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punuc and aii iv; rmLAuixruiA, tuuay harcu 7327 cUained by private exptess, and were enabled to lay before bur readera'ini yesterday's paper, the Wugu raUddreas of the President of the, United States We cf ferQ comment upon tkia: important state paper, bat laa nor readers to make their oWhin We have also received, by the express roaiL the We layjUj before our readera thii daK at conii4erable ex- to the exclusion of othor matter, We most offer the importance of this document as areason for ex-eluding' many' iblchllwilI "appear to tnorrow. ii.vihtM.nv jc mm." uoac uruuca, uie jcwxora pi, lot!) who' suffered hundreds pf humaq beings toper lab. -while they were revelling have at length net with their deserts' in o'efnW deprived of. yyivif luvuvjiuit' ,,1,11, 1 mu. Uu .7 a .1 l.

uu yrwuiu imoroi ourrcaucra iuii wg cummiaaiOD cri of pilotage appointed tinder thlirjew lav, bate SB, 1 MaH KaI1 aar a Tiwm I1! examined, and eorofniiaiohed' 'T eiftht pilota. um tt Min rc ait caur, urvpurcu tow lOCIa. iiHl "we, would aJao." atate wbat ia eqaallf tmporUnt that fn jreM haye pasiel the following act, An Act concern! ns patsed if the Senate ci'ine u. oiaiea. -on tueiaav.

xsth 'Fthmrw Beit enacted by the Senate aod Ilouie of He-Drtientatlfea of the United Slatei nf A ConKreaa auembled, That il ihall aacj may be lawful for the toaater of' commander of inV'vtnel coming Into ojr gomj oat of any port aituate upon wateri which are the boundary between two Stater, to employ any pilot daly Iawi of cuncr pi inc auiea Doanaea the fata patera, to piTot ibe aaid veitel to pr. from aaid port; any law, usage or custom to the eontrary ootwithstandW and sutvm-tij rcTma aiaw i iTomcuniraoung me effortlof anbther'atate to prevent monopoly. Witti- Xorkv topreierve thejmonppoly of iti owd pilota, might hare pasted mo att (o prohibit those of Jersey from iixUt In the watert of X. York; The lejiifature of N. York have evinced no diipbaition to destroy tbii pdioVi Mn pilots, doabb.

eV erVns prevent tny alteration of the system, and one of their arraments was pro. pablytbe great tpoliUeal Inflaence' number of totes which' they eould Aherwards. li the pitots'eelebrated their sac eisby a ennd entertiinment An tk knt.i. io ifFfi, York But this fine iacheme of the Doliticiana of. Alhunv.

tri. t.nM. tJi Huiutii iitcs lor been defeated' by aided bV atfesteq their inotbln-the mtdst'oC ibeij-ejoiciogs for hav Ti 7 wijusibi, oaving tost toe fruits of, dishonesty, must content themselves with repuianop we nope 'the New Jersey pilots -will be'eareful to weat some dlstingiiisVinB; badges, by which they may be in ail eases, wey aeserve tne pretereoce, Betting fin decision was late! made io the Court of Common Pleas of the city of JMew xort, wnieh is somewhat important to the betdng community, and which mat tend to cheek a tery mischievous' species brgammfct One Individ oal laid a wager lof $100 with that Martin Van Buren would not receive a majority of 15000 of ww of the sute of Nw YorkC? The money was deposited in the hands of athirb person aVa ttkeholder. Before the money had been, paid to the winner; the loser sued tne atakeholder for it Tbf th56ed pr pf lb plaintiff, saying Involved had the defendant flOO belonging to the plaintiff, and, was it placed in his hands as a wager? If the 'jury' were satisfied of both faets, they must find for the plaintiff; for betting on elections plain-tiff was not divested of his property in the 9100, by depositing it.Mn wager with a aUkeholdeK Verdict for the plaintiff, 100, and 6 cents costs. 'h Had the wsger- een paid, the eourV would pro-bably have decided' that It could not bV 'recovered in a1 suit bjf the loser againsitbV'wYoner because, such' wagers being Sjlegal ind both parties beiog wrong doers, the Isw wouW not Interfere between them, to protect one against the other.y i This decision is very important, on' account Of its tendency to restrain the vice dfgimlnj faponeleel If stakeholders are' liable rothedejwsitors for jhemoney ptaeed in 'their hands ey will pot be inclined to assume such office Few thiegs tend more directly to politics) corruption 'thin Vig's upon electtonsrand we should rejoice in seeing' the whole system crushed.

most nfaroous frauds have been practised in this' ej jy fabrating filse report, 9(f elections inducingirsgcrs i upon them. roost of our cities eootaiA regularly orgaoized clubs for. this purpose, who station their tsi i 'iiriyu' rdt-U-ffi t. expresses over tut lattrior, to communicate rttirua of vote anticipation of te rH, pvt rV lined correct returns, iyfiuie falsa reporli to be published, end then eraintt report oucn rascMia are Li W.n lo'de. fraud, and w'out nil, thcic'deKrtt iasjVla! prisons.

