Pittsburgh morning post. (Pittsburgh [Pa.]) 1855-1859, April 19, 1858, Image 2

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PITTSBURGH:
MONDAY MORNING
DEMOCRATIC STATE NOMINATIONS
TOR SUPREME JUDGE,
F. lAM A. PO RT E R
OF PUILADELPHIA
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
W ESTLEY FROST,
OF PAYETTE COUNTY
?IRST PAGE
UoNTENTs:—Thy Will be Done, (Poetry)—
When King eambyses Went to War, (Poetry)
—Marianne Esterling, a Domestic Tale—The
Atlantic Telegraph—Excitement About a
Will.
THE c 0 kel4 ItENVE COI7IIII'rTICE
The telegraph, which has to account for v.
multitude of newspaper sins, led Us into error
in announcing the name of Mr. Hoard, of
New York, a member of the Committee of
Conference, on the Kansas question. Mr.
Er,Ward, of Michigan, Republican, is the man,
not Mr. Hoard.
The Oonunittce have had meetings and ex
changed views, but no report as yet. It may
be looked for today or tomorrow.
A correspondent of the New York Tim , s
says that
" Mr. English insists upon the submission of
the Leoompton Constitution to a fair vote of the
people of Kilns:tit, and declares that he will con
sent to nothing less. Messrs. Seward and H awe ri
go with him fully, and will assent to no con,.
promise whatever that.doee not provide for such
admission. Thus far Messrs. Green, Hunter and
Stephens will not concede the point ; and a lima
disagreement of the Committee is regarded its
nearly eel
The Tribune correspondent ulso predicts a
disagreement, and that a new Committee will
be asked for, and some sort of compromise
attempted.
The Herald says :
"Mr. English has declared hirosif i.nady to
go for Lecompton if a proviso is attached uri
equivocally affirming tha right el the people of
Kansas at aty timo to alter or abolish their ai•n
stitution This proviso was refused by Mr.
Stephens and the Lecompton men, and so Mr
English and company voted for the Crittiulen-
Montgomery bill. The question is, will the ulttr.
Southern Lecompton loon, !louse 00,1 Senat , ,
concede this 'proviso, now, nr wilt Mr. English
accept anything smaller ? Doubtful, very doubt
ful—the case is foggier than ever.
" Mr. noviard is well known, lia was, we
believe, chairman of the Kansas Congressional
Investigating Committee of last Congress. He
is a good 'match on the joint committee with
Seward of the Senate branch, of which Green
and Hunter are the majority. We fear that the
two branches of the committee will never hitch
their horses to the same sapling. But, nous
verrons.
The Washington correspondent of the
Preis, under dato of the 16th, thinks the
committee will disagree, and that a now corn%
mittee will not be granted.
The Herald coarespondent of the same date
says:
The Joint Committee of Conference on the
Kansas bill have done nothing yet Mr. Ste
phens, one of the members, is sick. They will
- deliberate carefully, and try the temper of their
friends and the faint hearted of both houses as
thy go along. It is not likely, from present
indications, that any gadical change will be tr.de
in the bill.
Millions of eyes are now directed to this
Committee hoping, expecting, demanding a
fair and formal adjustment of this question.
The nation is tired of it and wants it disposed
of speedily. It is - an old adage that "it is
darkest just before day," and we hope that the
present beclouded condition of this question
may be but the precursor of some action which
shall let daylrght shine through it.
The Bill for the Sale of the Canals passed
-45014000 for the Allegheny Valley
Railroad.
The bill for the sale of the State Canals to
the. Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company
passed the Senate on Saturday, by a vote of
18 to 14. In the Senate, Judge Wilkins of
fered an amendment requiring the company
to subscribe $500,000 to the Allegheny V alley
Railroad. The amendment was agreed to, and
he made a most eloqttent speech in favor of
the bill, a report of which, furnished by our
Harrisburg correspondent, we shall publish
to morrow. After the bill had passed the
Senate, the amendments were agreed to by the
House, and it is now in the hands of the Gov
ernor.
THE CITY POOR-HOW MUCCI IT
COSTS TO •KEEP THEM.
The tax payers of the city are beginning
to feel the decided and permanent benefit aris
ing out of the present system of taking care
of the Poor. Under the old system of over
seers, the rate of taxation for pauper pur
poses was high and altogether failed of giving
satisfaction to the public. Under the pres%,
ent system the taxes, are decreased, and no
one requiring and deserving assistance is pei -
milted to want. With a clear conscience and
perfect confidence that they will be properly
cared for, every citizen promptly refers the
applicant for aid, or the unfortunate who are
in need, to the office of the Board of Guar
dians of the Poor. No proper subject for re•
lief is sent away empty handed, and so thor
;oughly is each cage examined into that few—
v ry few—imposters are successful in obtain.
ing relief. Our City Poor laws are admire•
'bly adapted thoroughly to carry out the des
sired and designed object at the smallest pos
sible cost, and they aro faithfully executed by
:the officers charged with the duties.
The care of the poor of our city is entrust
ed to a Board of twelve Guardians, four of
whom are elected each year—two by the Se
lect and two by the Common Council. They
'receive no pay for their services, enjoy no per
quisites nor emoluments of office of any des
Beription, their only reward being the ap
probation and respect of their fellow citizens.
Now, and always since it , establishment, the
Board of Guardians consists of a selection of
the best men in the community. The pres•
eat Board are Wm. J. Howard, President,
Wm. M. Edgar, Joseph Pennock, Samuel
MeKElvy, William Douglass. George Albreo,
James K. Moorhead, William Woods, John
Lightner, James T. Kincaid, Archibald Mcs
Farland and Thomas M. Marshall.
The Board meets once a month, or oftener,
it necessary, for the transaction of general
basieess, but a committee sits each day at
the office, for the disposal of all business
which may require immediate and prompt ac•
tion. The alaried officers of the Board 'are
a secretary and agent, which position has
been most ably and satisfactorily filled for a
number of years past by Mr. George For
tune ; a treasurer, a superintendent at the
City Farm, an office now filled by Mr. John
Derrickaon, a careful and thoroughly practi
cal man, a superintendent of the Insane De
partment, now iu charge of a skillful young
physician, Dr. Charles F. Williams, a physi
cian at the City Farm, now one well-known
fellow-citizen, Dr. H. Smyser, and a physis
cian to the City Poor, now and for several
years' past filled by Dr. Thomas W. Shaw,
who attends daily at the office to examine
such cases as may present themselves, and who
visits all such persons residing in the city as
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may apply to the Board for medical attend-
ance. To-day is the eighty. third anniversary of
The method of affording relief to the poor
the battle of Lexington,—the initiatory fight
practiced by the Board is two-fold, .
from which have spring each vast events in
To the City Farm, all such as are likely to
the history of the world.
be for some length of time a public charge, 1
1 At a recent meeting of the New York His- ,
are sent, where they are most comfortably be- ;
t°ll
cal Society lion. Geor ,, -
e Bancroft read
stowed, carefully watched and attended, and I ' " 1
paper on the battle of Lexington, being in 1
fed on clean and wholesome diet. In order to
substance a chapter of his forthcoming His
render the farm and the bu Idings belonging ,
- tory of the Revolution. The learned histori
to it completely adapted to the purpose, the ...
an has narrated the story in eloquent sea
expenses in past years for materials, building
fences and in a charming style
and land were necessarily considerable, but so
On the afternoon, he said, of the 15th of April,
carefully and economically have the taxes paid
tits day on which the provincial Congress of Massa
by the people been appropriated by the Board, et,e,ett,, ,nlj,,urnod, (}age took the light infantry and
grenadiers off duty, nod secretly prepared an expo
that the unpaid debts now arm tint o a com
dition to destroy the colony stores at Concord. Be.
paratively small Eton, upon the purchase and the attempt had for several weeks been expected; a
coistruction. Last year, as Soon as this fa.. strict watch had boon kept; and signals were con
vocable tinAncial position was attained, theetto,r e te e d uu t: :t i r e y nnou ,i n n oiLthi o Adams and Hanceelc, who had
Board at once reduced the rate of poor tux not yet tuft Loxiugion f„ r Philadelphia, received a
timely tue4ege fiow Wnrran, and in consequence,
filly per cent.—from 3 to 2 mills on the dollar
the eouitnittao of 8 ufety removed a part of the pub.
