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PROSPFCTUS
THE NIINEiRS , JOURNAL.
THIS Journal was materially enlarged and otherwise
improved at the commencement of the year, and will
aow rank with an paper m the state, out of Philadelphia•
Ica pages will be devoted to a
General Chronicle or lie Coal Businep;
Improvements in the Manufactory of Iron;
The progress of the !Al.ts and Sciences;
A Summary of EurOpean Intelligence; • ,
The Current 'News Of ;the Day.
And in addition, each neMber will he furnished, finless
a press of local matter skiuld‘Fxclude tt. with
ORIGINAL TALES;
Thereby Making it equa . ;iinterest to many publications
whose subscription pric double it in amount.
To those interested in k the Coal or Iron business. as
well as the general reader; its pages will. it is hoped,
afford valuable informa4ton and amusement, and no
pains shad be spared to render it worthy the patronage
of all classes of the community.
• Da' ANOTHER ENLARGEMENT.
In the first week in January, 1840, the Miners' Jour
nal will again be enla ed by the addition of another
column to each page, w tch will make it the largest pa
per published in the Stat , Out 'orPhiladelphia, provided
each subscriber-will, in 'the mean time. pfocuee us an
additional one. Those i who do not, will be charg
ed ig2 50 per annum a ft er Ote:.enlargement takes place.
The Coal Region will thlen have a i epresentaove abroad
that will add credit to the enterprise and liberality of its
citizens. ' 1 B. BANNAN.
PENNSIIVANIA. HILL,
In the porough of
PO7T Vtt.LE, PA.
.J 1L1u0 . 0.1 WO T.
- ANNOU2VCI J tothe travelling public
=•s r that he has r fided his commodious estab
lishment with e ery attention to the oiniort
and convenient of his ;pa trons. The contiguity of its
situation to the Miner{' -flank and the different Coal
Landings • recommends li 4ci the man of business, while
us extensitve parlors and well ventilated sleeping apart
ments. give it peculiar Odvitntages for the suromertravel
leror the Invalid. I
True ruhniry-lemrtuvit is in experienced hands, and
he Lrder and B r sto,:kt th every sei3pritble deli
cacy of viind and liquor,] numerous accommodating ser
vants willit all times cooduice to the pleasure and attend
the wants of his guests. 1
The salubrity of the 6orxigh of Pottsville. and the
many sources of amusenreat, both natural and artificial.
which its vicinity affords. render it a desirable place of
resort, and the proprietor pledges his rontiLued exertions
to make a sojourn thereitt,condusive both to gonifort and
gratification.
Pottsitlle, Pa. March 00,
EXCH.4IN,
POTI'SVILLE.
1 l
Walla* G-• Johnson
HAS taken 'this commodious establish- ,
WV merit recently occupied by Joseph Weaver, 1
q. as the " National` lintel, " corner of Centre and)
Callowhill streets, and hits Materially improved its
arrangement for the scebmmodation of customers.
The situation is pleasanti and central, being contig
uous to the Post Office afnerown Hall, and in the
business part of the b.:Rough ; and three Daily Lines
of Stages arrive and - depart from the Exchange to
and from Reading, Northumberland, Danville and
Cattawisaa. l
PRIVATE EAMIEI S, who desire spending the
summer months in slid ' al Region will be furnished
with parlours and chainb re calculated to please the
fancy and render comf rtable the most fastidious
guests; and TRAVELLERS will always find those
accommodations which are most desired, and the
strict attention of servanls.
It were superfluous td say Giat his TABLE and
BAR Will always lie ;furinshet with the choicest
stands and liquors ; and [with a wish and exertions
to gratify his guests he atritic.pates the patronage of
the public.
Pottsville, april 13,'18-39. 15—ly
ir Reading
RAIL ROAD.
SUMMER . ARRANGEMENT.
To COMMENCE APRIL 1, 1839.
HOURS OF STARTING.
FROM Reading, at 8 .M. and 2P. M.
From Norristown, a 7 A. M. and 5 P. M.
These hours are art iged tit connect with the
Rail Road between No islown and Philadelphia,
the hours of starting tro the latter place, being 5
A. M. and-3 P. M.
F A
Between Reariingi an
Cars, t 2 f econd Class,
The morning Train f
for Breakfast at Pottatot
Reading, Marc 30
• In Mount P
Sticet, late t
4SOO
saes Downing; to
al a
April .20 -r
.--
Whit ,Italian Silk
li Wherry Seed.
TH t: beat k:nd fo Flaking Silk, just ,received and
for sale by the of o'r pound by a pANN AN .
April?? 17
VAL ABLE
Real Estate
AT '
PRIVATE SALE. -
- puRsuANT to the last will and Testament of
William Lined!, late of Strasborg township,
Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, dee% will bn offer
ad at titivate sale. •
A TRACT OF LAND, •
containing. 323 acres and 50 perches, with allowance
&c. situate in Roaring creek township, Columbia
county, Penney Ivarrii ; bounded by lands of Mahlen
Hibbs, George Creig and others, about eight miles
east of Catawisea, atithe Susquehanna North branch
canal ; four miles weitt ofCstaw rasa and little St h uyl
kill Rail Road ; and twenty-five miles North of Potts.
where there is always a market for produce,
equal to that of Philadelphia for prices. • •
The improvement!, arc a comfortable two story
squared log House, a squared log Barn with stone.
