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A9T3 TS POTEI THBybutTNTfiER.
rim fallowing Gentlemen will please act as
agents for this p
m mev odd to dtluM* oftlteseindividualbwillbe
acknowledged by us. '
John Vfooßfc. Esq. Newville.
Josfcpn M Mh\m< Esqi Hopewell township.
John Wunderlich, Esq. Shipprnsbnrg. •
D Vvid Clever, E-«q. Lee’s ><J Hoads,
JoAn Dickinson township.
Abr AiiAifc H amilt »▼. mrestowh.
OKattcfc P. Cain. R-q M chanicshurg.
FREDERICK WONOERLICH, do.
PawirCKryshkr. Esq. Churchtown.
Jacob LoNGVEckKR.R Penn^boro*township.
LAW fcIbTICE.
ir. nr.jßMp’, v , '
BEING relieved from Hu- duties of his late
ificc as Jud^y,•pr-tpottt's to resume-tilt
prar.ice of’Law at Caiii'le, 1 Pennsylvania.
He lenders his services to ALLcwho may
think it their interest to employ lmn y .
His office i* in his own house, Opposite . the
College Campus. % ,
The Law bchoM’under, bis care tvill i)e cnntiu
tied—and he hopes to be able to be&tutv upon it
more u iiaterruped attention.
Carlisle, Feo. 28,1839. 6t ’
paO3I.AMA»IOIT.
WHEREAS the Hon. John Heed, .tlie
_ then President Jrtdgu nf the Court of
Common Pl-as of the _Chlnb±:daml.
Tuni ita ahfl P. rrv. rhri’the Hdiu jfrim' Squint
and John Lefevre, Judges of the said/C'iirt of
Common Plpas of the county of Cinnberland.
have issued their precept bearing date tlie 2ls’
div of J inuary. 1839, and to me directed, for
holding a Court of Oyerand Terminer, and
General J til Delivery,- and Genera) Quarter
of the. Peace. at Carlisle on the second
M-mdivof Anvil. 1839. {being the Bth day,) at
lO oVh'rlt in the forenoon;
.notice is Hereby given,
to the C'-nver, Justices of tin* Peace, ail'd Con
of the said county ,nf- Cumh-rland* thai
they hfe thert arid‘there in their pyopt-r persni
with their Rebnrils* - Kx im'iiiation;
and other to do those tluhir
which to their offices respectively appertain.—
And those whd are hound bv recognizances t<
piVVSecute against the prisoners that are, nr thei
‘rtiafy Wj ih thlf’J lil nfJCnmherland county, to In
then had there to prosecute against them aS sha)
be hi.&t/
O ited ,at C Hifch% the Tth day of March,
1839, and the 63 year of American. IndepemJ-
Bace ‘‘- hoiifi IVtYERS, Sheriff.
BOOT aWd shoe:
Itt ANtrP AGTOR'ST.
* tfVIE aufisipribcTH rtspecU’illlv iiporin the citi-
I fc-riß of Carlisle and its vicinity , that they
have pmr.haaed.ihp entire stnrk of John Thomp*
6on v and intend to cany on the
■ BOOT AWD STIOfi
Manufacturing business,
in all its vunmiß iir>mclu'.s. at the «•!<! stand .in
U eat Mgh at:, next door to the Poet Office,
w liere, they, are ppr.iv»re.d to mamitirtnre to or
(lt all kinds o (ROOTS and SHOES, ot thr
best hl Ueriajk'and in a workman-like irmmuT.
• " j'heV urill iVgiil irljr receive anc! strictly fol
lo up the latest fcltv fashions.
Fhev hope by strict attention to huVliicdt to
rterit arftl receive a liberal share «f public pa
tr *nage,
, . MTLLER & MALOY,
GaHiMfS M-trcli 14,1839. tt
J Estate of jahn 'Maharii deeeaiidi
NOTICE.
jL persons indebted tt> the estate of John
Maluni.Cite 6f-N£wtan township, (Itxens
td. rn! vdspwttfully re(]ut , sti?tl to ;ci(ll ttfitli the
mitftttriher add shttleilieiF WWptVSlrti attHartiss
dudalllbefse whb have dlalrtiS abrt itlenttinds a
gainst the estate will present them legally ah
tlieoticutediur'setllf-aieMr.. ’• •
’ , ; EtraAßEith
. . , Executrix of laid t/rrrasrd.