APRIL 18, 1858
—which has been found to hilly answer the
requirements of the law, and the same low
rates will be continued for the present year,
and when the few remaining obligations not
yet due are cancelled, will doubtleSs be still
farther reduced, unless there should be a large
increase of pauperism, which is unlikely.
The number of persons at the farm varies
according to the season of the year, from 150
to about 220 the average being about 180.
This number of persons have been comforta
bly fed, clothed and housed for the past year
at an expense of a fraction under 61,22 per
week for eah persoo. By no other system
uld so many unfortunates be so well Novi
ded for, so cheaply. lo this amine ito every..
thing is included--boa-,1, oleo hing, medical
attendance, and the salaries of the officers in
charge of the institution. We doubt whether
the pour cf anytity in the Union are kept at
an equally moderate outlay. .
The Boaid also afford relief at the office,
through the committee daily in session, to a
class of persons in temporary need. 'Each
case is carefully investigated by the Sc2retaiy
of the Board before anything is given, and a
complete history of all.persorm, their names,
egos, nationality, number of childteu, sex,
condition and other circumstances, is kept for
daily reference, to prevent repetitco of de
mand fur aid, atel to guard against imposition.
The amount thus distributed is betwe
$6,000 end 87,000 a year besides, in cases
where the commit-:e deem it more prudent to
do so, a CJCSidehtble amount shoes', cloth..
ing., The rL.cipients of this number
pe-haps five or six hundred dilkfent individ
uals, who from various causes are temporarily
reduced to want, and who,with a small amount
of rOd, are enabled to take care of them , .
rolves.
The busine3s of the 13oard is conducted
with perfect impartiality. No inatier of what
nation or of what religion or what politics
the applicant may be, the only question that
is asked iii, whether he be des3rving and en',
titled to rolief, and if s.o, he at once receives it
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The Board of Guardians ere entitled to the
thanks of the community for the admirable
and economical manner in which they conduct
this branch of the public business. Their
disinterested and urirewaticd, but vigilant at
tention to their assigned duties has saved
many thousands of dollars to the tax payers
within the past teu ycams. Their hooks are
well kept by double Pm ry, and every item of
receipts from whatever source, and of exF en,
ditures Can at once be conectly ssce!tained.
Them are few business houses or firms in the
city, whose businc2s is bettor managed than
that of the Board of Guardians of the PcJr.
The councils have constituted the Board,
with great judgment, and the public reap the
benefit of having\tile right kind of men, in the
right place.
THE AGRUCULTUILA L DEPART:II'IEN T
OF THE PA.TF,AT ('FF➢CE
Through the courtesy of D. J. Browne,
Esq., who is at the head of the Agricultural
Division of the United States Patent Office,
we recently had the pleasure of visiting the
rooms of the Department at Washington,
where the seeds, cuttings, & ee, are prepared for
their distribution throughout the country.
These rooms are kept strictly private, and are
only accessible by the persons in charge ; all
applications for seeds, &e., having to be made
to the Commissioner of Patents, D. J. Browne,
and the Chief Clerk. This arrangement
serves the double purpose of a saving of time
in the work of preparation of seeds for the
mails, and of giving a more universal and
equal distribution of them. Until this year a
great many of the seeds were distributed at
the rooms where they are put up, and indis
criminately to those who applied for them,
thus rendering the Department easily imposed
ou by,those who might call for seeds for other
purposes te an their own legitimate nse, and
confusing the clerks in charge by constant irn
portunities for more, more. Now the whole
charge of the srcds, ie under the super
vision of Robert C. Walker, Esq„ of our own
county, who is the " Receiving and Distribu
ting Clerk of the Agricultural Division," and
to whose polite attention we are mainly in
debted for the information elicited of this
most popular and practically efficient branch
of the General Governm-nt. It is now made
the duty of the " Receiving and Distributing
Clerk " to take charge of and distribute all
the seeds, &e., after they have been collected
by other officers, and to keep a correct iv - -
count of all received and distributed. Thee
plan adopted iu keeping tee accounts shows
very coritetly• whet disposit i on has been made
of some one million five hundred thousand
parcels distributed this year. There afe three
grand divisions of the seeds, apportioned as
follows : nee - one half to the members of the
two branches of Congress, one third to Agri
cultural Societies throughout the Union, (of
which there are seven hundred and eighty now
in correspondence, with the Patent Office, / and
the remainder to the children of Uncle Sam
wherever found, whether upon the rich soils
of new States and Territories, (where seeds
cannot be bought,) or among the cultivattd
fields of the original thirteen, where new and
rare importations are often profitably experi
mented upon, and by means of careful culture
thoroughly adapted to our soil and climate.
There is no branch of the General Govern
meet which so popularizes itself among the
people as this ; and we venture the assertion
that it has been the direct means of enriching
and benefitting the whole country to a gre; ter
extent than any other of our well regulated
NatiOnal Institutions. Let it not be said that
the ,‘ Patent Office is interfering with the
business of the seed stores,'" for it is doing
quite the contrary—it is building them up.
It is the pioneer into the vast and fertile re
gions of our glorious West, going ahead of
all emigration, laden with the staples of all
nations, and planting new seeds to vegetate
and produce an hundred fold upon new soil,
which makes an early demand for more seed
and more seed dealers.
Oar insight into the practical workings of
this Agricultural Division has well paid us
for the time spent in its investigation, and we
are greatly obliged to the gentlemen who af
forded us the opportunity of whiling away an
hour so pleasantly.
Tint: Is.s TTLIG OF LEXINGTON, APRIL
1.775.
is stores and seereted the emmon.
On Tuesday, the ISzh, ten or more sergeants in
lisguise dispersed thentselve through Caultridge
end further west, to intercept all et - muter:Mations
In the fallowleg night, the grenadiers and light in
fantry, not leas than eight hundred in number, the
Iletver of the army at Boston, commanded by the in
.:en:potent Lieut. Col. Smith, ereestd in the boats of
tee transport ships from the feet of the C mmon to
hest Cambridge. There they received a day's pre
en-do :5, ,tad tic,ir midnight, after wading through
wet marshes. that Ore now severed by n stately town,
they beak the read threugh West liambeidge to Con
eurd.
" They will wits their &aid one of the party
who observed their departure. "What aim," asked
Lord Perry, who overheard the remark. "Why, the
cannon at Ceneerd," was the answer. Percy hastened
to Gage, who in:ter:ay direz:to I that no one ehould
be •ulfered to hence the town, nut Warren had al
r.nt ly, ut tell o'o d h.ulc, dispatched William Da we:!
through Itexhury to Lexington, and at the sante
time desired Ib,ul Revere to set off by way of Charles_
town.
Revere shopped ,sly to engage a friend to lake
the t - ,net,rted signals, 4.1.4 d rive minutes befora the
sentinels reeei ved the order In prevent two friends
rowed bi,n east the Somerset man of-wee aeross
Chet le - rl ,va,t still, as so red the hour. The
i t s we- tee:ding with the young fined, the weeing
meen ju t peered shove a clear horizon, while
Olple of lanterns in the tower of the North
Chutell, the beacon streamed to the neighburing
towns. as fast as light could travel.
A IBC.: beyond Charlestown Neck, Revere was hi
turee_pted be tee: British edit ers on horseheeh ; but
being 4.40 id, be turned suddenly,
and leading t re: of them late clay peed, eecaped
from the wee r i,y the road to Met - ford. As he pnsse-1
on, he w the I the , i.eptein of the tninum men of that
town. and :tee ieued to reuse elmost every house on
the way to Lexie gton.
The truepe lied not adveneeel far, when the tiling
at guns nuh ringing of hells announced that their
expedition bed been heralded before them
Smith sent be.t's to dee:teed a reinforcement.
Of] the morning of the Ride of helweet, the
imuie of 12 and I, t -e from Warree nest:he:l
A .ianl; and Haneeek, wile divined at once the object
of the erpeditien. lt,erere, therefore, and Dawes,
joine I by Santee; Prescott, " a high eon of liberty,"
from Concord, rode former', e ling up the inhabitants
as they peeled tilt ii l e ideein they fell upon
u party of British I facers. :Revere end Dawen were
seized and taken back to Lexington, where they were
released; but Prusc-stt leaped over is lOW stone wall,
and galloped me for Coneerd.
