The miners' journal, and Pottsville general advertiser. (Pottsville, Pa.) 1837-1869, March 30, 1839, Image 2

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O'fatappither bervestinssuf"
ti elarmathoel " •
.: - not,what I nitwit expleits . . -I will aite
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the moil; butlooh for another harsistraso.
ever return to the eerie of ilersen4rtf. • It
the damn of -*Oda to be Aviittio with
but he crane 'liberty to make ono Inquest
[When lam dead take went•iilf•utt d
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nu myna depend upon my doing sp, " said
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nett untcrwatd should *Ail, me by
ht in the Intest. : "
• not understand thee."
on wilt know 41 soon—l have a preeentimemt
all never return--such presentimetats ere
e. Mayest thou be happy ! I 1441 not
`;iite the daughter of Lindeuhausen the bride
dory Remember my poor dog.il
~ • .. orrs-impression was, that the poor fel
:its were disordered ; still he had teufficient
•ea in him to entrust him with t h e much
relics. Bachoffner, with his charge4ourney-
He cut many a lingering look at hi humble
.le cottage, fully impressed with a eon
-that he should not return.
trusty Bachoffuer was passing through a se
part of that almost iuterminabl; forest, when
himself assaulted bra ruffian, wffb, before
d defend himself, -whipped a Ilan sword or
through his gibe.: Though e received a
and, as it.pFovella mortal wound, it dad not
immediately to the ground: The wound
/ eo narrow that at first only' a very
I. away of blood escaped. Rudolph was at
" nt's throat before he could regain the use
capon. The womlman hatl.sutf4ient.strengtJa
...Ace of mind to draw an axe from his girdle,
hich he clove the skull of his ruffia) mango
wing the weapon sticking in. the splintered
r The assassin MIS the Baron ! Bachoffaer
ted to walk, but before he proceeded many
,• ell ; the blood now oozed festfrom the wound,
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th it cowed the tide, of life. Fearing that the
1 - who had stabbed him might have an accent
!. villany, and well aware that the life of a
!.. had not been the primary motive 0 the at
threw his burden into a tissure of the rock,
Ightly covered it with loose stones and sods
- .. tied, and died.
ould seem that the Baron by same .unascer
means had conic to a knowledge of the TEIZOV
.is sword, shield, and armour; and knowing
ghly they were prized by their preseut pos
had resolved, at the. hazard -of his life, to ob.
• m ; not that he regarded iheirintriMsic value
• the spirit of avarice had he coveted:the mas
•mbessed gold which adorned them ; but to
the fiendish hate which he cherished towards
In of tus rival. The hate was the last but
• spark of adeeply-ymmed animosity which had
arc between the rival families from time
that
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Many were the surmises and speculations respec
ting tae fate af the woodman and the Baron: The"
bodie of the combatants were not discovered until
some 'me after the fatal rencoatre. Whorl litund - ;
they *ere within a'few yards of each other, just ,
theyad fallen. The avenging hatche t was still
wed in the assassin's helmet , and the sight hand
of B hoffner stiq grasped the second weapon which
in his death,atruggle he had drawn from his girdle.
Nearl d
to the ,woodualoa was stretched the faithful Ru
dolph{ As the bodies • were not mutil nod by the
beasta and birds of prey, it was inferred .that they
4mln watched over by the dog; which appeared
to be ut recently dead.
B 'diner, as Promised by the phantorn forces
ter as permitted, after death, to wander invisible
.thr . the forests by night. having died Miming
v,l
deed undone, •
wished for object to be won " " ,
Da his
his person was to become visizile,, and his
_ • gs were to cease, whenever' be could inset
iiith me pepon to whom he could reveal the
iirut
,in defence of which he lost his life. Mu
noctoknal perambulations were confined to a eery
amall.portion of the foresp, and that a remove and
unfitl:tented part. .From the number of bears
wolves, and boars' that infested it, it was deemed
.
during night; consequently morn than "
g. four
score e3/1 alapried before he was met by - any hu
man ,
four
score
" At (length, however., while taking his customary
neetukiaal perambulation, he was 'suddenly, Confron
ted by a tall handsome cavalier, a benighted hunter
who lad loot his way. The spectre gaud inquisi
tively", as if he knee him.. The stranger wait no
etherlthan Busir'ice Hernandortr, grandsoil of .ilier-
Man liernandorff and the lady of landanhattson, and
- the list of his race. Well might they mutually
etartt Bachoffner distinctly saw whet wauld have
appeared to have been his veritable multi, had he
not linown that time had bent with decrepitude, or
borne away to their tombs, all his contentprarics.
Welt' might, If ernandorff be unutterably cenfJunded
on b& g, at the solemn and salami hour of
in that almost untrodden wildxtae swar
. of BaahotTner ; ho could dot bi mistaken
minify. The oblique glance, the hut. Let and
the plumier-belt, the boots and mittens, tar
hat, the black whiskers contnainOling with
it locks, the axe on his shoulder, and the
one-eyed companion of +vets fol
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heel—all confirmed the 'truth. The
brightly full on the face of the pima
ler, whose every feature wee plainly
Well might Eustace be itsienithed
eating of the wooden in and his dog, which
in the halls of tae castle nearly a century,
4 by moonlight in the fattest ! fot in an in.
he recognised Bachoffner and Rudolph, the
woodman whoie aria bad struckdown the
foe of the Hetinandertf, and who had
in defence of the proudest trophies
house; and his dos, thit' out wa
llow truly had the Limiter aspic
aspect—how fitiat . thei *hag.
