There making it equal in interest to many publiditi whose bscnption'prices double it in amount. 1 To th se interested in the Coal or Iron business , well as he general reader, its pages will. it is ho afford v ;table information and amusement, and pains sh it be spared to render it worthy the pationl 'gall cl saw of the community. in - ROTH ER 111:4 LARG EM ENT. _ a 1 In the' first week in January, 1810, the Miners' _l, nal will' again be enlarged by the addition of anot column to each page, vhich will make it the fugal ! , per putd shed In tt.State, out of Philadelphia, prow each subscriber will, in the mein ti me, procure .' additional one. Those who do not, will be Ch ed $J 50 per annum after the vents r-gement takes pl , The Col l Region will then have a iepresentativeab alai w add enzlit to the enterprise and liberality n 1 citizens. B. BINNA, POTTSVILLE LYCEUM. Order of Lectures. Lectiire 3d. Tuesday February 26. "Aim nd swpe cie Modern Geology," by Sanseul Lewis, n. t ir Lect ii 4th, Tuesday March 12. "Athens ud 1 i its My ology," iy Junes S. Wallace. Lect re sth. TtiesdaY March 26. "Phrenologt," tly Doc 4 lyrics S. Carpenter. • I. t Lect4. e 6th. Tuesday, April 9. ~ History of Eng land," Edwardeicen Parry, Esq. 4 tly e room of the Institute will hold a huger anmber i t a than was at firstanticipatcd, the 80 - I.ml of Directo have derided to issue a limited number of additionll.l tickets, which mty be obtained by apply ing to ! Jano!.l S. 14 all.ler, Secretary!. . -- irPre,'penttre to tzo.urplus Coal.—So we find by the4chuylkill Mining Company's Report, that instead Uf giving our cities cheap fuel, they are de vising Measures to prevent hereafter a surplus on - hand. ;About 200,60 tons being left on hand last winter. i Tue true reined/ is, send taiw the quanti ty to Market, at a fair moderate price, that all may purcbasii, and you need _not fear a dead capital. So long d%you persist iu ireinanding here from $7 to Pe a tan, it will be s: drug until foreign competition comes in and piats a stop to monopoly, mg proves • the necessity of counting on small gainii if you wish to make a profit. The more brisk the trade, the greater the nuni'ier of companiea or individuals that are engaged, and the rarger the quantity mined and sent to,market, the better will it be in the 'end for all concerned. We arc surprised the Miner's Jour nal does pot see the soundness of this view of the itubject,i so conformable to expee, that wherever there is , a monopoly of high prices, it is injurious to • the Inablie interests. He the colliers complain of the tolls of the navigation company, and propose to have a tailro'ad direct from Pottsville to Philadelphia., and it rhust dome to this; for the public must not fall to the groan I between twcrstools." Tffe above from Major Noah's Star in reference to our proposed convention, plots against us an ar ray of sins we never dreamed of! We are surprised at our Monstrosity : like the unlucky fellow who in evil hotir allowed his name to be used as a candidate for office—we nevelv we were - sush deep dyed scoundrels till infor ms it by the press ! But we do not intend quie tly pleid gibity t all these' charges: and throw ourselves on the merry Of the publ lic. It' will do very well for our go-id friend tliW Major, !while seated in that editorial chair of his, with high hack and comfortable cushion, to -talk of sending twice the quantity of Coal to market;—•but, as Sir flurry says, •what becomes'of the dignity, if the Corn:lions refuse the supplies,"—Where to the. capital to come from, M ijor! There's the ru'a we of Pottsville Sod it hard enough to keep ail straight with a liinttri supply; but double the quantity—the very thought gives us a co.tl chill! No: we do not charge an exorbitant price; that is, we the Colliers., very part i cle of coal adl here last year, vas sold at.• $2 and' S 2 25 per ton d •hvered in the boats; ant that price does not even atrud a living profit, and it makes the trate rubiou4 to all engaged in it. it Major )ali , will ply Pottsville a visit, we will guarantee to prove to hub that the first price on the Coal charged here, cannot be cheaper-than 50 per ton for Red Ash Coal, and from 's2 25 to S 2 50 for White Ash; and for a further inducement to him •to hotiOr our ,borough with his presence, we will whisper iq .his ear as a secret,. how Coal from the Schuylkill Region tan he obtained in the city of New. York a great deal cheaper than Mhos ever been yet. Will you aecept3 We wish to prove that we are the firm foe of monopoly, that we deprecate high pricea,:an4 that we will take great pleasure in show ing our respected en-laborer all the lions and bears of Pottoilte. The N-tv York .4irror.