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Order of Ledurea. •
Lecture 2nd, Tuesday February uOiri nett,"
the'Rev. Arthur Wainwright."
Lecture 3d. Tuesday Conway 26. "Aim and
Icepe of Modena Gsetegy," by Samael Lanier, Esq.
Leanne ittb, Tuesday March 12. uAtitens and
its Mythology,' by James S. Wallace.
Lecture sth Tuesday March 26. "Phrenology,"
Ili" Dad. lames S. Carpenter.
Lecture 6th. Tuesday, April 9. History of Eng
iland,7 by Edward Owen. Parry, Esq.
As the room of the Institute will hold a larger
inumber than was at first anticipated, the Board of
Directors have derided to issue a limited number of
additional tickets, which may be obtained by apply-,
ling to Janus S. Wallace, Se,cfretary.
The Lyeeum.—Our readers will bear in mind
*at Dr. Wain Wright will deliver his Lecture on
i.clislorie," next Tuesday Evening, in the room of
{the Pottsville Institute. •
rty , We return our sincere thanks to the kind
friend who has sent us din the names of elbven new
inibscribers at Minersvillia! Such endeavors are to us
!renewed incentives to exertiott, and we should feel
igratzful, if others can "go and de likewise
Give Credit.—We are not aware that Mir bump
a self-esteem is more full than ordinari, but we
'have some little pnde in our Journal, arid cannot
lee our responsibilities torn from us, withdin an at
tempt to do ourselves justice.. In the ease cif a week
ty paper, loaned in .he country, and where patron-
Inge must be looked for away from home--: . .-to seize
lon.ocir articles, bad as they are, without credit, is as
lidat burglary" as Dogberry himself could make out
lP case. We lately perpetrated an Impromptu on
Bully's picture of Victoria and so vile was i 4, that ire
ippended our own particular name to it, iii order to
hift the odium from any one else, and f earful that
the fame of some modern Martial might salter by the
En_ppbeitioa of its paternity. The article7as copied
the N. Y. Star, without credit, without name or
"ttiont endorsing the paper, and the consequence
AI, the Saturday Courier and Ledger. both , copy and
credit it to the Star. We speak of this as - ,an argu
ment to produce care, not by way of Anding fault,
or we are well convinced our old acquaintance, Ma
or Noah would do - anything to advance ouriinterests.
Another case is this: our article on the.Ccial Trade
id( the U. S. is copied by the Pennsylvahia Tele
graph, and credited to the Baltimore Amarican, by
which we presume, it was copied without - the usual
forms of newspaper credit. We hope to see 'these
things refoi - ated, and -speedily.
Roiling MilL—By reference to our advertising
polumns, it will be seen that Messrs. Bartolette & Co.
have their Franklin Rolling Mill in operation, on
the little Schuylkill Rail Road, near McKeansburg.
The advantages of an establishment of this kind in
our county, are self-evident, and we feel eiiw. , ry confi
dence in recommending this establishmentAo the at
tention of all who may have occasion for Rail Road
Don, or other articles of their manufacture.:
Report of the Board of Trade.—We !lave curtail
ed the usual variety on our outside form 'to day, to
make room for the Annual Report of the l Board of
Trade to the Schuylkill Coal Mining Association.
It will be found a most interesting document,
and should be: read with attention I y;all those
interested in our region. We are gratified to observe
that attention has been called to the neeepaty of
forming some preventive to an overstock if
Coal.
The experience of the winter of 183748 shows
Most conclusively the necessity of some Such step.
sit that time a large surplusage, probahl 200,000
tons, was on hand, at the opening of lmit years's
vigation. This at a very IoW estimate {vas worth
$5 per ton at the ffifferent depots—at winch rate a
=Mien of dollars was rendered unproduttive 'for a
long season: Another thing would in4rease this
is the deterioration of Coal in quentityz on
200,000 tons a loss of at least 10 per cent would be
experienced, making a. deficit in actuat value of
$lOO.OOO, This must be either a total inia to the
bolder, or if he has capital sufficient to retain it, un
til an increased price, it must then fall on'the consu
mer. Either of these results is equally +nous in a
business, which under every advantage can produce
but a small profit, and we can not be too ispeedy, or
cautious in applying the proper remedies 'lto pre ent
their recurrence.
LOSS ON COAL AND TBE RENIEDIES.
We noticed in a cursory manner in tin last, an
'article from a correspondent of the 11. S. oa.r,•tes, on
the lubjeet of the loss of Coal, experien4d by the
shippers between Pottsville mad Pbili4elphia, on
the line of canal. It is only within a few; years that
this loss has amounted to any thing sericnis ; fur the
former plan of deducting 5 per cent all arciund, caus
ed an averagetors of actual wasteage, amounting to
barely 3or 3 per cent. This was ksowMand cafru
lated on, and the mining interest was satisfied ;c4
the arrangement. But the Philadelphia dealers, ta
king advantage of a dull season, induced the Navi:
gation Company, despite of our remonstrances, to
'change the per centum deduction from 5 to 8. think
ing to obtain from the colliers and boatmeti, the same
rates. They hoiwever, -justly indignant !Lt surh at
tempts at coertion, would not submit to its and there
fore refused to take any thing off. This attempt•was
impolitic on both sides, but especially on the part of
the Navigation CoMpany. as it would must ndoubted
ly have been their true policy to consult i tfte interests
of those• who produce their tonnage, and the ve
ry vitiality of their operations. i t.