SduthAMpthri tbWiislrip, March Sl. 'lßiii. hi
• f_ • - - ■ ,«! ; ’■ ■' ■
Eeldte'df Joseph Walteri deceased.
T^T'TTiCE-is. hereby qiv*u to all persons in-
Jjbtecl to tlie Estate btJnst'ph \VSlter«,Jai
ot HUtfer,S()i*ih«; ti)Wnshlp CinibdHand C iqnty ,
;fle£Vl.,- to make payment ns sOnh ai pbsMbie t
(th* ‘subscribers reavliot;• fnsaidtoWrisTiipi «>u'
tWrtse .havtiig clMirt* against a tid
present them properly fautUehtifcHted for, settle
incut. , - . .
JAdiyB:WA!,IT,K.
■ddmlniitrdtdrs. .
6t*V . -
Mnrthgl, 1&39.
NOTICE.
'■'WWN'X .IWfYERS hiia iHii rtny taWrl SAit
:t»'.UELiy. HAVERSTICE irtlb full anti
eqnal pnVtiWrship in Iris Unify, Book and Sta■
in i it i e m
The Commissioners of Cumberland Coun
ty, will 'receive Proposals at the house of.
John Cornman innkeeper, in the Borough of
Carlisle, on Friday thfc ISthof April next, I
between 0 o’clock in the forehoon an’d 2 o’-
clock in the afternoon, for the ejection of a
good and substantial Wooden Bridge, across
the ConodOguinet Greek at the place where
the state road from Landisbu'rg to Carlisle,
by way of Waggoner’s Gap crosses said
creek, in the township of North Middleton,
of the following dimensions, to wit: To
contain in length from one abutment to the
other 190 feet, & 16 leet wide in the clear,
the abutments to be about ten feetthick each
or more if required in a splaying direction,
with a regular slope, and to be eleven feet
high from the bottom of the creek, from
whence a wooden arch is to be started and
to extend across said creek from pnc abut
ment to the other if practicable; if not, there
Shull be two spans of 95 feet long, each sup
ported, on good and.substantial stone abut
ments &• piers, the floor to be double floored
with two inch plank, the upper floor oak and
the lower pine; the sides and gable ends to
be sufficiently high to admit covered and I
-hay-wagons-to-pass-through the same,- say
twelve and a half, feqt in the: clear,, to be
closely weatherboarded and painted.red! the
whole to be well roofed with good white pine
shingles; the whole of the wood work to be
well secured with iron bolts; ready eyes &c.
From the back of the abutment the filling
shall consist of earth and stone, and to be
well supported .with wing walls three feet
high above the. filling on each side, and to
extend in. that manner on the. two extreme
sides of the bridge until the filling and Wolf
ing shall meet:, the road with an ascent and
descent not exceeding five degrees elevation
from the road to said bridge; the wood work
to be built of sound and substantial timber;
the stone work of large good stone, lime and
sand mortar well pointed.. The party con
tracting to give Such security as the.Com
missioners.may require for the faithful per
formance of the workmanship and perma
nency of said bridge.
Proposals to be accompanied with a plan.
Should none of the proposals meet the ap
probation of theiCommissioners they will.on
the same day,,between 2 & £> o’clock in the
afternoon, expose the said bridge to public
sale, and sell the same to the lowest and
beat bidder.
By virtue of sundry writs of Venditioni
Exponas to me directed, issued out of the
Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland
County, will be exposed to Public Sale, at
the Court House, in the borough of Carlisle,
on Saturday the 6th of. Jlpril Ji. D. 18S9,
at 10 o’clock A. M. the following described
real estate, to wit:
A lot of ground situate in file
borough of Carlisle, containing sixty feet in
breadth, and 190 feet in depth, more or less,
adjoining lots of William Alexander on the
east, Nathan Woods oh the south, John Ag
ttfen! on. the West, and Lbuther street on the
horth, having thereon erected a two story
Stone House, a two Story Stone Back Build
ing, and a one and a half story Xog House.