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beckoned; gustace followird to the
spot that had become noted as the deals-Cite of
-on. There the spectre pointed ttiwartis the
stmmingly t to intimate that something lair con
beneath 'the turf. Dolmas turned over' the
7ered the long-lost trophies ;he Osoul
was eaten through with rust ; but din gold and
had resisted decay; With surprisd i he gazed
them, and was about to expreschiji gratitude
veteran forester, but he bad disappeared
r nu longer visited the Muni eutpt ort
of the merry festival, when Of jolt's the
crew orkthe celebration of their t iontbanial
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konitery.--La,t yew, the 0,111417 Stitepl
mid. Os Ss 0.0004 the preselt wrap
"imissionere seat ouriy tp+i)
ii proof from every iperttri thit the
ere m hetto..arder thee tb4 .eta last
The iertmefiborter amethael . atildipep
31111111 meet ere them for two .ay
months kinger•—iimeiheirat i mmolOist their
vs% a inpageaseit
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PdrraVILLE LYCEUIL.
ntsetirig-eftite Directors held on Wednesday
aftiundou, the folloviing resolutions were.unanimons.
ly L ?idopted:
ftesaved„ Whereas by • mistaks, -several persons
were admitted in the Lyceum at its last meeting,
after thedmur of cammencement, to.the interruption
°Ohs indium, in future the rule that requires the
doers to be closed of half -pastili ssill ho strictly en
&weed, and no person admittedelker the lecturer mo
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That each subscriber's ticket mutt ba
exhibited at the door to procure admittance for him
self or party. , By order
Jams Wallace, Secretary
POTTSYILL.E LYCEUM.
Order' of Lectures.
.ißitturis 7th. Tuestky, April 2.... History of Eng
sal," by Edo trd Omen Parry, Esq.
iltr anted an active. intelligent . and honest boy,
abr a i: n 15 or 16 years of age, to attend in the
su . ber's Store, and alai° to learn the print.
ing business afterwards. None but one capable, and
who can come wall recommended, need apply.
• B. BA.N AN.
'We propose establishing a Post Route for the de
lis ery of our papers to our subscribers in Port Car
bon, St. Clair, New Castle, Coal Castle, Mioeraville,
Silhuylkill Haven, and the intermediate places on
MO route, provided ow friends will Mimed them
selves in procuring us a sufficient number of sub
scribers to remunerate us in part for the expense.
fie ,
pot oder a.
will start every Saturday morning,
vi! Port Carbon, and deliver the ,papers at such pla
ces as the subscribers may designate, as expeditious
ly* possible. For this service each subscriber will
bei charged 25 cents per annum
k - We will commence the delivery of the pa
p Ors by post the first week in April.
;Our New Post Route. —Nett week, we shall
commence deli.feruig the Juunaal in Port Carbon,
Sti Clair, New Castle, Schuykill
&e. , Dy post
j Packets will be loft at the following places,
I'OH Carb , m.—Bank, Simpson' and Dougherty's
Tiverns and J. K. Ohitine's Store.
Pinkerua,& Co's. Store.
Caalk.—Atthe Store of Q. Reifsnyder Esq.
i.llLnerovilk.-"-At Mr. 1. Provost's Tavern.
. o .` , cluty/kal Hmen.—At Mr. F. Haas' Tavern.
Subscribers residing at these places will have
theilp apes left as ah,iv: me tioaed, early son the tlif
ferniit inoraingi of pu!shcataon, at au extra charge of
25 et.. per wham. Those, wh ) are opp iseil to this
arnangement, and wish tuem left at other places,
will please nobly ourtu ; the next week. We
think however, the whole of our patrons will ap
i)Chove of the float, as the delay attendant on waiting
tot:. a prisata opportunity btu been severely felt.
- We must likewise a4ain impress on our present
subscribers, thenecessity of u-ing their endeavors to
procure an accession to our list, which will partially
'enumerate us for this extra eapease, which has been
incurred solely for their accommodation.
!Penney/mania ifail.—Our readers by refiring to
mir adsertiting columns, we tee that our neighbor
Hitugkawoui has made prepprations fur his spring
cAmpaign and having cleared his decks for action,
aids ready to receive -boarders." His apartments
hive been all regenerated, and put in order, servants
eriga„"Nl, liquor vault Wed, larder stocked and sta
bling enlarged ; his situation is airy and central, the
hduso commodious, friend Haugliawout as good a
fellow as we know of, who is not. 4 whig, and better
than some who are—sheets looking like aired snow,
arid beds soft as a lover's sigh: with all these requi
sites we commend him to the public, who may visit
mir Borough through the minter.
Vie Lyceum.- , -Next Tuesday evening, we may
event alecture from t.c hem d Uwe , * Parry, Esq.
art these portions of English History, connected with
this American Revolution. A stirring subject, and
rule which we know will prove of general interest.