Out tbe praetiee has become too common; and Is toi profitable, regarJed as iminorX hope the courts oi Pennsylvania will act.upon the same doctrine with the Court of Common Pleas of New York. tuwu 5 ji)rrne'nieeficr--ltter8 to' the owners of the ship Aorostdsl at Salenf.Mass.. which ar. fU atjManllla'frta IhV Fegec'Jalapds. on the 83d of gctober last stale" Jhaton ber passage from the Pegees, the'Aogustus 6ucbedi( the Caroline rajqed tw9 PUI l-800: boat's crew were leaving the Island Tor last the ship being undeiWighm ithev wert attacked (by party of DatiesV'cne of aro behind Captain Lamson, and struck him with a club, killing him instantly, slnd the others discharjc ed shower of.

arrows at the men in the boat, wounding fpurpf them aeverely, The schooner Albion, tender to ln Aagiwtoi, and commanded by Mr. Lakemao. ber chief ttHcerJ was ronnoaed to he totally tndVrjEWf'amoni the legeet Islands, previous to the sailing of the AueUStUS.l' Woice Jleth't old Heiress has btn Ia exhibited as the grandmother of Joice Heth. We nroteii against anyarticipation Wjbpfofits by the exhU' bitor of Joice Heth. That ohan made nonh Kls speculation, and shbuid lea Ve Mother humboeto vHuewouy to omce and fair di.

vision of the spoils," is a prihemlethatraght to eo-yern mlseeUanepuf 'tl rognery. This grandmother must be abou wo hundred ears bl IfV us i reckon Joiee wasoe hontlred and shijj ane was noi prooawy born oerore the seven-Jeento year of her or that mother before y'jcaepC the grandmother. These two periods, added td the age of Joieer make fraud- mother aforesaid one hundred and ninety four. But to make Granny's ease more; remarkable, let ber, be one hundred years 'bid atthe oirtVof her first child, and the mother seventy, five at the birth i Jbice; and weshall have fbr Granny the initore age of thref huodre'd and thirty fivei We will eive a iertificatdthat w'ekhe me grandmother when she was about years oU, a field servant on the plan- Mon of Colonel Godfrey of Thunder Mgnining Manor, um-iNick eouni, Virginia 1 1 The Liverpool correspondent of the New York Siar states, that Charles Kean has been VerrVeci f. Manchester, for appearing in Forrest's characters f'OtheUoi kejthe very week auer torresi'a unprecedented success at that the trey-He pitted himself against the best actor bow on the stage, and he has been insucceuful.

ndel-fy an arrival atCharleaton. from 8t. Angoitine, it appears that Oh the 25th nit about 400 warriors of Philip's jang, had concentrated near Pilau lakahah, and that Abrahain hadroaein to Gen. Jesop, and given himself up. wherb hf iatended to remain.

Large numbers of Indiana were reported as being in the vicinity of Moaquito. w- u- Py arrival at the same place, from Jacksonville, it is stated that Gen. Jesnn had sent GareyV Ferry for 400 horses to renew the campaign, the chiefs not ha Tin come in according to agreement, and that the steamer rorresier naa been aeapatcned to pjannkh on 8aturday congress adjourned about two'clock on Saturday The billa arelogf-Tbo and bill; the bUl for the rediiictlon bill for the increase of the ajmf, the fortiflcation bill. fTbe rresident vtUtiibt treasury circular bill i The carpet factory of Mr; (tonradt, in Md. was oestroyea ny are on Thursday night Jast Loss be tweert1 foar and live thousand 'Amon'e the citi aens.who exerted themselves to tare, property from the name, me Teieran uenerai said by the Freder i uciaiu.iv ut ueen parxicuiany active.

dry goods store of Mr. John B. Crsne, 444 Pearl st N. was destroyed with Its Contents, by fire, on Sunday evening. vj.

pedagogue tin Maofius, ti.Y.ln. stbad of using the bireh or ruler, punishes his scho. lars by making tbera ereep into large grain bse. i ,...,4., -we regret to learn by uo Waatyngtoo Globe mat ine tion. Ely Moore nss been prevented from attending the.

