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POTTSVILLE LYCEUM.
At a meeting of the Directorsheld on Wednesday
4ftertioon,this &Daring resahations were unanirisans.
4 7 a 4 cTte4:_ .l
J Whereas by mistake, several please
were admitted in the Lyceum st its last alerting,
afterkke hour of emtmencement, to the interruption
of tie audience; in future the rule that requires the
does* to be clOsed at half past 7, will be strictly fate
forced, and no person admitted after the lecturer cona
emcee
awoke& That each subscribes ticket nest be
exhibited at the door to procure admittance foi
loolflur Party- fly larder
James B. Wallace, Secretary
POTTtiIiiLLE LYCEUM.
Order of Lectures.
°dare 6th. Timothy March 26. Phrenology,
I lamer Carpenter.
•.• we 7th. Tuesday, April 2. ..Histari,of Eag
i .," by EthkarXl Owen Parry, Esq;
Boy Wanted., :."
anted .an active, intelligent and koniist.- bpy,
at 15 or 16 years of age, to attend in the
. 's liJok Store, and also to learn iltitt print;
Waimea' afterward& None but one ctapiiitle, and
can come well recommended, need app#.
B. BAN '7 AN.
POST ROUTE
*e propose establishing a Post Route fdt the de
ry of our papers to our subscribers in ?urt Car
. n, §t„ Clair, New Castle, CoaKastle,
Haven, and the intermediate iluces on
route, provided ow friends will interest them
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yes an procuring us a sufficient number': of Sab
i. 'bees to.remunerato us in part for the 'expense.
lite post rider will start every Saturday :nrorning,
a Port Carbon, and deliver the papers at pla
r• as the subscribers may dedignate, as expeditious
as possible. For this-service each, subsiiriber will
I charged 25 cents per annum
cy We will commence the delivery the pa
re by poet the first week in April.
Coal Alining assoctaiton.
MEETING of the Coal . l4llMo¢ Association
of Schuylkill county, will be held at!the Penn
'lsmaili Hall, on Tuesday, the 26th inAt. ar2
lock P. M. Punctual attendance is reqn,isted.
By oilier of the-Plisident.
APOSWERS TO CORRESPOND TS
Quere. is informed that the word nfortifightt' is a
tontraction froth the words fourteen raigibts, as the
eld Saxons computed time by nights—thiis we also
0.4, this day seven, or se'night for a weel4
Chanticleer, will find his difficulty obviated,. if he
does not coop up his laying fowls; when confined
they cannot procure lime which is a requirOte materi
'al for the shell, and consegently they Will lay sok
gp. It has been shown, that if a herts legs be
broken, !ley will lay their eggs without ihells, un
the fracture is repaired, as nature 4 q uiris all
the lime and phosphoric acid in cireuladen, for the
purpose of re-uniting the bones. ; •
Elizabeth, will find that she was eaist*en in her
conjecture: unmarried females-are call spinsters,
bs(ettase females were formerly prohibited from Mar-
Tying until they had spun a regular set ot bed fuimi-
Ante, and that title still pertains to all uninarried fe
males in all legal proceedings.
Master Slender, may rest assured that phakespear
is detect when. he uses the term buck; basket, in
' which Sir John Falstaff is concealed tO . the Merry
Wives of Windsor. The word nbouk ' a Scotch
word, for ley used to steep foul linen in,ilbefore it is
'earthed. The buck basket is therefore that ernploy
ed to carry clothes in, to the washing Place, after
they have been honked. a
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The Knave of Clabe, is informed that two reasons
have been given for the nine of diamondif being call
ed the curse of qcotland: the first is, that every ninth
King of that nation was a'bad one; and Ithe second
becisuseethe Duke of Cumberland, the night before
the battle of Culloden wrote his orders Ar refusing
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gnarl i er on the back of that card.
eiThe 014 Clock."—We have placeepn our first
page the story under this title, which Ihas created
such a sensation in NeW York. It has lixn drama
tized at all the theatres and three edttioils have ap
peared in the paper which originally pr4uced it.
(C. Will. our Senator be kind enough to acna 11/4
MO or three copies of the R. port on the .atara
Distuct made by H. K. Strong, We feel n
great interest in it, ..and have been finable to get
wore than a pluming glance at it.
&hoot Directora.—The following geritleroen wore
Ideated last week as school directonsfor cnir Borough:
B. Coombe, Jr. and Andrew Russell for 3 years,
Robert Woodside for two years,
B. F. Pomroy and P. F. Mudey for one year.
77tt Loan Message—We had prept&d an article
en this subject, when the remarks of the Harrisburg
Chronicle that our eye.; they w.re so blear and ex
plicit, that we have placed the article: on our first
page, and refer our reatlors to it, for a'k•rtect expo
sition lie the fath connected with the iubjert.
Lyceum.—On Tuesday last, we werei favored with
a /earned Menu° from Mr. Cad Holzer on the H
toty of Geognosy. He displayed mulch research,
Mad an intimate knowledge of the sillier.; and was
listetied to with great attention.
Next Tuesday we are to have a !sketch of the
Fundamental Principles of Phrenologi from Dr. J.