There, at about two in the morning, a peel from
the belfry of the meeting house, called the inhabi
tants of the place to their town hell. They came
forth, young and old, with their firelecks, ready 10
make good the reselute words of their town debates.
Awing the tnes alert was William Etineteem, the
minister, with gun in head, his powder horn and
trench fur ha'ls :lung over his shoulder. By his ser -
mens sed :;!a prayers, he I.ad so hallowed the en
thusiasm of his iteek, that they held the defense of
their liberties a part of their eoeceant with God; his
presence with arms proved hie sincerity, aad etrength
eued their 001)80 of duty.
From daybreak to concise, the summon ran from
house to house through Aeten. Express messengers
and valleys from elk ute wee spreed the alorm. how
children trembled as they were befi,i(id 011 t of sleep
by the cries ! Bow wives with heaving breasts,
bravely sec:r.del the it hurbande ; how the ceuctry
mon, forced suddenly to arm, without guides or deun.
fellers, tilt instant counsel of their courage. The
Mighty chorus of voices rose from tho scatterod farm
house:, and es it were from the very ashes of the
dead. (3,411') heel, champions of liberty; now free
your roe etre ; pretext your sons and daughters, your
wiGie and homesteele; rescue the houses of the
(Jul of your ftthcr., the franchises handed down
from your ancestors. Now all is at atalso; the battle
is fur ell.
Lexington, in 177:,, , c ay have had 700 inhabitan's,
from one piriA, ited having for their minister the
learned and fervent Jonas Clark, the bold iediter of
patriotic state papers that may yet be read on their
town records. In D,:cembei, 1772, they had instruct
ed their representatives to demand •'a radical and
lasting redress of their grievance?, for not through
their neglect should the people be enslaved." A
year later they spurned the use of tea. In 1171, at
various town meetings, they voted "to increase their
stoec L.f ammunition," "to encourage military dis
cipline, and to put themselves In a posture of defence
against their enemies." In December they distribu
ted to " the train band and alarm list" arms and
ammunition, and resolved t "supply the training
soldiers with bayonets."
At two in the morning, under the eye of the minis.
tor, and of flapcock and Adams, Lexington C( mason
was alive with the mingte m w ; and not with' them
only, but with the old coon LI; W wra exempts,
except in ease of immediate flange: te the town.
The roll was called, and of militia and ahem men,
eh , ut ono hundred and thirty answered to their
names. The captain, John Parker, oedo:od eve my
ono to load with powder and ball, but to take care
not to be the Oral to fire. Messengers, sent to look
for the British regulars, eeported that there were no
igna of their approach. A .watch wcc there - cm pet,
and the company dismissed, with orders to come to
getter at beat of dram. Some went to their homes,
some to the tavern near the 4(,11 Beset corner el the
Common.
Adams and Hancock, whose proscription had al
ready been divulged, and wl use seizure was believed
to he intended, were compelled by persuasion to re
tire towards Woburn.
The last stars were vanishing from night when the
furen ost party, led by Pitcairn, is major of marines,
was discovered advancing quickly and in silence.
Alarm guns were filed and the drums beat, not a call
to villasie husbandmen only, but the revolt.° ' u hu
manity. Less than seventy—perhaps less than sixty
-!-'-obeyed the summons, and in sight of half as many
buys and unarmed men, were paraded in two ranks,
a few rods north of the meet g house.
How often in that buildinkr had they, with renewed
pr o f e ssions of their faith, looked up to lief as the
toy of their father and the protector of their liber
ties. How oiteu on that village green, hard by the
burial place of their forefathers, had they pledged
themieivs:s to each other to c oubat manfully I,r
their birthright inheritam3e of freedom. There
they now stood side by side, under the provincial
banner, with arms in their hands, silent an•l fear
less, willing to fight for the'r privileges, scrupuloas
not to begin civil war, and as yet unsuspicious of
immediate danger. The ground on v.hieh they trod
was the attar of freedom, sod they were to furnish
its viotitns.
The British van, hearing' the drum and the alarm
guns, halted to load. The remaining companie3
came up ; and, at half a't hour bef , re sunrise the
advance party hurried forward at double quick time,
almost upon a run, Closely followed by the grenadiers.
Pitcairn rode in front, and when within five or six
rods of the minute mon, cried out—" Disperse, ye
villains; ye rebels, disperse; lay down your arms;
why don't you lay down your arms and disperse?"
The main part of the countrymen bwad motionless
iu th ranks, witnesses against aggression ; too faw
to rest, too brave to dy. Atthi..eitcuirn discharged
a pistol, and with a loud voice cried, " Fire!" The
rde, was instantly followed, fist by a few guns,
which did no execution, and then by a heavy, close
and def. dly discharge of musketry.
In the disparity of numbers, the Common was a
field of murder, not of battle; Parker, therefore, or
dered his mon to disperse. Theo, and not till then,
did a few of them, on their own impulse, return the
British fire. These random shots of fugit,ves or dy
ing men did no harm, except that Pitcairn's horse
was perhaps grazed, and a private of the 10th light
infantry was touched slightly in the log.
Jonas Parker, the strongest and bast wrestler in
Lexington, had pr_miscd never to run from British
troops, and no kept his vow. A wound brought him
on his knees. Having discharged his gun, ho was
preparing to load it again, when as sound a heart
as over throbbed for freedom was stilled by a bay.
coot, and he lay on the post which he took at the
morning's drum beat. So fell Isaao Muzzey, and an
died the aged Hobert Munroe, the seine who in 1758
had been an ensign at Lonisburgh, Jonathan Har.
rington, jr., was struck in front of his own house on
the north side of the C. mmon. His wife was at the
window as he fell. With the blood gushing from
his breast, he rose in her sight, tottered, fell avail),
then crawled on hands and knees towards his dwell.
~ng, she ran to meet him, but only eached him as
he expirod.pn their thresbhold. Caleb Harrington,
who had gone into the meeting house for powder,
was shot as ha came out. Samuel Hadley and John
Brown were pursued and laded, after they had left
the green. Asahel Porter, of Woburn, who had
been taken prisoner by the British on the march,
endeavoring to escape, was shot within a few rods of
too Common.
Day came in ail the beauty of an early spring.
The trees wore budding, the grass growing rankly a
full month before the time, the blue bird and the
robin gladdening the genial season, and calling forth
the beams of the sun which on that morning shone
with the warmth of summer ; but distress and horror
gathered over the inhabitants of the peaceful town.
There on the green, lay in death the gray haired
and the young; the grassy field was red "with the
innocent blood of their brethren slain," crying, unto
God for vengeance fro,o the ground.
Seven of the men of Lexington were killed; nine
wounded: a quarter part of those who stood in arms
on the g'con. These are the village heroes, who
were more than of noble blood, proving by their spi
rit that they were of a race divine. They gave their
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ing tc their country au assurance of success in the WASHINGTON CITY, April 17.—The New Orleans ,
mighty strggle they began. Their names are held papers, received by mail, contain the details of the 1
in grateful remembrance, and the expanding mil- recent intelligence from Mexico. The Supreme
lions of their countrymen renew and uaultiply their Government had re irel the (squat rs of the consuls
praise from generation to generation. They fulfill. of the United Stales, Spain and Hamburg at Vera
ed their duty nct from the accidental impulse of a Cruz, on the ground of their over zeal and sympathy
moment; their action was the slowly ripened fruit of with the opposition. M. Cueras, in ,y note to Mr.
Providence and of time. The light that led them Forsyth, the U. S. Minister, says that consuls aro not
on was combined of rays from the whole history id permitted to interfere in the .internal politics of the
the race; from the traditions of the Hebrews in the cow-try. A long address from Santa Anna, dated
gray of the world's morning; from the heroes and St. Thomas, is published in a supplement to the
cages of republican Greece and Rome; from the "El Progresso," of the 4th inst. A Tampico corms.
example of Him who laid down his life on the cress I pondeot, under date of the 31st of March, says that
for the life of humanity; from the religious creed Gen. Garza claims the right to prevent all vessels
which proclaimed the divine presence in man, and outward bound from proceeding to sea. On the 18th
on this truth, as in a lifo.bont, floated the liberties of March, the American schooner Virginia Antonietta
of nations over the dark flood of the middle ages; I was fired into under his orders. She is still detained,
from the customs of the Germans transmitted out of I and her cargo, being of fruit, has become worthless.
their forests to the councils of Saxon England; from I The George E. Prescott has also boon detained by the
the burning faith and courage of Martin Luther; same orders, and is lying under the batteries. The
from trust in the universality of G.. , d's sovereignty I brigantine Amelia P. Hurr had arrived MI the bar,
as taught by Paul of Tarsus, and Augustine, through and while proceeding up the river wa' fired upon
tlalvin and the divines of New England; frcm the from Fort Ainduseguri.
avenging fierceness of the Puritans who dathed
down the mitre on the ruins of tho throne; from the
bold dissent and creative self assertion of the early
emigrants to Mussachusetts; from the statesmen who
made and the philosophers who ezpounded the rovo
lotion of England; from the liberal sr irit and analyz
ing ingusitiveness of the eighteenth century; from
cloud of witnesses of all ages to the reality and
right!ulness of human freedom. All the centuries
bowed themselves from the recesses of a past eterni
ty to cheer in heir sacrifice the lowly men who
proved themselves worthy of their forerunners, and
whose chilren rise up and call them blessed.