Or. C4rpessier'a lecture on Phrenology, was hon
ored with the largest attendance of tke coulee, and
hie remarks were Listened to with en attention which
evinced the general gratification.
Would Carbon Rail ho --Although the wat-r
is in the Carl., this road will not be ready until the
15th or 20th of April. The cokl nights of oar spring,
will probably i pmvent most of our neighboring ro:1
raids from commencing operations before next month
is Well advanced.
THE NEW LINE OF OfTWITION
COAGHEd.
It is with more than ordinary pleimre that we
aiain call attention to the completion of the ar
raagements for the curnm:.ncaMent of the New
Liiie of Steps between Pouredlaand Phil a d e lphi a .
Meat of our citizeXis have had an Opportunity wring
th 4 past week of seeing the spleialal .and commodi
ouS coaches which have been f.raished, and every
thiag being in perfect readiness, the line will start
oni its course next Monday morning.
There is protably no stage route in the Union,
which his been heretofore so thronged With travel
as this ; it has been lucrative and well strpliiirted,
and yet the travelling community have anffered more
imposition, detentions, and want of courtesy, titan
cottony other. This has been the effect of monopo
ly I the appearance of opposid 'n has been made, but
the same hands have always' MO the guidince of
the different lineal. To put down this conspiracy it
gaJinst thy comfort and convenience of travellera, to
,g4, w them to pass over one of the moot lovely and
delightful of roads in a pleasant manner, and to
check the numerous insults wh i irli 'our citizens have
mired front stone of tho old) proprietors, the new
line has lWea priginated, completed and is a
bort to commence ander the auspioes of persons, who
can never amalgmnate with the to'rmer concern, and
who Will cantinue, if the public hear them out in their
un iertaking. .
Know ng the proprietors, the 4 means, their pub.
hcispirit. and their intentions, war bespeak for them.
the attention of but Mends at a distance, and solicit
a 44 on their behalf.' Encourage them as lung as
they are ilti.erving.. and are arranited by a determine.
nob to benefit the public, and ecnomodate Mu tray.
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e &community. We do not ,press its considers.
• do on our neighbours. u but few are ignorant of
th many evils of which we have tlr years complain
s/id that linartlage is the mut guarantee of its
• patronised, , ,i. 1
rnay arrangement hos beet nu t o rdo forpublie eon,:
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and athttll 10 ,i p tutporteu to mu:.
P carbon wejldsr•Wthat th el l Ot be 100 111 **1 1 4
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A Nirlsancee-41thnee business ig it to repairulteji
bridge over tthe gaunt Carbon . iir - n . id, Wiling
from Mortise Addi#on to I oWhesicloi ;
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Will, opal comb mrato mom i
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This is a ittneskinii °lye!t impottuice to oneness,
and cum which its frequently 1 propounded4o
us. Since our list article on the ' of iron, we
hams:received gratifyin • ' which enables,
opti g i
us to give a defiling afilniatist answer to it.—
Spaimensgel A the emit of coal in our
region hiwe be . ed to iff; onte of Weil"
the saseeniful in the 'dim by
anthracite.. He. hen analysed them 4, and moots
them to be well adapted for the pis as gig are
similar in every impetigo the Welsh Coal. With .
this great desideratum well undanagod, and as iron
ore is daily developing itself in greeter quantities in
every direction around us, we have; much cause to
congratulate ourselves. There is nO doubt but that
unwilling placed an ore of iron in direct proximity
to ourooal, which will matelly ambit each other in
bringing about useful and pc:lSt:blot effects to man
kind. We see her hand everywhere. directed in
fitting her products to the wants of Civilization, and
we alanot for a moment disbelieve ghat her general
fostering protection. has been reipis on a subject of
such vital importance.-
Unalight—the Sehuylkill--tinalg'i
Frcge—,Port6, and other nerisease—Any one
who stye last Wednesday night waamot a sweet one,
is no judge of the beautiful ! We were moonstruck,
and sauntered out to' take a full view of her silver
majesty, and that we might approach her as near as
possible, walked up to Young's Hilt When there,
we took off pur hat, and let the my* of the first full
spring moon, bathe our temples--Mh ! how rich,
how sweet, how refreshing I Endynion himself was
never so enamoured of the moon ale we, and if the
Greenlanders were but a literary people, we would
take our establishment of the Mine"' Journal there
forthwith, and enjoy their six months moonshine !
oh happy people—happy whales- that disport in
northern seas! happy Captains Ram and Parry !
what racked it to you that the thermometer stood
degrees below zero, while the moon was eternally
shining above you 1
And there—on Youngs Hill, not Greenland
we sat down, and viewed the menu beam playing
on the ripplets of the Schuylkill—en the right, lay
the Borough, calm as the sleep of infancy, on the
left bathed in liquid a Ivor was the beautiful little
cottage on the bill, around which the soft rays wore
dancing and coquetting, while imagination peopled
each a cam with G erons Manias. and Pucks—in
front lay Greenwood—and beyond, the gorge of
the Sharp Mount tin received the beautiful stream
into its arms, as vigorous manhood clasps.hir heart's
adored upon the bridal night! Theta was not a spot
but spoke of peace , and happiness, all seemed pure
and sinless as the seraphim before the Mercy seat !