This experiment then was unsnocestl—Nrver
cent off the toll.would not answer—the avigjßion
Company therefore agreed Wtake that pjr centage
off the Coal shipped, the dealers below 4rging the
Yams motives as before, and hoping to ibring the
other branches of the trade into the semi meastu es.
This was equally unsuccessful, no chin* being ef
fected. Since that time, many nevi lease 4 hovel - is:en
made ont, embracing extensive operation 4, in which
no - reservation is made in favor of the caper for the
old 5 per cent, and consequently a retu r n to that
system is impracticable, however dcsireafle it might
. .
We repeat that the old 5 per tent deduction . all
round, operated well; End was perfectly Atisfactory
to the colliers until the Navigation' Corripiny were
Gate& persuaded to disarrange this system,inot at our
Instance, but instigated by the dealers below, and
now it is for them, and them alone to fisrnish the
remedy
t Now we commence with a disclaimer as to the
*mot Wish to dictate to the Nivigatiou Company
.4—but as we beliete they have all the wait° dit right
and justice, we shall merely throw out gar suites.
Lions for their consideration. But this vt i e will say,
that what we ask, is required by the trade here, and
nnless it is conceded, or soon substitute bffered, the
&iniyikill White Ash Coal, business canriotcompete
. 11 . * that of other regions.
N tit . things are imperiously necessary' and until
b 6 4ecomplishment,qte are confident the business
=
must In the. filet place, a weigh leek
must be erectedlte weigh all the light both on emit
return uip., so in the second 'place, the rice of ton
should' be tedinsfid to seventy five cents. Itlit hardly
necessary to attempt to prove so self evident a fact,
as that these things would be equally advantageous
to the Company and the dealers.
If however, the Navigation CompanY'will exam
ine the bininesdof last year, they Will find theregiu
little, if any dirainution of the expend red mot Cod,
because, there tieing no coin non with any region,
the demand is iiteady.
_N es the whole Mange
which fell shortlast year, was of white ads Coal,
whithat present Mies of toll, and loss sustained, can
not succpmfullyicompete with the Lehigh
wana regions. •IWe are convinced that
would willingly pay a little more for • Schuylkill
white ash thani any other, u all experience has
shown it prefeMble to ,inhere, for 'the reason it is lean
hard, ignites more readily, burns more freely, and
possesses all other qualities necessary fob manufac
turing purposes]
There is another point of view in which the Nav
igation Company will find it their interest tb reduce
the toll, and bring our entire market in fair competi
tion with its rivals The public mind is now agita
ting the comparative economy of a rail road and ca
nal for the transportation of coal, and all estimates
at the present rate of canal toll, embracing loss, cost
of landing, and transportation to the Delawide, are
in laver of rail roads. This fact being known in
eoneeiftion with the progress of a continuous rail
road from Pottsville to Philadelphia, may deter per
sons from building boats to accommodate our increas
ed trade.
These facts make it evident that the - interest of
the Navigation Company, and the Collier are iden
tified, and whatever benefits the latter, must eventu
ally be the true policy of the former. Let them then,
erect without delay, a lock to weigh our light boats,
and reduce their toll to 75 cents, and we are confi
dent, better dividends will be made than at present
rates—a better business a ill he effected for all con
cerned, and the Coal trade may avoid those fluctua
tions which 'prevent at present ; the embarkation of
capital to its prosecution.
One more reference to the correspondent of the U.
S. Gazette, and we will conclude. The existing
capital employed in the Schuylkill Collieries is near
ly equal to our necessities, when the trade keeps a
steady pace, and the purchasers meet their engage
ments, although p mtr-h greater. quantity might be
usefully employed. The principal want of capital
exists among the dealers in Philadelphia, and the
deficiency of their investments cramps the business
of the Colliers here. An overstock of 40 or 50,000
tons of Coal on their wharves on the Schuylkill, at
the close of navigation, cannot be held by them with
out drawing on the resources of our region, and the
capital of the Colliers being locked up in their ship
ments, it becomes a matter of necessity with them
to have their working capital crippled. This pre
vents their carrying on the Winter operations, for
very few, if any, have as yet made sufficient by sum
mer sales,to keep their mines at'work duringthe win
ter. The supply. is thus diminished for an ensuing
season, and fluctuations in price, so fatal to thAvel
fare of any business, and so sincerely deprecated by
the mining interest.. must inevitably be the result.
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tug, Ob. 9.
If then a - suffici-mt amount of capital be employed
at the lower end of the canal to meet engagements
punctually, without the contingency of awaiting a
sale, the effect will soon be visible in a healthy and
steady market,-capitalists will no longer stand aloof
front our region, and the whole system will be har
monious, and conduce to a fair living profit. But till
the& suggestiobs are matured—until the Navigation
Company, the dealer below, and the collier here,
can identify their interests; and until we are placed
on an equality with all rivals, the Coal business
must be dangerous and unprofitable, subjected to
vexatious contingencies, and hampered with diffi
culties.
We in conclusion mate, that these remarks are
dictated with a spirit of good feeling equal to their
candor, and while we again disclaim all wish to dic
tate, we shall be unceasing in our ezertions to pro
duce those circlets, which a long experience, and at
tentive observation have convinced us, are of vital
importance to the safety of our region, and the es
tablishment of'the Schuylkill Coal Trade on a basis
of permanent profit to those immediately concerned,
and the public at large.