Seized and taken in execution as the proper
ty Of Frdncii McManus,
Iso, a tl v :ict of‘ wno(llail(1, sit
uate,in North Middleton township, contain
ing forty acres, more or less, adjoining lands
of James Lamberton, Janies.Given* and the
Perry counfy line. Seized and taken in
execution as the property of John Common,
(Cooper;)
And to be sold by me,
.JOHN MYERS, Sheriff,
Sheriff’s Office, ) ,
Garlisle fl March,7'. 1839. 5 5t
; Mary Black, ■, Alias Subpoena- sui
By her brother and J Diyorce, in: the Court
next friend, Thos. f .of Common Pleas ol
Fraily, / Cumberland c 0,,. No,
vs. ' 113? ' jof. January Term,
John Black, /18S9;
Return having been made by "the Sheriff
in this case, that the defendant John Black
was not to be found in his bailiwick; now to
wit, 16th January, 1839, thtTsaid Court or
dered and decreed that publication should
be made by me requiring the said defendant
to be and appear in the Court aforesaid, at
Carlisle oft Monday the Bth day of April
next; to answer to the cbmplaint of the said
Mary Black, &C._ 1
- Whereupon 1 do hereby give , notice and
require the said John Black to be and appear
at Carlisle as aforesaid,- bn the day aforesaid,
to answer the cOmfdaiiit of the said Mary
Black, •
JOHN MYERS, Sheriff.
. Sheriff’s Office,-. > '
Carlisle, March 7, , St
ASSIGNEE, NOTICIJ.
rtTHEREAS. JiiC'.lj Slyder of the' borough
: ff <ll Mecbanicahurg, did in .January hist,
exeoute.th the. subscriber a deed of assignment
.tt all his,,effects, including bonks and.accounts
for the henefit'of hls creditors'. Notice ia.lVere
urdll'those indebted the said Jacol
slydef.'in aiiy manner; to call tjirthe sdbscfibei
and: make payment, and those hftviiig claims
sydl present them properly authenticated.-
»s.£Ay
■. . ttofcsdis •
To Bridge Buildefs.
JAMES WTIXrS; l r .
ROBT C. STERRETT. I
- JOHN OORNM AN, J 810neTa -
Attest —John Ikwin, Clerk. "
March 7, 1839.
Sheriff' l * Sales.
* .'.'sl.Jf.
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“ is« v uouND 'to swiiAn -tjr tHii woubs .op any' master.”- — Horace.
pa. ipiiu&sD&Y, APRit 4. isiio.
9fmccictin ©oTuntccr.
From the Keystone. ■
Jfttf. JParsonty Speech,
A fewdayS ago,"Ml'.' Penrosfcmade afu
rious personal attack on Mr. Par Sons of Ly
coming, accusing him, inn three days 1 speech,
of all manner 'of political Bins, and assailing
his grammar, rhetoric, and mental qualifica
tion's, without stint or measure. Mr. ParSbns
yesterday replied to his long tirade of ma
levolent abuse, in a speech of about two hobrs
in length, for which Scorching sarcasm, bold
manly eloquence, and strong,' pointed, un
shrinking detail of facts, has seldom been
equalled,and neversurpassed, in the Senate
of Pennsylvania. The chamber of the Senate
was crowded to overflowing with ladies find
gentleman,, all of whom listened, with the
deepest attention, to this masterly display.
During its delivery, the "honorable Speak
er” sat with sorrow, shame, and mortifica
tion, legibly depicted on his uneasy features.
The play of his nervous excitement, was vi
sible to the most casual observer, and would
have called forth the sympathy of ifll, had
not Ids own unprovoked attack justified the
annihilating rebuke administered to him. .
After Mr.~ Parsons hadconcludcd Kjrre
marks, Mr. Penrose arose with tremulous a
gitation, and uttered the words “lowbldck
guard,” to which Mr. Parsons replied, that
he had said nothing but what he honestly
to be true, .and that in answering
the assaults made upon' himself, if he had
employed severe terms, he had only “an
swered a fnql according to his folly.” The
laugh was all at the expense of Mr. Speaker
Penrose, and thus ended the'“set too.”