—The last number of this valuable paper, is embellished with a tine specimen_ of engtavin,; from the burin of Jordan, and a paint in.; of Ward. it repres-nts the -Soaking Mountain on the Upper Mississippi." The whole contents are original, and Got:, Foy, Irving.. lumen and others are contributors. A waltz maoposed , expressly for the magical department, graces the appropriate page, and tae whole number is worthy the high reputation, the pttbneation has acquired. Scars ?Yowls—A new and revised edition of the Waverly Novels is in the course of publication, at the yetiy low price of twenty-five cente per volutue, making the whale series of 54 volumes, cost sl3i, This is the cheapest form, we have yet seen given to the immortal works of the oWizzard of the North," and falling within the Means of every one desirous ofiWfiing his works, will doubtless obtain an ex tensile, circulation. St-perste volumes can be pur chant ilipd the whole series subscribed for at our of66e; Amerkan.s4lc. Grown—Among the very many excellentopuhlicati t ons connected with the silk culture, there. is 41QII1 mons pmticidly useful, than the Ameri can Silk Grower, edited by Ward Otioney & Broth ers, of Burlington, N. I . and published by Charles Alexander of Philadelphia. One of the Brothers ChelrY is in &Mr, and as a corresPondent will give* the information he can glean on subjects =talked with the publication. The,nurserr and silk inatutfactray of thelerliters at Burlington ii the most complete. and Weeders in .the country„ and every facility seems to he at their cettunand, to 'rea der their publication at once inummting and risefuL Pretty Fair.--t The Natifaz Gazette maira4An ,Pe# thin ; neighborßood . .._, . . -- -4 : -- ... i --.... i . : -: . 2--"f-:.: -. :;;. .-...- ..: 4 ;k 1 ':';': , :::;t fit 7.,. j...c - 4„ .. , :54,,,;,k;',..' 4 ..,,,-, ,-, , ,...z,.; ~ - N__- .. t „.- _- - .„1-, - 76,- - - , ''' -- _ -1 - -- 7:,941ig. , 404.ty -- ---,„ : ., , ..„:„..:7,...-,,,,, ,-;„ • AP'& -. .- -- -----_-- - -- , ..._-, ~..-.,.-,,,-, - „ e 1.....,*- ._. „.., , ,,,,„x-,..,,-_-,..-, ~..:•,...—' ~..:‘,....-..-....'r,:,.-.. • , :ttz , •;••• T I:• ,-r ...7-7, - ;!-:!:-• ,. .., -- r.- • .: ---=', . - ' • `.i .-- • •-- ----L -' -- -....1 .--",:•-•' , 4-,- , ~; 2,• , • - N7-''''''' 4- '-'•.'"4,v; tt - - ;,••'-`, I -'4'7"- -a ~ ,,, .-,- : : - L , ..:;.,± p • , :,::::•,,,- •,..-..., ,, ••, , ,a , - -., ,--- ---, ir El Rouses! grtitial . , I i es could find 91.udelO 9..-bodiiii:**wi Or .. : i ai r ti.c.er; he time has peak wh en doubts as to the permanent improveas‘ ea OUT 'Borough can. be agitated, and we know 0f5,50 investment more prof itabietathe underiiker, air convenient to the intuit i tants of Navin& Sonte 4 of theownera are now ask ing the„enormous rent 44 290 for houses twenty feet square ! Washington's Birth Day.--Yestenlay being the anniversary of the day ari*h gave birth to the Falb er aids Country, it was !celebrated with the usual parades, rtjcilcirtipt; balls; The Bin'tnfietry in Arai —lt is rumored, that Mr. Mclntyre, the land agent of Maine, and several men have been' taken prisoners and lodged in Frederick tob Jail by the English inthoritiee of New Bruns. wick. Gov. Fairfield luid,summobed his Council. and troops on both sides Navemarched to the debatea ble ground. We fiuir flit these few acres will yet embroil our country in afwar. LegLriative,—The only feature of importance in the late proceedings at Htirrisburg, is a clause in the bill supplementary to thelcharter of the Wyoming Coal Company,N \ aking the stockholders personally responsible for its debts, which passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 47 to 46. Mr. Cox likewise gave notice tilt he should bring in a bill making the stockholderS in all loan and Coal com panies liable in their individual capacity. Such a provision is not likely to pass the Senate, even should it be entertained ity the House. Reading ,Rail Road,' .Why do not the Directors of this road advertize their change of hours at Potts ville? We were much 44sappointed, in company with several others a few days past f finding that no morning trainstartcd from Reading._ This is wrong; although our friends conioled themselves in raw ting that they met with the best of accommodation, a good breakfast and dinner at Mr.' Coleman's and Mr. Herr's, where they respectively put up. A writer in the New lurk Gazette announces his determination to quit the hotels of that city, where the "bill of fare" is made out in a language which neither he nor the attendants understand." That's path: fly right. We once pointed out to a waiter at the Astor House. something on a bill of fate n ith a Oteer name, which we thought must Le go*.i. as it was a /a something of other—it was handed uc, and proved to be—mush and moLases. A'T did. -Mr. iliert' Hider, while blasting rock at Oil.. Lehigh Company's works last week, lost his life by a pre•nature explosion. The 'patent safe ty fuse nbw obt..utiing celebrity in this part of the Country, Ail! prevent any accidents of this kind; and we recommend the advertizeinent of its merits to all who have any blasting to do. Tempera sc, he merchants of Bristol, in this state, lui've detcnoined to sell no more and it spirit. Thr.ol 1 stock ou hand,.-we presume wail be kept for pri.ate use,. Outrage at CaNtrcles Alanor.—An infamous outrage has been elf:cull, at this Canadian settlement, about half a mile from the American hue, by a mar audini, party of Canadi rebi•l.. Thry attacked the house of a Mr, Vosiior;. oreLpi.