'tabling underecathj and a good orchard, of grafted
fruit trees. About $5 acres are cleared and ender
good fence, divided into convenient fields, and in a
high state of cultivation, having been all recently
cleared. The remainder's well set with lofty thriv
ing timber, a large tiort:on of which is heavy white
oak, suitable for swirling into plank for boat building,
which from its eonVeolence to the public improve
ments, must find a regular and good market. - •
A branch of Ranking creek passes -through the .
Property, with sufficient fall fora saw-mill. There
aro also, a mimber of never failing timings of excel
lent water ort the premises. With all the advantag
es this property pastmes', it is considered as being„
one of the mist valuable in the section of the coun
try in which it is lodated.
For terms apply 1410 Edward !Anvil!, residing near
the premises, or to the executors ii Salisbury town,
ship' Lancaster county.
BENI AMIN, LINYLL,
JOHN LANYILL, "
Excet.fors of firmv:Linnin, rtee'd, -
17-3 e
April 27,
111411
Ezehanke at New York; on London 13i
to 9 per curt. premium. '
At the clatfet of his services as curate of Hey
Chapel, neat Oldham, the sum of £3lO isiaa pre
sented to theißev. John . Mattison, by Joseph Tay.
tor, Esq. of ho'cles-hill- This handsome sem was'
the productaof a subscription entered into by the
cnngregatioii, aided by liberal donations, to this
aged and retpected minister an.i tutor, from his nu
merous frieltis and popila.
Sic Iran kt —The silver coffee-pot presented by
the woman ir Manchester to Henry Hunt. Esq., at
the Peterloojimeeting, is now exhibiting in the shop
of Mr. Hirst silversmith, Briggate, Leeds, for sale.
The Portiaf Newcastle General Shipping Compa
qy have atßresent six fine vessels in the Tyne, pre
, paring for (*Men voyages. The number of vessels
already bekihging to the company to ten, of val.
Ue of £5.4,000, exclusive of three which are con..
tiacted for.l
Dosing tliis last week, considerable ex c itement
has prevailed in the borough of Rochdale, occasion
ed by the ditcovery of a pike, whichlrad•been man.
ufactuted ori the premises of Mr. Petrie, one of the
most respect able ironfoundere in the town. By
some meam4or other it came to Mr. Petrie's knowl
edge, that s§me of his men had been making pikes
on the preniums, unknown .to him. Alarmed, as
Might hat:tacit:ly be expected, at such a discoiery, he
iremediatelheonitnenced a thorough invmtigation of
the subjecklind discoverea that the delinquent was
one of the trrentaces. This young lad stated, that
one of the j rneymen had ground and polished the
pike for 1)14 ; he also told the name ofthe person
who had grit' n him the order for it. 'The journey
man Mr. &trill immediately ordered to quit
premises. ;'What steps he will take with the ap.
prentice is mat yet known.
Extraordpery Leaping.—A considerable party
i
assembled Noctorum, near Birkenhead, on Tues
day last, in consequence of a leaping engagement
appointedti come off, in which Mr. Alexaoxler
Donough anti his brown hunter were the_heroes.—
The match tw es for 100 iumeas a side ; the condi
tion, that this aforsaid horse, piloted by Mr. M'Don
°ugh, should clear a six feet wall three times with: ,
in , an hour 4. The match was won within the ten
minutes, without the noble animal being, in the
slightest deg!vee, distressed. Mr. M' Donough offer
ed to take 300 guinea: to 104 that the stair, which,
is his inits.ni - siceined to be one, should clear a s.v
ep foci Walq but thelosers were quite satisfied with
the day's &pert, and thought it quite good enough as
it was. I.
i 13-ty
1839
E HOTEL,
' ES.
Norristown, First Class
1,50.
t om Philadelphia, will atop
n.
IBM
ouse,
easant Row, Mehentongo
e Residence of Mr. John
be let—Apply to
JOSEPH SHIPPSN•
16—
MEMM
REZI
-- T 1
••• ; •
I 4411, teach you to pierce tho bowels nf the Eirth and bring oat from the Civerns of the BiOnetchts, Metals which will give strength to oar nands and sub Act all Nature to our use and plessose.—otwoinnabti
ENGLAND. Y
Rubbery in a Court of Justice.—One day last
week a basin . of soup was conveyed from the Cas
tle Tavern, King.etreet, as a dejeune for Lord Chiet
Justice Tindal, and placed on the table of the ante
room of the , tourt. The officer who placed it there
having immediate occasion to go below to regulate
the furnace 4 some thief who had seen the silver
spoon pass tiirough the hall, availed himself of the
opportunityi'i and stole that valuable Utensil, with
which he gilt clear off before the learner. judge pro
ceeded to hhi refection.
. .