P. 8. Since writing the above, we have received
a letter from an extensive coal dealer in Philadelphia
which states that at the close of the business of
1837, El. D. i lohnson & Co., after weighing and
selling every thing received that year, were deficient
between 18 mid 1900 tons in an amount of 23,000,
which would have been worth, and c at them be
tween 8 and . $lO,OOO, consequently about $l7OO
WWI paid fr r tell on coat never realized. Our infor
mant likewise' states that the Delaware Coal CO. in
making up their business for the last three years,
out of an amount of 230,000 tons shipped from the
mines, have esperienced a loss over 12000 tons, be.
sides an allowance of $30,000 made nn coal shipped
from the boats at boat weight; equal in a -- to nearly
$lOO,OOO.
"Ck loss this season cannot yet be ascertained, as
some coal is stall unsaid, but the general opinion is,
it will be ever] greater, than in previous years.
• A Proposition. —What say the coal dealers in
Pharifiphiaqto a Convention to be held here about
the first of Mach? Would riot some such plan tend
to benefit our mutual interests, and give rise to a
harmony of action which would invigorate our busi
ness ?
PostponemOnt.—We are requested to state that
the sale of store - goods at Port Clinton, on behalf of
the estate of' i Samuel Depui, deceased, is postponed
from the llth to 18th met—See the advertisement. ,
Picks, Shovels, 4T.- e need a factory for these
articles in nur•.vicinrty. Any enterprising mechanic
would f%pd it highly advantageous to devote his . ez_
elusive attention to them.
Hors is this —M r. Bell, of Chester, refused the.so
pointment of /anal comittossMner, on account of his
legal evocations, and ettensrve practice. Why id
he stick to he Senile for three dollar& a day HI
he stirs turned out, then?
Canal Commissioner.— Bell of Chester' having re.
fused the proffered appointment, Walian3 F. Pack.
er has been designated in his place.
Pot calling; Kettle black !—The Keystone quotes
an article hom our Jou/Cal as a sample of "Whig
Decency." We have looked ovs the files of the
Keystone for 'aeveral week, back, to find a sentence
on which we. might retaliate. We however' con.
fess ourselves! beaten; we can find no decenryo in its
columns. •
CIT We hate to acknowledge our indebtedness to
a lady unknopn for a splendid parr of horpa and a
first rite tail, with all the necessary appurtenances,
to "play the d i evilr.at the Far.cy Ball. They were
received too ling Weever, to have the "coat of red,
and the breeches of blue" made lb correspond, and
therefore they are laid up m lavender .fer another
occasion.. the mesa time, we should like to
knoir en whe'4 authority our fair friend , has siren a
Zama like appearance to her tail, to Make it look
like a "etripe'd pig," or whore does We find pfs
dent for tipping his Satanic Majesty's stores with
red t
MllBiit
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ALL.
• DANDY BM+.
Who will-aint..say that" we, at Fittowle, belong
ihni to &elan", who will dattlresnme to biz at
with wait elf intawledgio of as %he trelges,of genteel
sixietyrk , vwe have had a Fancy Ball, and siaeA a
Ball! long will our Antbracite-itagion resound* with
its glories, and oar coal drifts re-echo he praises !
Oa wings of atrium, and miamtied a 9 lightnings of
iocconotiana, waits isms opieedeliniagh alkthelhi
ted States, Hattudratelia, and the land of the Het-,
tentatseth will hair the cry l , and Ascalon never
pets of fame and fancy—and bear to the remotest :a
liens the glories of our Fancy ifidtt
Our Aligkirag. ft Mr 1 11 5Tri:11 041 1PiterUIFIAT
night, and desiring tato mount his a hazel nut car,
drawn by 'demi*" we " ware ism Whisted flu;
Mount Carbon Boum ! On waning the room, we
were agreeably surprised at the taste displayed by
the ladies—rainbows flitted before our eyes, and
Iris, gemmed in all her magnflociat attire, seemed to
reign queen of the revel& The Bavarian, with her
tasteful cap, and her appropriste cow--ther lass
of Scotia, with the dearly loved tartan, and the plum
ed bonnet—the Shepherdess, With hat and crook,
whose eyes, inspired by the magic of the scene, seem
ed to have usurped the lightning-darting qualities of
Olympic Jove—the female Brigand, with graceful
headrest, and colors leading us to exclaim,
a Hum fotthe white ,red, and blue !"
The Gypsey, lei her basket of churns, some of
whir& escaping, seemed to spread over her parson—
the peuant lass" and the stately dame— Fanchette
and Mari Stuart—Juliet and Belvidere—and doz
en' of unciiiiizened chant:Mae, whom we must class
under the general head of the fancy, added beauty,
animation, and joy to the scene!