•.! at fie time hj the father and s in, four wo:tem. auJ three c hid den. One of the party w as reel.fitiu\l as a f 'rater servant lad io the family. The Montt,. al Ileraid gives tt. opinion, that he leade.s of the rifliars was Mr. :1 Hon:llene. Commnrly editor of the Quebec Liberal, as the timer -agrees with his Frsonal appearance. We d! not however, for a moment suspect Mr. Bourhene of a part in ady stub disgraceful transar tion. He is a brave matt, a gentlemen, and a schol al., and would scorn um urtion of the kind, more than would the E litir of the himself. We saw Honehette, when call .a by some term of reproach. quit frovons M the first• ont'oeak, jump from the. box of the Quebec Theatre itito the pit, where prig of royalist rowdies and red-coats were vituper atiuz him, and inflict personal chastisement on the feflowoarho wasAtteir spokesman. He thrashed him soundikwith his cane, while hiseraven companions,, never satd a word or attelitpted to interfere. A man of suck courage, we will never believe capable of attacking w-omen and eldldren. The Ltresi: . g.ztion.—lt is said that-the documents connected with the rep-it of the investigating cotn- Ihittie were to have heCtt laid before the House yes terday. Rumor says that extraordinary develope *feints will be made—that the Clerk 4 in the New xrk Custom House were aware of the defalcations (corn their very commencement; that the Govern m trit„was al'o app-iced of the fact; but concealed it for fear et!' iLi billet/c.e on the New York elections; that the cabinet at Washington urged Swart-:out's departure to Europe to prevent the premature ex plosion, and that the vety clerks who have testified to their knowledge of the defalcation., re the same employed by the present collectors ! The loco press is aware that a crisis is at hand, and are useing ev ery art to create an impression, unfavorable to the justice of the committee; but all will not do, the people are the jury, aid. their verdict must be a righteous one. • Ilfas Victoria.—The Queen visited Drury Lan'e Theatre, on the 24th January. At the cons elusion of the performances, Her Majesty paid a high and u.iprecedentod compliment, by going per. sonally on the stage and witnessing the feeding of Van Amburg's lions. We are told on the occasion, that the lions behaved like perfect ladies and gentler men, and seemed htg,hlOtonored by the presence of the distinguished We have not been farmed whether the visit is to be returned or not. Printers at Harrisburg.—The journeymen prin• tern at Harrisburg, engaged on the public documents g The t. have struck for higher Wages. The think, we su pose, that dl the great: game of now playing there, they have a right to their s are. Give them nine or ten dollars, yod can afford it well, and their compooing sticks will 6 filled with more pleasure and prom ptitw ie. . - , Swart-et:ours Property.—lt is mentioned in the New York Journal of Commerce, that Mr. Swartl. wout's enal.land near i gumberland, which is now under government atrac)tment, is likely soon to prove very valuable. An agent has been sent over by En glish capitalists, who reports, very favorably of the situ Ilion. of the lin Is, and expresses an opin on that they will command any advance of moue j' in the London market.! J.istice Cheated—Every body remembers the son of Gov. Drabs of Kentucky, who killed a Mr. Ba ker, and was reprieved and emigrated to Texas.—l. There he committedi4ther murder, was again ems victod, but died in prisbn the day before he was to have been executed: tt is now stated on the au• thmity of the N. 0. Sin, that Desha is still alive, -that an imposition waii; practiced in substituting a counterfeit body, which was buried instead of Won it , un.—The jßlpiss says, that Eli Arocnei 1 I , 141 44 1 Yered gPeech the subject "Labo.liti is p a em a ge to n inn y qv's, on the score o f lewd, eloquence and °.....1417f fl ow an 4.*444 040 speech can be an ' vial one, blase yet . : t4YanallotAkiit *en.,.. l e v elkwAtkt &,,, ~ 11Pe 0 4* 1 ,4: 21 1 141 4 .. *lilies*, k,..1;< c-- - ' - -‘:-,` f- t tl IA Good i I I " xls 4 l: ~ •l ~~~~ u4raa THEMINIIIIS 9 -4011.1111t - AL. • - - . thlit W4 O- 41. 11 i 11 4,* 14 0. hat, soiNftlito)4(of AitiA:tobeigi;:;•„ • r,":: Mort yweand 1taw6310106 abut caita tellt; tit 74o fik3'fi;4=Ligeto is a bad dng. Cousins are very good foi conning, but not for lovers or husbands,. mileages: them is 'Mast/W.l°bn VBll, Buren wholries priUrclaltri., If the Queen slights him, or even dares catuettewith Martin shall declare War, Levi fririsish the supplies, ,sand Amolksmal her, asp* lo Direr .lbsesl So scour np your riinskets—take up the old cannon from the corners of your streets, and prepare for ogrim visaged war." - • Afekoscholg.Orxrerrenee.--On Tuesday last, says the Jefferson Democrat, an interesting little boy aged 19 months, belonging to Mr . Samuel Kutz,of Read-_ ing, having been left alone in a room by its mother for a few minutes, came, 'in some way unknown, in contact with the fire, and before the garments of the little sufferer could be torn off its back, was found to be burnt in a most shocking manner. After linger ing in great agony for a day, death put a period to its sufferings, This we hope will serve as another war ning to parents who are in the habit of leaving small children alone in places where there is danger. A large load.