• Sr-nogg/4 Extraordinary.—One of the most in
tteptd
instaeces of smuggling on record occurred in
the vicinity of }lasi ings, Sussex, a few Op: *Mee. . 1
It appears tat a party had for some moth} 4rieter•
mined on 6 endeavor to run tubs at the meat ac
cessible palof the cliffs to the eastward of town.
near Sclesbeburn, and directly under the nose of the
Coast Gua . men on duty. The cliffs at this spot
are appalin to look up at, being full of projections,
and overha , ing to a fearful extent. Still tfiat was
the spot ee l' tad for the enterprise. The beat con-,
tained abou 70 tubs. . Information had beep gist n
to the offic e`- on duty, but the apparent imposiaibility
of the darin attempt caused it to, be treated rather •
as a feir.t.taivert attention from ' ome more seem,-
,sable spot. Still the officer visited the place about the ,
time, when,ifrom what has since trauspiied; the li
quor was el but beid to his nose, without hie being
able to smel ,it out. A dog that was with the man
on duty on itie cliff, was far mare eagacioue tit de
tecting the presence ofthe plunderers of the revenue,
for he kept baying. at something under thp.cliff,
which exciticl the attention of his master, Who ifp•
proached thiedge to ascertain what it was, but was
desired by bis officer to retire, lest he should; fall ov
er. At leng th th e . tubs were all run, without the
knowledge , the look-Out— When morning dawned
the fact wairdiscovered, but scarcely beliesfed. It
appeared tbfft the bold smugglers had contrlved to
hang up a bider of rope, with wooden roundp, from
several proprbtions on the cliff, which they dlimbed
with the 104, thereby avoiding the immure diffi
culty of exceeding an overhanging precipuie, - of at
least 150 feel! in height. The slightest fault,) in any
form, moist have been instant death to the advento
rers, who Siyould inevitably hays been dashed
to atomic kinl'pthe pointed locks beneath. Ai bolder
attempt, tt . revery where admitted, is not recorded
in the annala of heroism.
IRELAND.
The Greqi British Conservative.—An able and as
far as we ate 'competent to judge an accurr por
trait of Sir *Mien Peel is given in a late umber
of the Dublin Review.
He is detribed as one of the most perfect deba.
tors that ever sat in Parliament or ever led s piny.
Be thurougbly understands the peculiar prejudices
and passions of the audience whom he addresses,
and his whdle aim seems to beto work main those
passions, not by an appeal to their reason or by aid
ortheir intelleet, but by means of their prejudices;
he essays apt an appearance of argument, except
such as acebrds with the preconvinced notions of a
vast portion.Of his hearers; his chief object is not to'
'convince byitin force of his argument and the sound.
nest of his deductions, tan to find for his followers
some plausible reasons for their conduct; and in this
he is eminently successful. It is, probably, the
consequence of the possession and great cultivation
of these infeitor qualities that we find the absence
of tnose higli powers in which he is deficient. For
enlarged anSstaresman like views, is vain may we
search his dresser: amid the war of words, with
difficulty milk/ . we. pick out a general principle,—
He expendsthik strength in endeavoring to break
dowii or fritter away the outworks of his opponents'
rositions, anti not unfrequently leaves the stronghold
untouched, thd. even unapproached: rarely do we
find him estalblishing o- maintaining with common
bow
dexterity an Independent position. Well read,
-ever, in hist ry • and possessing much acquaintance
with class i literature, be applies his knowledge
e
in such a - m anner
oner as may best suit his purpose for
the rooment,iind he expressel himself chastely, of
ten eleganuti At the same time, no man Can de
liver common place observaticins with a more porn
pus or a mee,laughablo air.
The Archbishop of Thom, the Hon. Doctor Le
Poer Trrnclii is dead. His Lordship's fain tl li y, in
consequence of his having survived beyond' cWO
ult. will reeeitre an addition to their property a` from
£20,000 to £30,000. His Grace's 'I) fe was legated
for X50,000.1i In his Lordship's demise, the Arch ,
diocese of Taiim become, extinct in the Established
(Thatch. Dogior Melleile, the Roman, Catbalia Arch
bishop of Titam, has fret4lme borne the tit* and
will contiounitokdo r . - .
i New fear Zaw.—A verdict of inanalaughtnr has
*en 'returned by a winner's jury against a gidiev
iog officernathit the-ituor La* Bill, for basing by
r neglect of duty caused tfoi death of a pauperpained
Bingen... The coroner said, I*. no•uutu. "'beater
iirelieving cifficer or pot, irasjuitified in dauging as
person balc7iier thecouutry, but particularly those in
sotjuirity. we notthe less culpable, The relieving
Officer had anted irregolirly, end itjhis jury Ohara
tie oloprtgaqthat the diceamed`sdeilh wiaaseelera-
MSM=
EMI
-;- .
._ _ter,
AND
Weekly by Benjamin likuinn; Pottsville ) Sebuylkill.Cannty, Pennsylvania.
ted in consequence of such irregularity. then he had
laid himself open to manaleuehtkr.
Mr. Barret's house, all Ballinasloe, had s very
great escape on Monday id being blown to piece*,
owing to the explosion oe a small cask of gunpow
'der. which be held for site in his shop.
The peonle of this town and rieighbobrhood base
been marrying-mad during the week steam a girl
of the lower orders, from k 5 1430, but Nam joined hy
men's bands.
The Countess of Norbory and her sorrowing tam
il7 have departed from Instand—rdriven by murder
era from their native home and never to return. :.