8. Carpenter, and we have no doubt tie subject will
receive every attention, and be invested with great
interest.
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Ms Snialay.—To-morrow com 1 ces the "Pas
sion week." sad is called Palm Solid y-, because the
seremonies of some churches ordai ' that houghs
and'brauches of trees, should be confied in proces
sion, in commemoration of those snrcstied before our
Saviour, when he.rude into Jerusalena4on slowly an
imal tcriesch us humility.
Poirie t tes Day,--Last Mondestthe Eibemian
'Society celebrated the day dedicated to their muds/
Mini, in a manner the mom patriotic and sweditable.
We were more than pleased at the perfect quiet and
*swum which characterised Ate intession, and it
must have been highly gratifying Withe 'friends of
Ireland, to have witnessed so high il'fseJihg of pm.
piety: Exhibitions like these, tenCto.Altvate the
aluxactse of the nation, and add to tluttlresper# which
_generates itself in proportion as the Moral standard
la adhered to. Several hurelreijoined Xhe proemodeu,
deo:01004A stark composed of the :ging co
lees of while th e uahamro4 n," wee
displayed from mteruling
acrviclis! at. Plaritgabethedpl, Old! • litilat*
the Aced. of ear Borough, stte* with a huge
bengal music, the sajoicinp aft* 4r *minium'
in a public dinner atO'Connoes, which pesed:off in
"friendship, glee and harmony." . .
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let inul ttylkill Navigation . ' piny!, Pte,
.ea Friday nest, the 2,24,ntant, the wort wlfl
be opened for trade ceObat day." ,
Fro n the natnerousimprovetruinti indrnpairs an
the line we way. infer that much ecrpediton has been
need iii gertinwit. ready. In the.meen time; we be-'
gm to toot lithrusineia again—tbe! boat bowel are
, 'beginning to re-appear, and pops with long tin horns
are perambulating our, borough—the wharves are
all craned'and prepared —Chutes, Put in order—
rail nods freed from dirt and incandwances--dealers
are on horse hack riding to and rro, and every thing
appesis in a perfect state of readiness for our city
friends to ride nii in the new opposition line, and
makeltheir purchases.
/rein Ore on Guinea Hill..—Weinneniay - visited,
in company %with several' other persons, a vein of
iron ore Which bits just been openild on Guinea Bill
in the &Waugh, wader the Faust! vein. It ranges
from two to two and a half feet lit thickness : ther
extent 0( the vein is nor yet deternimed, but its yield
is very tixceLlent, being from 40 to 50 per cent,—
Under the vein is about four inches of fire clay for
undermiiing, and there is supposed to be lime .
enough in the matrix, to answer for a flux.
We hive been repeatedly asked from abroad-re
cently, 'that is to be the price of. Coal fer the ensu
ing semen 1 In • order to quali f y ourselves to 'an
swer this query, we have consulted and obtained all
requisite information from the dealers: The result
has been —we can notify those interested, that they
have generally come to a full determination not to
sell their red ash Coal, less than .$2,50 at the land
ings here, and white ash from $ 2,25 to $ 2,50.
This has become imperative on them in self defence:
as at the lower prices of last year the business was
ruinous ; and not less than $ 100,000 lost to the
dealers. If these prices are not obtained, we have
no doubt that many of our workings will be stop
ped or ;only partially worked. The many contin
gencies of the business, demand a fair remuneration,
and no capital can sustain the continual losses o
the last two seasons.
seems to be the general opinion that the sea
son will open with $ 1,25 as the rate of freight.
Patent Safely Fusc.—We are pleased to see
that this admirable article, is becoming generally
used ii our vicinity. In every instance where it
has been purchased once, the trial has induced a
second purchase. Its perfect safety—its doing away
with the tamping needle, its economy, and its im
perviousness to the'effeets of a damp situation, all
recommend it to the miner and the worker in rock.
Many persons who have used it, declare they can
not now do without it. As soon as the navigation
opens, we expect a fresh supply. ' The proprietor in
forms us, that upwards of 300,000 feet have been
recently 'used near Albany, on the great Erie Rail
Road, and that the Engineers and contractors allow
nothing else to he used-
Ornaments! Treis.—We again call attention to
a:l6 planting of trees in our Borough : now is the
favorable time, they can be procured from the City
withcnit delay, while many ornamental trees may be
found growing in our neighborhood. We hope and
trust our friends will see the utility of paying some
little deference to the comfort of our posterity, and
at the same time add to their own pleasure during
the heats of summer.
" The A mericcrn in Englund."—The 'London
correspondent of the N. Y. Knickerbocker says: that.
a rich assortment of novelties in the book world is
preparing. Among the rest is the " American in
* England " by the author of the " American in Par
is." The correspondent wants to know why
Lieut. Slidell's title is taken for the work 1 It is a
very natural coincidence—and those who have read•
the former voirk will more readily appreciate the lat
ter by the suudarity of titles. We hope soon to
see it..
Our Globe, "—A few more copies of this splen
did work are still on hand, nnsubscrihed for;
which we invite the attention of our friends• It
is an admirable ornament for the library or the cen
tre ea' le, and of remarkable .cheapness.