—A train of burden cars left Read ing last Saturday, with one hundred tons of nails from the factory of Keim's, Whittaker & Co. They were carried by a single locomotive, the »Neversink" to Norristown in two hours and a half. The engine is the workmanship, we believe, of Mr. Baldwin of Philadelphia. . Tea SWAIITWOCT COXMITTEE.—The Commit tee, we understand, has discovered, that Mr. Swart wont has behaved just like a bank.—Globe. Just like some of the pet banks we agree, and you can 'ask Mr. Woodbury's brother-in-law in Boston bow they behove. • Itnpeachment.—A select committee in Congress have reported as their opinion, that Judge Lawience, of the U. F 3. District Court of Louisiana, should be impeached for high misdemeanors. Lord Norbury.=-This - nobleman was recently shot on his estate in Ireland. He is not the celebrated Judge, but his second son, who succeded to the title at the death of his elder brother. Cup! /Barr:val.—This officer has been appointed to the command of the Brazilian Navy. Yung 3/ettheu;&—Madaml Vestris' mon Char ley, announces for publication, "How do you like our Country," or an autumn in America, with illus trations. We have no doubt the culam ill be numer ous, and the most plausible reason assigned for Mad ame's failure here Busy Baker.—Mr. Slomnn, the original singer of this popular ballad, has returned, to this country in the Great Western, accompanied by his wife and daughter. Tar. JUrRNAL proposes a Convention of coal dealers to be held in Philadelphia, about the first of March. For what purpose? Is not the combidation to maintain the - high prices of coal sufficiently organi zed already I—Phil. Ledger. We feel a divpovition to anvwer the above query of our good friend, the Ledger, but must first ask the favor of him to tell where the combination is 1 we vhould like to get on the scent of this horrid monop oly', vihich is becoming so issuion . able a topic among our brother Editors. Do favor us with' a reply. Tixas.—Congress adjourned on the 24th ult. to meet at the new seat of Government, to be locat ed near Bastrop on the river Colorado. r 1 The N. V. correspondent of the Herald ant Sentinel saN a : "The coalition in the Coal Trade in England is likcl) to be broken up. Would the monopoly here could share a similar fate- Wi:l the Editor ask his friend to point us out the whereaboute •of his alarming coalition t We have watched, with the cautious eye of a guardian, over the infant pmspcets, and maturer years of the coal trade, and should he pleased to know where such an insidious monster is lurking. Rey. Dr. Daarom.—An Indiana paper says, that this distinguished divine is dead, and the Baltimore papers say he is in fine robust health. In this dilem ma, we must appeal to the doctor himself for the true story• University of N. Y.—The Hon. Theodore Fre linghuysen of New Jersey, has" been called to the ChanccEorship of this University, in the place of the Rev. Dr. Mathelks, resigned. Gliadaloype. —There is a rumor in New York. hich however wants confirmation, that the centre of this Island has sunk below the level of the sea. It may have been produced by some cause connect ed with the late earthquake at Martinique, but we trust the report is exaggerated. The centre of the Island is of volcanic formation, and contains marry valuable plantations. The Chinete Colleebon.—Any one who visits Philadelphia, and returns without seeing the Chi nese Collection, misses the most gorgeous scene of magnificence it has ever been our good fortune to behold. Buenos .Ayres.—The French are actually at war with .this Government, having blockaded them so closely, that nothing could pass up and down the river: The French are acting in concert with a bo dy of the partizans of Rivera, so that a war will prob. ably ensue also with the Banda-Ofielitals. Imprisonment f,r Debt—lf philaUthropists thro% out the country would * leave abolition alone, - and think of abolihhing this infamous st.in of humanity, they would be doing a real benefit to society, and not endanger the permanency of our union. A Giraffe, is exhibiting at New Orleans in a Church. What do they do with the - critter during service 1 Rewarded !—The indicted leader of the Harris burg mob, C .1. MA:alien, has been appointed aid de camp, to Gov. Porter. The remind of "regular r o ws is riz, but the common sprees is fell." The Lyceum.—Do not forget next Tuesday eve ning. We feel sanguine that Mr. Lewis' lecture on the uAim and Scope of Modern Geology," will be a very interesting one: Mistling.—A man he been committed to Toron to Jail for whistling Yankee Doodle. That' right, hang him, any one who would whistle any tune, should be strung np. Nest to a eatterumuliug con cert, we detest this folly : it sets all our unervons a gility' in motion. N a man wants to lw. patriotic, let him sing Yiii)kee Doodle to the words, time hon ored in our association of Father and-1 went down to town Along with Captaing Goodin, And ;bete we saw dui gals and boys As ibirk as hasty pudding; , Cornstalks twists your hair, dm e‘k " . -I rjuredik are • • • w-. wane ii?y! ••• ;11 104 it 41160 ltrni‘ siesta.— y ailkfamo 11V7.41-7 ' the DIM'," Fodoil vPRon inined'ilkw>77 .