A moth distressing accident occurred, at the print-
works of Medium John.liarthelMew anti Co. , Dal
marnoek, by the falling irt,of a section Of an arched
brick floor of the third tlit of tr . part •of their fire
proof premisesorhich carried 'with it an Neal por
tion of the two lower floors, and immured in the ru-.
trot no less than seven individuals, of whom one
man and three young Men under, fourteen year. of
-age, were taken out lifeliss; and another man and
two, boys injured, it is hoped not dimgeretdy. The
cause of this most distressing event is wholly ines
pliceible, as there was no preitilure upon the floor,
one of the iron joists of 4shich seems to have (man
way, and no indication of lellsllll64sl' in that joist
was ever observed : indeel this part of the premises
were erected only a few years ago..—The'following
are the names of the petrol; killed, vie: John Ste
venson., James Watson, William Finley, and Rob
e ith.—The injured ire David Ross, Wm. Rog
•
er, and Wm. Forbes.
• Estate of Househill.--Last week the estate o
extending to about 470 acres; Was pur
chased by Mr. Wm.9alldway, manufacturer. The
rumored price is, £ 45,009. The estate, we believe.,
has been benight with the View of working the min
erals, which are of a very valuable description. The
varioug seams of ironstonei found in it amount togeth
er, to from 20 0 . 30 feet, Mid may, therefore, be con
sidered almost inexhaustill , te ; the gustily, too, is of
a very superior kind. Besides ironstone, there is
found on theestate abundlince of coal, lime, copper
as, and alum, together veith very excellent' free- ,
stone.
The national , olgivention (Chartist) •wits
holding its meetings in Ldiadon, but the attendance
was very thin and the proceedings attracted no at
tention. At Devizes there had been two riots, con
sequent upon Chartist meetings, but there being a
sufficient body of troops; (three :companies -of:lan
cers) upon the ground, tiOthing more fOrmidtible oc
'curred than a plentiful sprinkling of biokesi heads, &c.
Information was still.current, hotie4r, that the.
agitators in various places were providing - themselves
with pikes and other deadly weaponsi' At Halifax
it was said there were no less than 701 . 1fisli provided'
- with muskets. •
Greenock,—We have great pleasure - In announc
ing a moat munificent • end uneizected bequera
to the poor of Greenock. William Wott, Eeq., of
St. A n d rews , N. 8., 89 4 of the late Christopher
Scott, Esq., of this townLitied suddenly at the form
er place on the Bth ult , and• advises hive been re.
peived. here by Wrollodgens, Esq., of tfie GreenoiX
BTarery., - to the effect that Mr. Scutt had left the
whole of the property, with the exceptibn of abciut
£3OO, fvr the purpose of Maintainng and edsicating
the children of the poor connected with' the town of
Greenock.
The Wandering Pipet.- The eccentric indivi
dual kno"wn by this name l died on Sudsy night at
Merceets Hospital in this pity. It appears from his
own account, that he was induced, many years
since, for a bet of several thdusand potinds, which
wire staked by a friend, to . engage in his extraordin
ary mode of,life. Had he relinquished: the under
taking, the money would hale been lost to his fam
ily.
RigAl Hen. C. W. WaSunup Wyan.--4f the inten
tion of Mr. Jervis had been Effective to anseat4g
the talented and highly respected member for M
gomeryshire, it was the „determination of the elect
ore to return theyaglit Hon. gentlemim, free of a
pense, td that seat in the legislature. Which he has
for a period of forty yetrs filled, with e 4 much hon
our to himself, as well as satisfaction to hie constit.
nente.— Such indeed wits the indignation with
which the respectable, and well thinking portion, of
the Right Hon. gentleman's supporters viewed the
conduct of Mr. Jervis, that, in ardor to mark their
detestation of such an uncalled for attack, after the
ample explanation of Mr Wynn, it was "'inkier in
tended to have invited Mt. Wynn, to a public din.
ner.
Okmiergnashire to wit.-4--It has been said that the
parish churches of Barry rind Gilettoo, in the coun
ty of Glamorgan, are among the smallest in the
kingdom : but the parish; church of St. Lawrence,
near Tel:door, in the Isle Wight,is only 20 feet long
12 wide, and scarcely six
t o the fives.
Tredegar Cattle Sheso.-4-Upwards of 100 guineas
have been subscribed for , rises at the next Trede
gar Cattle Show, by the in abitants of tiewpiat and
its neighbourhood. The Original 'subscription did
not exceed•4o guineas, The liberal sum has becn
subscribed through the exertions of Mr. Thomas
Jones flidips.
The straightforward acd constitutional manner in
which the Viscount Dungannowparsues his course
in the House of Commons on general ■nd truly
Protestant principles in detebce Of our church and
'constitution, and that ut Sir Robert Rowland Mill
and Mr. Ormaby Gore, on behalf of the agricultural
body of the kingdom, are earning for them golden
opinions among •all truly.good•and well meaning
men of various political shades to the northern div
ision of this county.
Several petitions were presented in the House of
Lord'., on Monday night, by Lord Kenyon and the
Bishop of SL Asaph, praying thet any -surplus rev.
revenues arising outof theqxtesolidation, Ica, of
the Diocese of Bangor and St. Asaph, &c, may be
applied in aid of the insufficiently endowed livings
in the Principality. Similar petitions from Lien.
gone's, and other places, 'have also been presented
t.y_ the Viscount Dungannon , the Right Hon. C. W.