Heedless of his own danger, Samuel Adams, with
the voice of a prophet, exclaimed; "0! what a glo•
tious morning is this!" for he saw that h's country's
iodow.mdenee was rapidly hastening on, apd, like
Columbus in the tempest, knew that the storm did
but bear him the more swiftly towards the undiscuv
ered w,rld.
Life Thotightu off lignry Ward Beeelitr
.Messre. Philips, Sampson 00., of Joston
have sent us a newt volume of about three
hundred pages, entitled, " Lire Thoughts,"
gathered from the extemporaneous discourses
of Henry Ward Beecher, by one of hie con
gregation. It contains Ivief notes of striking
remarks upon a great variety of subjects, few
of them occupying more than half a page. It
is an agreeable and instructive common place
book of original ideas of a talented man elwf ,
fluently expressed. is for sale by Hunt &
Miner in this city.
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PGCN%S Lj7AtillA L.F.GISL A TURF.
Ii AIer.IBIIIII2O, April IV.-2,2,out,%—The
bill being up, Mr. Wilkins Mimed an amendment
that the company at a future time shall subderibe
half a million of dollars to the Allegheny Velley
Railroad. The amendment was adopted, and the
was passed by a vote of 18 against 14 ; Mr.
Wilkins Niotiog and ii 3r. (iaz'.am nay.
The report of the Committee of 13uniesence an the
Liquor bill v.as agreed to, yeas 19, nays 9. Mr.
tlazzam was absent. Mr. Wilkins voted aye.
!louse.—Mr. Irwin recorded his vote aye cA, tie
t.hiu...r bill.
'this being Private pin day, the ;Clouse took up
b"!!s the Private Calendar, acting upon the f(l..
lowing, among others : Bill to allow Isaac M. Pen
nock, administra'cr, to sell certain real estate; bill
making it a mi,lemeanor to prong hired vehicles
which were passed finally and go to the fionata.
The Senate bill relative to vehicle licenses, passed
finally, bst IracThg been amended goes to the Senate
for concurrence thorcia.
Sonato bin relatic. to the Orphane Asylum pass( d
&idly, and needs but tho Goveraor's approval to
become a law.
Senate bill to ohanga thp location of a street in
South Pittsburgh ale° passod arially, anti needs ht 3
the Goveraor's approval.
lho "lowa bill to astabPsh a furry at Uoy'e Mille
pa.iset.l a first
S,,ite.—Tito Railroad Bridge bill posed Cs read
in tlao lluu e.
The bill rolutivo to attachments of vessels w
amended to inoluda, only N 07,5313 on the v..es!.
water?, and laid over.
Tfri/FITV,iITTE CONGRESS.
Mr. Foote, of Vermont, withdrew his resolution
that the Senate 1.0 , 113c:3'1A1:3 on the first Monday of
November, and introduced the same proposal in the
shape of a bill, which was read thrice and laid over
for future consideration.
Mr. Hunter, rd Virginia, trade an earnest endeavor
to take up the Deficiency Appropriation bill.
Mr. Fessenden, of Maine, and Mr. Trumbull, of
Illinois, with equal earnestness, opposed taking it up
until the Senate shall have had time to consider it,
Mr. Fessendon saying that the Adminictration knew
these necessities in January as well as it does now.
Mr. Trumbull said that the belief oxists that muoh
of this deficiency arise 3 from contracts having been
entorod into without the sanction of the law, and
from an usurpation c.t; t4e part of the government in
quartering an army in Kansas, an& !om.',inz, another
to winter in the Rocky Mountains. Finally the uili
was made the steciel order for Monday at half-past
twelve o'clock.
Mr. Hale, of Nevi Hampshire, previously moved
to amend by adding an additional section that no
contract be henceforth entered into by any officer of
the government except under law, or under an ap
propriation adequate for its tulfilltuent. The eat of
May let, 1820, so provides, except in the (4.larter
Master's department, and Mr. Hale's amendment is
intended to cover that omission.
The Pacific Railroad bill was taken up.
Mr. Broderick reminded the rotministration bp
ponent3 of the bill that the vote of Cnlifornia was
given to Mr. Buchanan on the fsith of a Pncitlc Rail.
road. As to an extensive Southern route, we might
as well have a railroad to the ino..n, inasmuch no it
would Goat equal to carry it from South California to
San Francisco.
Mr. Benjamin, of Louisiana, cotaidured it olit ions
that Congress cannot agree on any routes. With a
(Haan shed treasury, loans and prospective expenses,
he could not believe that Senators imagine they can
pass the bill. Ile would, therefore, move as a tcPt
cote that the fu-thor oonsi4orgtion of the bill be
postponed till December next.
Mr. Gwin said he would consider suoh a vote its
an indication that the Administration does not in-
Lend to give any aid to connzet the Atl.intio with the
Pacific, and as a violation of all the pledges of 1856.
Mr. Johns•:n, of Arkansas, said that the spirit ~f.
sectionalism was so strong that there is 00 hope of R
route offering justice to the South. He would,
therefore, vote for the motion to postpone.
Mr. Huston, of Texas, moved that he eastern
terminus he in Arkansas, opposite Memphis. Its
spoke in favor of the El Paso route.
Mr. Iverson was in favor of its construction
beitevad it constitutional to make such a contra , t.
T he government now pays $1,300,000 annually for
carrying the mails from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Thus, before thirty years, we will have expended, at
the present rated, $50,000,000, while a railroad will
cost only $25,000,000. Which is the most eocnoml
call The Donato and the country can judge. Mr.
Iverson then explained his plan whish ba.l been voted
down. It was a compromise bill, Big Sioux being a
parallel of Chicago, the 'Middle of the line being
within reach of St. Lords and the South; crossing
02. e Rio Grande somewhere at Albukerke, it might
connect with the Texas lines, thus fluxing a oonneo
tion with all the railroad systems {of the country ;
but as the numerical strength of the North offered
but slight chance of juncture to Southern interests,
ho would vote for a postponement to December.
Mr: Green did not liko to hear the issue raised on
this question of North and South, for the reason that
if the road is built at all, it will he for the intereEt
of all.
Mr. Douglas had witnessed with deep regret indi.
cations of defeating the railroad' this session. All
the Presidential candidates were pledged to it. It
was almost the only question in the last campaign on
which there was universal unanimity. He regarded
it as a wise measure, dictated by every consideration
of policy, and as a peace measure for preventing :war,
besides being economical in postal serVioe. Ho hoped
that it would not be postponed.
Mr. Bell was in favor of the road in a catholic
spirit, for the good of all the Union, yet he thought
that the route proposed was a departure from a me
dium line. Ho suggested St. Louis as a terminus.
Ai r mpg wished his vote not to be misunderstood.
He is in favor of the road, but objects to the largo
gratuities of public lands, which had better been do
votod to homestead.
The vote WAS taken and decided as follows, yeas
25, nays 42. Yeas—Messrs. Allen, Bell, Bigler,
Bright, Broderick, Chandler, Doolittle, Douglas,
Fitch, Foote, Green, Given, Henderson, Kennedy,
King, Polk, Pugh, Seward, Simmons, Stuart, Trum
bull, Wright.
Absent—Messrs Bates, Cameron, Crittenden, Dur
kee, Foster, Hamlin, Harlan, Mallor7, Raid, Sumner,
Thompson of Kentucky, Toombs, Yulce.