•••-• " • ME *7 , 4: jefra*44oo4 . i)a.t. md..." 2 14y-Th.4-:l4y. paiix entire vnili ticket forlltate .ha ,(Onst afiiktAtaiiiiiUT, ol7 #pphp 3 4 delegates, to the INlMional Wblg Convention at Harrisbing, and havkinza" meted them to support Henry Clay of Len4chy, and John Tyleri of Virginia, as candidates for the presidency and Tum Presidency. this sea; • Der! census, the population of this spa; 6-810; 840, being 210'Kt:easein eightyears of %maids of 200,000. On Saturday lest the Virginia ;Legislature ballot. ed three times for Senatrovi the vote stood thus: Ist. 2nd. 3rd. ' J Y Mason, (A) 66 67 67 I Tyler, (W) 62 65 67 W C Rives, (C) 29 28 32 On Monday, three more ballots resulted thus, Mason, 68 68 68 . Tyler, 47 47 • 43 Rives, 43' 45. 51 It will be seen, that. 83 votes were necessary to a choice on the last ballot, and the joint vote of the Whigs and Conservatives was 94. Nineteen Whig votes hare already turned for Rives, and we hope in ~ur next Journal to announce his election. .REAU77ES" OF THE PRESENT AD MIN We last week .published an account of the gorge ous equipage of our democratic President, Martin Van Buren, surpassing that of any crowned heed in Europe. This week we give4in extract from Mr. Stanley's speech, in which he shows the economy of the administration, in the ornaments of the Capi tol, and the indignity offered to a picture of the illus trious Washington, by the "footstep follower." We from time to time will continue choice extracts on the rsprin of government: ECONOMY—The following extract from a re cent speech of Mr. Stanley, of North Carolina, in the House of Representatives, exposed the spurious pretensions of the administration to the merit of economy : "Do you know, sir, that the ornaments over the Speaker's chair cost near tw•o thousand dollars Now, sir, here is a silk velvet chair, surrounded by ornaments of "bullion fringe, silk worsted, and India satin damask"—silk tassels, thirty -five dollars a pair, and all by democratic orders ! There is nothing equal to it, sir, except the room of the Eastern mon archs, or the fashionable parlors of pet sub-treasur- MEI Then sir, go to the Senafe—the democratic Senate —and look at the Vice President ! Look at the dis tinguished man from Great Crossings! There he sits, sir, as happy as Governor Sancho, with a cano py over his head, and a golden eagle, who seems to be endeavoring to wing his flight uut of such compa ny. This eagle and canopy, I learn, sir, cost more than two thousand dollars! Poor bird, fluttering like a chicken in apprehension of a hot gridiron ! These tawdry ornaments are revotling, are disgus ting, I might say, sir, to plain American taste. It is to be regretted, however, sir, that they did not bring their damask covering a little lower down, so as to screen the occupant of that chair entirely from observation. There seems to have been a desire, in the arrangement, to keep him back a little—to put him out of the way. I could make another melancholy - observation, Mr. Speaker, as my eyes rested on tits flaring exhibition of Loco Foco taste. The picture of the Father of his country—of Washittgton—is removed from the place now occupied by the iron bars which hold the gilded bird; is taken away frAn its former position and placed back in the pillory, among the people, out of sight, sir, as his precepts are, of the majority of that body. Before, one who visited the Senate was involuntary forced to say, "Look on that picture and on this." Well might the friends of the pies. ent occupant of that scat shrink from such a com parison. But, Mr. Speaker, I fervently hope and believe that the time is fast coming when the character of that great man (Washingtor) will be dear to the Representatives of the people, as it has been, and still is, to the people themselves. Then, sir, Loco Focoism will disappear, and our republican institu tions will be renovated ; then,sir, and not till then, will out Government be honestly administeied." COMMODORE PORTER AND LIECT. C. P The tri-weekly National Gazette of Tuesday, February 19th, contains the documents submitted by the serretary of the Navy, and read in the House of llepreetitauves on the 25th ult. in relation to Corm Elliott and Lieut. Hunter. They occupy twelve columns of the paper—all the testimony giv en in eVidence by upwards of twenty witneaes of all ranks of the Navy. British and American officers and civilians of Mahon, on the trial by Court Mar tial of the Lieutenant on charges preferred against. him by the "Figure Herd Conamodt,"upon eve ry on• of which charges add , spec'ficalions he was hoaorably aemitted. Stich high-handed tyranny, despotism, and outrage of the feelings of a gentleman and an officer, stands unparalleled in our Navy, and is truly characteristiC of the fawning sycophant, who is ever as. remarkable for overbearing oppression to his inferiors in rank, as he is servile and flattering to his superior's. The gallant Commodore who dis figured the Bows of the " glorious Old ironsides" by the odious head he placed there; but which was very properly beheaded before the ship left the wa ters which first had the honor of receiving her about 42 years ago—and nothing but party pol tics! ser vility of this captain to the " Old Roman," ever dis graced her quarter deck by -his steps, or her mast head by his broad pendant. He stands pre-eminent as the first Naval Officer who stooped to party poll-. tics—until