We venture to predict, it is the last time
Mr. Parsons will be assailed from the same
quarter. Even the ‘-'fiiddle blood,” of which
Mr. Penrose .boasted so loudly, that flows
through his veins,, will hardly prompt him'
to repeat the onset. He will be far older
than he is, ere he forgets these lines of Pope,
the melody of which is yet sounding in his
ears: - . . '
• II tliy ancient, but ignoble blood,
H s crept thro’ .scniinrlrtls ever since the fined,
Whai can ennoble knaves, (.v sots, or c« wards,
Alas! not all the blood of all the Howards.**
The above has reference to Mr. Parson’s
second speech. The following is from his
first, and is in reply to an attack on him in
consequence of a resolution (with which it
is prelaced) adopfed at a meeting of"Miv
Parson’s constituents in December last: _ v ~
“Jieaolved, That in 1835-6 we viewed
Charl.es B. Penrose, the Speaker.of the Sen
ate a traitor to the Democratic party, and
we now vieW him an arch traitor to the laws
of his country, who, coward-like left his of
ficial station, when pursued only by his own
conscience.”
Mr. Chairman: If this resolution reflects
upon the character of the honorable Speak
er; a gentleman for whom personally 1 en
tertain the highest respect from the short
acquaintance I have had with him, I deeply
tegret it; arid T shall endeavor to review
«ith alfthe mildness which the circumstan
ces of the case will admit) the political con
duct of that gentleman. -It is not from any
personal disrespect or unkind feelings that I
proceed to this review and examination; on
the contrary, it would give me great pain to
wound, in (he slightest degree the feelings
of the Speaker. But, as lam called upon
to sustain the resolution 1 had the’ honor of
subiriittjng before a meeting of my constitu
ents, I will in the presence of the honorable
speaker and the senate, in candor and fair-'
ness explain ,n|y- reasons for proposing this
resolution.. With regard to ,tlie first part.of
this resolution, I think* if my recollection
serves me, in the year,lB32 or 33,. the hon
orable speaker took a seat on this floor as a
senator- _ I saw sir* the news paper accounts
Of his being a candidate.fof election, that he
was the Jackson candidate and a staunch de
mocrat. After he arrived here I'heard of
is. advocating republican principled upon
his floor in an able and eloquent manner.
1 also saw published in the newspapers of
his place a.speech said to have’been deliv
ered on this floor fay that gentleman, with
regard to the United States ,Bahk, which a
greed perfectly with my sentiments, and I
was proud to think that we had such a cham
pion on this ,floor. It will be recollected
that, on the 4th of July, 1832, President
Jackson vetoed the United States Bank bill,
and at. the succeeding Presidential election
he' placed his election on that ground, add
on that ground .was he sustained. .After
wards there were, .resolutions introduced
here, relative to that institution, and it was
upon, those resolutions that the speech which'
f have referred to was delivered. That
speech sustained the “second father of his
country”: in the patriotic course he then
took, and the arguments and doctrihesofthe
learned' senator, on that occasion accorded,
with my. sentiments and “fell like music on
my ears;” , I was proud that'we had in, the
sengte of Pennsylvania* a man So.distin-.
gujshed and talented. I was opposed to the
I'echarterof that ihstitution.because I thought
it corrupt & dangerous. The learned speak
er agreed with me, and took ground against
it* and ably,did'he sustain the position he
assumed. -Let me v say to the honorable
speaker.''that at that tinie.,throughout-the
commonwealth he. was the pride of the par
ty, and they looked to h'un as the, able de
fender of their rights... .Unfortunately how
ever, in a short time a new era arrived in
Pennsylvania, poetics,. and by a division : in"
the democratic party, aminorityofthe peo-'
pie plated in the\eje'tfutjvfe chair, a man as
') ..
w
I said Before utterly unfitted^Tor the jhigh
station qT Governor. The same fortuitous
circumstances placed in the other branch of!