Williams Wynn, &a, in the Cottimons.
•Chieger anti Chem, Rehtalik=uWa ,learn that
Meier& Jackson and Bean, who completed. a por.
tion of the Birrntaghow and Darby Railway, hate
undertaken the Banbury and Wad's contract, in
length' aboat,ten =Bei, on the (heater and Crewe
lino. , .
Wm: David's darwarnelebrated to due
borough. with the usual festivities. A lute party,
sat dawn to 'dined , . it • dte_Lionlne. G. Lord, Fag:
ehainimo, and Captain Atotris4l
The prooeedings was jsvial and itowelvsl,
The health of &r Wm. Floyd was drank stand!).
tically, and tratefolly asks:owls/44 •
BATILTRI9AYI MORNING, MAY IS, 1839:
SCOTLAND.
WALES.
learn whether their fathers are riAll ' For rich men
' cannot, of course, be mechanics. The next place,
whether they are lawyers, merchants, dealers of MIII
.I inters, - for in these four .profistions' are included all
, American gentlemen, except senators, stete"offieera
and larch hike, who are respedtelde by their offiee.
With no other families should yoitissneline, for You
• EDWARD BALDRIC was the son of a New Eng- 'should at all times endeavor to keels lip the dignity
land country merchant. He had ten brothers and 161 yOu'r fainily. Now, my son, you may sit down
sisters, the majority of whom were „younger 'than_ to your dinner." - .
himself.• The head and front of these offences was Here the merchant concluded, with an- emphatic
a merchant ; that is, he kept a grocery, next door , ahem,' and was about to tam his chair to take
to the principal tavern, at the -corner of the' stage i his seat M. she table, when one of the 'younger boys
road' and main etreet•of a certain village in the State hesitatingly inquired uif a watch-maker wath ro
of Maine. An persons who buys spode to sell again spectable 1
across a counter, are, in New England, styled . mar- a Why so, my child i"- rejoined the self-compla
chants, ' not tradesmen or storekeepers, but emphat- cent parent.
ically - and aristocratically—merehmits7 Merchants "troth, it 'ta'n't, no.thpeetable people ought to .
are gentleman ; therefore, Mr. Belden was a gentle- thpeak.to you. " . . •
man.. In the land of steady habits, a gentleman is e Come to dinner. children; and you, little chit,
one 'who is not a meehanii or operative. Mr. Bel- • shall wait, for your forwardness, " exclaimed the now
don had never soiled his hands' with tools, although justly provoked mother,;(for Mr. Belden, reader,
he sold eggs and fish-hOolui, nuts and raisins, tea was unfortunately the son of a watch maker!) Ed
and sugar by the pound,rum at three cents per glass, ward laughed in , his sleeve ; Mr. Belden carved the
He would sell oats 'by the peck-and 'strike' the mess- joint in silence, and is silence Mrs. Belden helped
ere himself, whiten his coat by shoveling flour and around the vegetables. -During their-recess of that'
meal from the barrel or 'bin' into the scales, and very afternoon, the aristocratic scion,. Edward Bel
grease-his gentlemanly fingers with the weighing of den, played at catch and toss with that Young dem
butter, cheese, and lard. Yet, Mr. Belden was a ocrat Bill Webster. This brief family 'scene is not
gentleman ! he knew no vulgar occupation ! Mrs. introduced as effecting materially the general Wei:-
Belden was of-course • lady—her husband was a I est of our tale, but to diseloserkstate of manners and
merchant ! She gave parties, and her entertain- mode of thinking, by no means uncommon in New
merits were the envious gossip of the village. England, presenting, a strange anomaly in the sock>-
. Dli ! " said Mrs. Belden, confidentially, to the ty . of American materiel that hereafter may 4E0;1
lawyer's lady, who had hinted, in a very neighborly materials for a puff of volumes. Yet, it is to.suchprin
way,. that she thought Mrs. Belden was becoming I ciples se thoser:we iatve just hued dim...tell oy a parent
somewhat extravagant : u Oh ! my dear Mrs. Ed- i to his child that the adverse of that child and a thee
gartim, they don't cost us hothing at all, hardly— i sand others of New -England's children are to be re
we get 'en, all out of the store." I fer r ed. 'The income Mr. Belden &Tired -from his
Mrs. Belden never visited mechanics' wives, nor store was from eight hCndred to two thousand pee
allowed her children to associate a ith mechanics' annum. The domestie.expe , which could not
children. „ , , • possibly be very great, as eve ing, from the chit
" Marm ! what -do you .think Ned did, coming den's shOes to their spelling- , from - the kitch
home from school 1" shouted a little Belden, felt- en girl's calico and handkerchief to Mrs. Belden's
ing into the door, with eyes and mouth wide open, ' silks and laces, besides all the provin " came
his mother's injunctions fresh in his memory :" he out of the store." How they came in th store
spoke to Bill Webster, he did, for I seed him ! " never entered the brain of Mrs. Belden. She' was
.and the little aristocrat's eyes were popped two in- satisfied her housekeeping could cost nothing ; "nev
i:hes farther from his head as he delivered the as- er mind, it come out of the store, " was the coup de
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ton.nding information. grace by . .which she silenced every qualm of comet
-itt•Edward ! aid you speak to that Bill Webster 1" I ence or friendly hint from envious neighbors, upon
inquired.lus mother, in a tone of offended dignity, her own extravagance in household . matters. For
as she scraped the dough which she was. kneading Mrs. Belden sought- to' keep up appearances, and
from her lady-like fingers :'" didn't you know his there were other , merch ant's ladies in neighboring
father was a cabinet-maker, and hasn't I and yodi towns she must rival. W hat with Mrs. Belden's
pa repeatedly told you not to' speak to such boys 1 " expensive halite, and Mr. Belden's moderate profits;
" Well, ma, I only asked him about my lesson, " • he seldom laid by more than two or three hundred
pleaded the culprit in defence. dollars a year, Yet, on this-shall income, without •
.• 0 About your lesson ! " exclaimed the angry pa- the prospects of having a dollar to give then" when
rent, ," and what lad Bill Webster to do either with they became of age, his children must be-educated—
'you. or your lesson ? " ... gentleman and ladies !--as if heirs to principalities.