then all the navy were the sons !of their whole country. They never loOked to who was the President; regarding alone their nrxr to their coun try, and obedience to the orders of their aupersor, the Ccimmant'er-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States; leaving it to their fellow country men oar talons, to choose the rasa to fill that station: Their " home - was the deep, and their march the mountain wave." The fair flag, which floated in the breeze over. their heads, bore the emblem of Hares; the wings of the Eagle extended over sat the Slates, and- protected the humblest individual citizen who hailed by the glorious name of American, withotereference to his religions creed or his partic ular political party. These were considerations which never entered into the estcrumoir of the generous Sailor of whatever rank—ALL were em braced in the ward, conavirr I :4. was reserved for the Captain of take Erie aastrerrravras, to btesk this independence, and intro- I dace party lervilicy and party favoritism in the Navy.: In the gloriorus battle of Lake Erie, an the 10th September, 1814, this same individual 'tom' mended the Niagara, the heaviest vessel our fleet. The gallant Perry had his broad P . t tin i f board the Lawrence , whic bite threw into th mldet • of the enemy's fleet, vecinving mid-returning the foie of them all, imtil 'ibis Vessel was completely made mincegneato4 and of a 'crew of preltabl3f 160 met', only 9 men end. boys ware left standing millilled or . mtvrtittndekTmidokdratisin -Pen* bang taiieraetlie nintittrl*PAleniAir -1 4 4 6 1 bab , Pseting - thfrbileig, Lintremee etrild do no*liii e, left.hei in a boat; ra..- VIRGINIA RENATOR. ISTRATION. TOR TOR MECERS I JOURNAL HUNTER. mi4staabTfe- I ,oalla.**4 3o ,jatf* i 011 10. 4 14 haiOitalin a Ili* :PO'c':4 7 -*4iiiii4e 4 aa - : without a ahailif in the aii44 llo oa , 4ongliiler "to - beg on the etiemfii line, timotrewlfieh he en coverin' g their decks, as he passed, with his fire and shot— and placed the. Lien under et claws of the 'Eagle I After he ... had met the , enemy, and they were .. 4 ours," some one. of jPerres crew, as •is said, asked the British officers" why they ' _ all their fire at the Larence, and none at th lagers?" .Bacsess TEE LAINFIENCIL CANS TO RECEIVE IT; DOT THENUOLIEA SETT OVT 01 REACi/ OF OUR CONS, AID IT WAS trim.r.ss TO WASTS Ora 510 T FIRING AT HER I " • The 1 . figure-head Commodore remind me of an °there:mature of that Court, who obtaineft his nut in the Spanish Navy, of Rear 'Admiral, not by any figure-head exploit; but by holding up the Queen's tail. When the Spanish fleet entered the harbour of Cadiz, previous to the battle of Trafalgar, the Rear Admiral's ship, a three - decker, anchoted in line near the month of the harbor, and of course in going out she would be one of the first to leave the Port. His name was Villeila; and as the Eng lish fleet was daily looked. for, and his epaulettes being more for the splendor of the drawing room than for quarter deck service, he made every excuse for deferring the departure of the fleet— THAT ars SHIP WANTED* REPAIRS,: &c. ISCC.. " —and when the signal was given to, weigh and stand out, the•ene my's fleet being in sight,' he bribed his. pilot to ground his ship! As the have sea-dog commander in chief, Admiral Gravino, who was no court fav,r de, but a thorough bred' sailor every inch of him, came bombing y, his sectaid in commtuld took the trumpet and hailed him: u Dora roust E lcsti.str- CT WISH THAT - I TAKE COMMAND OF . ANOTHER SHIP? MINE IS AGROUND ? The reply of Gravino OM—. His NUJESTI WANTS 'TOUR SHIP—COM- XANDERS LIRE YOURSELF, RE R#B M 0 4 413 THAN RE II AS OCCASION Fair Thus out votary wants Old IronEides;" but many believe her Commander may well be allowed a furlough for life, that he may retire to the Deserts of Araby," to console the Prototype of her . FIGURE-HEAD Pottsville, February 20, 1839. • FOR THE MINERS ' JOURNAL. .4(iit. BANS A 1.C.=1 have just finished reading the last 'Report of The Schuylkill Navigation Company; I was much surprised at one or two statements made therein, and particularly the assertion, that there was Teufficient supply of water during the season. The promulgation of this fact may answer all the neces sary purposes of ltilling the apprehensions of the stockholders, but it will not make up the losses I suf fered, in consequence of a defo'ent supply, nor can I in justice to • myielf, or the region permit such as sertions to pass unnoticed. It must be allowed, that the last season was char acterized by an uncommon scarcity of rain, ar.d that a great lethargy pervaded the coal trade at the com mencement of the navigable year, and I am free to confess that the Navigation Company deserves great praise for their continued improvements and enlarge ment of capacity, they have given the Canal, but we should guard against contingencies, in a business, involving so large an amount of capital as the Coal Trade.