Philadelphia 'K.porter. —We welcome the ap
pearance of the first number of this new , monthly
Counterfeit Detector, and Price Current. ft em
braces a valuable collection of flank news, and com
mercial information, besides devoting a portion of
its columns to the miscellaneous news of the day.—
By attention to the interests of his patrons, Mr. Lib
by, the editor hopes to render it an acceptable visitor
in the counting house of the merchant, the store
of the trader, the shop'of the mechanic, and the
dwelling of the Airmer.
A Yew Office.---Mr. Coutureleng has - been reject
ed by the people, and therefore the President must
take care of him. There has been an intimation
that Secretary Woodbury would like the oust, per
quisites &c. of the contemplated special mission to
Englantl. and that C. C. C. will step in his shoes.
We can suggest a better pLan, which is to appoint
him!; Secretary'of the Sub Treasury. " The known
enterprize of Mr. C. may awaken it from the lethar
gic sleep into which it has fallen since twelve o'-
clock at mid-eight of the third of March. Let, a
cordon of officers and tide waiters be appointed all
around our happy country, and if the rogues will
steal uocle Sam's money, make them remain like
honest folks, and spend it among his children.
E.rplasion at Mt Cheaterfick(Snal Mines
—Last Sunday night, an explosion of fire damp—
occurred from want of proper precaution., in Heath's
Colliery, about twelve miles from Richmond in Ches
terfield County, by which it has been said that be ,
tween 30 and 60 lives have probably been lost.—
The shaft of the mine is 800 feet deep; and the fall
ing- in of the earth fr as. so, great, that suffocation
must have ensued to all,.who escaped the fire. These
mines are worked principally by blacks.
After much &Fusion, tie resolution was passed
byi a very chiee vote, 16 to 144: Many Senators ell>.
j4ted, u aft:Wing the Governor Vruithcr Opportuni
tycof spreadipg abroad financial doctrines destruo•
1 14 e t o the p . Onnanency d our Kate institutions, and
_scOpting the: firebrands add war-weapons of party.
ifq 'Bakal's - Reporter elates that the Southwark
Strings 'll* and Penney Wards Savings Bank
untinallol, the redemption of their notes.
te are **incorporated institution. •
DirwOra be placed along aide of Dr.
t/ott 9 We nee no.elfrenee between their nu"
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THE COAL TRADE
'Me Bank Conspirary.—ln the House, the reso
lution calling on the Governor for the information
on which he founded his charge of a combination a
iming the Banks, was quashed by a strict party vote.
In 'Senate, Mr. Brown did got think the inquiry a
proper one, as being unconstitutional, and without
precedent. Mr.
.14.1liams; however, referred the
gentleman to the reaolution 'passed by the House of
Ropresentativre of 1816-7. calling on Gov. Ritner
for evidence on which he founded his assertion that
General Washington was an anti-mason; and he
referred the Senator to the promptitude with which
thh call was answered. •
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ingfile*i • -. • ! theisadiavparta-bi: ,
•sit.a4-coves4'' ,, :-. , ;i . :, ,, T*4 dew '- - , iiiii .,
•ii Tireiiiiiiie: to a ::: 'Of . iniiiiingei* -. mime:
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Itabty, .--Zipalee - ~ m •,.:. • ice,
th 1 General
Damaa has to iay, 7he eilettee ll *Ma ma"
Abem ambition to . I, , . her n daushter, g c a s a foreign
prince---forrigi s fi aii " The caught
as if in a powder mligalini ;aid such art ersplosion 1
bilF ai
Titers was a intaniMone shout foi two et three gall.
atm. Vie " youssppr o ffi cers of state at each I
other, and dentate smile! the oldtmei grave,
and the - poor little Queen looked Mod& at the actor,
and did not move a miracle : it WaseliaMeful to tteat,
a fair girl so ! She did not seem annoyled, however,
but behaved' very properly-applauded be play with
a fettle fan, and looked mightily pleased."
Wturre's Master John N.= Buren 1. if the young
mead don't bring SWIM, to-a crisis ikon, we shall
send Secretary Diekinson out to supplant him, being
the ordi bachelor gentleman, sboutithe inlice at
Washington who deserves ber. k . ..
Phikit*
eobusiii
Tavern Licences.—Mr. Cunninehe*, from the
committee an vice and immorality, Ws reported a
bili`proViding fora vote of the people on tavern
The rote will he an• epititph reconling the memo
ry of "departed apirita "'
Hard 71rses.—The New York - Star says—The
first shad this season was taken 'off Suiten Island on
Thursday night, and sold for Four bbllars !
• al> A bill to prohibit bettin; on elections passed
the Illinois Hone of Representatives on the 9th ult.
It prohibits betting on elections under a penalty not
exceedihg $l,OOO, and imprisonment not exceeding
thirty days.
We trust soon toj see this principle carried out in
every state ; whatever can be done to preserve the
purity of elections must he hailed as the precursors
of Whig Triumphs, and the dissemination of those
political tenets opposed to the present Federal Gov
ernment.