-• Now take a peep at the lords of creation," *de
pered Ariel in our ear, almeatldith to quit our s gaze
on beauty's brow," to chronicle the male characters
of the evening; still the 4 , stern responsibility devolv
ing on our goose quill," caused us to assume a
Roman fortitude, and turning from the scene where
those were
...---•-••-••••• QUM CiPZUM locos,
Volat, et Oupido,",
with a u last lingering lea," such as Boabdil el Chi
co, cast on the plains of his native Granada, arid
heaving n sigh u el &time suspiro del Moro"—a last
sigh for more, we turned to view the male species of
the genus' homo.
u Look!" said Ariel there is the Knight of
Snowden, James Fitz James--the suit of Lincoln
green and golden horn, proclaim him Scotland's dia.
gained King—Ah Paul ! my old friend Paul Pry—
you never intrude—Ching-chang fe fe fum, the
Chinese Mandarin, from whom we receive our tea—
Ah—there is Rhoderick Dhu! be careful that he
encounter not • Fitz. James, or we shall have blood
•
spilt—no—they speak to each other.— Who is the
Tirtar in his turban, and flowing tremens! No one
knows but Ariel—'fis a complete disguise—the eye
of female love might find it out, none other, save by
the treacherous aid *of a well known plume ! Ah
linden Smith, is it you I—no, it is not, but the self
samiiimage, as he hires and walks, and personated by
the greatest odd fellow in our region! Here comes
a modern Centaur, with the head dress of a Turk--
(except when he exchanged it with one as lovely as
a Peri of Mahoinet's paradise)—the sash of a soldier,
and the pants of an American—'—he hems his way
through the crowd, and is a complete "cavalier des
dames." A sailor comes next, with his bride on
his anti— a well supported character, jovial, frank
and free! Take care of your pockets and your
throats--here comes Allessandro Massaroni, ribboned
and gartered like a barber's pole, and quite as tall:
Ali ha! Monsieur Bagatelle, comment eons porter.
roue when did you arrive from France!—we know
him well—he is about to publish his travels, and we
are certain keeps a Journal—Next comes a travelling
Yankee, well sustainedafter which Jim Crow, a
charaeter by the way, which should be like a beef
steak—rarely done, and never overdone. But how
fine we particularize more; how can Ariel, after a
night of revel, be expected to enumerate the crowd
of sailors and Irish gentlemen—lndians and beaux,
cobblers, tinkers, Polish officers, &c, &c. ace. ad
infinitum! In one fell swoop" they must all be
in eluded, and this sketch be concluded with a wish
that, we may all live to see again as smiling an as.
semblage of youth and beauty, cheerful age, and so•
bey gaiety:—Winter is our Bacchanithan. festival—
then we attend to pleasure; in summer our enjoy
ment lies in the attributes of the min'd. Ariel lids
' you, for the present, farewell l
State Legialature.—Since our hut, both branches
have been occupied in the discussion of a,npropriatien
and loan bilis. The State Debt has been increased
nearly two million,—all party feeling has been
brought to bear on reablic improvements, the state
interests are lost sight of, and nothing is to be seen,
but a scrambling for office. The Wolf and Malden
burg interests are both anxious to secure spoils for
their party, and Gov. Porter has already found that
his friends have not presented him with a coach of
roses.
Nothing of general interest has occurred in the Leg
islanire ; they are despatching business pretty rapid
ly, but have not yet fixed an a time for the election
of an U. S. Senator. The North, South, East and
West have each sent m their rival claims for candi
dates. and as one only can be elected, there will be
some little disappointment at the result.
Thi Freshet.—All the New England States de.
rived great injury from the recent storm. It lies
been unprecedented both ia its violence and its ex.
E=3
Trade of Pialatklphia.—By a table m the Com
mercial List, the following 'weasels arrived in the port
of Philadelphia.
Ships, 9
Barques, 25
Brigs, 204
Schooners, 1768
Sloops, 644
Barges, 150
Total 2790
Besides which there were from ports
within the precincts of the Delaware
River and Bay, 8070
'Dotal Coastwise arrivals, including
those on the Schuylkill 10,860
The arrivals on the Schuylkill during the same
term were.
Brie,
etehooners,
Sloop",
Total 1301
Add Teasels from pmta within the
predate of the Delaware River and Bay. 325
Making the whole number of arrivals 1629
'l 4 hirtyweren Foreign vessels discharged in the
Eichuylel during the year. ,
ai• On our first page will be found an interesting
article on the Catholic pqpulation of Europa and
America, to which we refer oar readers.
49 We have receivelifroat•Hop. 'E. B. Robley,
document, for the Geological Society sad the Potts- ,
nib Lyceum.
l'ireLare alumina indebted dam. bye I' Ong,
FAY 7.4%• for ifazioue Poognmnionsi
and &its Papas
Wei= Snintidiv, _Toon and more convinced that
the eleacef:edlirniiifiogyis not ideal worlds
Aid a@ ikractille, may be classified _andilitengedi
we can arrinign have 'too Massy irons is ithe fine
in the way of bislang. When a pagan wakes in
Rhe moming,helmnat-rub his hestie hand ages his
pair:nu:dam, manipulate his bumps, nistsee which
lands most prominent for the day. Wwill the
&ad beanie' a badness barometer, or tenina.more
demand word a pepragonseter, to decide what shall
be done far the best. Thus if we find Arnativenesa
dally dirtiliced betties monies,. this !ha Asap • try
plead our ammo with the fair-sex—if Caulinianns .
be prominent, hurry into the stock market, among
At inillii.andbnta-riT Pisarnetiveriesa be in the as
nindant, put on a straight jacket, and keep yourself
to yourself, or you may give the Coroner a job.—
Thus we see the great practical benefits of Phreno
logy ; that it is intemona with every day life is
evident from the following
Phrenological Developementa.
' Y. Amativeness.—A young gentleman, recently
sued for breach of marriage promise, plead in abate
ment, that his ix: was opposed to the. match. ..Par
entstutve flinty hearts."