Adjourned.
Fire la► Detroit—Great 131111ard Match.
Durum ' April 17.—The steam saw mill of
Hughes Moffitt was destroyed by this morn
ing. LOBS s2o,ooo—no insurance. Tho origin is
not known, but is supposed to be the work of an in
cendiary.
The great billiard snatch • between Christie', of
New York, and Sweitzer, of this city, for $lOOO,
eatue off last evening, and resulted in the victory of
Sweitrer, by one hundred and thirty-seven points.
The game was one of a thousand points.
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The Committee of Conference on the Kansas bill
met this mornlng. Mr. Hunter was absent, as at the
previous meeting. All the others wore present.
The matter was considered, but. nothing transpired
sh,wing the probability of an agreement. The nest
and final meeting will be on Monday morning.
A. general order has been issued by the Commander
in•Chief directing particularly the movement of the
troops from the barracks at Newport, Jefferson and
Carlisle, end from forts Columbus and Randall, for
Utah at the earliest notice. Gen. Smith is a; pointed
to the command of the department of Utah, and
Brigadier-Conceals Harney and Johnston to com
mand according to their brevet rank. Col. Lee suc
ceeds to the command, department of West, colonel;
and Inspector General Mansfield is relieved from
the duty of inspecting recruits. This duty devolves
on Lieut. Col. J. E. Johnst..n. The greater portion
of the troops destined for Utah to concentrate to Fort
Leavenworth to be ready to move on their arrival at
Gen. Smith's headquarters ; second infantry to be
transferred to St. Louis.
Irsattrwptioub for Gen. Johnson
ST. Louts, April 17.—Thei Republican learns from
a s , ,uree entitled to great credit, that an ezpross
me:senger passed through that city about two weeks
ago, with instructions to Gen. Johnson not to com
mence offensive operations against the Mormons be•
fore the arrival of the Peace Commisrioners. Sec
retary Hartnett arrived yesterday, and starts for
Utah about the 25th mast.
A Reward la Offered!
Fvr the iletociion of any person counterfeiting, imi
tating, or the vender of any such counterfeit or imi
tation of BiERHAVE'S HOLLAND BITTERS.
The g ,- -ntinp, highly concentrated Holland Bitt'eri id
put up in half pint bottles only, having the name of
the proprietor, B. PAGE, Jr., blown In them, and his
signaturo around the neck of each and every bottle.
This delightful Ar-onia has been received by Ameri
cans with that favor which is only extended to really
scientific preparations. When we consider the
marked sucee,d attending its administration, in the
most stubborn cases of Fever and Ague, tVoakness of
any kind, Dyspepsia, Heartburn, Acidity of the
litomaeh, ciic',l and Nervous Headache, Indigestion,
Costisenoss mid Piles, together with the complete
control it exeretses over all Nervous, Wit atlantic, and
Neuralgic /this:Akins, see cannot wonder :it its popu%
laxity. Well may the invalid value this remedy.
ethition!--Bo wrciul t, aalt for littch.tmes Efollun
Bitters. Bold at $1 per bottle, or six bt.ttles for $5
by the sac Proprietors, Benjamin Page, Jr., & Co.
'No. 27 Wood Stfee , t, bate; an Pirat and Second ',treats
and Druggiat t 3 geperaP.
Wu= A (1001) o.rtil'AßlSON.—Tli,, it r:V. B o uiatt,
aelbluiawa )Tothudist ckrgyman, re,i , ling at Napl c..
tLo nllowiu g awabirg but apt c mpr.rkon bt
Lit,',lce . ebrated Vermiftige, plepared by lA, using Tiros,
LlDttburgh, t'a., and f, riet ;
"A ferret, when placed at pile entrance of d rat-hole, en
ters the aperture, tra:el.3 ai e g the paisege, kAZO3 upon the
rat, externtiuntei laid existence, and draws the antrual'r ,
tuna carcsas to i t he light. Audie like manner have 1
toned Pr. N'L.A.Nz's Al:F.1111;5A VMLNitelill6 to operate upon
WOlaid, those dreadp and dtit..rous torn.entors of
wren. This remedy, like the C rat, eLteri the ape. are of
the month, travels down the gull.d, hunts n cud the MOM
ad!, lays held of the Nv.rms, ....hakes the life nut , f
tiles, sweep.. clean their den, and carries th. it carcasses
clear out of the Fy6ton. This, at least, hat L. t o the effect
of the Ire , ruifugo upon ray children."
A neighbor of Mr. Roulet', Mr, John 136,;•..-s, adopts the
strati° of the reverend certifier. thee b.,th gi, Lug their most
noeciabocal approN al of this great specifi7, after haying wit.
MSS d its opkration upon their owu children. Let other s
try it, and ha Pathdied.
AW• Purchasers will be careful to ask for DR. IWLAN
OELEDRAT'i•D inaltulvtared by FLEMING
BROS,. of Pittsburgh, Fa. Ail ot:ter Vet - mangos in Coal
parison are worthless. Dr. .I.l'leane's genuine Verinifuge
11:o hid calobrotod Liver Carl now try , had at ull ro
spocioble drag stoma. N.ra grow4ine wit.hout the sirnature cf
132] apla I.dt. cr hNIING Itßr A.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
fl TEIE ALLEGILENY HANK—The baksisseass of this
(1,-) , " Bank v. ill b, tranalacted at the Corns. rof Third sand
s s ki,sed +freak', on and ate Monday the 10th !Lost
Nati ti—c J. W COOK, Cashissr.
AM li.RU'r PES.-A LiE4UTIFUL AND DURA
BLE PlCTURE—w3rraut,,l—Llau bo h•td us low as
at any first cis s establislimout in th.coulttry, fit
apl9:lw WALL'S, Fourth street.
VALUABLE MISCELLANEOUSBOOKS
—On MONDAY, TUESIAY and WEDNESDAY
EVENINGS, April 19th, 20th and 2lat, at 7 o'clock, will be
sold at the new Au.tiou Building, No. Fifth street, a
very extensive stock el now Books, consisting of the latest
soil heir. editions of standard and miscellancom English
and American lit.erature=amoug *which me, many of the
recent publications of the day, Thig is au unusually choice
and valuable, for so largo u collection of Boles at auction ;
comnrihing orcellent works iu every deportment of litera
ture. sci.:nce and art. Many c f the rotators are elegantly
illustrated and in Cm, binaings. Also, seperb Namilr
Bibles, in various styles of finish: Blank Boons in variety,
Stationery, etc. The stuck is oaiveni ally arranged for
examination and private sales during the day. Ladles are
invited to call. (ipl9) P. M. DAVIS. Auct'r.
pEREINIPTORY SALE Üb' STOVES, ETC
—On SIONDAY AFTFAtNO r.C. April 19th, at 3 o'clock
at tho warehouse of Mears Mcit-ido & Co , No. 95 Water
btreet, will b 3 sold, for ricocnt of whom it may conc. rn, a
largi, lot oe Cooking and a. tiug Stoves, about 80 in num
ber, among which are, Cmmt, Hickory, I3ox, Tin Pate and
Franklin Ccokir , g Stoves. Phamix and Y. Lion
Hew
ing Stoves, etc., to which the attention of the trade is de-
Terms at sale. (a 0.9) I'. 51. Amt'r.
70n LBS. Chrome and hup.;rial Green,
VI on hand and for Hata by
JOUN 3 , )N & CO.,
No. 13., Third strent.
Q TONS Eastern Lead, received and for sale
(an excellent article,) by
JOIIN I.lloll'ioN CO,
No. 133 Third Esta k•ot.
PA LINTS— Always on band, of
g. all colon, and for unle by
JOUN TLIOMPS3N k CO.,
No 12,5 Third street.
Rare Chance-4'or Sale.
,ONE-lIALF THE INTEREST, OR Tip?,
'I . . v . ' a ho'e, of one of the be , t KtTINU AND UYSTRIt
113USFS In the city. It is le an old estalsished place, and
”lwayo hes ne a flret.rat , , Ll9ill(.ld r particulate, al-
Iry at THIS OFFICE apl7:3t
AWRENCEVILLE I Llil NG LOTS
FOR SA LE.—A I..uildiug lot of 167 fret front on Chi,
lot street by 124 feat. deep to a 15 ft. :trey, will be divided to
unit purchasere. Aia three build:ng lota on Butler street,
tech 20 :art front by 15') (twin to an alloy. Also, a lot of GS
feet front on Pike street by 50 feet ti-ep, with a frame house.