—We may have just such another dry season thig year, or some subsequent year, when the trade is brisk,and it is in this point of view, that the Com pany isiound, to furnish a supply of water sufficient to meet all exigencies. They can do it, and_ it is imperative on them to do it, fur on the presumption that it would be done, a large amount of capital has been invested in this region in sinking collieries be low the water level. These, from the influx of water, cannot stop if the canal doeg. The engine must he at work from one year's end to another. In the summer season, when a full supply of hands are en gaged, a daily loss of from 10 to fil2 is experienced in wages of hands alone, if Coal cannot be shipped. The writer of this article speaks from experience, as last season he was a loser from a short supply of sea tot from 800 to F 1200. Notwithstanding the assertion contained in the Report, it is notorious to all engaged in the cisal bu siness, that there was a detention during the season of three or four weeks-from the want if wafer alone. Two weeks or thereabouts were lost at Spring MiU; one at Hamburg and Reading, and about one week here atPottsliile, Now, my loss, arid•l speak "by the hook," on my boats alone, was upivards cf $5O . per day during the 'period of such detention. Not only this, the short supply of water prevented me from fulfilling a contract todeliver a certain quantity of coal, the deficiency of which I shall be compelled by agreement to supply this year at last year's prices. My boatmen suffered too in common with me : they lost about two trips during the season, in conse quence of the deficiency °floater, which at $4O ac tual- expenses per trip, while sticking fast. Now this alone, independent of the loss to boat owners, on the 500 boats engaged in the trade, in two trips, would occasion a loss of $40,000. This was actual ly experienced by aclass of our operatives who can not afford it, and es the business was not brisk in the early part of the season, it.came doubly bard on theta, to lose the advantages of a better demand. Thus we•see, that there tens a deficiency of water last season, and the remedy againit its recurrence must be speedily suirgested.-11 have thrown out these plain facts, in the hope, that others may follow them up, and press on the Navigation Company, the imperiods necessity of early attention to this great evil. A COLLIER AND BOAT OWNER. Florida.—lt is rumored that Gen Taylor soy n expects to give the Indians battle, on the Suwannee: we have been expecting such an e vela •or some ME More Quack Murder.—Two Thompsonian praCti. tioners in New York, are bound over to answer fur the death of four children, who died under their care; the disease was small pox.. Senator Brown.—Thu gehileman made the mod est request last week, to bet added to the committee to inquire inmthe causes of the late disturbances• and the presence ore military force.at Harrisburg. As . might have been ext,ect ed the motion was nega tived. Yucatan —By a let er trom Gen. igehia from Tampico, it it; learned th at Mexico has ceeded Y uca, tan to the English G overnment in liquidation of claims for rpoliitions, limns &c. to the amount of eighty million dollars. A libel soil.—James F. Cooper has commenced a l i b e l suit against James Watson Webb, of - the N. Y. Courier - and Enquirer, for strictures on the nov elist's . laat tWO wurka. "Hotneward Bound" and "Roma as found." If he can make money out of Mr. Webb, his fortune is realized, fur every paper In the Union has dealt as hardly by him. State Senate;—One day last week a quorum could not be formed, as a majority 6f the Senator", were , itt a foi chase. Mr. McElwee captured Reynard abont.sight or tea miles. from Harrisburg. , Did the ler diem pay sro .11” Drowned Chzia . s.—:thinitii tie late gales, the dahole beach at Efempitead warittretied*,lth clainalf ti!'9 l 4i 6 ' 1 0 11 %.,ati 6 T . 1 r1 1 44:11A. liu;ArciiiiktcPgattli. ' A/4=w 004er it. WI a tug,itioalitairpis iipaiatiottliatt:' tare pfohtetioa. ' , - ;_:;' . .1''. , *.,,,, k. ,. ,,--r •i ,:. -:- , ';-•' ,. :::-'';'' f.';';'-'''''; '''- ' - '''' S ''''''%'• -- - - ,. ':- . ; , -.:,1::":1g :1-i-4_;',.,, ' below Readist : l of ittorkmeltaie busy rspairing itioneti by the.late ftpisht, red will be ready tot• the 'regular gation, ha the sprtnt. . 4.11 Is if to ?."Eirvy *omen th soya Dr. Hunter, ' l / 4 1waya lays We think it ill_ depends upo , if we were to wake up;and 6• aide, we ahould'ut think it rig voice owthat'aceount Surpeasiont—The State Bin', pended specie payments again, There was-but little use in ma! stay resumed. Clinton•s Monument.—A' .• th e ffi l w York, Legislature" or. erection of a monument to the Clinton, to be located at Alba FOE' THY. MINER'S J midnight bou All nature, silent as the 'Save memory, with ttflec. Reviewing setionwof the d Sweet memory, principle Heaven's best gift to errin Leadiffrom this world of . With purer LOve thy wo Sweet memory ! monitor t' To chide lest X should cal Regardless of thy love so The antitype of joys abo • Wh!le memory lasts, may In all thaes lovely, pure Nor try the work) in folly Where pleasures solid ne In death's sad hour,ah The sting of death is far a The grave deprived of vict My spirit safe in eudiesi d Port Carbon, Yob. 23d. CA LVAR From BuckMmham'slctures, York Obsery I tad always supposed that hill. I. had always heard it ciiil and I had seen the picture of where it is always delineated. mind with the notion, that not but an actual inspection of