2. Pitilarffogenstmeness.—There is a place in Lon
don' where infants are let out at six peace a day to
beggars. that they may impose upon those who have
this bump fully developed.
3. Adhesiveness.—Near Chester, during the re
cent freshet, several bogs were carried down stream,
and lodged in trees. This is raising the price %
pork
4, /n/labitiveness.—lt is supposed that 5000 - emi
grants have left Ireland for New South Wales during
the last year.
5. Concentretiveness.—These litres were written
by a maniac on the walls of his cell :
Could with ink the ocean fill,
And were the skies of parchment made—
Were every stalk. on earth a quill,
And every man a scribe by trade ;
To write the love of God above
Would drain the ocean dry ;
Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
Tho' stretched from sky to sky.
6. Combativeness.—The New Albany (Indiana)
Gazette says: ..We have received a letter under date
of the 16th inst., from a highly respectable member
of the Legislature, giving an account of a most dis
graceful riot in the IJouse."
7. Destructiventsa—An individual was mortally
wounded, in the vicinity of St. Charles, N. 0. by a
Spaniard, who fired a pistol, intending as he says, to
kill some one else.
8. A litnentireness.—lt is not generally knows
that oysters taken from the shell and broiled on a
gridiron, like steaks or any other meats, and then
served with such seasoning as the taste of the eater
may select, are first rate eatutg ! Try them fiend
Silver!
9. Acynsisitiveness.—A beggar died recently in
England, apparently in abject poverty, but several
thousand pounds were round sewed in different puts
of his garments. •
10 Secretiveness.—The Portland Advertiser of
January 25th says--... The secret Sessions of the le
gislature of Maine, it is rumored, were in relation to
trespasses on the disputed territory.
11. Cautiousness.—The Cranston Bank, in R.
Island, has been in operation over twenty years, and
its entire loss thus far has been but forty-eight dol
lars and thirty-eight cents.
12. Approbativeness.—The leader of the Orchestra
at the French opera in N. Orleans, has received a
wreath of diamonds worth near a thousand dollars:
13. &If Esteem.—Niles of the Senate., answering
an argument from Henry Clay.
14. Ftrmness.—At the funeral of a child, in the
country, the father, (an honest farmer) wbo had suf
fered this first bereavement, was overwhelmed with
grief. The'clergyman in attendance endeavored to
console him by a soothing address. The grieving
man listened awhile, when (the clergyman ceasing)
he blubbered out, I've killed 'chickens, and I've
killed calves, but I never had any thing to cut me
up like this!'
15. Conscientiousness.--Great fiends, it is said,
have been practised down east, by selling pigs of
the common breed, raised in Berkshire county, Mas
sachusetts, for those of the English Berkshire breed.
16. Hope.-=-A special election to fill a vacancy in
the Senate, was held week before last in. Randolph
county, Missouri, which resulted in the election a a
decided whig, by a majority of six votes. Two
years ago the loco foci) majority in this county was
204.
17. Merrocilousnea-Fanny Wright, Esquire, it
seems, hut ts rival in New York, in the person of a
Mrs. Row, who, having been divorced from her hus
band, is lecturing against Matrimony and in favor of
Locofocoism.
18. Veneration.—The Philadelphia Herald an 4
Sentinel, entertaining .the firm belief that the Sab
bath, as a day of rest, is essentially necessary to
man's worldly, if not eternal welfare, has detertnin
e(l to dispense, hereafter, with the services of those
in its employment on that day.
19. Benevolence.—John Greig, Esq. of Canandai
gua, New York, has presented the Society for the
relief of orphans and destitute children, which was
incorporated butt winter, by the title of the "Roches
ter Orphan Asylum," a lot containing about an acre
and a half, ntest eligibly situated for buildings for
the Lnstitution. ,
20. Censtructiveness.--A Bridge is to he erected
over the Mississippi at St. Louis, to cost '1,000,000
dollars, and to have thirty piers.
21. Ideality.—A Hoosier Lowy& thnsi closed his
,appeal in a certain case Gentlemen of the Jury-14
while Bonaparte are a marching his army :from Elba
to Paris, and from Paris to Elba, inundating the
whole country in blood; I stand here the bumble ad
vocate of this notorious hog thief. The goats may
soar to the summits of these mountain*, and. the
sheep may feed on the hills below, and ;the. cattle
may crop the grass of the meadows, lut my client
are no more guilty of stealing the hog thati.a toad
has got a tail r
+ , 22. Imitation.—A man pretending to be - a Metho
dist clergyman, has been taken up at Ponkeepsie for
cmmterfeiting.
23. Mirthfulness.—THE EXTRISI MAU. is called
at N. Orleans, the 'atmn-go-motive.'•
24. Intlividucility.—A biography of fttheapierre,
which appeared hi, an Irish paper, concludes in the
following ludicrous manner extraordinary
man left no children behind him, except his brother,
who was killed at the same time!"
25. Form.—Three girls named Vanre, liv i ng
near Albany, average 6 feet in length Where's the
Irish giant I he should be courting. •
28. Sire„—A woman named Marie prior recent
ly died in the Haute-Garonne, at the age of 158
years, retaining her mental faculties to the last, al
though her corpse weighed only 421 b, herGilike
ing gone, and her skin and muscles adhering t 6 her
bones like parchment.
27. Weighlo—WiecosttN Laiks,—Gov. Dodge
in his message, says upwards of ten Millions of
pounds of lead are sent East annually from the
mines of Wiseman.