The above properties are Wee. d at low prices and en easy
terms. ri? < ) 4 1.)N, 51 Market at.
N 11.1. A WI A PPIN (I PAPERS-0f
all size: and )u f n .10 by
w. F. HAVEN,
C ND, 7 , 1 .rk, t and second strop s
RN, AND STRAW WRAPPING RA
PE ''S—Cf ti• Ruh, 4t
W. S I{ A Vfl:`% . 7;,
L•,t atis: ocr,ud wtr, ts.
blis Flint Hominy, just
rec,lvtd and for rat a by JANa A. FETZER,
C,an a c Mar', at and Saeund slrents.
FRENCH OitUANDIES AND JACONET
LAW:4: 4 , B Dt-cald. Challies, V lack arid Farley
hike, Stella ; , hawls, Luce Navt3!la, Real freuch Work Col
lett' and Seta. Monrniu„; °col,. etc , jo..t received.
C. LiANSON LOVE,
.I , ..rmerly Love Brothera,
N. 74 l`darkat atreat.
R OCK CAN DY.-
25 boxes white;
25 " No. 1 white;
25 " yolk iv. Just re:eived arid for
REYMER. h ANDERSON,
No. 39 Wood street,
Oppcsito the St. Charles Hotel.
froOpED SKIRTS, Frelkoh Corsets, Bonnet
Ribbons, Drees Trimming, Collars, Gloves, Stock
iuge, &c., for sale at the lowest priee9, et
- nALLGIPS MAGAZINE FOR MAY
Ai NEW YORK MERCURY
FOR NEXT WEEK,
Containing a new story, entitled,
- SAUL SABBERDAY,
•
THE IDIOT SPY,
A Tale of the Men and Deeds of '76, by Ned Buntline.
For sale by It. A.•LOO3IIS,
General Agent,
Post Buildings,
spl7 41 Fifth street
ATES.-20 F'rails Red Dates just re
ceirad and for sale L.,—
REYMER a ANDERSON,
No. 39 Wood street,
Opposite St. Charles Hotel.
J. & T. GROUTT
IMPOILTILIIS Or
BRANDIES, GINS, WINES, ETC.,
DEALERS IN
PINE OLD MOICONGAIIBLA RYE WHISRY, PEACH
AND APPLE BRANDY. ALSO,
RECTIFIERS AN D DISTILLERS,
Corner of Smithfield and Front Street',
aplll PITTLztURGLI, PA.
NEW FABRICS IN DRESS GOODS.-
A. A MASON & CO., ALTd., NO. 25 Fifth Street,
Are now opening rich
Dress Silks,
exagee
Organdies,
Paris Frill'
And a splendid , eleldon of SPRING FiIIAWLS. (aPI6
GREEN APPLES.-15 bbls. choice 'Ap
- plea received, and for eak by
MeCANDLESS, MEANS di CO.,
Corner of Wood and Water streets.
NEW ADVERTISEMENI:,I3
Notice FARAI L ERS aL lIIECHANIC&P
I HAVE THIS DAY, APRIL 101838, SOLD
my entire steak of Cutlery, Surgical hstiummits, etc., INSURANCE COMPANY,
to Messrs. W. W. YOUNG and WM. CARTWRIGHT, 140
will continue tits tillineB9l.t the old stand, u nder the name N. W. CORNSIL SECOND AND WALNUT STA.
of CARTWRIGHT & YOUNG My brother, Wm. Cart
wright, bus been engaged with me for many years, and mi-
PhllLatialphtin...
tore the new thin with a thorough knowledge o the bust- Tux following statement exhibits the Main= and condi
nese. I cheerfullt recommend the new firm to my former lion of the Company to January 15t,1868 :
patrons and friends, who have heretofore ~i 3 liberally pa- Premiums received for Marine Rieke tmdtermin
tronized my establi3hnient. JOHN CARTWRIGHT. : ed in 1857
—.499,211
Marine rromiums received during the year end-
CO -PARTNERSHIP. --The undersigned Lug December 31, 1&5" 118,156
have this day formed a Pal torahip, under the name of Fire Premiums received during the year ending
92 55
CARTWRIGHT k YOUNG, for the purpose of manufactur. December 311,1, 1817
.1655
lug and dealing in Cutlery, Surgical Instruments,,,t, Th ey Interest on Loans 8,445 62
have putchmed the etoek of Mr. John Cartwright, end NViA I
continue the business, at No. 86 Wood street. _
VT%i CARTWRIGHT,
W. W. YOUNG.
April Ist, 1855
CARTVVRIGIIT Si. YOUNG,
(Successors to John alrlwright,)
VE.ANUFACTURERS AND IMPOR'VERS
of Pocket and Table Cutlery, gurgle laud and Den
tal Instruments, Guns, Pistols, Fishing Tackle, etc., No. Sd
Wood street. They give special attention the rovnalsctur•
leg of Trusses, Supporters,
Subbing and It:pairing
with punctuality and deEpatch. apl7
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF TIIE
FARMER'S UNION INSURANCE COMPANY,
At ATHENS, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., ,Tan. 1, 1858, an
presute.l to the Stockholders, and made out in compliance
with the State Lawe of New York, Ohio, Indiaua,llliuois,
The name of the Company is the FARMERS' UN 7 ON IN
SURANCE COM PAN Y, located at Athena, la. Chattered
April 13, 181)3, by the Legiilature of Pennsylvania Charter
Perpetual.
Cash Capital, miiich iq all paid up
Burplua in addition theroto
ASSETeI .
Filly-t o u r IlLaida Murt. , fig..R, at
nix and 555 (0 cent. ' intorost,
amountleg in the aggregate t0...5.152,315 00
Which mortgages are or value•
hie and productive real estato,
principally farms, recorded and
first liens, wcrth generally donido
the amount and tnoie than meet
gaged for in each ca , e, and in uu
case less than fifty r cent. more,
exclusive of farm buddingP, and
so certified by the Reeord,.rn,
whe-e recolded, to the and tom of
the States of Ohio and Illinois.
Nineteen six cent. Bonds amply
secured 4' 655 05
Cash on hand a n d in Batik 1)440 13
Cash in hands of Agents, and In
Course of traustub;sior, Bemired
by bonds with suretie ,, 18,701 V
One on losses re-insured, Ac 7,306 01
Bills receivible, viz: prolntea
ohs payable at bank nod to the
Company 142.18 c 2
Intereat accrued, (principally due
January 1, 1858,) 12:191 4tl
Safe and Wilco Fixtures and Furnb
Lure 500 00
Amount of Premtnme re.eived during the
year y 65,231 1
Am't hatereit re olved during the 11,442 05
Anet received from all other boureca 2,480 00
R4PENDITOII4
Expellees for the year; including
commlsstsns, salaries, rents, rein
surance, prletiog, a+lvertislug,
taxes and all other expeneps $ 10,169 66
Dividends pa:d 'during the year 17,000 00
Losses paid, which occurred prior
to December 31, 1856
Looses pair which occurred during
the year 0,161 64
LL&uILITt s.
LOBSCi adjusted and not duo (✓noe
paid) $ 12,600 00
Losses incurred eud In process of
adjustment
Losses reported, on which no actlort
has been taken. 6,500 00
LOSlieli resisted, on ground o 1 incur•
once after tiro, property trqnsfer
rod before loss, property lost not
covered by the Polity, Ac.
$ 311,40 9A
Whole amou tof risks taken during the year..554:19,E.02 00
Whole amount of rlsk at date 4,801,410 CO
:mars oP P.13N11.1YLV4N4.5., CCII:RITY 1311ADVOaD, Si.
C. N. Shipman, President, and J. B. Canfield, Sccrct:ry of
the Farmers' nion Insurance Company, teinll covelatly
du'y sworn, &pose and say, and each for hie self says, that
the foregoing ie a true, full and correct statement of the
affairs of said corporation, and that they are the above do
scribed ofbcers thereof C. N. SgIFAIAN, President.
J. E 'CAN PIEI D, Secretary.
Subscribed and ewern hef. re me, this 25th day of Jahn.
ary, 184.8, U. C. MLR D, Justice of the Peace.
T. J. 11UNTER, Agent,
No. 110 'Water street, Pittsburgh.