the legislature a majority of members oppo
sed toi the will arid wishes of the people of)
Pennsylvania? In the senate the democra
tic party had the majority and when that bill
was framed and with its glittering front held ‘
out its golden bait to deceivc and allure the
unwary,' I say when, that bill was presented
to the lower, house w’Hich was then ruled by
the "great unchanged,** (who is however
how chained by the expressed will of the
people* and it is,to be hoped that he wifi re-1
main “chained (or a. thousand years,”) and
passed that body, the people looked for a
redeeming, character in the senate, they
looked to the democratic senate expecting
to'See it’rallylng around the laws and the
constitution, and protecting the rights of the
democratic party. The tAert democratic se
nator from Cumberland was looked to as the
champion of the people’s rights.on thafoc
caslon, and it was expected that he would be i
fo'und in the front rank, Opposing the re- (
charter o.Lthat. institution by the legislature
of Pennsylvania, which he had branded by
more opprobrious names in' the speech to
which I nave referred, and in language more,
harsh even than that introduced into-the re
solutions which the senator from- the "city
looks upon with horror. Instead however
of hearing the. senator’s voice,raised against
the United States Bank, we found when it
came to the vote that he was forsanctioning
the recharter of that institution which lie
had before denounced as being corrupt and
dangerous.. He was then pronounced a trait
or to his party, end it was considered by
evory democrat In the commonwealth that
he had departed front the principles avowed
in the speech to which I have referred, and
it was in reference to his'course at that time
I penrfed the first branch of the resolution
which has been read. With regard to the
second branch of the resolution—-namely-—'
the conduct of the speaker on the 4th of
December last. I will state to the honora
ble speaker the grounds on, which we cen
sured,.:his_conduct at-the,-meeting- referred
to. We.censured him because when all the
returns "from . the Secretaries office -Were’
'called fur by senators, he did not entertain
the motion; and we censured his whole
course with regard to the attempted organi
zation of the legislature. lat that timehad
evidence before me which I had a right to
believe, which induced me to use strong ex
presauma on that occasion., it .was current-,
ly-rtponeu that there-was a combinationhe
| tween the speaker of. the senate and, Thad
tleuß,Stevena who (in a disorganizing man
ner) moved the organization Of the Cunning
ham house, to form a legislature not in ac,-"
cordance with the will of a majority of the
people, but in a manner unknown to the
constitution and laws, of men who had been
defeated at the polls, and who were not en
titled to scats, and to exclude (hose Who had
been legally and properly elected. In oth
er words it was proposed to admit on this
floor Messrs? Wagner and Hanna, and to
exclude Messrs. Brown & Stevenson-, when
it was known that the latter gentleman had
received a fair majority at the polls It
was further stated, although I hope it may
turn out, to be untrue, that ftn arrangement
was made, by which, when these two bodies
were organized in this way. by using a tech
nicality of law-which the dimocracy/newer
could- understand, and . whichthe people
Would eper repudiate, to exclude the votes
of certain counties which had given large
inajoritjhs, for. David R. Porter, and in this
way Joseph Ritner was to .he continued in.
office. [Mr. Penrose-explained.]
"The allegation-in the latter part of the
resolution is not that the speaker is a cow
ard, oh'the contrary he may be a very cour
ageous and honorable man. ./But,the speak
er must know when he retreated from the
chair, and escaped through the window there
was a cause for it, and 1 think I can show
to the senate the cause. He saw the people
assembled here—he.aaw a bold expression
of public-sentiment with regard, to his course,
of conduct, and the course of those who act
ed with him, and no man can withstand, po
pular indignation. When the . eye of the
people .flashed upon him; and when the
frowns of an injured and insulted commu
nity met him on every-hahd.: is ittobe won
dered at that he desired to retreat. Nay, I,
think it was right that the speaker .should
retreat under such circumstances., . “ftis-
cretion was surely the better part.of valor*”
jfaoiit Orleans Cemetery.
