reambilatli phirs eyes,_ eallevirtook of - the ,
*sad thought of his huntikating.;c,bnditiop. • 'Multi
4ths bfetifeld *u; over; lie Tolo - , -110mtalYi kis"4.
llairs•hand ante more, anittanitd away
,in calincea
bistiliagne clovotilthe roof of his month. A
Willieuilms defeat, witlio* even sa '
10;111 " gentle Virginia, in meek tones{
',her blasteligivirig way to livid pidenes
Phil did depart without bidding her adieu—but
(she accompanied lion---end the nierViweith- the pal
kpere give% long accaan't of a romantic runaway
match.
Virerillrwas the Colonel's only daughter, and •
tfhere was no one to play - the piano, in her admen*
Thereforo, alter storming a dittlef and hittglung vvialt
ibis firr.-htuithyg companions, at the odd ads, 'he
became reconciled, and ladled the lovers home.
POTTSVILLE.
Satur&nj Jprif 13
THE i'OETiCARBIIN LYCEUM,
Will hold a Petite Mediing on Friday Evening
'the 19th but, at O * o'clock, in the tawement 'oom
of the Church, which the inhabitants of the. neigh
bourhood generally are invited to attend. A lecture
on qliussa £3D ITS MITHOLOUT," by Mr. James
El..Walhme, may be crpected.
Boy Wanted.
Wattle& en active, int and honest boy,
about 15 or are of age, to attend itt the
autneriber's Book `Store, and also to learn the print
ing business afterwards. None but one capable, and
who can come *ell recommended, need apply.
Prbfessor Reeds Lecture.—ln noticng at any
time 'a public effort,' which has been attended
with unqualified success, and in which the most
fastidious hypercritic cannot discover a flaw, it is too
frapiently supposed that the system of indiscrimi
nate praise which Sheridan places first in the Cata
logue of Mr. Putl'e varieties, has been brought into
exercise. We feel the language of tulsome adula
tion would be a poor repayment for the Pn.ssor's
kindness in responding so promptly to the invitation
of ourityoeurn, but we cannot forego the occasion
to express our opinion of the merits of the discointe,
with which we were favored on the evening of tues
day last. A subject felicitously chosen, as applica
ble to the variety which nature presents
.. iivour vi
cinity for contemplation and study, was invested
with all the charms which could be borrowed from
choice dicticin, grannie elucidation, and Mimi inia
gely. With a highly cultivateil imagination, pro
fundity of thought, and a rich lints , of language,tke
=style of Mr. Reed is of such a :didactic character,
that he is eminently qualified for Is popular lecturer.
The mind can easily follow his chain of argument,
and his exempfffications are so well chosen, that
the .most ftuailiat objects are math. subservient to the
purposes of explanation.
Professor Reed, views the werlis of nature and
the operations of art, with the eye of a philosopher.
With him it is not all gold that glitters, and his die-
erimination in selecting the dross from the pun ore,
constitutes one of the greatest charms of his manner.
'Thins was a tone 7 of high moral feeling in the late
lecture—which operated on us, as he himself de
-scribed the pleasing, placid countenances of some
persons would effect-an observer, they cannot be re
tarded without making the heart glow with a better
and hotter feeling.—So with hirOxemarks : they in
duced us to harbor a better idea of our nature, and
to assimilate it mo4losely with high and elevated
thought, and pure design.
We regret that our limits will not permit us to
draw from the subject of the lecture more fully ; .to
diutplay the various examples which were given of
. the difference between those who pursue scientific
truth for its own sake,' and those who are- actuated
by sordid and ungenerous motives.' We should be
pleased to add our approval to the lecturer's remarks
oIIe factory system, " and to retrace with him,
41511 canting pretensions of the astrologer, ag
com
peted with the pure feeling which directed the as
'tranomer Gallileo in his research after truth, but we
are compelled to forego the gratification it would af
ford ns. We trust this lecture will yet be given to
the public in a printed form, that all may enjoy its'
• perusal, and receive therefrom the same instructive
ainfisement, as the crowded audience experienced
on its delivery:
Exchange klateL—The establishment recently oc
, capital by oar present post master, as a hotel, under
the name of the " National, " it will be seen by the
advertisement, his been taken by Mr. Wdliarn G.
Johnson, Ind its name changed to the Exchange
Hotel." The new host is well and favorably known
to many Glom citizens, and we feel corthdent that
no attention on his part will be wanting, teelbianduce
to the comforts of thew" who map sojourn with
Mtn.
Look outtsr Dust !—Aiurer . way to give the ap
pearances of "raising chit dust': has been invent by
the ingenious propriensmof the old Mies of Aes.
It is to stop on the' outskirts of the Borough, and
take In ~ sLorseng.ers, that they may drive up to the
oak* willt as many as the new line has brought
*rough from Philadelphia. They may take in , then
stages Tom, Dick. and Harry, but they don't take in
the community of Pottsville any longer.
More new Stages. --The gerWml agent of Pot',
ssixner * Co's Oppori Von Li4t, siwted this week
for! Troy, to procure mow stages, to put on a noon
daily line between (int. - Borough end Reading. This
course iris been compelled by the increase of their
patronage, on several occasions having been unable
to imommodate all the appluatisr. This will male
the fifth daily line on, the routsi: .
iktein Sunday last, Hr. Amos Tortort, a
nisellankar our Borough, was thrown from his horse
and crux led under it, producing such hurts as to oc
casion his death, last Thursday,
_after lingering till
dutt time, in the greatest agony.
