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
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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
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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
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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 . :
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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
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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-
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