118. Colas,—The Boston Sentineleqs, the Bow
tonisns were recently edited with the sight of two
fancier, both fashionably clad—one of :them was
white, ingenuity the danghtet of a.r*l*l Eat
ses. fuser, and the o th er ablaut mike of ithgen..
I --walking ennead atm through Mob;
Summer and Washington streets, towards the Kari
ba& Chapel. Mutt are we coming to 1
99‘ Grekr---Strifehas arisen between Governor
Lucas strill7lllut.laira Tenitorill Legislature, on a
question of power. The Governor innate that all
laws and teadations mud be approted by
fore they are of any force. The Legislative body
contest this position. Both parties spunk up—and
art .ptdilic busiams iv delayed in consequence.
30. Cakulation.—The following items figure in
the appropriation bill for 1839.
•
4' or ratennions and repairs of the Presi
dent's House and furniture, and keep
ing the grounds in order. $3,465
Salary of - principal gardeners , . 1,000
31. Locality.--A Committee from the Senate of
Texas; bee been appointed to locate a spot for the
seat of Government. •
32. Eventuality.--etephen Van Rensaelaer, the
Patroon, died at his residence in Albany, last week,
while seated at the dinner table.
33. Time.--Seven Express mailer arrived in New
Orleans in one day, due a week before.
34. Tune.—The London papers give long ac
counts of two bigbly•successful first appearances in
opera—at Paris, of Mademoiselle Pauline Garcia,
sister of Madame Malibran, and at Venice, of Miss
Adelaide Kemble, sister of Mrs. BUtler. •
Language.—uW hat is your business,. Mad
am I" .asked a counsel recently of a witness on .the
stand. keep a seminary for the destruction of
young ladies," was the answer.
36. Comparison.—Dean Jackson passing ope
Morning through Christ church quadrangle, met seine
undergraduates, who walked along without cappthg.
The dean called one of them, and asked, Do you ,
know who lam NO, sir. How long have yon
been in college! Eight days, sir. Oh, very well,'
said the dean, walking away, puppies don't open
their eyes till the ninth day.
37. Causality. -"What did Mr die of!"
. asked a simple neighbour.. "Of a complication of
disorders," replied his friend. "How do you des
cribe a complication, my good sir?" "He died," re
joined the other, "of two physicians, an apothecary,
and a surgeon."
E. B. Hubley,, Esq.—This gentleman has for
warded te_Gov. Poster his resignation ea Represen
tative in Congress, to take his place in the Board of
Canal Commissioners. -
Delaware.—Thia little state is in great trouble.=
The Senate and House cannot agree on the nomi
nation of Dr. Moull to the D. 8. Senate, and as a
deal of obstinacy is exhibited, it will probably pre
vent any election this session.
Troubles at Harrisburg.—The appointment of Mr.
Packer tie Canal Commissioner, it appears was rath
er a forced one. When bell, of Chester, -eceived
the nomination, the worthies who before the election,
had been promised a sop in the pan, made an awful
hubbub. To conciliate them, Bell was induced to
decline, and the Keystone man received the appoint
ment, to keep the party from growling. Mr. Pack
er is the person who, when making a speech previous
to the late election, asked indignantly "where are the
public moneys t" and was answered by a wag in
the crowd—.where 1 why a part of it is in your
new brick house, to be sure !"
Deletion Mid Hudson Canal.—By a. strip from the
New York Herald of Feb. 4th, we find that during• the
recent storm and freshet. the Delaware and Hudson Ca
n al Co. suffered seven* at Rondout, two steam and sev
eral freight boats, and at Eddysville, their drawbridges
& canal were totally destroyed. We also learn, byintel
ligence from Flonemiale,that the Delaware River present
ted a scene of the most awful desolation, every thinuield
ing to the force of the impetuous torrent-dams. bridges
mills were involved in the•generpl ruin .:This terrible
visitation is sometimes apprebanded in the spring, but
such a disastrous onslaught was never known to have
occurred in.& winter.
The Delaware Division of the Pennsylvania Canal, all
the way from Easton to Bristol:llas been seriously injur•
ed by the recent freshets, rendering it uncertain when
repairs can be made to meet the business of the Lehigh
Coal Triide7 -- Arkliston the abutment leading from the
dam to the canal was undermined and swept away,
leaving a 'breach of 100 feet, which cannot be repaired
until low water, as the river now rushes though in such
an impewous mantier,as to prevent all work on it.
A loco lie nailed!—The Keystone of last Saturday,
trumped ups charge with its usual mendacity, against
Mr. Penrose, illedgibg that he refused to recieve the
resigttation of Senator Irvin, or issue a writ for a new
election—Mr Penrose in open Senate, read and called
attention to the article. He said be did so, because he
was able to give it a positive denial in every particular.
As an officer ortbe Senate, and out of regard to his
own character, he felt called upon to place the stamp of
falsehood upon it. So fat from its being true, he had
fixed the election to supply the vacancy at the earliest
possible day.
It appear. there was some difficulty in ascertaining
whether the writ should lane to the old district by which
Mr.. Irvin wn elected, or the new one of 1836; the gun
ti*on whether the law creating the latter had gone into
effect, and therefore repealed that of the former, being
unsettled and difficult of solution ; this was, how er,
settlea in favor of the old district, when writs were
cordingly issued and despatched by special messenger.