" Because he's the best scholar at the academy, Let its see what gentlemen and ladies he made in
and at the:head of the clams, and even Judge Perkins' them. •It will serve briefly .to develope a system
son is glad to get Bill to help,hirn When he gets of gentility and genteel education, lamentably prev
stuck," • ' • ~ ;dent throughout the, villages and 'matte rens of New
' " I guess if his father knew it, he'd stick 'him," England.
exclaimed the injured parent, a and I shall go right Amelia, the eldest daughter, grew np tall and well
over after dinner and tell Mrs. Judge Perkins direct- formed, pale and romantic. She had attended the
ly. It's a-shame *hose mechanics' children be allow- village Female Academy, from her-youth upward.
ed to go to the academy, and associate with gentle- At eighteen she left school, tolerably well educated.
men's sons. Here's your father! now we'll see what That is, she was versed in geography, and could
he says about it." tell you the capitals 'of every European State more
Mr, Belden, a short, stout man, inclined to ear- readily than of the various States of her own
pulency, with half whiskers, blueish grey eyes, and country ; and k w (so deeply learned was she)
rasier pleasing -physiognomy; - ente re d .fiom the moreratout the Ii of th e Kings of England and
~i s trire, which was situated but • 'few yards distant Egypt, • than the . esi . dente of the United States.
t!‘
from his twin stogy . white hours , with green blinds, She could paint f ' t pieces 'and mourning pieces,
and afi ont yardllrith flower and stoke steer—as which still hung ov het' mantel in testimony of her
Mrs. Belden was wont to describe it—His coat was 'akin ; write a neat haul, cypher tolerably, and play
dusted' with four, and-greasy bywontact with various a little on the piano. Yet, with all these aecom
unguinous.artieles hie' store contained., plishments, she found herself, at the age of twenty
' What's the matter, what's the matter, my dear!" seven, unmarried ; and, at last, to escape her moth
he inquiredrin a-quick and good humored tone„see- er's tongue, which grevrotasper as she grew older,
ing the children grouped around - their iciother, listen- and wagged particularly against 'old maids,' and to
ing in timid 'silence, while the placidity of het fp... find the wherewithal to purchase dreaies, for she had
titres was considerably disturbed !—" Have the bds inherited her mother's love of finery, she accepted
been at tiny of their capers ? " an offer to keep school (this not being mechanical,
" Capers ! " repeated 'his offended lady : " all I except in cases of flagellation, is, therefore, .respee.
can do and say I can't get these children to mind table,' and conferring go disgrace) in a neighboring
me. I wish you would take them in hand, Mr. Bel- village, in which delightful task, peradventure, she
den; for they have tried my patience till I can stand is still engaged.
it no longer. " And she looked as if she were the The second child, who was a son, haVieg a earn
most aggrieved woman in the world. ' ral mathematical turn, and much mechanical ingenu
i, Why; why, what have they done 1 " inquired • ity, at the age of seventeen, when his father propos
the perplexed husband, still holding the handle of ed taking him into 'the store' plead hard to be al
the door by which he had entered. lowed to become a mechanist, or go to sea—any
" Done 1 . here's Edward been speaking to that Bill thing but to be tied to the counter of a country gm-
Webster, when I told him over and over again, not eery. His parents oremishocked at his vulgar taste.