This cemetery is . quite out of the city;
there.being no dwelling Ohehclosurcoflany,
kind beyond it.. Oh approaching it, the front
on the street presents' an appearance of a
lofty brick wall of-very great length,-with i
spacious gateway in .the centre.,:: This gate
way is about ten feet deep; .and one passing
•through it; would immagine the Wall of the
salne solid thickness. - This however is only
apparent. The wall which surrounds, pr is
to surround the four sides of the,burial,
ground,-.(for, it’ is yet incomplete,)7ls about'
twelve feet in.height,. and ton inthicfcnessi
The, external appearance : oh ; the;.street ife
similar, to .that of any. other high wall, while
to ,a: beholder .within, the cemetery exhibits
three stories of oven-lifee tombs; constructed
in the;wall, ,nnd extending on.every side of
the grave-yard. Each of the tombs is de
signed to ndmit only a single coffin, which
is enclosed in the yaultwith masonry, and
designated by, a small, marble Blab fastcncd
in -the face of the walk at the head bf thfc
coffin, stating.the-pame, age.ahd sex of thfe
de’cfcaie'd; "By casual estimates I judged
therb were about ;cighteeh hundred aptter
i tures in this Vast pileof tombs. - Thisnieth
-7 od, resorted to here from necessity dh ac
count of the nature of the soil,- might serve
as a huit to city land-economists.
- I entered the gateway, I was struck
with Surpnse and admiration.. Thoughdes
titute of trees, the cemetery is certainly
more deserving, from its peculiarly novel
and mique appearance, of the-mttention. of
strangei'S, tnafi' (with the exception of that
at Mount Aubern) any. other in the United
States. From the entrance to the opposite
the-centre of the grave-yard, a
broad avenue, or street-extends nearly an
eighth of a mile in length; arid on the other
side of this are innumerable isolated tombs
of all sizes, shapes and descriptions abpve
the ground. The idea of Lilliputian city
was at first suggested to - my mind on look
ing down this extensive avenue. The tombs
iu their various and fantastic style of archi
tecture—if I may apply the .term to these
tiny edifices— with to w
ers,- Moorish dwellings, - ' Chapels, palaces,
mosyi/M—substituting (he cross for the cres
cent—and structurcs-of almost every kind.
The idea was ludicrous enough; but as I
passed 'down the avenue, ’I could not but
indulge the fancy that I was striding down
the Broadway of the capital'of the Lillipu
tians. -.1 irientidh this, not irreverently, but
to give you the best idea I can of the ccthe
try, from my own impressions. Many of
the tombs, . Were constructed like, and sev
eral were, indeed, miniature Grecian tem
ples; while others resembled Ffahch or
Spanish edifices, l : ke ' those..found in "old
Castile.” Many of therii, otherwise plain,
were surmounted by a tower supporting a
cross. All were perfectlywhite, arranged
with the most perfect regularity, and distant
a little more than a foot from eacli other.—
At the distance of every ten rods, the main
avenue was divided by others of less width,
crosslngnf at right angles, down which tombs
were ranged in the same novel and regular
manner. The whole ce’metcrywasin squares
formed by these harrow streets intersecting
the principal avenue. -It was -inrealitytlie
City of the Dead. Bn tit was a,city compo
sed of miniature palaces,-and still more di
minutive villas.
-The procession, after passing two thirds
of the way up the spacious walk turned,
down one of the riarrow alleys; were a new
tomb built On the line with the others, gaped
wide to receive its destined'inmate. The
procession stoned. The coffin was let down
irom the’ sbouTOei‘3Tonhc bearers ‘aiul rolleU
oh wpoden ,cylinders, info the tomb. -The
mourners silently gathered. around; every
head was bared; and-amid the,deep silence
that succeeded, .the calm clear, melancholy
voice of fhe priest suddenly swelled on the
silent evening air, in the plaintive chant of
the last service of the deadly Requiescat in
pace! was slowly chanted by the priest—re
.pe.itcd in subdued voice by the mourners,
and echoing among the tombs, died away in
the remotest recess of the.cemetery;
From the Richmond Compileri
TUo Black Heath Coal Xtftine.
The Black Heath Mine, worked by the
“BlacK.Heatl) 'Goal Company,” is one of
the richest and most extensive-iff this coun
try.; It is ; 12 miles from Richmond in near
ly a.western direction,, and is situated in the
midst-of bituminous,coal fields of unknown
extent. The shaft from which the explosion
of Monday took place, has-not been long,
sunk, and we believe is the deepest Id the
Union—being more than TOO feet.lo its bot
tom. , Upwards of 10,000,000 bushels, of
coal had been .explored In- the.pit reached by
it; and'none conjecture how much more a
further.exploration Would discover. ; .