the no mountain, and fell.some unc: , l ed to review the Scriptures whi l and then, for the first time, oh: no "Mount Calvary" in the Bi is altogether gratuitous; and i should have . become_ so uni speaks of the spot as ighe plate place that was called Golgtftha. most particular. He says "a that is to say, a placeof a skull ! the same words—'The pine being interpreted, the place of ply says, "They came to a pl John's words are. "And he, b, forth into a place called in the He adds, -The place were Je. nigh to the city." Here is no "Min or hill. It is simply called is a naked rock, from four to fi at the base, and not over twen dicular elevation; but as it rise • tion, its .height does not appear fifteen to twenty feet. Tnt LIGHT or NATURE. Hume, wrote an essay on the s and the no less celebrated Dr. 1 the necessity of Revelation; an the light of nature. Hume I visit Robinson, and the evenin subject. The friends' of both is said that Robertson reason • clearness and Power. Wheth.! ced by his reasoning or not, w any rate be did not acknow Hume was very' much . of :I rose to depart,bowed politely while, as he retired through took the light tb shoW him the inued be, "1 findl the light, o dent," and continued, "pray d . 1 as he bowed on. The street pleasantly, as he bowed along over something concealed, and into the street. Robertson ran dle, and as he held him over and cunningly. You had bet from ab,.ve, friend Hume, and him good night, and returned THE IMPI7 - Diirr tutor-- mpool, as a coeple were coin had proceeded as fermi the c gentleman, stopped his fair lowing , inespected addreas: "Mary, during our courtshi my mind, but not all of my married I shall insist upon al "What are they I" Baked "In the first plsce," said h second, 1 shall eat alone; thi with you whenithere is no occ' submit to these conditions r "Oh, yes sir, very. easily," lie alone, I shall not ; if you first; andas to your finding that, I think, may he prevent that-you never want an OPCM; The Mee/ionic Senator. lately elected by the Leiial• the Senate of the United Stat . Jersey, a mechanic whn left. since for his fortune. 'Thin i the peculiar advantrigew whi • joy under American itilititut MOT. State of the T Ir.vBrr UT .1051141 - 1839 7 o'cloCk. Feb.ls 34- above. 16 • 33 17 . 32 , 18 32 19 15 20 • _ 15 21 35 Meeting of Coal S I of -zanainglat A MEETING of the Sin interested in Landing held at the douse of Mr. Port Carbon, on Tuesdnyll P. M., for the purpose of e. of petitioning the Nevigati, thern„arith an increasid au. o.r,otitatwise • 41/40:-1§.; • ; - Not PUBLIC Meeting of x 3l - will b;!hold . on !nit" 31,,frikplotttpg, At 7 chloql ofth"hvolii,V;liich vi te vloiniffiro teod:"- Feb. 23,1839. ' t• --1 '104.1'02 , : .1- - ATteirge flambee fhe dahtages wet.. e have no doubt, all fl" wing 'Eof the man. loves h .husband.l - right side." eireanistances., end our itle ois beAttft • t to ap ly for a . eh . at 310ile hast-sui.' r a ahart pafad.-- . wing. 4 they can't 1 has been pissed to ring the immediate memory of Dewitt rillill • ye t ye power .7 life, . • . man, .and strife,- l• s to scam me, less preve, 1I be found, .d grand, I .und, j -r stand. ECM ORLANDO. reported in the New alvary was a high "Mount Palvary," the angient masters, o impressed was my . Mg could remove it .lace itself: I found until Ireturn h describe the place, lryed that there Was e. The supposition seems strange that it orse'. The gospel of Calvary," or "the Mathew was the ace called Golgotha, ' Mark uses nearly Golgotha, Which is ` skull." Luke aim!' ce called Calvary." Bring his cross, weld it ebrew, Golgotha." s was crucified wag ention of any moon. <a place." The spot hundred feet broad t -five feet in perpen in an oblique three . be more than froin 'The celebrated. Mr. fileiency of Nature ; Robertson wrote on the insufficiency of IMP one evening to ~ was spent on the i ere presqu, and it 5 with unaccustomed I , 'Humes was convin ! cannot tell; but, at ledge his conviction. ntleman, and, as be' 1• those in the room, the door, Robertson way : . «O Sir," con ' nature always cuff-. ! n't trouble yourself," I. ooripas open and , e e fry, he stumbled pit hed down stairs after him with actua -Im, whispered softly er hare a little light 'sing him up, he bade o his friends. of long since in Liv to .be married, end urch yard gate, the amide with the fol.; I told you most of ind w hen . '" ere ee • astoaised lady phall he alone, I shall find fault ion forit. Can yon lie replied; "fOr if jou alone, I shall est suit without occasion, d, for I shall take care he Mr. Henderson. tire of Missivsioni to is a native of - New 'that State .4 few years anothel.illuvtratlun of h the talented rimy en. .os.—ffhtliz. Evening ermometer. I=l 2 o'clock 9 o'clock. 42 45 48 • 42 39 . 35 41- 32 34 42 35 48 52 46 - 1 • i sppersi and Owityrs l'• ort etiwbort. pots oCoal,'anll those at Porn Carbon, will be meson., in ent town of a 26th 1 st., at 3 o'clock noideri g -.the necessity n Com any, to furnish ply o f . atm. feeders a ( :1 . • MANY. - e. i• . il $, e Port ' rjen ; I ntim. . "i:Ei"e iig, 0101fird 0. 1 ~.1111.e Ra f eipinipt bl,coqm ; intaii ti,a34.9rPittia .• pectf . 'iiiiti4.l9 it- „ - 8-I
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