An American Conan, Murdered.—There was a
rumor rife in New Orleans, on the 11th inst. , that
Mr. Langdon, our Consul at 'Awns, died a few
days previous from blows received from a negro at
that placefunder sanction of a Mexican Justice, and
being most cruelly treated, he was sent to a dungeon,
where he remained three nights with condemned
criminals, from whence he succeeded in escaping
with his lady to a small • village between that and
Campeachy, where he died of his wounds. His
lady had gone up to Campeachy, and an order from
the old Judge had followed her to bring her back to
Laguna, to answer the charges against her husband.
We hope our Government will mike enquiry in
to this affair, and not allow insult after insult to be
heaped upon our citizens, by the Iswlees officers
of the Mexican Government.
o.y The Nob, who have disgraced, our State,
throughout Europe, have, been paid . for :lose servi
ces, by the present Legislature Rep:ten:thar it, peo
ple of the Key-Stone,
Washington Irving, has been nettled in connex
ion with the special mission to England. Should
he go, we shall have "Knickerbocker's !iistory of
Maine."
Baltimore Trade.—There were I to snivels and
363 clearances from this port during the year 1838.
Mr. Muilenberg, our Minister at Vienna, has
"surprised" the Emperor, the Empress, the Empress'
mother, the brothers apd uncles of the Emperor, and
even Prince MetterniCh, with his German ! •
A « Caricature !"—A Reading,Toper, in speaking
of the bad condition of the Norristown rail wad,
calls it that caricature of internal. imp. oocoient!"
Caricatures generally occasion a smile, but our
aughing was - on the wrong side of our month the
ast time we rack that road. It reminded us of the
nursery song:
New Hampshire.—The locos still retain posses
sion of the political field m New Hampshire, by a
somewhat increased majority. Tte Whigs have
held their ground, although the aggregate state vote
has decreased.
The corsair.—Messrs. Willie & Porter have pub
lished the first number of their new periodical. We
have not yet had the pleasure of seeing it, but it has
one feature, which we are prepared:“pagxis of mini
bus, et calamis" to support it in, which is a deterud
nation to keep continually before the pullic the im
perious necessity •of adopting a copy-right law,
which shall protect our literature; and place it on
a parity with that of England, now prospering un
der the fostering care of Bulwer and Talfourd.
Gratifying.—The rumor that Sr. Southgate had
challenged Duncan of Ohio, proves to be a malicious
fabrication. We are pleased to have occasion to ex
press our former opinion of the gentleman from Ken
tucky, who would have been nut of our good books
for ever, bad he condescended to so paltry a meeting.
The Locos in some of the towns of Maine,
on the receipt ofthe President's Message, burned
Ids Excellency in effigy. Martin doos'nt care a
for that , he has •been roasted for years,
and is used to it.
Fam Bubbles of Caorida.—Judge Halli
bui ton, the author of this work, was on the recent
trial of the Canadian prisoners before the Queen's
bench, one of the preceding officers. The London
ers think his work quite a mistake," the shrewd
facetiousness of Sam being forgotten in the partizan
bitterness of the Tory Judge.
c.-• It -is a fact well worthy of being noted in con
nection with the law message of the Governor of
Pennsylvania, in relation to the Banks, that Mr. &a
rmor Silas Wright was at Harrisburg at the very mo
iient the message was written. There can be little
doubt that he was at the bottom of the atrocious at
tempt to impair the credit of the Institutions of Penn
sytratia, by getting up a war between them and the
Execouve of the State
We copy the above from. the Baltimore Chroni
cle; it rihoWs plainly who the wire-pullers are,.that
make our Oovemor dance by their bidding.
0:7. The Commisiioners of the Patent office 'at
Washingten give notice that all assignments of
Patents, Whether in whole or in part, will hereafter
be recorded free of charge.
Now is the tune then, for Treasurer Sturgeon, to
patent his plan of carrying on the State finances,
and procure an approved plan of raising loans. The
old machinery wont answer far modem locofoco
legislators,
gi.The agent appointed by the State of Georgia
to proceed to England for the purpose of collecting
documents connected, with her early history, has
been mita sacossaftd in the object of his mission.
The yaWci" us eloquent made Of late years to col
lect histoiical " , haVe been conducive to
great practical ben Our aimtry pelisses much
to interest the antiquation, and, there are many the
ories on i early vettlentema, Mace considered metre
specul • have now.obtaintitl the sanction of our
literati, d are profitably discumed in - all our liter
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And here we go down, down, downey."
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et.oonlAlisst OWI taSiOst/niliof
cnOtettt, AnviSnw derived fnnwlein Pnifinhin! ,
mid we hese tikiit' fry isre to obtain correct mad,
comprehensim infoinontort . . They will be conduit*
ed at intervals during the spriug, sra think Wilt
F o r of great Wesson to our Mien, es showing the
la m cisme dike workings, .ud the great exPeuss
which is nmenory to reveler them fn in busbies
Ws likerrim are anxious to show the public, who
are not movement with Owl operstions,i that) the
prim originally charged by the Collier, ib nothing
more than a fair, healthy, rentunerating al p'
tion, and that it is intimate to carry theist on an
ion we obtain Tiro dolls= and a half per ton.
