo and influential Mer chants of Philadelphitywho patronise the Company by giving it a large amount of their insurance, and to whom are re spectfully referred any gentlemen who way wish-to lusut with this Company. M. Baldwin, Steam Engine Manufacturer; David S. Brown, Merchant; John H. Brown, Merchant; hos. Sparks, !Mer chant; T. & L. Thompson, Merchants; Faust it Winebren ner, Merchants; D. P. Deitrich, tium Mimetic Manniacturer; Michael Bouvier Merchant ; Butcher & Bros., Merchants ; Merchant; J. Van Brunt, ler...Mint ; Wm. Rogers, Coach Maker; smith It Co., Clothiers; E. M. Ssoly & Son, Merchants; Je.i. per Harding & Son, Printery Rico & Kelly, Plumbers; Wm. F. Fottentli ; P. Bushong & Sons; Malone & Taylor; John Hare Powell; John L. Broome & Co.; William F. Beatles; Bloom & Davis; D. & C. Kelly, Manufacturers; Charles L. Bute, Sugar Refiner. OS., The Company have discontinued the Ocean Marino busiuesii sinco August let, 11367, end confine themselves ex.• elusively to Fire and Inland Insurance. THOMAS B. FLORENCE, President, EDWARD R. HELMI3OLD, Secretary. JOHN THOMASON, General Superintendent. THOS. J. HUNTER, Agent, Pittsburgh, No. 80 Water atria j a19.1p2p DELAWARE MUTUAL SAFETY INSURANCE COMPANY, INCoRPORATED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF PENN- BYLVANIA, 1835 OFFICE, S. E. CORNER THIRD AND WALNUT sl £ lIILADELPHIA. MARINE INSURANCE. ON VESSELS.} CARGO, To all parts of the world FREW lIT, ' INLAND INSURANCES On Goods, by River, Canals, Lakes, and Land Carriages to all parte of tho Union. FIRE INSURANCES On Merchandise generally. On Stores, Dwelling 'louses, &c. ASSETS OF THE COMPANY November 2, 1857. Bonds, Mortgages, and Real Estate $101,359 94 Philadelphia City, and other Loans 137,011 25 Stock in Banks, Railroads and Insurance } , 12508 00 Companies Bills Receivable 220,291 95 Cash on hand 36,892 06 Balance in hands of Agents, Yronnume on Marino Politics recently ib , iretl,on 914730 57 other debts due the Company Subscription Notes. . _ _ _ _ .. _ _ .. DinnoTons. James 0. Hand, Thoophilus Paulding, James Tragnair, William J. F. Pouiston, Joshua P. Byrn, Samuel E. litokos, Henry Sloan, James B. McFarland, Thonms 0. ilaud, Hobert Burton, Jr" John B. Semple, Pittsburg', D. T. Morgan, J. T. Logan a WM. MAB.TIN, Prealdeut. Lent. ry._ William Martin, Joaoph H. goal, Edmund A. Ponder, John C. Dania, John H. Penrose, tieorge G. Loipor, Edward Darlington, Dr. R. U. Huston, William C. Ludwig, Hngh nponcer Charles Kenny, H. Jones Brooks, Jacob P.,Jones, Tune. 0. Timm, Vice Prosl( Elallar Ltutuna, Secrotar' WESTERN INSURANCE COMPANI, OP PITTSBURGH. GEURGE DAItSIIS, . r..aident; F. M. Goano7, Secretary. OVFICE No. 92 Water street, (Spang & Co's Warehouse,) stairs, Pittsburgh. Will insure against all kinds of 611 t E an t: ,t hIiLNI3 RISK ~. A Home Institution, managed by Dii:Oet , ,l t 1 who are wait known in the community, and who aro dob.rmined, l y promptness and liberality, to maintain the :haracter whit e they have assumed, as offering the best protection to th0,..3 who desire to be insured. ASSETS, OCTOBER 31st, 18:57 Stock Accounts, Mortgage Bills Receivable, Office Furniture, Open Accounts,- Premium Notes, Bills Discounted, (Jeorgo Dazzle, J. t,. 