Onseirspatal tree.—We are pleased to • see our
eititsus planting tress in the Borough. Let thy t e
w,bto.tm . siteglected it, attend to it while yet. there is
i ti i 4igui fir the purpose of securing them and.rette.
titeir Fourth. more certain, let the body be
eatifitted by ti swum et the top of the boxes, to pro-
Inuit the mitadfregidisplacing thi earth at their roots.,
A littler andexpense will be_more than mutt
mimed by.Ae grateful shade which they will at.
:lord in AI few yeirs..,
We are atithorised . by the agent of ille North
Alma-in Coal Co:, to contratftet inpositive tens
ItNfinjudone reports recently eirontated; respecting
the 110 1 1 PagePtile nnikingib_ ea to say that ib l eY
him their trititil' itkiAleyoltineepild vent of probity.
' ' • -, -•• !—Bitinors;• As prat Amos Ken
daff
is beiiltpoiebed : -. . i " :of the Treasury....,-
. sittei4thaliki7 - ' . ' skiltli six morohafrom
1,11
lis t ' .
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~-: ~..1 ,- _ s urize, tOtil the . Conn
iltiVin bejig ';`, , S !, , . Vieritfore told 'up both
toilki. for - ' '' ! ' ". .'7' , , winit Mid We get offi
4 4 1 4 . ''' ' J l _, • -1 4,
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u. A Piiwrgraph.-:-NobotlY, but those • tbued'into
the mytterikoffiv art Oftorial ti tmul . 4 an44Ai i ,
conception'4t,ini-diffier* attiiiidane. can e
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, news, wheikutOin ness4seci be hiiin l 4litht"ffint. ,
political walla la ataq'rrisuirat ea Ea* 43 &aill ' it';1
ted suidde'O T bared an arm. when the lett serpent
s fled on shorei, appalled at the hostile prepara
tions near his favorite luminni when ware and ru
mors brims have been hushed; when the'eeminntee
hive so far gained an ascendancy over Myr armies,
salt° maks us ashamed to record theu i triumphr,
when even the heretofore exciting topic of Sub-Treas
ury or no. Sub-Treasury has been decided by the
voice of the people, anif the mad scheme is “ con
signed to the tomb of-all the Cspuletm" when an
earthquake isnild almost be heralded as a fortunate
occurience, and when we almost feel *lined to
write ouri own Obituary; sensible that UM are nearly
dead with ennui—then—then is the time to try edi.
tor's soul* !
B. BANNAN
.
we adrap or. *lama* change" in Van
)3 '7 4 hi! .i.e. the Globe Maks iR
With our parcel of cassia foolscap before us, our
pen in our mouth (one of Perry 's three pointed ones
by the way, which we hore.take occasion to puff
and recommend !pint heartily, to those who wish to
double_ score,) with our head - relining in the palm
of the sanster hand, while the dexter is manipula
ting our piirkrimium to find which hump made
prorninentTor the day, we cogitate in vain for an sr
tick, definite/ or. indefinite.. Poor devil that we are,
from morn'/ night we Labor, in vain! 'night comes
on, and .white the other eons of toil are slumbering,
and their melodious nasals are twanging such musi
cal notes as . Wanders inspirations never equalled,
the fagging writer sleeps not —his dim candle tram
, ides doubtingly, apt emblem of his misfortunes : it is
unlit:tufted, nor dares he venture so hazardous a deed
as the " decapitation of the nocturnal luminary," for
his blistered fingers verily en f old proverb of "a burnt
child." Like Catalina, when hatching dark thoughts
of conspiracy, he paces up and down the old floor,
which creaks beneath his hurried tread, while the
mice''smunper from his dread approach. At length,
he stops, exclaiming "just the thing for an article!"
but now alas, his fingers are so benumbed with cold,
he cannot hold his pen, and he is forced to prepare
for bed, first blowing Out his "brief candle," dictated
either by a spirit of economy, parrallel to that of the
miser Dancer's instructor, or perhaps ashamed to be
hold himself in cuerpo !
In his " perturbed sleep," be dream; of items, but
when he awakes in the morning, the brilliant idea
has flown—lost in the world of shadows, together
with all the hopes of the splendid article, it might
have fbrmed ! Poorest of poor devils'! what a fatal
hour was itfor thee, when thy first communication
was admitted to make up. an odd corner to a news
paper !—care. hunger, headache and heartache, have
:followed the insertion of thy scrawl ;—a Pandora's
box has ; it been to thee in every thing, save hope.
Thou eimitest along the public way, and cite and
clerks dash by thee in all the pride of new coats' nd
clean shirts, whilst thy lustreless; care-speaking eye
gazes wistfully on `such unutterable glories ! thou
hest—kut enough, we have written a paragraph
"Oft Oh a Stilly N,ght."—The editor of the
Miners' Journal takes his-seat on the banks of the
Schuylkill to listen to the music of the frogs, which
never fails to inspire him with "poetry and other
nonsense." The muses in a frog pond ! Oh hush !
—Philadelphia Lager.
Hush I we shall do no such thing ! why should not
the muses inhabit a frog pond ! Where did Pan's
first pipe come from, to which those ladies so often
danced, but from the reeds grown on the margin of
a frog pond! What was Narcissus doing at the
"tons argenteus," when he fell in love with his own'
shadow I Looking at the fountain, silvered by the
moon, to be sure when Ovid says,
"Exigua pruhibetur
hg does not mean as has sometimes been translated,
"A htte drop of water does remove
And keep him from the object of his Love,"
bat he evidently inttuds to say, that
"The want of evater,in the begs
: Prohibited the song of frogs I"
yVe maintain strongly that the Muses and Frogs
are Nvnonymous-lhe muses were frogs—are; ey
not sometimes called the Hopocrenides ! and is not
that name derived from the Greek cognomen of the
fountain of Helicon, and what does Hippocrene
mean but a horse pond ?•-and where do frogs inhab
it ! why horse ponds to be sure ! ergot, the muses
and the Frog% are both amphibious, and both the
same.