Whim we fake
that a rent ranging from 80
. M 60 cta . per ton is giv
en to the land owners, that every day the mining
butane's is liable to faults, to cut through which are
ruinously expensive, that the working under ground,
never seen or estimated by the casual ohierver, that
the oxistructimi of gangways; chutes and opening'
bressts,never exposed (elite sunlight, form a large
portion of the original expenses—that engines arp
to be kept constantly going to free the works of wa
ter—that a hundred contingencies may be dreaded,
which will render the profitable workings of to day,
temporarily useless to-motrow; when all these things
are considered, who can Cavil at a price, whirb bar?.
ly renumeratesl
It is easy enough for a Coal consumer in New
York or Philadelphia, while sitting before a blazing
firs-high-heaped with the produce of our mines-with
a comfortable glass of XX before them, to descant
gravely end learnedly on the "enormous monopoly"
of the coal trade, and advise us to send millions of
tons to market, where we now send hundreds of
thousands I But let them visit us—let them go
through one of our collieries—view our subterrank
an workshops, teeming with workmen, who pursue
an arduous and dangerous calling, and find every
step they tread to be ell rail roads, to view on right,
on left, above um! below, the vast machinery of a
mine, and !ton, let them repeat their disaffected par-
ago.plis if they have the conscience !
Last year a gentleman from New York, visited
Pottsville, and was taken through one of our open.
ations, worked below water - level.'Be saw the al
most gigantic workings, with feelings of silent won
der and astonishment, until he once again reached
terra firma. Then he exclaimed, “ well, I have
heretofore' been one of the most strenuous opposer.
of Coal at what are called high prices, but now
I base witnessed the extent and the danger of its
working, I shall never again have the conscience to
cavil at its price. "
Such are the feelings of those who witness the•op
&along of the Coal business, and such will be the
irresistable conviction which must force itself on all,
who are conversant with the mysteries of mining.
But we will now proceed with our teak; the first
workings we shall notice, ars
GEORGE R. POTT' COLLI
These mines are principally on the tract known
as the .. York Farm, ' now owned by Messrs.
Carey 4. Hart, and Carey 4 Lee, of Philadelphia,
and Burd•Patteeson, of our Borough. The first
workings were commenced in the fall of 1836, on
the win known as the "Black Mine : " a planewas
sunk down on the dip of the vein, 241 feet from
the surface, 16 feet wide, and an Engine of thirty
horse power from the manufactory of Messrs. Hay
wood 4 Snyder, located on it. The original cost
of the Engine end sinking was about $16,000, in
chiding the working of faults, before merdiantable .
Coal was obtained. These extended 460 yards
-260 on the east of the plane, when the workings
were stopped in that quarter, no good Coal having
been obtained ; after driving 200 yards west of the
plane a good article was obtained, and has continu
ed without fault fur about 1000 yards, being the dis
tance the gangways have been opened in that direr-
Lion. In the season of 1837, about 33,000 tons
were mined and shipped from this vein- Before
carrying it to the landing, a.mile of lateral rail road I
was laid to intersect the Mount Carbon Road, which
cost $9OOO, as it was carried through one of the
principal streets of the Borough, and large gradings
were necessary : 500 feet of landings were erected,
and 6 chutes, which cost about $7OOO, and about
half a mile of rail road on the bank, leading to the
different Coal piles, which cost $l5OO. • The Black
mine vein, on this tract is nearly eight feet wide, six
of which in the present workings are pure coal: it
has a dip towards the South ranging from 30 to 35
degrees, and yields about 15000 tons to a hundred
yards of gangway. The engine works a nine inch
pump extending down about 200 feet, and frees the
vein of water by being continually worked. It is es
timated that all the original expences, accruing to
the land owners and their lessee, before obtaining an
ounce of Cod, approximated to $ 100,000.
In the fall of 1837, Mr. Potts, went 901 yards
further South, and opened the "Tunnel vein," sink
ing on it a plane 230 feet in length, and fitting it
with another Engine from the same able founders,
end of equal horse-power. On this vein about 650
yards have been driven, of which 250 have been in
fault, and here also another outlay of $ 16,000 was
made before raising Coal. A Bank for loading . —
roads, and chutes were likewise erected for the im
pose of these workings, the same lateral road an
swering for both. To transport the product of these,
two mines, fifty odd large rail road cars, adapted to
work behind a locomotive, are required, the cost of '
which averaged about $ 150 each, and 80 smaller
drift cars, each coating $ 45, are requisite in the
mines, and on the banks.
Various buildings and shops have been erected'
fox the use of these Collieries, among which are
Carpenters' and Blacksmiths' shops, stable, saw mill,
and Powder Magazine. Mr. Potts' number of canal
boats, mimed in person, has been as high as 33, some
of these however, are probably pot fit for this year's
business, The number of workmen .who derive a
subsistence from the mining and ' transportation of
their produce, will amount to 184 for the former,
and 180 for the latter branch of the business.
Thus are see the . great extent of workings ens
-gained by en individual operator, and the immense
outfit requisite to commence and perfect the one-
Voidable preliminaries of a Coal . business, These
•
are matters which all can comprehend, and which
come within the scope of figures and calculations,
bat let "our readers put on an old snit of clothes, and
fare few minutes accompany our friend the lessee,
and ourself into the e bowels of the earth. " We
Lave taken our seats in a car at the head of the plane:
the word is given ! and amid the whizzing of steam,
the clanking of the charity, and the reverberating
echoes +tithe* incongruous noires as we descend in
to the cavernous recesses of the mine, ail conversa
tion is interrupted until we reach the bottom.