'sutler, Auley, Andrew Ackley, Nathaniel llohnea, I). liL Long, U. W. nicautson, nov24 MONO.N GA HELA INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH. JAMES A. HUTCH - I:JON, frelideba HENRY M. ATWOOD, Secretary. OFFICE—No. 98 Water Street. WILL INSURE AGAINST ALL KINDS ON FIRE AND MARINE RIBHB.. James A. Hutchison. Heorgo A. Berry, Wm. B. Holmes, Ruben Dal zell, William Rea, Thomas B. Choke, Wilson Miller, John M'De lit,. Wm. A. Caldwell. Jab iiennsylvania Insurance Company, •0 F .1" T Ult it . Ni", 103 Fourth street. Jacob Painter J. P. Tanner, Geo. W. Smith, body Patterson C. A. Colton. A. J. Jotter', W. B. Nit:Wide, Jai. U. 11 opkinn, Wade Ilatupton. L Grit - A. A. CArnor, Hobert Patrick, A. C. Suinp,on, J. 11. Jones, John Tugger[,; Lienry Sproul, VLA;ghtiy, Chartered. Capital Lta00,001). VIRE AND MARINE tirILS TA. IA At; 11;mo ri; t OP!, Ul:7. President—A. A. CANIi LE. Vice Proaident—RODY Secretary Bud Treasurer—l. : . A. A. CARRIER la, 811 b., PITTSBURGH GENERAL INSURANCE AGEN('V. Capital Represented, $3,000,000. Ou&ITANLEE OF DIOREST STANDING, Chartered by Pennsylvania and other Stets. FIRE, MARINE AND LIFE RISES TAKEN, O 1 ALL DESCRIPTIONS. 130. 63 WOURTII STRE ET,• • • malls. t PITZWBURGII, • o 0•11111112. f . I de3o-Iyl QOAP.- . -4 barrels country soap, for sale by tGe URNMYCk`I.L/Nit - - - G REEN APPLES.-15 bbls. choice Ap ples received, and for ado by S.IcCANDLkSS, .MEANS & CO., Corner of Wood and Water streets R"--100 bus. Rye, for sale by del9 JANES A. VET7ICR rip° DA.LRYMEN. 308 sacks aroma A. Screenings in store and for sale by JAB. A. FETZER, 89 Water str..et. LIMBROIDERIES MARKED DOWN.— All who want to buy Embroidered Cellars, Setts, :leaves, Infant's Caps and Waists, Ruffling, Edging and In serting, or anything else in the lino of hmbruiderita, will find our prices unusually low at this season. J. 42. iIORNE, felt 7^ ttlinitot 'UN «t, A. COMFORTABLE two story dwelling holm 6 Carroll street, Allegheny, will ho &Idat a gmat bargain. Apply to S. CUTlittEllT & SON, 5312 51 Market street. G".BUFFALO, CALF AND CLOTH OVEMIONS, offered low, at "Thu Pooploa' Sla,o ::,tore," No. 17 Flab atrott, near Market. fell 1/IFFENDACIIEIt tit lIR E E DWELLING HOUSES, TWO J. STCOM ROOMS FOR RENT.—Two small hous, Spiauo's court. Also, a good dwelling with II largo lo: of ground in South Plttsburgh, $5 per nion , h. f,•12 S. CUTIIREST & SON. 51 Market iltro,,t BAKING SODA.-200 kegs in Rare, and JO far sale by [l4l B. L. iaIINNMOCUI.4 GO. 441.8,42 $122,940 09 ... b5;253 88 W,216 58 3'2,488 88 $804,563 !!!11=11 100,000 00 702,783 37 P. A. 111ADRIB.A, Agout i 95 Watur streut, Pittsburgh $121,500 co 2,160 00 4,101 67 240 00 9,478 0 14,841 46 40,246 SU 126,003 73 $317,641 73 Dmarroaa It. Miller, Jr., lleorge W. J.,ekeen, Alex. Speer, Wm. Knight, Alexander I': imick, Wm. 11. Smith, 1. GI. GORDON, Secretary DIUXGRORti
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