sittings of the House, for the last few dsys, by severe i nd i sposi ti po ar' 1 -Public PnnterJ-rlhe Uniied elecU ed Blair Hires Printers to the Senate on Aofti.The Martjuis ofWat sited the saloon bf Drtiry Lane, twice, knocked lowo av shbeniaker who was 'there also, ltnd Bhl a duel with after three shots, he wounded In the 14 subscriber, hsvtng had erperienee in procuring PATENTa.offers his services ff irt ing the neceasarv inrmmenuL and attPnfiiKr cesaary correap9ndeceitJstlU Pateat Office. InquiJ ato. 8 Arcade East Avenue, trr adjourned meeting ofthe HUNT BENEFICIAL COCIETY. founded on the prln. cfrLi tf tut C.c.4 V.riftt'.l'Utl&J UACOB BECK.JSatrelar mft-2t Extract cf as letter ct llr, vellsUreVa.

OFt7TtV avewrt, I i Lubuittf lit LranirttkUml viXm. win held TIII3 Instant, In the I IrKtzu EalnofibTrriperancelUepfrsonsprop 'V 'J Ld 'm oh tbeSlkUf Jttrusry wiUme firwardat ibis meet, anSrtta' PinAnd Tor One; kmob ah''m -J JOIIM T.BiUTU. President, acrldiref ttls Wter cantestirVfo'tUlr fivoValt oiU'll Mrcf ttls letter can testlfvfo their fivoVklifntUi' ration in U.a tuiect: From the benr.ia vltei QT CO OPERATION MEETiN'O An adjourned I cured; and' tb'a cnmnlete aicliHtT meeting of tne delegates' to the conference to diicusstbs thnuwhA tmi. th.m a irTair itLa t--iril ortneipiea of Co i.perst onwill be held at the All UP "7.. I I vi .1 KY HALLl bn Thursday evening next, Hth lntant.

however 1oJ persUe4 at 7 o'clock! Delegate from the fallowing societies are Vt-Tor about iwetvi I was in it 'habitual atatl n.w rcprwniiiiYea in ini conierencevvia, nana loom of eostiveness, generally pasaiag from seven to Brush Makers; Horn Comb Makers, a 1U Usther Dresrs, Book Binders. CarpentIngrain oyiween evacuations, without feeling inyierlottSfi Carpet Westers, Oak Coopers, Cedar Coopers, Marble inconvenience; wins the exception of no 'and 1 u.vaa... HI)rUV, WHICH1 J'UUB UlCUKiaV aiftl I i ne jonowing resojnuen naa oetn aaopiea; i a Resolved, That the Defecates from each of the socio-1 aibn so great, and iviolatioa of the laws of asture ior ties repreaented, in this conference cause tab laid ber protracted, about 5 years ago! the first symptoms Texi forethe-tieit meeting a wr tten sUtement, showing jj'l SlriL r.u..l It ..7. therein the cost of the raw material neceaairy forth? repeofthe.lWttrti emptoyment of lenTworkinf peraons for one wek. in esjy sensation in, both of my sides, something Jlke.

"cr rcnpecuTft traucs or aasociauona. enow, oppreaaivo welgnt, and at. other times SS ir soeVhlpXoit ing aim la said ataiemtnt the price psid to the elBcient lmjL'nLinL operativeand the proflu accruing on the sala of such JW.WWPWHhlW.wi af tide or articles when sold at the market price, jV18 prostrated, so that fe aful In accordance with the smrnort of said reaolatibn. a forebodinrs of danfer were almost contiauallv n.r...! BVde (7u, Wdifs Cord lapplied first to one, and then to another of our 1 wainers and the Iorrain Carnal and renorta 1 from the 'other Pieties are expected to he made 7r -au ineirprescrtpiionn pro-j iiiurroay eTeoing.anaaiau attendance or ait uaaeie. iei.iDio cueci in relieving me, i men uiea gaiea is requested.

reraons favorable may rorence ration ble, i 3 'isar we apace or twenty minutes, and even I. 1 Intends giving a FIREMEN'S. MILITARY AND FAN. I dermiaedj t- CbAlie nf TickdU Bickham House Dock House. Fifth street below Walnut; Parker's Snakspeare Retrectory, corner of Sixth and Carpenter streets, and at Mr Taylor's Fancy Dress Store, No.

100 South Third OLTON TETTER U. A.UULlNTi, Fashionable Hair1 Cutting Empoxinm, NO. 100 NORTH FOURTH STREET. F2 1m CP THE TRUTH WILL PREVAIL. NOTICE.

TOOTH ACHE perfectly cured in two minutes, without drawing or the least pain warranted to be lasting and wttolesome to every part bf the mouth; teeth and gums. Sold rC applied only by the proprietor, af, No. J02 Snrnce tt below Third, south side. Also, Piles and Froat- ed Feet speedily cured. See advertiaeneent headed woneerrui late discovery'in another column.