Here we alight, and a Davy lamp being placed is
our hand, we start on foot up the nine or ten hun
dred yards of gangway—lights are Bashing on every
aide—the-picks and hammers- make their unceasing
noise, and now and then a blast—followed by the
low cambling rush of the pent up air, may convey
to our imaginations the harsh breathings, when,
—CM Znoelsdus, the son of earth .
•
Stirs in.lis ritiffity asthma!
Wireach the bang, where the busy miners are
working, happy and coutentedin their dangerous
occupation. 71411 now fora moment let nacontem
plate his sittwaficet—the accidents to Which he is ea
rned, and then see. what eating shouid i be AKA on
Coal. • ''
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however
The minor;, pantioue~ : =Wm'.
bed, is weer so*Mtni*iiini dangers: the
kind of a picinai-biiaria,"4okterkofrait opening
iimbiDOPon kW; 14 an inundating deluge, eglittg
bath 12441i'111411k40,ritirili•IA•AitatettoPe
is imposiThic , Pi• if tiriciPi4 the with' Indent, •
more hmideons and "isill,,dangeroni "enemy is to
be apprehended in th* fire damp. An incautious
inovemefit. of light; or, the overheating of a Davy
damp, may instantanecendY explode the sulphurous
alludations of the Coal, and send him to eternity-,
the effect being .simultaneous with the .cause S Dr
barring time, when Undermining. he Coal,. theover.
hanging, slate or the coal itself may fidl, and dash
him to atoms 1 These are but few of his dangers—
be is never safe, though alwayi guarded as far as
human sagacity Can protect. We have seen a
nough'—we mama, and . once more with a feel
ing of relief, look on the bright sun, breathe a pure
air, and look around on ball and dale.
into cothideration—
' You hare viiited. a Colliery, and will you now
gainsay xis a fair remunerating price for our tabors
Sharp Shooting in'lhe Senate.—On a resolution be
ing called, up, itlative to the improvements about F . '
the public grounds and the capitol, Mr. Caldwell 2 F(
suggested that trees should be planted.
Mr. PENROSE thoughtit the Aroma Muhiccrojis
were planted, it would combine beauty with utility.
Mr. Catnwsta was for hickory. '
Mr. Paxson s a id, that perhaps the Senator from
Lancaster would prefer Slippery Elm, as an emblem
of the "successor" of the great "predecessor," who
was now at the head of the party.
Mr. CA DWELL. said, that the Elm would be a
better emblem of the Senator from Cumberland, who
had slipped out of the window.
Mr. Psasoss said the emblem must- be divided
between himself and the Senator from Schuylkill,
who had also taken a leap from the window.
Mr. lasnay, of Schuylkill, said he had gone out
of the window from convenience, (laughter) and not
through feat; !
The resolution was passed.
A Duel.—We learn through the Nashville Whig,
that a duel was fought near Moscow, Fayette county,
Tenn., between Alex. J. Donelson, (the adopted
son of Gen. JAcKsovr,) and Henry Robeson ; both
were slightly wounded. A second meeting was
talked of the next day, but the officers of justice
probably defeated it.
William Shaver, hes been elected Chief Burgess
of Reading.
Latest from Maine.—There are many "reports
heard, but no "smoke" yet.
gcl. The Washington Examiner says, that Mr.;
Graves when passing through Brownsville, was as-I
lined by some musicians of that place, with the aid
of 4. the Rogue's Match. "
Weie the bind marching to their own music
pamphlet has been pubhsh t ed in Boston. on the;
subject of an Asylum for inebriates—for Drunkards/1
--says the U. S. Gaiette.
Are they about to tear down the old workhouse
that is the beat asylum for drunkards.
Mortality,—There were 5462 deaths in Philadell
phis during the year 1888, and 7780 births durino
the same period.
A British officer in Canada, lately botuit
that with an army of three thousand men, he could
march through New England.
So could treble the number, quick step, as prisl- 1
oners of war !
The Science of Mining.-A Professorship of
ring has been established in Durham University
England. This is a most desireable appoinune4
and one which we trust will tend to important ni
nths in perfecting that usefiil branch of labor. .
Foreign Newa.--When our outside form went th .
press, we were without any recent arrivaLs, which
must account for the general uninteresting clumicteir
of oar extracts.
Sub-Theasury !—Great defalcations have been
disclosed in the Poet Office at Concord, N. H.+
Can't Secretary Woodbury ‘stop the leaks 7"
Punning Gossip.—Noah says that the Countefiii
of Minfo is fond of juleps, Marquis Huntley
notorious sportsman, Lord Pagel is an attendant do
the Queen, the honorable Mrs. Brand is to accom
pany Capt.. Ross on his next Polar-excursion,
count Acheson suffers with the gout,-Ltuly Canis
lope is fond of melons, and Lady Buck has returned
to Hartland Abbey. •
cry. By ark act passed by the New Jersey Legisla
ture, the stealing of fruit or mulberry trees is made
larceny.
son perhaps.