THE sTyLisH CUTAWAYS, NE W
- 41. Fashions iu Ja , keti, Sacks, Frcck Ccata, Spring
Rs lava, etc., etc.,
FOR BOYS AND youT9.2,
Aro attracting J aetck is I.i.rents, who wish to O. the their
smie!leguutly and at the 8.71111(5 C heaply, at
CII.E3T.It'3 GOl . lllO I.IALL,
ROT COTIIPT or Wood stzcet and Dia.tioad
Contract tor Supply of Marine
CUSTOM lIOUL4E, t
Pittsburgh, April I . 2th, ISIS. f
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, 'PLIAT
Scaled Prop..sals acconp . .nied by prol er intruntet a,
übcording to forma to be furnished, on applicant) t at this
alike, will be received thereat until l i o'clock, meridit.n, on
the PLIIST TUESDAY ip June next, for the supply of the
Marine Hospital, near this city, with the articles of Pro .i
lone, Medicine, etc., enpmerated in said forms. The titian
ties stated are estimated with reference to the several num•
ber of patients in the Hospital, but the United Stab's reserve
the right to take moro cr lees cf said articles, accordingly
us they may be actually required. If the article delivered
at the Hospital aro not in the judgment of the Physi iun,
of the best quality, and adapted to the Hospital he will be
et liberty to reject the same, to pllrchasp other article in
their stead, and to charge the poutractpr with any excess in
the cost over the contract prices.
The United States reserve the right to accept IM tropaul
fur the whole or 4/3.y portion of the articles specified.
JOHN lIASTINGIi,
Surmor and Agent Marino Hospital
TO HOTEL KEEPERS.
A RARE CHANCE.
The Mountain Hotels for Rent.
TilE MOUNTAIN HOTELS AT CRESSON,
cm the 'Pennsylvania Railroad, are- offerad for lease
for a term of 'fire. These buildings which aro large and
commodious, err altqated near the Summit of time Allegheny
Mountains, in Cambria county. The salubrity of ilie cli.
mate—the pure water—the beauty of the Mount tie Seen Al
-the faciiities for Belling and Ininthig, and all those enjoy
ments and recreations which give health and vigor, have
rendered Cresson a popular place of Summer lte4ort 'or
visitors from all parts ex the United States. The Pelinsyl
vavdis Railroad faruishes means of acme daily, from all the
principal cities of the 'Union, and visitors while enjoying
all the pleasures of country lite, c u communicate with th
cities every few hours..
The limele belong to "The Allegheny Mountain Health
Institute," with all the 1111-n-tore find fixtures belonging to
the Company. They are iu a sultublecormition for the corn.
fortable accommodation of over TWO HUNDRED guests.
To a competent manager, the chance is a must . zee:lent
ens. Address, JOSHPH PENFOCK, Preset,
Pittsburgh, Pia,
Or, J. P. LESLEY,
Chairman of COlninittf.e,
api Philadelphia, Pa.
T lf E PLACE
DOWN 454, TETLEY'S.
BANES.-100 bogus " Naples" just
received this (irk) , and for sale by
REYMER k ANDERSON,
No. 39 Wood street,
opposite St. Charles Hotel.
PATTERN PAPER—In rolls, sold by the
yard, at WU. t 3. JOIINSTON
apl7 Paper Ware',onso 67 Wood street.
~A I OL DPE
for ealo, NS-0f
wm ver d y .
joSullpi
9T0N .1(y.1
_apl7 No. 67 Wood stroet.
WRITING PAPERS.—Letter Paper, Cap
and Note Papers, plain or ruled. At Wholesale or
Retail, by WM. G. JOYINYrON & CO..
apl7 Pe, er realer% 57 Wood stre.t.
MUCILAGE- 7 -Prepared for counting home
use—sold by' Hat. G. JOHNSTON k CO.,
Stationers, 67 Word itrcet.
FRESH DOMESTIC FRUITS.-
25 d 2. fresh Peaches, in betties;
60 cane;
50 " Pie Wulf, fI so rte d ;
25 fresh Tomatoes, in bottles;
caw;
Jyst received and Cot sale by
REY R ANDERSON,
No. 39 Wood street.
apl.3 opposite 6t. Charles Hotel
SARDINES -
10 cased whole cans, Coin Martin ;
10 • half ••
••
6 " third •'
Just received and for sale by
IIRYS.IIIP. & ANDERSON,
rpll No. 39 Woc..d area.
JO:/. 1101INE'S,
77 Zriarket street
THE MUSE SINGS OF SHOES !
BOOTS, SUM Sim GALTLIII, every kind,
From coarse to tlne,•good, plain and hinny,
'”aste, fa Ilion, fit and strength'combined—
For Bridget, Jane, Nell, Ann, or Nancy :
For Charles, or William, Peter, John,—
These all—and all who Shoes do wear—
Aye I every Shoelevs mother's tc,n,
May bny them CHEAP. I'll tell you where,
(Some people knew the place before,)
NIPTH " TUE PPGISILT CHIAP SHOE 81aRE
apl 4 IMFFENBACHER & CO
DAVID H. WILLIAMS,
CIVIL ENGINEER AND CONTRACTOR
IL, FOR THE ERECTION OF GAS WORKS, for from Elva
(turners and upwards, sad for Heating Baildimps public or
private, by Steam, Hot Water or Furnaces.
layadrla PITTSBUItOI.I. PA.
WINES AND LIQUORS,
AND RECTIFYING DISTILLERS,
No. 155 Liberty Street, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Always on hand, Winos, 3randies, Gins,
Monongahela and Rectified Whis!•cs—also, Blackberry,
Wild Cherry, Raspbe ry, Ginger'Brandies. [apl2:ly
DRIED PEACHES.-1f bus. choice Dried
Peaches nulled atd for ;ale by
JAMES A. FETZER,
npB' Corz hiarkot and First streets.
BONNET FRAMEF of the Latest Styles.—
lo don All 'Wit? Bonnet Frames ;
10 " Half . 1
10 " 131:lab:km
Rae:deed this dry at
apl7
228,185 61
IVCDISLE OR THE !EAR 1857.
$90,435 SG
12,%00 00
'Hospital.
FISHING TACKLE,
NO. 138 WOOD STREET
.TOECN BRIM.II. & CO.,
WHOLPHAII3 DEALLII9 IN
Total receipte for the year.,
Paid Marino 1.023.33
Paid Fire
Expenses, Returnt4l Promiruus and Re•
Salaries and COlll/111:1410119
Ltalanco remaining with Company.. ..... ..,..$113,858 68
TLo ASSETS of tho Company aro as tollorra:—
Bonds and Mortgages, Ground Ronal, Bank and
other St.x.ts
.V 12,430 00
Lonod on Stocka 87,650 00
Trust Fund in Now York 33,151 56
,
Deferred Payment on Stock 97,700 00
Bills Recoivabl, 74,404 67
Cash ou hand and duo from Ag0nta....... .. . ........ 45,000 33
Premium on Policies recently isaued, and debts
duo the Company
St
The officers and Directors, of this Institutioo, tem groat
pleasure in laying before the public tho above c tattment,
with a view of ariesting their attention totho great Import
once of Insuring their property.
This Company has entered upon the thir t ear ut its ex •
Mauro dining which period the Receipts LaVe eoutted
to eigh t r.,
hundred and fifty tlwarand dollars, and uave paid
Losses over six hundred thoarana dollars, which it equal in
respect to character of business to the very be ti and oldest
ofhccs.
`nil COO e,)
. 63,485 b
$.11',4h5 61
We append the names of a few largo and haflueutial Mor
dants of Philadelphia,who patronise the Company by giving
it a large amount of their insurance, uud to whom are re.
epectfully referred any gentlemen wile may with to Insure
with this Company.
M. Baldwin, Stettin Dagine Manufacturer; David S. Brawn,
Merchant; John tl. Brown,
_Merchant ; ithos. Sparks, Mer
chant ; L. Tuompson, Merchants; Faust A Winebren•
nor, Merchants; D. P. Deitrich, arum Elastic Manufacturer;
Michael Bouvier, Merchant; Butcher A . Bros., Merchants;
J. Van Brunt, Mordant; Wm. ltogera, Coach Mater; Gold
smith Co., Clothiers; E. M. Seely Jr Son, Merchants; dee
per Harding k Son, Printer Rico& Kelly, Plumbers; Wm.