And there was muffle too! not from the spheres.
but from the frog ponds !—no ostentations diaptos
of note books, and lithographic frontispieces to catch
the unlearned eye—bat every frog
. clucked out his
cluck, from the vast volume of nature's ..anwrit.ten
music:" They looked up to .the sky, and sang in
alto ; the moon, in the even tenor of her way, was
the keymste for every tenor duck ; the deep—deep
h ills re-echoed from the •verdant mud" of each wa
tery pond. am] the treble, looking to earth, and
stream and sky,
"Now trebly, thundered on 'the gale,
And clack ! cluck ! was the cry !''
Who would not be a frog to live in the midst of
rock and trees, and contemplate on solitude ! no
discount days or rent days, no bank directors or
landlords with hearts harder than rocks, and as un
bending as the rooted oak ! to live oh land or in wa
ter, happy here and jovial there ! Who would not
be a frog—a frog by moonlight !
Moonlight ! it is a friend, a companion, a lover, one
that we can_ !lrear in our heart of hearts.' She
understands each teought—she needs no language
—she re-echos every sigh more balmy sweet, and
the voice finds utterance, echo starts froth her hi
ding places, and reiterates the over-gashing of Your
heart! We would forego sun light for ever, so we
could arrange with the almanac makers to have
moonlight hair its duration !
I love not did-day's doolfing, garish splendor,
There is a beauty in the moonlight sky
W hieh breathes of peace oh 'us so soft, so tender
It steals the heart away—the swiming eye
Ge.tes all tearfully :,--the thoughts that ore"
The breast at such an hour, man's language cannot tell.
And when we looked at that sweet:moon in youth,
When bright hope Bushed the cheek, and fired
the eye,
• Ind our untutored hearts knew nought but truth
In man—and woman was the deity,
Of our sours sainting—when all earth was bliss,
And every dream hot added happiness—
When thus we , gazed—oh then, at such an hour,
Its beauty had indeed a magic power! '
Yes ! moonlight alone is a type of paradise; but
with a loved one at your side, fis heaven itself!—
Reader did you ever feel it 1 if you are mortal, you
must hairs done so. At such an hour, when the
heart is full of uwords that breathe, and thoughts
that burn," when bean is beating against heart. and
pulse is thrilling with pulse. when the a chaste
moon'' is the only witness of spOken and unspoken
vows, when the troth is plighted and the kiss has
sealed it, have you not then felt —oh nonsense !
Here end oar nett:lke:unfair for the present.
Lead Ore.—We were shown, says the York Re
publican, by a Gentleman, a few day 4 ago, en appa
rently very rich specimen of lead ore, which was
discovered is -the qiiaity, of Mr. &VAX &sax, in
lichen' Township, about mid-way oh the Turnpike
Road, between York and Wrightsville. The same
quarry has produced very numerous specimens of
Iceland Spar of great beauty. We are not inform
ed' of the extent of the vein of lead ere, which had
just been discciveted, and Was not traced fax when
the specimen was taken out which Was exhibited to
us. •
We sincerely' hope the vein may :prove produc
tive : if our brother of the Republica has an oppor.
tunity to forward us a specimen of the ore, and the
spar in which, it is. imbedded, of. "ill esteem it a
favor.
The seamd rebuke: which the treasenabe con
duct of the federal titnerites inceiv4 is. in the ekc
don of Col. A, V. Parsons, a democrat of Lycoming
county,"as Senator in the place of Mi. Irwin, a fader
al &manta whotuding that his conduct in sustain
ing. Messrs. Stevens and Burrows wits odious to his
canasitnentcressigned.—K.y , tone. 1
Mr. Parsons was . elscied without tut' , regular op,
,position by tins min:went vote of ull who "were fa ,
vorable to the Whit Branch imtovementa. A
brother of Go* Ritter presided at meeting held
t Farrandsville wherikatrong resolutiima were sealed
in his favgr, as a cluampion of that bnpnovement. A
rebuke—Ws++ ! who ever could drinus of a Whig,
retrukb from Bynoming county 1
Something ifir thff M.Or—lt is- - , : • 'that
the Medicsl hiculty has frnidehed a -peat numbes.ot.
the bert.poets:—spOof of the diseeniment of the se
c**, it,k-srAing AP* l l o sFin aypuce of 11" W
and medieline—il..*Pageele. i
se,
Tiase.sure,; sad lies stot.:Poder .
_. 4 sh l Osnt us
Os illgt wa, of Piing ci l , OW : . gone:lPA*
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OY~ OUR 4 130 - Al. OPERATIONS.
We lantana i ttufiut* + t* our VW ofnaticestrii .
-the gent collieriesicf our with thfise.
-Mr. dune IL Pane. On`thetwo venni **kid'
hbii below the weber level. it is neccessay to
.plus engines to;raise Mid tree the mirieli - of
venter. Wham the location is such Mat a Winton
tal drift into the bowel* a mountain, with
a sufficient eo+oriog ar breast, theta is no present
necessity far steam. The trilling rise given to the
rails raid in the gangweys, to airry, a water course
thtlAiralifiAli made_tlifeneems
of laden cars quite easy, and u the Coal and water
dsri be bialy discharged, •the erection of engines is
In miler to contrast, the operations
above and below the water level, we have-determin
ed thisweek to give a busty dewmption-of She
MOUNT LAUG 'IEEE COLLIERIES.