1 WANDERING PREACHER? NEW received, beautifully execu-, ted, The Complete Works of Wm. Words worth." usurer wiui a ueacnpuon pi me juaxes or tne North pi angiana, now nret published With his works. Poets dwell on Earth To elothe whateYrtbe soul admires and Loves, 1 1 With lanruajre and with numbera. Embellished with a splendid Portrait of the Poet, from an wigiuai- rainiing vi, joxau calt neat i Alsd, In 8 Vols, the new novel entitled "The Honey Moon," by the Countess of Blesaington, and other Tales Fors4l0by GEORGE fcBnNGTON. P21eodtf N.

W.cprner of Chesnut and Fifth eU. LEET PITFIELD respectfully Inform them they orders SAWING BRUSH iAa.a ana YJCHEKKa of every description. F201m OINTMENT. Prenared and at A if. ttf a a mm uiu ai no.

AL.L.AUJS DTSEET above tventh treei, ai3 cents per dpi. mft-lw BtLliAkb TABLES AND FlXTUliEt Four first ratelBilliard Tahiti with Pirt-ra. complete order, tor sale on reasonable terms. Any per- miu wibuiiii jnucaos win piesae appiy at tne Umce of the Public Ledger for further Information; ml 6t' IVI INIATURE LIKENESSES variouaitvlra. takpn J-X by R.

B. BIDDLE, at No. 68 Arcade, west avenue, second etory.S BKANDRETH'S PILLS are Counterfeited and sold yb about one half the i( Druggists in the city dont paiMiBis; ti slrui Fl8-tf ivUAL Urn' ii El very required jnlormation i relative to the authorized Lotteries of Virglnisj Maryland, Delaware; and Rhode Island, Witf be given flree of charge) at SYLVESTER'S Exchange and Prize Offieer-Nori LIBRARY STREET. hack tr th States Bank) 1st door Fourth from fll in the inominr till 9 at ,1 1 l'r'W All fmAn.MM laak aAk kk.HA ..1. I 1 A 1 i it 4 I the medicated vapor hath; then applied to some of the unconnected with, the trades, and who are I to exoneration are invited to rTT A on tonforminf to, the rules adonted bv the eon-J i eviaeuuy grew worse, and wM failing, rspully-my their view on the question, "ia co-one.

sides tee an to be In severe' nals. eiDcdallV tb's riiht and io what extent oractlcable or linnVscticaf 1 (U. tA a n. In mechanictl traded or in aaaociat oaa of work-1 wtlle thai I PubUghed Order of the 1 lyiBg.l was obliged to place my hands ori the se johw uaney; secretary pm, tern. pennost, to preserve ss It were, from falling la, for THE ROBERT MOR113 HOSE COMPANY.

1 th Mntatinn mmm If 1 CY BALL, oh MONDAYiEyENING, March 13tb, 1837,1 with 'at! the' exertHn's of I fonn'd ta wlUf 'L uc -Mw, huti uuui po, or i ro in connnement lor a ween or two; and on Mouuay. weanesuay ana saturd ay evenings, atui wguwfammepct every eaaers, in um asova fonngmi, or three weeks: the addition to these i Midi fl WW .1 i tw.tr.-:,..V'" t.K-i, irwjinsupporwDie miseries was an oppression about 1 Also, of Col. Thomas hatter. Id Thlrit Irtmnltinii tc below Ninth John iA 1 Wm. If! Rautchl 1 106 of lhe fiery barnfng near the orlfiee John Shermer.

Joseph Fareira. 1 orthastomacbrhot acid eructations, and a constant ac Cheanut Georg Brown south east cornerof rth 7,71 7 John Beans, aouthweat corner 0f Tenth and Callowbill Ilariland.8eventbIa',lnaeaI lethargy seemed to affect my whole hi in aa amu hur.an vuui in ii.a i raj aiiiic rr Saxravc ansctt Clntw Tht NarraraniettCtuh tJ'on, trying every thing which I heard recommend. intends rivint A GRAND FANCY MILITARY and fed. Without exneriendna- relief. I if out, and lost all; end was now commencing businese- ftThM fordelivery.aad can be had of any of the managers, 'I Vegetable Pills jl nMcribers are reqneaieu 10 can ana obtain tneir I fwuib, painaiataupronaDie, mat they tickets as early as possible; as, the number is limited.

mighf afford relief, if not a cure. VI accordinclv viait The Club has engsged F. Johnson's celebrated cotillon FriU, Samuel G. Rurrlea, i Ezeklel C. Hall, Henry Snyder, i Wm.