F. Fotterall; P. Bushong Jr Sons; Malone Jr Taylor; John
Hare Powell; John L. Broome it Co.; William F. Hughes;
Bloom Davis; 1). kC. Kelly, Manufacturers; Charles L.
Bute, Sugar Refiner.
The Company have diecontinued the Ocean Marino
business since August' let, 1857, and confine themselves ex
clusively to Fire and Inland Insurance.
THOMAS B. FLOWINCE, President,
EDWARD R. HELAIBOLD, SocreMr.V.
d 0451 TEIO4IABUIT, General Superintendent.
THOS. J. HUNTER, Agent, Pittsburgh,
No. SO Water street.
jal9:l3:' p
SAFETY INSURANCE COMPANY,
INCoRPORATED BY THE LEUISLATURE OP PENN
SYLVANIA, I g 33.
OFFICE, S. E. CORNER THIRD AND WALNUT 273
S9D,/63 35
. .
ON VESSELS'
CARGO, -
To all F.:,..rtr7 of tiro w(Y:IJ.
FRI.:J(111T,
On Coeds, by River, Canals, Lakes, and Land Carriages to
all parts of the
SLltg INSI.IIIANOES
•
On Merchandise generally.
On Runs, Dwelling liouaes, &c.
ASS.ETS OF THE comPAArr,
Novoraba 2,, /857.
Rondo, Mortgages, and Real Iletati- 5101,330 94
Philadelphia City, and otter Loons 137,011 AS
Stock in Banks, Railroads and Ina:dance }
12,508 00
Cotape t nies
Rills iteecivoble 920,291 95
Cash on hand 30,904 06
Balance in hands of Agonta, Proutianis'
on Marine Policies recently .L111116(1,0/1 9;3,730 37
other dobta duo tho coltiPallY
Subscription Notes 100,000 00
Williara Id ar tta,
Josephdl. Heal,
Edmund A. Hondo?,
John 0. Davis,
John It. Yourose,
Goorgo G. Luiper,
Edward Darlington,
Dr. It. bI. Huston,
IVilLiant C. Ludwig,
Hugh Crt,lg,
Spencer 111cI1valu,
Chtirlcc
Junes Brooks,
Jacub Jones,
Tues. 0. Vico i rt.A
Liariax Lx!.r.uum, Becrotra,
TIIE GREAT WESTERN
Flre and Marine intntranee Con
OF PHILADELPHIA.
Office in Company's Building, No. 403 Walnut,
Corner of Fourth Street,
A union z ?a/ CAPITAL.
Capitol paid in
Surplus, Jauury Ist, 18G8.
FAIL INSUP, 4 NOE—Llnfltcd or Perpetual. $277,574 06
MARINI; INSURANCE, ou Vessels, Cargo and IrreightiL
'INLAND INSURANCE by Rivers, Canals, Laltee and
Land Carriages
Charles 0. Lathrop, 1423 Walnut street.
William Darling. 1610 Pine street.
Alexander IVbiliden, Merchant, 18 North Front.
Ida= 113XIOLnret, Attorney and Counsellor.
John C. Hunter, firm of Wright, Hunter & Co.
E. Tracy, firm of Tracy & Co., Goldsmith's Hall.
Johu It. McCurdy, firm of Jones, White & McCurdy.
Thomas L. Gillespie, firm of Gillespie & Zoller.
Janus B. Sruith, firm of James B. ,with & Co.
Hon. Henry M. Fuller, office 227 South Third street.
John C. Vogdes, efllce corner of Seventh and &mime.
Janice Weight, Into Cashier Bank of Tioga.
fr Ifred Talor otlice Cairo City Property.
Julia J. Slocum, Mike 228 South Third street.
C. C. LATHROP, President.
W. LABLING, Vico President
LEWIS GREGORY, } Branch Oitlce, S Wall at N. Y.
Second Vice Pres't,
JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary and Treasurer.
H. IL ItICHARDSON, Assistant E ocretary.
It. W. POINDEXTER, Agent.
97 Water street, Pittsburgh
INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF PITTSBURGH.
JAMB A. HUTCHISON, PrealUnt.
ILENRY M. ATWOOD, Secretary.
OFFICE—No. t) Water Street.
WILL IN2Ultt AGAINST ALL KINDS OF FIRE AND
ifilllVS .4. lint(ldsou. George A. Derry,
Wm. B. Dolmas, - Robert Daizell,
William Rea, Thomas 8. Clarke,
Wilson klilisr, John ht'Decitt,
Wm. A. Caldwell.
TO BUYI laB
Pennsylvania Insurance Company,
OF PITTSBURGH.
No. 63 Fourth street.
DIRECTORS:
Jaccb Painter, J. P. Tanner, Ow. W. smith,
licAly Patterson, C. A. Colton. A. J. Jones,
W. U. Veßud,. Jial. N. Ilopklne, Wade Hampton.
I. Gilt • L.l.d.rout, A. A. Carrier, Robert Patrick,
A. C. :ialai,oa, .1. LI. Jones, John Taggart,
Fleury Sproul, VOEl E titiy,
Chartered Capital 6300,000
FIRE AND 11ARINE RIMS: TAKEN, ct all dsacriptlans
apileS
Presldbut—A. A. CAR:KILL:.
Vice Presideut—RODY PA T rEfcs
da:id Es.:r.tar,7 and Treasniar—l.
A. A. CARRIER BRO.,
PITTSBURGH
GENERAL INSURANCE AGENCY.
CaPital Represented, 33,000,f100.
COMPANIES OF HIGHEST STANDING, Chartered by
Pennsylvania and other Stags.
FIRE, MARINE AND LIFE RISKS TAKEN, OF JELL
DESCRIPTIONS.
No. di FOURTH STREET;
A. C. GAABLAR‘}
.PTT Td13.178G8, PA.
8 CIAIIIIB. ideat}:lyl
TERRA COTTA OR STONE
. WATER PIPES ,
From two to six inoh calibre.
PRICES from 12 to 30 Cents per Foot.
ALSO—ROCHESTER
PEARL STARCH
Vor Sale Wholesale at itlahuraceurers
Prices by
lIIENIty 11. COLLINS,
FORWARDING AND
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
LID WEIOLSZAIS DIMAS IN
CHIiCESIC, SUTTER, SEEDS, 15.1.911,
AND PRODUCE GENERALLY.
No. 25 WOOD STILEHT, PITTOBIUROtr. ()old
JAMES IicLAUGHLIN,
MANUFACTURER O
ALCOHOL,
Cologne Spirits and Fusel oil,
Nos. 167 and 170 Second Street.
ay10:11 , 4 an
AMITEL FAHNESTOCK
IMPORTER & DEALER IN
FOREIGN AND )011IESTI.
HARDWARE.
No. 74 Wood street, between Diamond
allay and Fourth street,
PITTSBURGH, P.A
AtixT' Tax subscribor is now opening a well selected as;,, t
ment of foreign and domeatio Hardware, all now,and will Le
sold on as good terms as any other house In this city. lie
w ill always keep on hand a general usertment of
HARDWARE, CUTLERY, CARPEIN.ITERS' TOOLS, &c.,
T. which he respectfully invites the attention of
rsh2d SA ran PA !nu/bonen .
NIONS: lU
bbls. Onions for sale' by
It" mil IDINUY II OOLLINB
HOhN
77 Market street
INSURANCE.
$122,840 0.5418,4279
... 98,283 88
54,2113 58
32,458 38
$804,688 86
DELAWARE MUTUAL
P lIILADELPHIA.
NtARINE OISINAHOg2
INLAND INSURANCES
b1lit.11(17 0113.
Junes 0. Hand,
Theophilne Paulding,
James Traqualr,
William Byrn, Jr.,
J. P. Ponistou,
Joshua P. ]tyro,
Bamuol Btokos,
Henry Bloari,
James B. 'McFarland,
Thomas C. Baud,
liobort Burtork, Jr.,
John B. &mph+, Pittsburgh
L. T. Morgan, I&
J. T. Logan,
WM. MARTIN, Presidont.
amt.
P. A. AIADMILA, Agerit,
Watsr_atrest,Pitt3bargh
$222,300 00
. b 5,277 05
MONON GAHELA
MARINE ItISJ
DIBICIORS
30,6.1 b .38
702,786 37
$ 500,000 00
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