How, Mr Ledger, does your mythological philoso
phy, or rather your wanflof it, account for the fable
of Pegasus, the winged horse striking a stone, in the
fountain with his foot, and the waters becoming vo
cal Can you master it any other way, than by as
suming, tkat when he kicked the atone, he • , -, -
the frogs g ler muses, who thereupon commenced '
their musical duck!
Frogs are tXe -very impersonation of suffering in
nocence, and have been since the time Latona first
transformed the Lycian wants into these abused
creatures! We shall inciustiriently get up a society
for ameliorating the condition of frogs, and we yet
expect to see the Ledger one of its most prominent
members. Frogs and M_nseal alas—we ran hardly
trace auyaimilant3i in their names, but it needs no
great efforrof fancy, and does not overstep the mod
esty of antiquarian research, to imagine that by in
numerable but gradual changes, the first four letters
have begome so transmuted, that the slightest ves
tige of proximity is now lost, but to the piercing
eye of knoWidge. How beautiftilly has the poet
sung.
«Deoend, ye Fruga, and in a iprigtheneddr . ain
Proclaim that spring, has come again r'
Revd. Dr. Bascom.--This gentleman, low recent
ly been the subjectof -several newspaper paragraphs,
in ` which the unities,of time and probability are not
verratrictly adhered to. shortly after leaving Phil
adelphia, he was announced as died, at the very mo
ment he was delighting audiences in. Petersburg,
by his pulpit eloquence Not being able to kill him
i;,4 4 01he press next married him to a lady in New
Yort, Allis we believe was true. ,Butnow our friend
Noah marries him again to a lady from Nil York;
in Indiana! The Major's rkarriage (ate well do
we remember the evening "len we toot Otte last
lodk at him as a member of the Bachelor dab !—.th e
aame night we *Meek hands too with p`or Graham,
his associate edit% fen the last time—the morning
light found *tie a jilyful bridegronft th e "th e? w ed.
deal to the grave, having fallen ii-Pt duel,) the Mai;
jorN marriage, we rip.dltt been socondneive to
*pi ness that. , 64114reveritui friend a dots
.boportion of tilessedigcsal
Immense Claim , of PrvertiN—A lourneyinan
.prioter, named Smith likrpending. ieresident of
Tennessee, but forinerlY of Neil York, has inatitn
-44a elaim; in tne tinted' StaA Circuit Court, to
antiimpeliii estate in that city, the value of which
is pout tWe nly - fiVilnini o ll l of dollars. He makes
„his slain% ga : hotir
g at . law, in a diriret line, to a tract
pthogobout lateen acrea,tboonded by Broad-
Maiden' Lit& Fulton, Mumma and John
streets.—N. Y. IM* ,
tieing a Irinteahe stands no more, chance of
stepping poicouch it dice of gotif fortroseighsa Tian
ry Clay does ofacpbinet ippitiotment aador Van
Been, mike . seb-tireastoy does with a thourand
greitdy fists pinked Into-iti
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J4lo:g.!*.iii:
Mr. Biddle, Resiincatiett.—T6 14*.l . apsec
KIM/ as fere ci'4.4o, ll q t ? l; 4 , 6°1 ' 1 04 llghite`
manNiA ß klaelaTitt weel4l4:Phi,
4* 0 6 11 00 1.4 a 6 fO i k awa / :4 4 1,211 : 46 '
narthWinavii;ithillfocelit ,7 „
POP Oer "Oil cd *r lir
the dizifilinti ,MethW oAlitieyeAtna
its feline' watchlidnevi
, by proclaiming that s 'cat is
leasing a sinking shiys'
But of iell the tnul+ca who have slitter', ittenght.
groaned, or sh Ter the affair, 'an oLii demo
crat° in the Leydone caps the dim:mai non.
ietiss:• He ormaraen*mby Osyrin' sr' 7r ' f
vile salary of Mrl Biddle, was, t behave, TEN
THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR, a strong ar
gument why he shot* amyl a `situation as
long as he safely coutd. r. /fiddle also pies pow.
er, dcemisal, and would never have
neural to private life; but for stronger reasons than
he gives in his lour; not one in ten will believe
what he there says tb be the true cause of his back
ing cue
Now here a regular loco foci) principle breaks out
i.keep your fat offices as long as you can, end exer
cise power wheneceryou can!" But having shown
so ~ s trong an argument" why Mr. Biddle should
keep so easy a situation, this sapient reasoner in the
teeth of his own arghment, proceeds to argue that it
had no effect on hina ! Why 1 the "old democrat"
soya •
"The United States Bank obtained its'charter in
violation of the will' f a large majority of the people,
and by the traitorous and treacherous conduct of their
representatives. -his also known that they have in
numerous instances violated the provisions of their
charter—and that for this reason, as Well as for the
mariner in which it was übtained;the democratic par
ty have never done any act which would go to recog
nise its legalitz. It now exists by mere sufferance,
and may be repealed at any moment.
It is also known, that the democratic party gained
the lest election, against all the powers of federalism
combined, and that this same Bank “poured out its
vaults like water," to aid them to break down the
democratic party. It is also known that Governor
Porter, who has all the firmness and honesty of Gen
eral Jackson, has taken ground against this Bank,
and in his late message rebuked their unholy com
bination with others, in such a way as to make them
all tremble. All these things are known, and are
felt by those who are interested, more sensibly than
we can imagine. They see that Porter cannot be
played with, and they know that the democratic
party will support him in his honest course.