The splendid Coal tract on which these workings
are situated, lies about two and a half miles north of
our Borough, 'on either side of the turnpike, oc
cupying:llns high podia, including the Mine Hill,
between the head waters of the east and west bran
ches of Norwegian Creek, and 'consequently bar
ing for the outlets of its business the two branches
of the Mount Carbon Rail Road, end extending west
ward to the Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Rail
Road, which affords another outlet. Tam Tract is
owned, by Messrs. Mann & Moms, T. C. Williams
and Lloyd Wharton, and is worked at several differ
ent points. Thosebowever, to which weehallconfine
our present remarks, are the operations et the head of
the W est.limnetrofNeregtan, where the proprietors
have tunnelled Mine Mill. This tract abounds both
in Coal and Iron,end the proximity of thetwo, points
verringly to the design of nature in making them
subservient to each other, in furnishing comforts to
the human family.
The Tunnel is constructed on the Booth aide of
the Mine Hill, into which it has already penetrated
near 700 feet, and it will be still extended 200 feet
As its direction is north, it cuts all the veins on the
Mine Hill, and will afford facilites when completed,
for working about a dozen veins, ranging from 4 to
15 feet in thickness. As it is well known that the
course of the veins is east and west, it will readily
be perceived how comprehensive the range of the
Tunnel will be, and how profitably it may be eat•
ployed for the mining of our fuel.
Entering the mouth of the 'I unnel which is ten .
feet wide and eight feet high, we proceed about 25'
feet, and meet a twelve foot vein, which is not work
ed, as the scantcovering of the hill would not ren
der it profitable. Advancing 125 feet more, we come
to a vein of 4 to 5 feet, on which gangways have
been worked east and west,upwards of 200 feet, and
all preparations made fur taking out Coal. We
next encounter about 40 feet of hard rock, under
which is a two foot bed of fire clay, affording an ex
cellent undermining to 5 feet of iron are scattered
profusely in a very soft matrix, which promises to
be of excellent quality. Beyond this is ten feet of
slate, intermixed with iron ore, likewise givingevery
indicaticin of being extensive in its range. Dividing
this strata, the Tunnel meets a 7 foot vein of iron ore,
with 16 inches of Coal above, and the same vs idth - of
fire clay below it, making it easy of access, and sub
servient to all the purposes of mining : gangways
have been turned right and left on this vein, and a
great quantity of ore already extracted. This is of
excellent quality, and is to be smelted at thtsGreen-,
wood Furnace in our Borough, under the direction
of Mr. Lyman. Leaving this vein, the tunnel pas.
ses througX 300 feet of hard rock, and Cuts a v
of from 12 to 14 feet, in fault at firs., but the gang
ways soon passed through it, - and extend'about 300
feet on each side. This is a fine vein to work, and
all the chutes ere erected, and breasts opened- Be,
yosbd this ate 3 feet of slate covering another ten foot
vein of coal, which for the present on account of its
proximity to the list, will not be worked, although
in time, all may be taken out. Below this vein is
six foot of rock, sepenrting it from a third Coal vein
of about 10 feet in thickness, giving in 43 running
feet, :t4 of good Coal. • Beyond this deposit of an
thracite, for 20 feet, numerous strata of iron ore are
developed from,B to 15. inches in thickness, inter
mixed with fire clay, and easy of access ` ; passing
which we meet four feet of Coal of good quality.
Beyond this the Tunnel has been opened about one
third of its contempt ited extent of 450 feet, and, in
that distance five Mom Coal veins will be cut, rang
ing from 5 to 15 feet, besides numerous beds of iron
ore, if we may judge by the developements of oxi
dation, and strong feruginous taste of thi water.
We have thus enumerated in order the different
vows exposed by this work. The %Mut Laugh
fee Tunnel is confessedly the finert work in the
County, and rivals in extent almost any in our Coun
try. Only the first twenty-five feet are through
earth, the rest is arched through solid rock, save
where it cuts the intermediate Coal and iron veins.
The Bank for depositing the Coal,' the chutes &c.
are all made of oak, strong, substantial and conve
nient. The various necessary appendages to a col
liery, as Carpenter's and blacksmith's shops, and
powder Magazines, are all erected, and the Proprie-
Aura have abandoned the driving of the Tunnel,
through the business season, to throw all their force
on the Coal-and iron.
The Mount Laughfee Tract with its improve.
rnents has cost about $ 70,000, of which at least
$ 10,000 hive been expended on the tunnel alone.
This has been effected by 4 individual enterprise,"
and is another incontrovertible proof of the folly
of incorporations for mining purposes. When our
New York friends ride out on their beautiful Rail
Road to Harlaem, and pass through their boasted
tunnel, they will be surprised to learn, that this one
rivals it in extent and neatness, not of course so
high, as the use of a locomotive would require. but
. suffmfiently wide for a double rail way tract, water
courses &c.