Cressman, Charles B.Reess,v Charles M. Howell, Andrew Lex, 1 'Cbalklev Baker C- Tickets can also be bad at the Pulaski Honse, Race the Doctor himself, and I mast confess I felt rather die-couraged! than otherwise, from what he said: it appear- ti to me. In the first place, that he was too confident la the virtue of the, pills. Nothing can be better than said. If these will not cure, aoihiag win.

Wbat a foo, thought I to myself. The next impression which I adopted, was. that he wifhed ta mak w.rv stit. nniakeUen Castle. South Fifth street, and at the jBg me Ttk mn.

jeiwrton iviawam, nnn MM. ra-eodtMJO i i t. 1 1 I wv tt'v mubw ymm tui vmi ret nn tn (want, ItMnio A. k. iij--vwf iinnnr inn itrm'v.

i ri wakh i.i TON CLTJB intend a GRANn favcy. Mitt: get down to tea; tbesro soar ala TARY, and CITIZENS BALL, to be held at Guillou's I eonUnue for two or three months, when you will Bsioon. on Thursaayjne 3oin or marcn. The room wiu flbd youraeif another man. Good patience: thourht II MhPaTth rilV oannersoi ine the man wants to get rid of ma at Once, and thinks bet -j to be had at the following places: vix.

Thomas 1 wwnyi vnu siumng me to Front street above Mead alley; attbeClubf deathwith his pill. After exnreasine mr want in Spruce betqw Second streetrJames McCanntf Adenea in whthMif tinkvm avrtittfl Kav aM.M Ward Hotel, Dock street; John Devine Adelphi 1 .1 IZTilTi" 't AiS. Tourison.) 1 W. G.Tourison, 8. Miller.

m4-tm30 tii; cu uuute perwjja wao oaa seen ouxai. afreih. I swallowed five pills, they had no more effect upon me than so much water; the next njght I fried eight; the effect upon me too trifling to notice. My box was now emptied for a dose; 1 therefore procured a targe box, and took from ten to fifteen every tight, and after about four weeks they seemed to have some effect upon, the sysienu I evidently felt that therewas more say body thsli when I first began In all thin time I had no rest; my pains were more continued aao sharp, In about six weeks I took a slight cold, and had one of the most severe attacks I ever hsd experienced hithertow "Ah thought I. the VjTls are doing me more harm than good! but what was to he done? send for the Doctor? What's the use of that, they never used to give me refief in less than a week; I must be relieved for I cannot support this long; give me ten pills in about ten minutes I took ten more, and in ten miaates-' longer' fook fourteen morel In about an hour I wa perfectly easy and free from pain; this gave, me hope and; enwuTSfemeBtf sb ihat persevered In taking' si or ifj ten pilla every night for some time, For the lut six or.

i eight months I have enjoyed better health than aay timer previous for five fady who for 'several yeara 'was with that distressing malady called Tic Doloreux, at say- I requett trie'd the pilbu and in kboat two months sfter she observed that she-had not-enjoyed such health foe These are Statements of what the reader may depend. 3 upon with' 'and haye an interview with that writer If desired. -r As to the Quantity of pilfs commence wlth my advice' Is that' four er five.is better as a general rule than ten or more; if the effect is not obtained, Uea ia- i crease so as to obtain it. Without they purges, no good can possibly result irom tneir use. reraona or.

neaitay III i 'J Mt -f COOBUlUllppi Will un IWW wr uiic? yiu avtiNieai a an anti-bilious remedy. BRAWDRETM.D.x Dr. Brandre'th's office for the if the above PiJrt wholasaie and retail, is at 169 Rack st first doo a'bove1 aide-, Philadelphia, Zfuil try- Always remember urn no ctore has the grr nulne fiiandreth Pills tot sale, therefore be careful, ml-lm urcicpT i ilsil Jl lue" UB oov wenee aitenaea io wun The above ror fn.v..Ol?i JARVIS. I punctually and desnaicti. 33 Slight; The abore tor Eighth Ih3 eOdtf- i 1 tv V.

liril TEG ETA BLE HAIR DYE For cororipg red, wsy'Vi V. and litfht hair, whiskers ahd eve brows' to a tat black or brown in a few hoors, without IsJurint tha i4t hair or staining the skin. 'Wsrrsnted. Price 75 cents. I DEPILATORY, forremovinr suMrflnons hair' from.

tb (ace, neck, and Price 50 centa. 4 sale ey jam La ULE1VN, Union Euikl'mn at. a rew floors above Chsssat fnn-y-AIl Hi ltd a.

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