Now, Mr. Biddle is too cunning not to see that
he would be caught iri his tricks, and he has too
much pride of character, and too much shrewdness.
to stay any longer. He therefore backs out and
leaves his post of power and his TEN THOU
SAND DOLLAR .ALARY, rather that be expos
ed."
“Cock-a-doodle duo,” crows the old democrat!
can't you see him, gentle reader, flapping his wings
at the annihilation which he has inflicted on Mr.
Biddle He has hit right and left, until the mon
ster, and its late Head have both been prostrated by
his reasoning—not content with this However, he
must give them one more blow to - lete the vic
tory ! Hear him :
t
r• itn o im
- fear f
T
"This, sirs, is my apini l / 4.... ~.,e cat .. which led
c(
Mr. Biddle to resign. It we; the fear the hones
ty, the firmness, and the statesman-lik shrewdness
of Governor Porter, with an honest maj rity to back
him in his course, that drove Mr. Biddle out of his
feesidency."
. There tumbles the U. 8. Beni ! it is completely
done up and "old Nick" hes been "drove ont" of the
Eden which loco focoism has planted in the state of
Pennsylvania.
Now seriously: did any one ever read such a mass
of absurdity, as this "old democrat" has put togeth
er t Does he intend to be sarcastic on his party
when he speaks of Gov. Porter's Aronesty, firmness,
and statesman-like shrewdness." or of an •honest ma
jority?" Dues he suppose for a moment that the
pigmy Porter, backed by all his aids and bullies,
could cope with the giant intellect of Nicholas Bid
dle ! that he could driie hum from a situation which
he felt inclined to occupy I Away with such puerile,
such paltry reasoning! Gov. Porter can no more de
ter Nicholas Biddle from the path of his duty, than
he can pluck its brightness from the sun
Or with polluted finger tarnish it !"
Awful accident.—Yesterday about noon, a horse
attached to a furniture car slipped down, immediate.
ly in front of our office, and, in falling broke the
abate of the vehicle. The horse sustained no inju
ry.—Phil Ledger.
This is one of the most distressing cunalties we
have been compelled to record for some time, but the
shafts of destiny cannot be avoided. Our feeling*
have never been so harrowed, since we read the ac
ct of a poor invalid, who had served his country
in the revolution, enemas travelling on foot to re.
cieve his pension. Overcome with fatigue, he stop.
ped at a public house to rest and warm his weary
limbs. He fell asleep, and horrid to relate, his right
leg was burned to a cinder !—it was a wooden one,
though!
All the world's a d oge.—Mr. . Parsons, the Trag
edian, has left the stage, and become a Presbyterian
clergyman. In any situation of life Mr. Parsons
will become an ornament to humanity : a more sin
gle-hearted and excellent man never lived.
This is the second instance, where the Philadel
phia stage has given an ornament to the pulpit.
Mr. Cone, now of New York, and of the Baptist
persuasion, has oin his day played many parts, "
and more recently his exertiona l to promulgate
Christian truth have endeared him to a most numer
nue congregation.
Erik If bad example in high plans !—The Ed
itor of the AT.' 0. Picayune, complains that his
washer-woman, has rte off with 6 “ dozen of his
"
W e should• call this a specimen of the suds-treas
ry syste#. the Pie is lucky in having a dozen,
but past make a shift to do without them after this
tohaksale theft, until he can be retailed.
Oysters and Clamor--It is now gravely discussed
which of these birnibies, is the most .'worthy-element
of social existaile ! " The advocates of both seem
in a eteroind roast each other most unmercifully.
Remember the• fable, gentlemen, of the lawyer and
hialwo cheats, or you may get the shells only for
your trouble. We intend to open and look into the
subject, sa.soon us friend Silver-receives a fresh sup
ply of specimens, but in the mean tune must ex
press oar preference for the oysters.
Beware of a Forger.--,Last week a loafer, calling
himself Hams Snyder, negotiated a bond with
George .iiellimgder, Esq., of .New Castle, purport.
ing to have been drawn by . 141r..John Bsigett, of
Si. Clair, in pyesen co of John Sons and ClierTka Law.
The scoundrel stated that he resided in Pinegrove,
and wished to make purchases to the amount of the
bond. Mr. Reifsnyder,knowing the standing of Mr.
Bergett, readily, cashed the bond in part, and gave
store goods for the balance. On enquiry the next'
day, it was four i that the Bond was a forgery, neith
er Messrs. Bergett, Bons or Law knowing any thln,g,
of such a :person.
2.;
jar. &Wig tt
.Jnyelftltorises us toiiirer a rewspd
l'so Dollars for "' gleteetiOn, bUt ;ore hope every .
44Geo ;14me „ • , byi a sense if Pub
-16.410,, iitziep=4eptstf ro grd, 20 aae ere* ger
dal tO
•the)li orjutep,
OP OUR Q(4* 4PERAT/9N.S.
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"AV, Fere Filifeerert ,by e'ri - I,ixzernulatkm• of
netirfini sentirmitnithn enartiatiptiai last week,
but relinmi throw thii - vieek. trelhall now 'notice
alSoPortkiPs kirt 1 1 1 1 ?? . ,some respects-differs from-all:
others in the'regton, - ana which will is ftund to em
brace all the intricacies of workings shove the water
level, in conjunction with the difficulties attendant
below that- level. These 'workings bear the name of
the
.6.11/14E4 111141. COLLIERIT,
worked by Messrs. Potts ¢ Barran
The Guinea Hill tract embraces about 60 acres,
all of %%hi& lies in the Borough of Pottsville, and is
'owned by Messrs. Caleb Parker, Carey & Lea, Dr.