to have any thing to say to any such boys, and ax- The young man, after staying behind the counter
pressly told him and all the children to speak to no three months, during which time he was placed at
boys nor girls whose fathers a'n't merchants, like the station at the further end, where rum was retail
their'n,
or lawyers, or doctors, or ministers ; and eic because his careful parent could trust no oneelse
they know it well, too. " thne, and, after hearing more oaths and seeing more '
" Well, well, wife, I'll settle it, " replied Mr. Bel- intemperance than would have corrupted a Samuel,
den, soothingly and good humoredly, for he had just he yielded, disgusted with his employment, to the of
made a good bargain with a country customer. "Ed. fers of an intelligent sea-captain, and, amid the
ward, come here to me. " tears, groans and prophecies of his mother, (for the
The culprit came forward and placed himself by caste of sea captains is not exactly comma ii fatal,)
his father, who hart taken a chair near the fire, con- went to sea with hini. He is now though young,
scions that reproof or advice comes clothed with the first officer of a Picket ship from New, York, and
more dignity from one Seated than standing a gentleman in spite of his father. .. '
u Edward, you are now in your fifteenth year," The third son, a fine, spirited boy, who wished to
said the parent gravely. eln two or three years become a jeweler rather than to succeed his sea
more you will enter college, and you should now struck brother in the store, eventually followed his
learn to choose your associates. " brother's example, by eloping ; and after various ad
" Children, listen to your father ! " commanded ventures, during which he lost both health and repo-
Mrs.Belden, seeing the turn her husband's remarks tenon, became one of the lowest supernumeraries on i
were likely to take i“ he speaks to you as well as the New rork stage. "-The Cholera of 1832 put an
to Edward. " end to his misery, his dissipation, and pecuniary
aln the first place, my son. you must remember wretchedness, and the Potter's Field has become-his
that your parents are et.speetabie—that is they move last resting place. .
in the first circles, and are not mechanics. Now, The fourth was apprentice to a respectable whole
in America, where there is no nobility or titles to • sale dry goods merchant, in Boston. When he be.
say what is and what is not 'respectable,' why sea came of age, and desired to enter into business on
are so and who are riot so. - Now the only way you, his own responsibility, hit employer, to whom he
who are a boy, can tell what boys are , respects- looked for assistance, sailed,' and he was at Once
Me,' and what are not, is by knowing what pro- thrown upon the world with blies -few hundred did
lession their parents are of. Now a mechanic of Lars in his possession. He igain became a clerk of
no kind is respectable ; these all belong to the 'low- another house, ana scanty Salary—for although a
er class. '. man of business , inte gr it y - and indoltry,he ass-riot . .
Here his youngest daughter interrupted : a Isn't a man of capita/. He knows no trade—he is fit for
milliners and manty-makers 'respectable,' pa I" nothing but a merchant's clerk: He is still clerk
" No; my child, they are female mechanics, and lag, although nearly thirty years of agi,,while he
'am therefore not respectable. " finds about him men of wealth Ind independence.
" Wekthen, I spoke to lan (Mrs. generally ' • althongli mechanics, like their *these before them,
New England Is linalfiratineed Miss) Miller's hide nom, when it itehold;i beans,' tined to despite.
girl, Jarityand• walked most home from school with "' 0 what bitter curses upon the - foolish
. s'ystem to
her, to-day. Oh, I'm so sorry !" The penitent which ho was a victim; did lie onstrain,„ their eitaa.-
criminal, after receiving a severe reproof fr om her non, happy in the bosom of their tartfiliells with big/
mother, retreated behind a chair, and the father own, a lonely salaried bachelor, "Now attach it
continued: - Costa to be ii, gentlemanr.thanghthe. • • •,,,,:- •
"The question is, my son, when, you wish to se r The fi fth, and next ycniniplaitAbild, liSbn was a
lest-YottrootoPeolona at schot l or at college, first to dipghter, married a yams merchant ofd . native,
Front the Gentleman r Magazine
RESPVCTABILITT
THE YANKEE MERCHANT'S W•MILT
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acquitted the ",tilLailit 415t46,4 the loengStiktbi
"'lse-to Oar hunittgiP alla'boteithi:**iceticin he
soon becanie fiumiliitiiiidi , end ' hexlmoilY, by
tor:tering 'with coilid. - attiahal*a, he lacints'
ed a taste file` indent spirits, mt. et ildi iteit'aftiall
ty-five, An. ba4ing` hemtfor :dime .1' ,hithall -.46 A"
drunkard, he desert& blifadieee house of mania il
polls i i
This, reader, is no fiction. *anew andjoaditiee
are only kuisritc to•idetint , these facts in Atte Ittw•
alone/ of many, vrithtbe histentieolefau4 now al
most extinct Yet, even withotit thiskey s too. ready
an application oft - it may be imade to •muumuus
families, with c the observation of every New Erig.
land reader. ~ i , t
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Besides Edward. there were two • brother* and Ws
' tees,
~,, ounget therehieliself, vifintexistely„ did not
I survive long enotighlo her me' Mir lady ... or gen:le
-1 man ,
Three years after the conversation reccuded above
I Edward entered the sophiirnere elass kt cetateidgee
1 Hie manners ware polished, his address whining, his
talents of a high order. Aftir six weeks be awls the
moat popular of hti these bib& with the faculty
and his dans-mates; while marry young gentlemen
of the upper class soughthis ashaiotance. His
i as
sociates were among the 'mead:4st in collage; his
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good• nature, gentlemanly air, rresistible wit, mid
high standing in iris Cla z sth rendered his society uni
versally sought after. '''..... i
The first year, his bills were !paid by his fait*,
and he wee allowed fifty dotlani during the year for
spending money. This 'he laid -out ,in books; for
he,neither gambled nor , indulged in the expensive
habits which could be afforded bY eithera—Mertin
the bight of hie popularity and scholastic fame, a
letter came, in reply - to one he had written to his
father for a remittance to purchase a few necessary
books, stating that "business wks dull, his profile
small, and thet it was .more elpetosive at college
than he 'supposed it would tie." , And after two.etti
ges of advice in relation to the necessity of preserving
his standing as a gentleman: he woond up with the '
suggestion. Athos as be could not` afford to pay such
large bills any longer, he had bent work the rest of
his way through the college •by keeping school dur
ing the vacations." A bank floe for' twenty dol
lars wee inclosed, with the iutineition that he must
expect but littlemore assistance from him, as he had
his two brothers and sisters io educate: that he WWI
getting old, 'and times were bard" -
It will be difficult to, picture the mortification of a
sensitive, high-minded young man, at such en an'
nouncemetn, The term bats whuld in a few days.,
be presented. Min& accodnts,'peaty liquidated at
the Came time, were also unpaid. But these dilli
es-Wes, though instantly occuraim to his mind, did
not so much effect him as the ¶udden change t h is
conduct of his father mast produce in his situation.