Thus has this assertion, in common with all made by
the Keystone, been disproved, and yet this Journal dales
to prate of "decency!"
The County cfricers.—The Supreme Court has decided
favor of the appointment. .oracounqr officers made by
Gov. Porter, under the new Constitution. Walk out
Whig. and walk in Locos !—Nest fall, the people will
have their say on thus subject.
YOR TRIL MINEalr /OVUM L.
IMPORTANT DECISION
Enos Chichester
The Dareetcmt of the No. 59 March T. 1836
Poor &of the House of Appeal—
Employment of the •
County of Schuylkill.
This was an action instituted by Dr. Chichester a
gainst the Directors of the Poor and House of Ern-
ployment of Schuylkill county, to recover compen
sation for professional services rendered to two indi
viduals, who, within a short time afterwards became
a charge to the county.
The facts on which the the question of law involv
ed in the case, was founded, are so fully stated in
the charge of the Court, that any further statement
is deemed unnecessary.
B YL.THE, President.
This snit is brought to recover compensation for
medical attendance upon Joseph Lewis. It appears
that on the 30th May, 1835, Joseph Lewis, a miner,
employed in the mines in the neighborhood of Potts
ville, *as so much injured by the falling of a mass
of slate rock, that his hip was dislocated, his arm
broken and by these and other bruises he was redu
ced to a state of insensibility. Dr. Chichester, the
plaintiff, was called by some one not now known to
render,medical aid. He reduced his hip, set his arm
and gave him other aid and visited him on the 31st
May and Ist June 1835. OW2d June 1885, some
one obtained an order of maintainanee for Joseph
Lewis from two justices of the Peace. Henry Sta
ger, the Steward of the Directors, was applied to and
town the order: He rust in company with Jacob
fine to the office of DT. Halberstadt, the phyitician
:employed by the Directors of the Poor; to attend up
,on the Pow requiring medical aid in vicinity ,of
Pottsville. Dr.
'rstadt had that day left hat s '
about en days. Mr. Btaget,'
the birettas of the Peol b
en occeeion requirea one; the %
oy a physicist' to attend vie ,
the plaintiff, who met
to attend upon Lewis while
.n.
intending to be sham
who was authorised
employ a physician I,v
dire ed Kline to
Lewis. Kline milled
his dins:Sian •
he retuired his • • •
By the kits of •
the construction put •
if a person by reason
ly reghinis medical •
low the delay mass
the poor, a physician
entitled to compensa •
by the public for the
*eon remising •
bly tielatin'eto the poor end
therrq by the thpretne Coon,
eicknisa of accident, rad en ,
and the occasion will not at
to apply to the direetoo ka i
ho"riders assistance will la
• • on of the fibula provided
pportiof the poor, in case the
ce it; an object entitled to
the poor, and applies.
per officers designated by law
tatence tLe poor, Ah con.
mid under the Imes
Lion is made 'to the
to superintend the
venient time
If, therefore, you
der:, that Joseph Le
by which he was d" -
procure the necessary
cy was such as not t
to make application t
bylaw with the care
titled to be paid out o
tendance, until an ap
ould be satisfied by the evi,at the time Of the accident
ed, was destitute of means to
toedicaA aid, and the emerge>
admit, of the delay necessary
the proper officers enteustcd
the poor; the plaintiff is e ll .
the County funds for his at.
.lication could be made to the
;on given to the physicia:
I ttend in such cases.
observations to the' services
Joseph Lewis before he wo e
of Mr. Stager to attend spies
I •
proper officers, o r
. inf.
whole duty it was to
You will apply tb
rendered by plaintiff
employed by directio
Lewis.
You wM also appl
of Bates, for • attendin
also claimed.
Verdict for the Pl.
Edward . Owen P.
Plaintiff. •
these observations to the case
on whom compensation h
and C. Loeser, Eaqrai fm
,John Barman, Esq
I, or . Defendant
=MI=
70a Till
SNI
LL PDX.
Mr. 8AN113,11 :- it
y not be amiss at the pros.
is loathsome diseithe it still
ed in violence; td offer year
a of a Prophylactick charge.
some small degree to lessee
at.the mortality has not been
; but, it is equally true that
ily on the adiatioe. It be.
of those invested with the
, considerately, but cffeciive.
ut the mean, irf escape from
s and cruel. 'Like the Oh.
army,: it has created. little a.
edations hitherto have
,been
t any hour it may soddenly
• attitude, and be far less ie.
urs, the population of which'
in the extreme, it is a mat.
4thia pestilence should hod
dent victims. Where . the
, the principles are necessary
iety ie large, made up "freed
a, and tongues," as is ours,
ge that there shoats be sink.
and whilst this fact is not
pose of gleaning, matter for
:table us to discover the true
cot juncture, when t,
dominant, and- unsubd
readers a few rellectio.
ter, whrch may tend i
its predominance. T
great, is unquestionabl
the complaint is •stea
cornea the duty then
guareianship of beak
ly as may bs., to point
an enemy both eiTrPtio.
mishea
because
an 'invading
larm, because ita dep
few and trifling ; but
assume a more halal!.
noxious.- •
In a region such as
is dense and diversifier
ter of little Surprise th
easy accesa, and abu
mass is heterogeneous,
eiscordant: 'When so
all clime, and- kindre
it is by no means str
ingly diserepanrviews
adverted . to for. the pu
reproach, it will better
causal() which is attril
lence of the malady in
those whose profession
trinity of knowing, co
of the very large num .