Houston and others. It was worked anterior td the
year 1835 above the level, and abandoned under the
impression, that it contained no coal worth mining.
Our operations however, were then in the infancy of
their experience, and subsequent enterprizehas shown
that it is . one of the richest tracts in the region', hav
ing three of the Most approved veins passing through
it. In 1835, the second engine, erected in our re
gion for mining purposes, was placed on this ; tract,
(the first was worked on the Spohn vein by Dr. G.
G. Palmer,) The slope was opened cal the•pitch
of the Black Mine Vein, sinking 240 feet, at in an
gle of forty degrees, and fifteen feet wide and, eight
high. The vein is eight feet thick, on which gang
ways have been driven 390 feet to the east, anii 2100
feet to the west. Last fail all the coal was 'taken
out of this level, and the lessees had in anticiOmion,
extented .their workings by tunnelling south to the
Tunnel vein, 285 feet, through solid rock. This
great undertaking opens a communication fietiferre
wide and seven high, to a vein-varying from 710 12
feet in thickness. -On this gangways have been dri
ven 410 feet to the east, and 750 feet to dui west,
very little of the coal has been taken out, but the
breasts are all ready for the supply of the present
•
season.
The next extension of these collieries wile made
by carrying the tunnel, from the Mack Minei north
to the Lawton vein. This is 210 feet in lhugth,
making the whole extent of the tunnel 496 through
a stubborn' and solid mass of rock. This vein_ is
sometimes called the Twin vein, from the fact of
there being two distinct st;rata of coal,elicic about 4
feet thick, the relative distance of which varids to an
extent sometimes of lb felt. On this vein; gang
ways have been driven to the east about 390 feet,
and to the west near 600 feet,
The distinctive character of these working% it will
be perceived, consists in the tunnelling under the
water level, to join the three different veins, so that
they may be worked by one engine. There are but
one or two tunnels in the region above the level, of
this extent, it being near 500 feet long, and when
we contrast the diMient ways of working the iromese
labor and expense attending it, may be readily.imagin
ed. The engine is of twenty horse power—it is an old
but very excellent. one. Previous to its transporta
tion here, it had been strongly anti temperate in its
habits,' having beep employed twenty years in a dis
tillery; nailer the more temperate regime of its pre
sent owners, it still works, through it no longer is
connected with working a still, and the only liquid
it produces, is the waters from the mine. Attached
to this engine, is a pump for freeing the mine of wa
ter. it has a six inch bore, with double working bar
rels, connected by goosenecks, and with one stroke
and the return, it ejects a constant stream of water.
This pti is the first of the kind put up in this re •
ftioN a, was invented by Mr. CHAIII.IB/1 Pony,
one of the lessees, and put up under the immediate
superintendence of Mr. BENJAMIN F. Pomaor, of
the Pottsville Iron Works." It works so well, and
decreases the expense so much, beingl,pearly equal
to a single nine inch chamber pump, that it is being
generally adopted throughout the mining district.
To convey the produce of these mines to the
landings, a private rail road aboUt three-fourths of a
mile in extent has been laid, which crosses the .
Mcunt Carbon Track, and terminates at the Green.
wood Landings. This road cost near $7OOO, on ac
count of its passing immediately through the Bo
rough, where many lots were bought at high rates.
The Guinea Hill Collieries have ehout one and a
quarter miles of lateral rail road, laid under ground,
leading from different parts of the extensive work
ings, and all converging to the bottom of the slope.
The expense of the engine on these workings and
the sinking', is estimated at $7OOO, before coal was
struck ; the large subterranean tunnel cost about
$4OOO. There have been also erected the necessary
shops, stabling, dec. and a stable is likewise built in
the mines, to which the drift horses are consigned,
when sent down the slope, and where they remain,
without being again brought to the surface.
The Lawton vein on this tract is much troubled
with fire damp, but the constant adoption ,of the
Davy Lamp, and the use of precaution, has prevent
ed far, any serious accident. In driving an air
shaft on this vein lately, a curious fact transpired,
which will serve to show how deceptive die mining
business may prove, and how a person may prepare
extensive workings on a vein, which may appear
good, but will soon run out. In carrying up this air
shaft, of course they ran it on the vein, until they
came quite near the old workings above the water
level. Fearing a rush of the accumulated waters in
these old drifts, iltuo nearly approached, they struck
perpendicular up, leaving the vein. After proceed
about if feet, a new vein of coal was *truck 5 feet
in thickness, of which there had been no indication
in the tunnel below, and which as far as we can
learn, had never been known before.
It will be observed that the workings on this tract,
are on the same veins as those opened by Mr.
George H. Potts on the next tract to the west, and
they all produce coal of a fine quality. We mention
this to show that the former opinion that the tract
contained no merchantable fuel, was prpkcated in
ignorance of the true nature of our regioßPand that
it may be set down asa general rule, that the lower
the veins are worked below the surface, the higher
is the quality of their produce.
az?. We can fay our head on Cr pillow to-night
with better feelings than usual, for wo conceive that
we are elevated in the opinion of the good, by the
blackguardism 'and condemnation of the "Reading
Democratic Press." Were that sheet ever to praise
us or our labors, we should feel ourselves degraded.
Such being our disposition, we neither fear the
Samptonian weapon of his wordy scurillity, nor the
Capitoliert character of his gin ,irdian warnings—we
are no t t o b e deterred from our course, by a flourish
of the jaw bone of an ass, or the hissing, of a goose!