Educated like a gentleman, his, host intimate sem- •
mates had been .with those young aristocrats of the
college who bad wealth to support their pretensions.
With the , bentficiaries,— thciae noble minded
young men who seek science through her most thor
ny Fiths, those of poverty and contumely—he had
never associated ; they were a suedes of literary op
eratives, whom he had not yet, decided whether to
clas s with the mechanics or gentlemen. He groan
ed bitterly as he felt that he wad degraded to their
caste. It was late at night when he received the
letter, end after pacing the room a long time in men
tal agitation, he seized his hat and hastened to the
President's room. The usual (amp shown in the
window. He tapped lightly at the door and enter
ed. The venerable Doctor Killen, who was engag
ed over his desle raised his head, and politely limit
al him to be, seated.
Edward laid his father's letter upon the dealt,
sayinghastily, "A •letter from my father, air."
The president teed it, and stook hie head as if
displeased at its contents, 1 '
"I sympathize with you, Belden. Thi s is not
the first case of the kind I have met with since my
connection with the; anaitutioni This infattiation
among the class to which youri ftither , belongs, of
1 making gentlemen of their suns, when thdy cannot
allow them the means to sustain the rank of such,
I has been the ruin of many promising young men.
It is a mistaken ..potion, and on fruitful with "the '
most banefulconsequenc.• that a yout'i, to l e made -
a gentleman of, must become 4 member of one-of
the learned professions; and that to be a.membertif
one of these, he must first pass through college. It
is a mischievous error, and must lie eredicated. -It is
daily doing incalculable injury tii seekety. Experi
ence must soon teach such pentonseWinsoumlnters
of the position they "have essunkecl, and convince_
them that an independent far:ince or mechanic
(which all may become who will) is intrintimlly a „
,
better gentleman. and-utfarneene c usefut member of
society, than an impoverisLel leiryer or-doctor, or i
minister who has become such diet he may be one
ih the ranks of (to use an English term; in'Azneri.
ca, we neither have nor should halve a corresponding
word) the 'gentry."
The president concluded by ire ng n• much Judi
cars advice for his future conduct in life, end the
young man took his leave, and Went forth into the
world, alone, friendless, and slunith tooDeeless•
nrilir r‘m
We briefly pass over; his shell and ca
reer. He went lo New York, where her "ed
several weeks seeking some geizteel employ nt.
(for ca any meebeeicel trade oeeit, tie was totally
ignorant.) At length a situation offered, after be
had spent his last dollar in paying for, n advertise
ment applying for a clerkship or iutorship.
The subsequent events in the fife of Edward Bel
din (save the mystery that still limp over the place
of his exile) are familiar to all who have not forgot
ten the tragedy which a short tit ago.agitated• one
great commercial metropolis, arid filled the minds of
daft men with horror.
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The brief outline of what caul& easily beextended
to volumes, is written to expose die rotten nese of a
mischievous custom, forded in Lenity and perpe
trated by injustice to its juvenilevictims. Which
reigns ell over New Englond.l Alas! that • ttwu
should think that, because they ilea their sons an
education, they Inuit, of nem.ri, make_profewion
al men of than, or suppose, if tlibey wish te make
them gentlemen without the trodble and expense of
education,' they must make merchants of them ! ,
Let every went; whether "Ajmer, country .mer
chant, country, docleir s countey lawyer, - or. eceMtrY
person, if he have five eons,educatk them sll well s ifhe
will, but mike firur of-them tiller/ of the soil armee
tea of &trade. lifet 'will then beVeertain of having
four independent sons about him., Übe hart three
daughters, let him make seven good nifiliiteef in'd
manturemskers of them, and the will'thitibiriae
df
pendent of the ordinary Ti,cissitti
provided he have, toith mei to
do this, that is pro, leave
them. But even if believe, siall .it would be better
for them that he. shield d 9 atio, .ttianit,be.shofd
leave it undone . Itift the opposes Ain mllllOll4
orresifit
reaching Bilge gentility, Wt.% as it l• term.
ed for their cluldTee, th at theml our, nietropolital
street With 'Cktirteo" nil, atilt in ites id oar cities,
from New Teak ta - New thfetieegynth remrAties e&-
venturers:'.': - ,• "" -
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