The Steam. Engines and apparatus, for
hoisting coal from this shaft were excellent;,
and the system and.facility, with Which, the
hoisting . process, was conducted, produced
an average ofabout 2,500. bushels' of Coal
per day. ' " ' —'- - ...
. The explosion was one of a most violent
nature. ■ How it happened there is.no tell
ing. But that it occurred from neglect, oh l
disregard of positive orders.and regulations!
of the pit, .is beyond all doubt;-. The drifts
and ,"oir coa»/s,”: (passages for the air from
chamber. to chamber)-were so arrangcd-aa to
keep up constant; ventilation. It is, the gen
eral opinion that one of the doors of the air
coasts .must have been .closed,:and that thus
.tlie “inflammable gas ,? acciimulated on Sun l
day to, such an extent as toprodufce the.ex,--|
plosion soon after the laborers entered . the
Pit,: on Monday, morning. Sir Humphrey
Davy’s safety, lamp was; regularly-usedrin
the:Mine,;and Up"donbt.is entertained; but!
that; it was.-Used:,bn Monday morning; i.lit j
Was commonly carried forward paYlist Jthi '
presence of-tlie-gas. •It, may;ha.ve-beemt)ujt|
:of order!df a slight-rent should;have been id
its.wire gaUze,Coyenngit-iwould readily.ig-1
[ nite. the gas; . Other lamps were used; and j
ode of these- may. have been. taken, into a
chamber or drift; where.tHe s'afety laifap hadi
.not been presented.- -Either of l these causes
would; have involved carelessness; ■ r lm>
dehsityafid inflafainabilityofthegasmight j
haVC oaused the wire -to' have beqome oxiua'-
ted, ? and fall; to pieces; but thUt could holt I
have occurred until after indication by. flami:
insidothe gauze, of a danger,- in; theYace ol■
which It would have been' madneBs in the la ! -
b'orers torerriain; Whatever may haye beed
the immediate cause; the arrangements and
rules of thfe pit. drawn-; from the lights of
science: and experience in , mining,- •wbri
Suchias.fbhaveensuredsafcty.if, proper]’
.attended;-JEo; rsut .-w<n|d 'it not .be weli; i!
Srdcr'to diminish the chance's' of darrgtr frp
[AT T. : \VO DOLLARS PEU AMUM.
SBW SEHIBS— VOX,. 3, HO. 42
I eveh carelessness itself, to use Uavy’aJarop
exclusively^ in all pits wherethcrenas bqen
any exhibition of carburettcd hydrogen or
“inflammable gasf”, .
_ One of the superintendents of. tho. opera
tionain thepit.wh'o was below when lire
explosion took .place, was nmSn of great
skill in hia profession! having been many
years engaged in it in some of the most fa
mous of. the English Mines. He r WaB a
Scotchman', homed John Rynard.- Itishnrd
to account for: hour he should hate permit
ted the cause of the occurrence; but evert in
the midst of an effort to correct the omission
or neglect of Saturday night; thecsplosiun
may have taken place. . , .
Mr. John Hahcock, a native of ' Qhestcr
fleld; of respectable family, was the oilier
unfortunate.superintendent. '
. fhe laborers were alt colored men. The
superintendents ajbovc the shaft say Ihat a
bout forty were below. They cannot speak ■
with certainty; ‘ Many hadgoueto see tlieir
wives to distant plaiuations;;anil;it was not
known how many had returned,. Those who
had not, do not yet appear from terror at
the rujws of the explosion; hat forty is the,
maximum. ■ ’
_ The explosion Was so powerful as to blow
pieces of timber out of the shaft t_n a distance,
of a hundred yards from it.. Three men
were blown up in it in a coal hamper, .to a
height of some thirty or forty feet 'above its
top: two of them fell oat of the .hamper jh
different directions, and were immediately
killed—the third remained in if, and frill
with it, escaping moat, miracubusly with his
life, having both legs broken; Hef is- now
doing very well. Much- loose coal. was.