resident in our immed
been vaccinated; much
pect the amount of 'rid
which exists
. towards t
glect bias general as it i
as it is unaccoontaSle,
We meet with individ
are unreasonable enoo
the ground of its Muttl
to adduce a plausible a
trona which are alike •
is another class of peo.
its benefits, because, se
want of Protecting P
and by fkr a larger
site extreme—who r •
description, are ever r
urged in favour of va
mense advantage's-Lit
thence they are quite
ment to the care -of .
telling a pustule from
the grand sources of err
I ascribe to their perni
all the suffering which
Let those, therefore,
megrims in regard to
rid or_them as speedil
rest assured that aril
testimony is to be re
united authority, will
claims of this noble s
not always give eompl
gion of small pox but
nearly, may be said, of
recurrence is not ver
take Jinto account the
cinations. the disparit'
table, the extensive preys.
question. Few discern except
I,avocatiensafford the oppor.
Id form • tolerable estimate
r of persona, old and young,
to vicinity, who have never
'less would moat persona atm.
ffbrente—nay repugnance-,
is salutary measure. The os.
lamentable, as reprehensible
ye upon a few suppoeition;
els every now and then, who
h to object to vaccination. oo
ty, although .they are unable
gument for entertaining !to
que and dangerous. There
e, who refuse their assent to
. they, we have observed its
• er ; and there yet another,
as, who go to the very oppo.
II
li .toe orthodox. This latter
.. .y to endorse all that can be
i-,:nauottextollieg its im
wonderful simplicity f and,
tiling to intrust its Manage..
! mos oftimee incapable-ef
iearbuncle., - . Hero; then, ire
.r,& I bastard nothing whew
Mtn...influence, four-fifthe of
is being endtirisd at this time.
Ibo have imbibed wrong i
n ns.
he , iers of vaccination, get
as pomaded; for they may
the great bulk of medical.
I ndiated and Aespised, their
1 eustais undiminished "the:
feguard. 'Ti, true, it may
I e immunity from the tante
then the same, or the same
.e latter disease emelt
r IM
infVequent; and whim we
d i number of spurious vac..
'must be still less. -
Now. if the above
that they are essential!'
ved when skepticiens
be devised which may
this desolating scour,
public meeting of citi
be a tree interchange
y masons which con
'on the mind, not the le,
the common dictates o
:temente are true, (and .1 leer
MO has not the time arri
!(.• ght to cease, and some phis.
id in arresting the course of
? Should we not have a
nit; in order that there may
1 thought 1 There are ma.
• or to force such i ronvicliori
st of which is Migrated
.by
humanity. MEDICUS.
Thi-following return sp.
execution which was lately
IR will be recollected, coin.
levy debt and costs on the
efendant, but for want of sof. 1.,
Ithe. body to the goal 'of the
of defendant' and found no 2. ,
'ing sufficient slietrese in the
t he body to jail. So ILII/Wfll
Constables Return.
pears on the back of a
issued; the execution
mends
,the constable t.
goods and chattels of
ficient distress to take
county: Went 'to 'hou
property, but there' •
family, I did not take
—, Constable. •
ASH INGTON.
GEORGE
The Edinburg Rev"
seeped- biogi a ph 'cal
tern of Bri tajn. of the it
Appended to it is a de
whom he turns his au
Washington, whom h
man of our own or of
senption is the best
patriot which ever yet -
Lord Brougham fit
ingtor., we truly behol
mint every one of the •
"Ntspaton" which we
'which are so well fitte
munition, and sorrow
of that brilliant ge
minds; with not even,
apprehension; with kn
perseus in the middle
tiol thi humbLer
presented to ou
tributes es modest, as
lited to strike or to
known through some
Bat he had a jud
.inessof mind which
even any feeling. to
understaedtpg which
its way through all o
ing, rather than over)
whethei in battle or
might bei expected ! fie
per of soul. A just et
er to be misled by nth
overawed; never to
rind -away by his own
more than by other m
heartened by the most
an to be spo
to tich was ttde
liOnstaining ilea
pugs% all but 'darn
- a just vadat by hi
w for October, containe. tba
~ tire of•the political chant.
le reigns. by Lord Brougham.
ineation of Napoleon—from
'lion by contrail to GeorgS
• designates as "the greatest
.ny age." The following_ d •
" I . rtraiture of that Americas
1 as written.
s depicts him :—"lrs Wasik
a marvellous contrast to
al
ndowments and the vices eT
are been contemplating;ant
as to excite a mingled ed•
nd abhorrence. With none
ius Which 'dszz!es ordinary
ny nimarkaSle juicknesi of
• wledgis less than alarm all
DIM and many well edocs.
possess; this eminent pir
observation, clothed in at•
• npretending, as lurid calm
I•nithe'as if be had passedpn..
secluded reign of private Lill.
i int so and sound; a stud.
• ever au
,any passion, - ei
itWealm; • strength 4
worked, rather, than forted
• •
iclue--resing or avoid
taping, them: His MOW,
a council, was ea perfect aa
n thin - pure and steady tee'
n, with a firm raeolotion
ra, any more than by other*
I deduced or betrayed, or bur.
mkt:nem eelfidelsaim, say
use arts; nor out to be dio
Complicated dirsealtm, alijO
on the guldyheights of firi,
mark—whether we regard
the whole weight of taU
• or gloriously tenpin/dial
aid hie soar