Gen. Scott has bee,p ien k lered a public dinner by
the citizens of New York, without diitinction of
State Road.—An act pasawl•the last Legislature
appropriating $l5OO to repair the state road leading
from Tamaqua to Mauch Chunk. This ,improve
ment is much requited, and we are pleafted•todeant
that thia sum added to the subschprions collected, will
make an excellent road, which we hope soon to me:
completed.
Small Frorett.--Parnientier has been te-elected is
a 4th Massaghusetts Congressional District by a
tnejority of nine.
Will those dour town subseriberi, who have
removed their dwelling places recently; be kind a'
nmel ?kit *Woe that the devii.—ire mad
oar d• them oat f
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MEE
wisa
IMPROVEMENT, aliat COAL BILL
o r 4l!esl.4 l . l , 4 !.!eik*lh the.~ery.at of
4. 0 1,00 1
4 * .i o ven te/ # l V l 44* 4 ewa 4l . o hispoo*-
u!- behalf of Maria ire For 'mom iliacietities! , In
a place where Mr. Chapman's former political course
,isiso well known as here, it would be almost acivisa
biOto transfer the article to that portion Amu. cai
mans, occupied by imaginative tales, but
odly space to notice • few of its leading pomts, If in
deed there is any point in it. His first flight is in
this strain.,
44 Bhonlathe wise Editor of that Journal, (the Mi
ners') or the writer of the article, be as succetisfulin
his endeavors, as he was in his judicious opposition
to the election of DAVID R. Poirrina to the chief
magistracy of the Commonwealth,. he. will consider
himself hilly compensated for the great pains he has
taken to obtain correct information on the subject."
If Mr. Chapman now thinks our opposition to
David R. Porter injudiekras, we can hail him as a
colaborer in the same field—par nobile fratrum !
When during the late Gubernatorial canvass, was
there a
. political meeting in our vicinity, that he did
not rank foremost among the 'orators against Van
Buren-and Porter; who was the loudest m denun
ciation, who more ardent in opposition But if
Van Buren was foremost to " hold the platter," to
catch all he could as Mr. C. once remarked, itwould
appear that our former political. associate, can blow
hot and-blow cold on the porridge at the same
breath ! Now a Porter man and formerly an anti-
Porter man! Our opposition to Mr. Porter was
one of principk, which we glory in, but Mr. Chap
maa's it would appear was one'tof interest, and he
takes some pains to travel out of the record in his
communication, to let us know that he has recanted
his political errors—that he has bowed to the idol,
in order to obtain its sanction to his improver end
bill!—He next says,
Mr. Bannan is entirely mistaken, and is also
in error in reference to the matter from the begin
ning to the end,tnotwithstanding the pains taken
to obtain the correct knowledge so gratuitously giv
en to the public—and is as much so, as when last
year he informed the people in a grave and solemn
manner, that the same Bru Bemis Stockton and
Stevens had made a Tool of John C. Offerman to
obtain a charter for the Offennan Rail Road and
Mining Company "—for themselves. "
Now in self etculpation, we would refer to every
member of our community, who attended the public
meetings opposed to that Company. Who was it
first arrayed that bag bear before, the public who
was most violent in denunciation, and most eloquent
in his opposition l—Lebbeua Chapman ! Who
went to Harrisburg to oppose that bill, and the
machinations of Messrs. Stockton At Stevens !
Lebbrus Chapman ! Who has ever been among
the most judicious opponents of Porter, and the
most brawling against coal incorporations Leh
hew Chapman ! Can he deny these facts lor can
he maintain that his Improvement Bill , is necessa
ry ! He says it is intended truly and emphati
cally to open the door of enterprise to many wor
thy individuals, and miners."
Does not Mr. Chapman know that a majority of
our present operative Colliers, came here as miners!
that their individual enterprise, without improve
ment bills, has advanced thgm, and that they are
to a man opposed to all incorporations I They
can pursue a healthy business, without resorting to
any extraordinary, illegal mode of raising funds !
The next assertion is that "James Madison Por
ter, Esq., is not interested in the Company." If
not interested, he is concerned, which we all know
is a very nice distinction for the lawyers ! The
.Governor'a brother is the Attorney for the Company,
and has been employed for iv-aeons obvious to all.—
He has asserted that he would push it through and
if lie is concerned in that, who will be interested
We can bnly smile at Mr. Chapman's' accusation
of our being jealous of our neighbors ! Since the
establishment of the Miners' Journal, it has ever \been .
devoted to the general interests of the Coal region—
we have fought the battle of every section against
monopolies, and shall ever oppose them when pre
judicial to individual enterprise. We are not a mo
nopolist to day—an anti-monopolist to-morrow—e,
Porter man or anti-Porter man to suit purposes—
our course is straight forward—we may err, but it is
unconsciously—we never allow our interest to be
come the chapman of one principles.
The 26th Congress..—Of the members for the
next Congress, 157 have novr been elected, standing
81 Whigs and 76 Van Buren, in states which'stood
67 Whig to 91 Van Buren, making a Whig ma
jority of 5 and a gain of 29.
The states in which elections are yet to be held,
stood last session, 65 Whig to 30 Van Buren, so
that even. if we gain none of the remaining 85 mem
bers, the Whig cause will have a majority of 30 in
the 26th Congress.
Spring Mill !ran Works.—We learn that Mr..'