blown from the drifts to the bottom of the
shaft, and four of the bodies as .we have al
ready stated, were . taken from bcndkth' a
large bulk.there, in a mutilated state., Four
were taken, out shortly after the,explosion
bn Monday—one of whom died. The oth
ers are in a fair way to recover. " "
Every exertion has bedn made which could
be made consistently,with safety, to rescue
the unfortunate beings. It-appeared upon
going down*the shafts, thatbnuch carbonic
acid gas (the product, of cothburition) was
present. This is called at the mines'“blark
damp,” and though not inflammable, is de
structive to human life. This then bad first
to be dispersed. The. partitions too, in the
shaft, necessary for the-ingress and egress
of air - ,in the pit, were much torn to piec.es
by the explosion, arid had to be repaired as
the shaft was descended, or death would
have resulted to those who went down;
These explosions were formerly very com
mon in the. north of Onc occtl rrcil
at the Felling colliery in. Northumberland,
England, on the.3sth,May, 1815, in 92 lives
were lost, This is the greatest destruction
ever known from the same cause. In Jgls,
an explosion occurred in a mine at Durham,
in which 57 persons were destroyed,’and in
another 22 were killed in the same manner.
The discoveries of Sir.Huinphrey Davy and.
other contributors to science and .-benefac
tors of mankind have since rendered ihe a
yoidance of the destructive explosions cer
tain; - . ..
11l our mines, no explosion of atrv extent
lias ever occurred, from the ignittfln of in
flammable gas. Such arena's, certainly to bo
guarded against as the bursting of. steam
boilers., The safeguards in each ard assim
ple' as effective. ,
Prbrii the Baltimore Suit: ', - ,
ijhOm. ike Alaine seatofji'ur. —The latest
accountsyv-e have from Maine are tip - to (he
■■ 14th ihsf‘. Th,e BangorWhigi in-a,postscript
of that date,- announces thd ari’ival of an ex
press fromHoiilton; bearinga letter froth the
■Governor of Jvtny Brunswick to Gon. Scott,
who vyas .at , Augusta.. A letter .from . the
commgnderpf thc li'Jaine'tro'ffps has been re
ceived at Houltoh,.the head quarters,,stating
that an attack from the'British Was appre
hended; inconsequence of Which; the remain
der of the. forte' under.GehrHodgdon was
ordered to proceed to camp, apd took the line
of marcli on Wednesday morningj,
...JHalifaxp.apers, to the 11th jpst. appearJo
fliihk the danger,of ah, conflict
'with .‘Ortas Is past. but'thatthe delay willbe
short: InjKe mead titne.Jhey bluster didst
terrifically as to what Great Britain,' iiuthe
event of .war, could;’. should'and’vyoulddO!
- The, Halifax, Recorder, in a long -article
pbiising; this'eouptry.. th? iPrcsitJent.of.the
JJ. Sfates;-the,. Gutvof jMaipe.-.&c.. says,if
England and,America, liayc.anothci hy’ar'it
:ViU‘ hbt.be’ foiight ip, the' Wpods’of America,
but on the ocean. ~The Recorder cbVeludes
thds:: !V.- i >' •- ,i d ig-./x-n f-si;'.?
?v “.We; Will, pieet tlicni op ouriEnipice—dbp
sea.--We willcominpnd the pi tppboy-slialfld,
i thej.cllsregp i rU.th,e summons., .wg-wip punish'
tljem lor their.temerity;.'WeTtayp ko,dpsirc
to behold the 'AthOniari ; acted m
America—but'such we arts tearful -wilt Be
the 'case;' dtwdnld dti nssirtUCh'piim
;tp See such cities as Now York; l).-ijtiihore,
Boston, -,Philadelphia, ,&ci' raised-to . the
ground; we say „it tvmild gjye.usi, paini—yet
deeply as ive should regret such .anjoecuj - -
rcncCjWcivouldraiherJhatfeiifimesgreat'er
calamities should.falTuppn that devoted land,
than; that ■ oUrriaUonat’fchkraeter ; ahdliigh
rcplitatidif,should bo tarhisfiedby thekhavery
andliaGkslitiingof'h.natioii, 1 which,iirofcsaes
for, ii s die;greates t respect antics teem .1 ’., ~
* Whatb"long tail, pur cat liasgpt|,!L' -
’ : made
itvj’mad ljou|e's, 'die'sti'ea"of
is very 'seldom'to’ bo fotihtl:
Bedlam is inhabited btify by gods.-lvifigs*
p'deta, and philosophers'.'
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