Mr, J. R. Friedkquier, Principal of the In
slimes for. the instruction of the Blind at Philadel
phia, died laid week, generally esteemed and unifier
sally. lamented.
• Dr. Dyott.—The application of the manual labor
Banker, for the Benefit of the Insolvent acts, to the
Court of Common Pleas, has been rejected; and Ite,
held to bail in the sum of $ 10,000 to appear at tlie
next Criminal Session for fraudulent insolvency.
Ile is now in the debtor's apartment, at Moyanien
sing, and if we may judge from' the evidence,' he
stands a fair chance of carrying his manual War
principles to the Penitentiary.
Another Florida Victim.—Capt. H. L. RuS.sell
of the 2nd Infantry, has been killed by the Indians
in Florida. How long will our country be compell
ed to record the butchery of her officers in this rat,'
do signally disgracefo to the Department, which has
it under contruul 1
Capt. Marryatt, hue not aceepted'the Breads
command, which has been tcndred
Light Weight of Boats.--The following ReSalu .
tion was passed by the Schuylkill Navigation Co
pany, at a meeting on the 11th inst. , for the regu
tion of the Coal Trade, the ensuing season:
MMMIONM
EU
BE
What in the name of wonder was it before 1 tree-
~ Resolved, That all boats trading between flarty
kill County and Phdadelphia, with coal, shall on; 3
return voyages, or as often as practicable, or alkali
once a month, be weighed at the Company's Scales
at liernsville, to ascertain their light weight, and
that a certificate, specifying the date and weight e l f
each boat, with one ton added then to for . .
be given to the captain thereof. i
And that the collectors at the Company's ltcal. ..
at Schuylkill Haven, Mount Carbon, and dery
vine, hereafter until father directed, in awe •
the weight of coal laden on board of boats, f•r . e
purpose of charging Toll, shall deduct th Ii .3 t
weight, agreeably to the certificate from the •
..,,,
master at Kentsville."
This resolution may remedy the • evils co m Skied
of, to a certain extent, if strictly carried into effect;
but the only feasible plan of arriving at the *gres
desideratum of correct weight, is the erecti . of
tide locks it Pbiladelphia z and compelli*—
be weighed every trip.
-This allowance of a ton, is likewise
a precedent, which may. he allowed 7
eat resolution, but cannot be expected
lock is completed as it would MI '
the sisippers liiiie.
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Eldred,' hair born gyp
pointed
• Linage in the Etds, district, is the place of
elitii•bidilsm)decimel•
irow iirsz*• serisia.
«Happier, -happier fax than thou
"With the laurel on thy brow,
She that makes the hatable heextbi,
Lovely but to one or} earth."
sme, and fin-thee, a womark! wieneibre,i; Fhisl •
ath thy own heart no thought, no power} of bliss,
nitsawnleniple from the wceld ifar,
t Queridolatry, should w oo r star; I •
And the deep fount of tendert:mat be hush'd •
/ Not thine the laurel wreath; Ode watcher thott
It were a mockery on thy Muwarorn brew -
Oh woman, meeter far that thou ahottl4'st wear,
'The gems of love within thy braided hair:. .
:For love and tendetnesi are thine alone,
Affectioi deep thy throne !:
-s j for the haro—foi the
. conqueror slain--
• r • gh and mighty deeds—the tonted.plain—
proud eloquence of man alone—
, • him wear it . :—but an under tone
• that thy fevered heart is set
fi
i .
. i ee,withihe keen and pushing thought=
. e heart with its fountaih dePth o'er &tight,
.
tlwlavished wealth of its tenderness,
, a depth of its own bright power to bless—
ldst thou cast thy lightiand 'thy sceptre down,
. ' ' Hence with the martyr-crown !
i.
s • in thy onward, thy glorious track—,
, . my early dreams thou would'st win me back—
.
• the love that lath bound my soul to earth,
.. the smile of heme, and the household hearth !
wings may not shadow, that blessed lot !
Pass on—l aisk thee not.
Platteville, March 20, 1239.
laWe are pleased to.see that our correspondent
J. .` C: hits commenced a =ode any urt abuses.
He s attempted an Herculean task, but one in
w ' he will be borne out by community. Wtr
ha, in person, experienced the evil of which he
co .. 1 , tains, and think it calls' loudly for reform :
. • 1 .. wrongs nobody," so keep on in your course,
and root out every weed you , can end.
FOR THE maxis.' MENU.
4,RIGHT, WRONGS NO BODY !"
. .
is being a fact, I wish to knter how our squires
.r ...mere can compel a citizen to neglect his bast.
. or leave his ivorn„when they please to sum.
m him for a juryman ?
may receive for answer: "the law 'gives that
th authority." •
Othis. I would reply : the law authorises them
to ey each juryman thezum, bf one dollar, in all
ca: ~. where an inquest is held. Bull!) many eases,
in, , ad of paying this money as the lair directs;
thy put it in their own pockets, end set out some .