Bryant, who is concerned with Messrs. Pan. is ,
Kunzie, el 'Philadelphia , is erecting extensive iron
works at Spring MiU. These gentlemen, have al.: ,
ready experimented satisfactorly, with "anthill.
cite, as.adapted to the smelting of iron, at Mana. r !
yank, and as they conclave success no larger probi
lematical, , the new works Will be prosecuted wittO
vigor and on a most extensive scale.. Their plan oi l ? ,
operation will be somewhat 'a iirerant from that of;
Mr. Crone of Wales, and will embrace both a Fur.
nace and Rolling Mill. Ttus is another triumph
for anthracite !
MR THE NUN/110 ;!:11L'ItN.11L
TO THE COMMISSIONEIii OF THE COUN-1
In a thrmitr article, I promised to notice some v. l i
penses of the county, if they meet your appro6l4
Lion.
First, then, I would recommend that the Stewardj
of the Alma House, procure a sufficient quantity of
wool, and let some of the female paupers convert itj
into yarn—knit this into stockings; and instead
.ofi
" one pair " being mode, as in the Steward's account/
of last year ; tet it be "JOO pair l "
In the same manneripheeting could he made, by!
raising or belying flax find Pottsville offers a rea d
market for any thing, " from a german fl ute to a ;milli
ny whistle." But l in your efforts to economise, bei
ware of one thing, and that is, never have any wares
of any kind, manufactured in the Alms House o
Schuylkill county, that interferes with the operation
of our industrious mechanics, or farmer*. You at
justified in manufacturing forthe inmates, and jots
them only ; but it you would foster a spirit of Indust
try among us, never let a single article come in coot
petition with the interests of those, who would ratite
support themselves, and &ndies by the sioetrbil the'
1
brow, than yield to idleness and pauperism. Wiroul
recommend the same principle in regard to the farm' .
era : while you use all possible means to feed and
clothe us inseam," lions the fruits of their own toil-4
and this should..letding feature in your efforti
ti. du your duty.; o produce bitbrought in took
lo*
petition with the p - use of our raiment They ark
subject to heavy taxes, let them reap fully for what
they have sown
.ei
AM I toldthat these'reeommendationsivill defea
the object for which the Alms Housees built ; I d
lar i at positively. If peer farmers and mechanicl
IretTo grtmel in the earth for their honest living, then
may the rich tyranius over the poor - ; but while thit
wur t jtinginari his thii intsentivet ttrilhOta - us ye ea
do aultins, they are eoitual to the rich, - and ma
with trit4'ClWarer "We hold these truths to be' e
evident, vRaI' ALL rust, AM OILEATILD EQUAL ! "
Let the vaapirof the Alma House crumble to
round, teie is-becrumV
urcedolinjury to indivi
..
tut enterprise la ,por ' ty.. Mr shoal on -tin,
subject are ernbraoed4n e following: •
Let !men pick , ocketarin the.runter .seasoni, •aull
wcatterr melte itottlriziimlinitah and shoaling% hit
*
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TY OF SCHUYLKILL
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rid • ~ „itilitS 'Meer:ear, lidiepr• nu ., _4_4) *E;cl. ani 'C
er , f iWtiii4iiil. ~ ' ,
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akei in all that are' destitute of . . defialisiev ott. -
0 i n
_thoAsuiter Beason, for.,tiy se • •ific, „yOu will
re eve the aid:windy from a eerie CIA aid - dna .
is, beggarly half clothed Children, ho are, sent otiev'' ..
beOgicg, in Many instances, to gather victuals am
their int?Jiirdild parents.
.
if this course is pursued, the ollowitruie-
quencea may be anticipated ,:—Our a
—Our dze l en .
tend the right kind of Oarity, by tooviying;Ot-sestd.
isg.their destitute fellow creatures-10 thie as km of
phdanthropy; there they out bcopinkotably cloth. ,
ed,,weated, end their mama invigbraled by masa,—
al isles, a good part of the day. Tho s e Who-are de. ,--
servint of the name revamp, better be in
die-edva such, and sect t . , ; A.11 House, until
1
diet° was a ?roil:tact of theii Sinn ment. You, n o
doribt, by dna time, see a tittle . in re into matter's
and things, ,, and will be kit() cons er whether my
emirs ,are tierce& or lacitwitli.th i t l i impression; •
will dismiss the subieet with one ore observatio n
and a question. Eighty dollars is 4 thumping price
for'one cow, and if another is warded, the Steward
shookl be authorized to issue pleads for fresh
mileh cows!' .
How does it happen, that Margaret Downey re
ceiVed $24 from the treasurer of the H o u se o f E pi .
ploymentArnd WO from the Stews, d ? This goes.
tion, might be answered by the auditors probably.
In both cases, they are said'to be fir hir relief, awl
from this circumstance I am led. t• suppose that so
many disbursing offkers, will Sus ly lead us into a
sub-treasury system. Let us pro rt by the adage,
RIGHT WRONGS sensor! "
DEED,
In this Borough on Satujday sight hut, Anna
Jabs, daughter of Notaan aid Ann roam, in the 3d
stair of tier age.
*tate oithe 'flier II ometer - . ''+,
u. RTPT Pi JOSILPti , el) ATItaTII.
11839 . 7 o'c6ock l2 o'cl 3 9rciatit: ',
r APia 5 42 ' 76 76 ,- .
71
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4 77 1
61
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9 " 32 1 60i... 60
10 421 661 • 72
! IL . 40. • 6 73
ar,vtEw OF TILE MARKKT.
' • .fouswille April 13, 1839.
WHEAT FLOUR, by the load was worth on Friday
+9• so ' "
;WHEAT 1 i 0 per pusbel, in demand..
;RYE FLOUR $262i per cwt. in demand.