The Mine Hill rises several hundred • feet about
the level of the Tunnel, and is filled with coal, and
it is more than probable that it might be continued
hrough the Valley north of Mine 11111 to the Broad
Mountain, as the north valley is nearly 200 feet
higher thin the south one. We should be pleased
to extend our remarks on these ioteresung works to
a greater extent, but a due regard to variety pre.
vents us. The stranger who visits our Borough to
gratify his cariosity, will findlicre a useful and as
erosible recreation; inoyenter the Tunnel with
out the fear of firecamp, of chunk-damp,.OT any of
the - eontingerrein to which operation. below the tee
el
are subjected; he may' view the mode of mining
coal; and though the:sensations are not so great and
wonderful; as when tie knows that the habitable.
world is far above him, still he will find food fur a
bundant 'contemplation. He will view in ■mane,
the mysterious garnering; of nature, the aptitude
of ill her designs for man's Convenience, and
be more fully impressed with reverence of that
power, which causes the depths or the teas, and
the cavernous - recesses of the earth, both to min.
later to his comfort, and supply his necessities.
Tke troicrrione—We feel stpeeptibli our toss
of sustenance, which we hope to be able to sustain
Inasmuch as II Ittii became the suscipient of the awl
en.erhich. auscitated'enr brother of the Ledger.
Fab Hotpot lke.—The locos ate in emu* at
ibi nodt4tlWOVictkin in :thin. wow. Time was
shoat they rojcloot at new .Tionoriet ► now. they
witwotAiltitriiwooliiihoytimilii their own.
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41,n, Quo.-=lltl *girds exchange; with'v4
ly papers efeiptitely,fiteru7
,cast, we feel that coo t
4 0 10111 41,i' • qtft,t . 4 - iltelt
term.. 44 6 • I''-'lni•Ourretielietie4ra
142 perir, l •
*4- sOleitte . fsistiiir.nry
;praise or dispraise - Us and can ex
ehan*e or act exchange, as theyiplease. Wo plaCe
Oper on our examige list, but such as wade+
srot4 ,-
and hivir ilia itulopendanee Ito wish oth
ers to dot* same -Ittwardstha..4 Miners' -hit:renal n
Hiving now given the !Ouzels, why, like Jar*
Falstaff, we crania ict upon contpulaion, our All
, Lags and our good opinion both induce us to notice
'the .New Vork Vnig, which has just claimed the
Mille riff m,llarelatit - old, and a more promirmig
produce is not to-beiotind in our Union Firm and
encompromiring in its contention for the true polit
testprinciplestrillpubliesninountiring in hse.t
ertions to drag executive vice and deformity froin
their lurking pities. ana hold , them tip •the p
contempt—ever ready to spread its protection.
the commercial and financialeoncerns of our cou
try, and r. based as is the ocean rock, " egainst •
l e
long cohort of ergs, which Van Burenism like a see
ond Pandora, opened on the people efthese 'United
- States—with all these requiSites of character, arid
with gentlemen to fill the chairs editorial, who knots
the tight, and ably and fearlessly pursue it,i—vrie
feel that we are doing an act of justice not only io
the proprietors, but to the whole Whig Party, in our
country, when we recommend it to their favorable
notice.
More Proscription !.- -. The Albany Evening Joni
nal informs its readers, that Gen. Solo'mat Vin
Reretselaer,their-excellent and respected post-maiu
ter, has received a letter from Amos Kendall, 4-
nouncing that he has been u instructed by the Preii
idnt of the. United States, to say That in his jndg
ment, the public interest will be promotes by a change
of Postmasters at Albany, and that such•dhange
will be made at thirAose of the present quarter!" i
Here is another sacrifice totlieJuggemaut ofpi+
ty ! Here is another victim to Van Hurenismi!
Here is farther evidence thii t neither virtue nor pa -.
riotism, services nor scan, can protect a citizon froth
the ban of pmicription.
The efforts and schemes of demagogues, for ti l e
removal of Gen. Vsat Rensselaer, are finally aeconi
plished. yirhile Gen. Jiitirson was in office, these
efforts wEre unavailing. The did, chief rejected
with indignation, every proposition to' remove this
veteran. Wrong as Gen. Jackson was in mank
things, he had the generosity and .patriotism to pr 4.
tect a gallant soldier who had poured out his blood
.for his country. u While lam President, said th
hero of New Orleans to the hero of Queenstown,
and you discharge your duty faithfully, you aro
safe. "
Queen Vkforia..-We say to Sir John klarvo
that he can call on us, if he wants to ttineih those
wood cutting Moineites who have been • moiling
target of Queen Victoria's likeness, to try their rifle
with. The only way she should be shot at, is Is
when the hard of Avon's Oberon saw,
Flying between the cold moon and the earth,
Cupid all armed; a certain aim he took
At a fair vestal, throned by•the west;
And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, i
As it should pierce a hundred thousand beam' : •
But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft i
-Quenclia in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon,
And the Imperial votress passed on, •
In maiden nieilitirtion, fancy free.