• . brandy, or spirits, in leis thereof.; as if they
w..ld urge their jurymen on to dmtikeness and kir
d: .ctioo, that their own services; might be again
led in 'requisition: , _
.:
have known a justice of the peace to take pont
in n from their work ; adjourn them to a temps( to
re .er their verdict.; cause them to loose fart of a
'1 ; k• ; and then "bluff .hem o"ff" in this manner.—
is is a fraud, and if the county must pay the mo
n w let it go into the bands of those. for whom it is
I have set my face against all Imposition, and
a all deem it my duty to correct all such flagrant a.
toesee as far as lays in my,Power. I conclude as I
began, " Ruarr, wrongs no bod; , !" so gentlemen
f. the future, pay trp.! M. C.
117 The fallowing extract from a lecture delivered
before the Athenian Institute-and Mercantile Libra
ry Company by Job R. Tyson, Esq., proposes a plan
toia National Library which will be read with in.
tereet by every friend of Literature. • We regret that
on limits will not allow a more extended extract:
is But however learning and ' genius have added.to
t e national fame, partiality itself must admit that
L
I ttle active aid has been contributed from public
. nty. Astronomical science yet asks fOr a oboe?.
tory, and the national library languishes for want
encouragement. When we compare the pigmy
Rectione of Philadelphia and Cambridge, the lug
t libraries in this country, with the magnificent •
mete of Paris, Vsenms, London , and many others.
- need not be concealed, that the national pride re
fives a wound. In the various departments of hie
• ry, except domestic, modern literature and science,.
dr collections do not embrace al which the wants -
f the learned student demand. The life of Colvm.
on, by Irving, is . work destined to imperishable
ame, could not, fin m the absence of materials, ham
written in AMerica. Mr. Wheaton could not
eve brought to completion, his learned and lariat
history of the North men, except in Europe. Tbs .
dmirable work on Ferdinand and Isabella, by Mr.
• resentl, though written on this side of the Atlantic,.
• as chiefly dependant for its materials on the other.
The library , of Pbiladelphie is upwards of a century
.Id. Its late highly intelligent librarian,esibmputes •
the present number of volumes at 46,000; a number
exceeding, it is true, any other library on this aids
of the Atlantic, but not commensurate with the
growing wants of the literature anti science of the
city. The Royal Library of Paris. leas then half a
century ego, numbered ozly 80,000 prinyd Volumes
and MSS. It now prmifte; in its totillity, upwards
of 700,000 volumes; The BritishMuseum,foundel
long since the establishment of the Philadelphia Li.
brary, do* amounts to 240,000 volumes. The value
of a library, it is true, doom not depend upon its
numerical superiority alone; but there is no doubt,
from the bibliographical knowledge which guards
the Royal Library of Paris, and the British Museum,
that the excellence of their contents is in proportion
to their unmoor.
'lt becomes a wise and enlightened people, intent
upon a high destiny, to adopt the means necessary
to observe it. • It watt one evidence of decay, that in
e luxurious age of the Roman empire, the ref of of
Roman senators wag confined to , Minus Maximal
and uvenal. In a country in which native en•
ergnias not been debilitated by luxury where
mind, untrameled, roves with perpetual activity, ex
plores new regions of thought, and penetrate' new
sources of truth and intelligence ; where every min
is'a reader, and all have a keen appetite fur knowl
edge; the means should be multiplied commense
ratekwith its importance and necessity. Without
dwelling longer upon' a therne'whith might be aor
'plifieel by so many reflections, it is enough to eel ,
that no act would confoi higher literary ,glory app'
the United States, then adding to the treasures o f
its public library, The )rovernmept of France Iv
quires-a copy to be deposited, in the Royal Library ,
of every work which is issued . from the Ore"
throughout the kingdom. A similar regulation ob
Ohm in Auetria • and Russia, for the. bquefit of the
royal libraries of Vienna and St. Petersburg Film
the operation of so wise and salutary a provision.
these libraries are monuments of-honour and renown
to those despotic nations. The British Musegm'
which. has proved, tit England; the greatporeery' r
merit, the light of
,genius, the ladder to a mine'
has been fostered by the. same liberality, aided
the direct munificence of the sovereign. Co'
-has already purchased the pipers °Scrubbier ,
Madison. It could present adequate indocemet
to private persons for the opening of their rie
cabinets, in which are deposited- those &cam
which are so material to'illustraie our national
tory, and transmit Obit national fame. It could
act , ' law similar to those which talented the li
ries of France and'England, Austria and Russia.
could enrich the. present collection. by a Peet"
now offered to its acdepte UM; elf the greatest trees'
. done of the greatest bibliopolista of this biblie'
cal age.
.
,
0 Poore Camp b ell Esq . whose serePoo o a t
racy in regard to Abe feel bas.gained for bbn
deserved a name as his high repot. ia loblioerri
this gentleman •was librarian ofibe Phildeil
I.lllry for tweaty-ttdere years. dariniktbe wboli
i
11Wn VI!: -Oast' . die library regular!
;days in - 14. a s •' s Over once ober
viispon. Beau/Um - er a Matorief. th e -
I Company. of PAitedat or
by Jose : J. Satre,
Esq., the .preteittli `ran. '. .
El
That brightly should tune lashed
On a'diamoud coronet !
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