;BUCKWHEAT FLOUR $l.OO pe i: l e csit, demand
00
!EYE, by the load 1 uy t bushel—ready
sale. •
;RYK, CHOP 90 cents per bustle in demand.
OATS 56 cents—ready sale.
'POTATOES-- 1 00 cents per bur he] indemand
CORN-95 cents per bushel in d4nand.
CLOVER SEEDSI2 00 per bushel.
TIMIATHY SEED--$2 50 per bt abet. '
FLAXSEED—SI 45 per bushel in damned.
%VHISKEY-45 cents per
BUTTER-24 cents per.pound—in Kegs 17 cents
• , EGGS-12 cents per dozen.
.15 LARp-111 cents per pound.
TALLOW— lOcents per you
HAMS 134 cents. per pound.
- CORN CHOP 85 cents per bush
BACON-13 cents per pound.
;' BEESWAX-20 cents per poun
FEATHERS-62 cents per poun
COMMON WOOL-40 cents pe
MACKEREL, by the bbl. No. 1,
SALT-2 50 per bb1.;75 per b
r PLASTER ,is worth *7 50 per t
HAY $lB per ton
EXCHANGE
POTTSVIL
William G. dlihnsata
mfc. HAS taken this comModious establish.
ME E merit recentjv occupied by Joseph Wiriver,
q. as the " National -Hotel," caper of Centre and
Callow bill streets; and hay mate 'rally improved its
arrangement for the accommodrition of customers.
The situation is pleasant and central, being contig•
onus to the Post Office and Towb Hall, and in the
business part of the lam ough ; and three Daily Lines
of Stages arrive and depart from the Exchange to
and from Reading, Northumberland, Danville and
Cattawissa.
PRIVATE FAMILIES, who desire spending the
summer months in the Coal Regius will be furnished
with parlours and chambers calcated to please the ,
fan4y and render comfortable the most fastidious
guests; and TRAVELLERS will alwaiw'find those
accommodationir which are mosl desirek and the
strict attention of servants.
It were superfluous to say tact his TABLE and
RAlt will always be furnished with the choicest
viands and liquors 1 and with a Wish and exertions
to gratify his guests he anticipates the patronage of
the public.
Pottsville, april ik 1839.
Public Notice
IS HEREBY GIVEN, that hi order of the Or.
phan's Court of Schuylkill Coutity, will be expos
ed to Sale by Puolic , Vendue or Outcry, bn Tuesday
the 28th day of May next, at 100 'clock in the fine..
noon, at the house of Michael Griseaymkeepar,
• the Borough of Orwigrat; all thateer.
. fain messoage or ten meat; two atoty
IP a Brick Dwelling Houde, and half 1412 C
ground,: fronting on the..roain arse*. nnuA
the centre turnpike in said 'Borough, and bounded
by lot of Philip Werner on the west, by a 20 . feet
alley on the north, and by the other half of thixsame,
lot, now the property of Jacob Mathews, on the east.
—And on Thursday the 30th of May , next, at the
house of Peter Filbert,lntikeeper, in the town of,
Finegrove, at 10 o'Clock in, the firenoon, will be ex
posed to sale by Publie Vendee pr Outcry, the four
Town Lots, marked and numbeked in the plan of
Zimmerman's addition to the town or'rifigrova
with4ne numbers 9, 10, 11 andß9, all fronting on
the main street or the Ttelpehooken road.—Also a
certain Tract of Land situated in Lower Mahantan
go township in the county of Schuylkill, adjoining
the lands of Ulrich Beckley', Samitel Hain, Michael
Halter, and Jacob Kimmel!, Esti., and Containing
63 acres and 40 perches ofland more or lees:
By ne Court
GEORGE RAHN, Clerk. ,
15-4
april 14
Canal. Haat,- Lumbek y and.
SHINGLES, FOR S - 2111.E.
TnE Snbacribeis Meet fur sale a second band canal float. About 2500 alibied Shingles, and
three thousand feet of, scantling, all now at Port
Clinton. Late the property of Samuel
ceased. JOSEP HAMMER, 4 ,
• • Wm. B. POTTS, 'ff m ="`" ltt°rl *
Onsigsbarg f apnl 13, • 15-4
Heise Carriage For Sale..
AFIRST rate hose carriage capable o f carrying
1000. feet of hese, lately rebuilt - 61 , 1 Kr. JefFrisk ' 1
and handsomely ornamented byy Wobliside, and Ia
now in complete order, Will be aolekon reasonable
terms, on BA:dimities) to will ,
it E. corner & Locust st.
'PATRICK PIRA RON or
T13941AS DRRRY,
Conlinissicmera
15-3 t
sprit 13,
Coal Land 44 ' . . -
FOR sale, the Undivided half :fat a tied. wiLand ,
i 3
known as th "Little Claimant Triirta situate
immediately Wes of and amtighoims to the town of • -
Llewellen, contai log eighty•euci—aelets tairiztreit
perches. This la d lies wiglin t o lituidred yards
of the West West Branch calf , and a vein of
coal, supposed to the "Spohn". or "Lewis," is ci. .
petted along the tip of its No ern *Riau.. 4
wart of the tract ' well timber the other ,pottion
is. sitteaptible of igh improving la Is At,aysvi, Bal.
ing thereon a mei ble Nouse, Barth &o. For for th . ,
er paiticulars, lip ly to the unds4lignett •
TM 4.1, BAIRD.
april.l3,
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Ellloulders;
• , MILLER;
arril 13. •
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Yours
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pound
12 00 No 2,511
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OTEL,
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or Sale by
HAGGERTY. ;
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