We will again tell ) dung-John Van Buren to 104
to his rights—this is the last time we shall •reminp
him of his dip. We base been for the last si i t
monthi doing our beat for'him, and yet his father
has never thanked us, offered us an office, or subscri
bed to our paper! This is the most ungrateftil
world 'we ever lived in, or ever expect to!
Virginia.—The right spirit is up in the Old DO
minion—the locos have had a Convention at Rich
mond, which the Petersburg Intelligencer colts
"grand, gloomy and peculiar;" it was a aad affah,
wanting in unaniinity and harmony, and pestered
with our country's hope, the Oonserratives. 'The
same paper says, the .Whigs will do their duty it
the polls, and the uNapoleon of ttte Press" will bare
ly have time to exclaim usatice qui petit," before uhe
is landed at St. Helena." Mark the prophecy !
"So mote it he;" say we, most cordially.
Governor Finley of the Mississippi Colony, 1.1-
.beria, was attacked and murdered about two'llt
below' the settlement at Boma Cove, on his way
from Greenville to Monrovia. It was supposed thnt
one of the natives, who believed that he had money,
Mitigated the atrocity.
Do likewise. —Mi4siosippi has exempted all rev+
lutionary soldiers from taxation, and granted ther#
One Hundred • dollars each from the state treasury
every year. A noble act, and one which should hi
We read two vei interesting. articles is th e
last Northampton Whig the only I'ult we tin t !
with them is, they were not credited, as they shoo
have been to the Miners' Journal. ' Is the Editolr
about to turn radical, and oppose the credit aysi.
tem " in toto I 1
Enough of Blood.—The Canadian royalists ar •
sick of hanging—the coud'emned patriots are in
Lure to be transported. Who would not be tron*
ported to live under the petticoat government orli*
tle
Preparing for the Census.—About twenty-d's;
marriages are announced in one Harrisburg paper
all gokml whip, and the shoots will partake the tta
tore of the parent trees.
The height of decency ! —Tho Loco loco Pray 00
ing members liars" on the floor of •the House',
The poor gentlemen; when he uttered the w
must have been troubled with absence of mind, al
forgot that he Wa4 protector of the house's dignity
Or perhaps he was only talking to himself
The Bragusiza:-4n the IL B. Circuit Court, n
sitting at New York, for the trial of the murdere
of Copt: Diehl dc.c. , Judge Betts hits decided in f 4
vor of the motion foe • Jury de meditate lipgute,
i n o th er words, has "added that thg Jury which
to try the fnisonervcsitall be composed of half
foreigners and half Americans.
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Lorre.—Don't start,. ladies, we are past the ti •
for proposing ; we merely want you to read the . fo
lowing pretty extract, which to.our view 'is
beautiful, and very true.. Wigs alove - ibeilii
is growing old I "
Loe is likers winning river—it goes downw
•and downward, but doesn'tcome back to the spin .
The poor old granny in the chimney corner' is it
withered tree up the stream, and the youngest. boil
is a pretty flower on the bank below. Lovelies
the old tree and goes tio,the Bower.
Judge Wilkinsone:—Our readers wiU rememher th l
unpleasant eirreyi Which occurred solve time •
at the Galt Kentucky, in wide
this gantlet= WaS en:Waned, and . which rend H
the.deeth,of .ewizelividual. The gentlemen w I
were inflicted: alithiseipds blithe affray, hate H
isiedund isiquithLa.,Thelary- weer out only,
or Ow initinteivvElerensd the keen weer for
distinteuei*let'unot - gnsitY" withcintleWhitc,
tie !4 /%4 # it #,OP l o4 . 4 ° 44** -1
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rinfodtinaie.-L4l2i, E amine JOirinil of the nth
hafts' that Geoiri Vann, 'while on hi s
WarbailieVdin - popeia, OtertilMed &Ina
mot and bao bath inkhao Woke. , Mr. Duna had
colaphibl ant‘ Inikkon by: a; abnihs occideo
last yea; • I
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.Mr., cainbrekng-066 -1 'of atmicre adds
that C. C. C. is i taicalaptdkar il,a;l I F;o7; " paid. '.
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cian— .
Eimer to whom hones is due 4. ' the last New
V ;
ol t election we pont say that ta both a I*
,iiheitattor and statesman.
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. 43 g i lt * l g ul c'Sghli
at New Wit, Mel is apis , imema- Om simplest ma
mast effective Alen vdevised, Ifitir .alaiti . g Tess& fat
rePiiMF—CoPPerink__ 1 . i - , ~
Methodists.—the number oftbh sect in the tib:4
is said to be about 720,625, •
Crumbs of Comfort.— be state Oen T ii",„,
000 has been taken by' the Cited Bank f
&lOUs. •
Mehemet AIL—By the arrival of the Pocahontas
from Liverpool, at Philadelphia, intielligenee hu
been received, which if confirmed, will at once chugs
the face of affair, In Eastern Ent ope . and Alliat It
is no less than the death' of ?Mullet 'Ali, who, it is
stated, has, with all his attendants, beU *owned in
the Nile,• by The upsetting of the Iron Steamer:
The report though direct, is far from Certain.
Amos Kendal.—Some of the loco pipers are prni►
ing the Postmaster General - for remoiing Genera)
Pad Remise Veer, from ihe Post ethic at Albany,
It is one cif the best acts he ever performed in his
life—for theinicceas of the Whig.ause. Like the
removal of the postmaster from our Borough, it opens.
the eyes of the people.
Another trial to elect a Somber of ; Congress is
the *math district of Maine is to tan place on the
lst of April. The same candidates ate nominated
as before, viz : Mears. Brooks and Parmentim.
If the locos hope to elcct their auAkiate op .that
day, they will make Artlfools orthe.lyeit.
Conneeliast.—We hope in out nSltt to give a
good account of the election in this ptate, which
commences on Monday.
• rhiladelphiaA—The 'spring bushiesS has opened
so briskly, that tkie city, inercloantsioisisitillny dal*
td eat, drink, or steep:.
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11:7' Major Nosh s fleets at Prot. F.reiy's theory of
making lain. The Major the reign tusi.
nese at Grend Island once, but Onding he was no
Judge, abandoned it. The prOfetisor ;may be mull
fortunate.
The Pr rsbyterien Church Cose,•:—After the charge
of Judge Rogers to the jury, in this itivortaq cue,
the pity retired at about 11 o'clecki and in huh
TOM than half an hour, returned intotOurt with a
Verritet ie freer' of the Nera Schad, sr: Rqatorsi—
thejlespcuideuts have otiwei for a new trill;
Evils of Tenirionce...—There is bmach Tem.
p trance it Lynu that :ttie . Poor -Houma, which used
to ieIdIP2AKKI, cannot now furnish - inen enougb to
work the farm. i•
Webster trap/creed —••Ouniimerka," is a new
gled word used as a beading to 'notilites of tba rise
and fallof the Ohio river.
Negrephobie, a r) tons me for abolitionism
The free Bridge—The bill roiridtnir for theme
Lion of a free 'Bridge over 'th, Schuylkill' at Phila.
delphia, has received theCo4nor's sanction endow
city Ninth may congratulate themisehrei on the n•
suit ' • •
iD All it pacific in MaiiSe, and we irnat will cep
tinne ao.
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The five per cent. Goternmeni.—* learn from
Harrisburg that the Philadelphia "14in Company
has offered to Make the \, ,losn of 111,200,1100, at 5 per
cent interest; and. will give 7 per cent. premium,
providinrthe Leguilatuie agreeito - azt extension of
its . charter. Pretty catty way to get out of then
scrape ! Take our. advice gentlemen, and eluo
with the bargain, or the ucouspwatora" will show
you no chance fur your ruffle.
From New York.—The corresponcient of the 0.
S. Casette, writing from Neil , York sip:
"tregret that my only object .in writing to ybn
to•day,fi to say that we have no newitsif any kind
from the'north or east."
Our readers will thereto,. tams thei information,
(Hibersice) in lieu of a large paragniph. N. B
Varian is the loco candidate for Mayor of that city,
in opposition to the present Whig inciiwibent Clark.
The loco ,ill be beaten hT a majority tipping from I
to 2769. Sae how near , we can gnets„l when the rr,
suit comes to hand.
The Legislature, adjmuned oa Widneaday last.
Had not the trumpery—we mean temporary loan of
175,000 been taken by the flarriebuit bank, the
poor Mernbere would have had no mboey to
home smart well, .those who dines *nit pay the
ptper," nye ,tie old adage.
"Why let the etiieken deer go - lreep.
The Herr ongalled, play r
James 8. Hart, a .sob.treastmer of the sties of
Michigan, has embezzled $113,000, and;icne to ties.
as: From the 'manner in which Ike sUb-tieasurere
cat to our sister republie, Geis. Hoot !will have no
difficulty in providing thlrTezisn navy with cuUera•
"'The Last Weberisra.-6. Let es preyi" sob.
treasurer said ashen be ran off with pacia Sam's
money
Peri Redneed.—One or the old linealfrOm hese to
Reading, we learn, is about to reduce the fiITP. Ns
mention this, t.) let the friendd of t4ti Nrw Loa .
know the first attempt which is itiade hidrive cifflhs
people's line. It won) do :'run for *Minot 'mud
your stages will be entptylatill—'6the'l day* ofyott ,
toureeemmodating acei,mmaetitittatie fluinbered--
public sentiment had spolten—c. Innitrepty has takes
the reins, and farewell 'to mon ...lit
The Nerd Awe:ice:re—A nera pape)r, "impartial
butiiiienential w has been start 41 in hiladelphia,
under this name. We, welcome it to o h s. table, and
as en adjunct to the Whig ranti. '
StradersenPorie.— r The " Ante rwaW to Parhi"
that rich,soy, well painted, and onimie prodoction.
hie iftived toa 'second , edition, showing equally the
value of the work, and the tillicßiolt!Latio° of nor
reading community.
- Tin'Old:elack-=The storT of thi home, pub.
!hided in our last is maid to be n plagnisisns; Well
—what of it ? a good iplogiaristo initiator thin
inawhy an final. .1 1
ftWbere.isßitnerism t:Zobo'answe4.4. - . vtherefar ,
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iyipqejs Potation t Eahckitoswerty.itt adage
of a b4bb14401400, fbittof.st+*o- :7-
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