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THE MINERS' JOURNAL.
THIS Journal was materially enlarged and otherwise
improved at the commencement of the year, and will
now rank with any paper in the state, out of Philadelphiz
Its pages will he devoted to a
General Chlrunicle of the Coal Business;
Improvements in the Manufactory of Iron;
The progress of the Arts and Sciences;
A Summary of European Intelligence;
The Current News of the Day.
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ORIGINAL TALES,
Thereby m eking it evil mi interest to many publications
whose subscription prices double it in amount.
To those interested in the Coal or Iron busspe as. es
well as the general reader, its pages will it is hoped,
afford valuable information and amusement, and no
pains shill be so-ared to render it worthy the patronage
of all classes of the community.
icy - ANorliElt 10 L tIIGEMENT..O
In the first week in January, 1810, the Miners' Jour
nal will again be enlarged by the addition of another
column to each page, alia.ll will mike it the largest p
per published co- the State. nut of Philadelphia, provided
each subscribe{ will, in the mein time. procure us an
additional one. Those who do not, will be charg•
ed $!. 50 ter annum after ihe enlargement takes place
The Coal Re+ion will then have a eprc se ntau ve abroad
that will add credit to the enterprisx and liberality of its
citizens. • • - 13. BANNAN.
PHILAD.ELPIII A . AND fOTTSIILLE
OPPOSITION
WA1M,Ar714.11:32
LINE OF' DAILY COACHES,
Fla ,Reading and Xorrislown
THE subscribers, halving acceded to the earnest
solicitations of the comtnu'ility ~ n Ur..
route, respectfully ann/ionce 1., the public that they
have corninerwect rune ng
HAHN LINE OF COACHES
Between Phtlacerlphan and Pottartlle,
For the arvorninod a t inr of the public. The Conches
are entirely Tr,ir, large and roomy,
ar.d supennr to any ri44 runiiinq in Pennsylvania
Experienced and acrnknnviel.iting driers are en•
gaged, and every. all. noun paid to the codynrt arid
convenience lt{e route, by the Proprii
tors and their Agrids.
IT No acing till be: per rntlird on any consisteta
tion whateoei —nor will the rates of fare he change,
oth.li Linea should plink proper to-reduce their
rates, or even run for nothing—it being the whole
and sole aim of the Prnprietors to accommodate the
public al a reason - able rate of Fare—they therefore
confidently look to the public to sustain them in the
undertaking.
The Line will leaveitheir office, in the old Pont
Office, at. Pottsville every morning at 7 o'clock, A. NI
and Leave Sandersons4iotel at 4i o'clock, every
morning, and at 2i o'clock every afternoon. 13: the
afternoon Line, passengers arrive at Reading the
same day, and leave Reading next mprning at 10 o'.
clock, and arrive in Pottsville at 3i oclock, P. M.
at the followitig
RATES OF FARE
FromPottsville to• Reading,
From Reading to Philad's, •No. 1 Cars,
Do. Do: " No. 2 Cars,
Pottsville to Port Clinton
Do. to Hamburg 100
From Philadelphia to Pottsville, Nn. 1 Cars, 500
Do. Do. 5 - -)0. No. 2 Cars, 450
EF Omnibuses are elngageo to carry passengers
to and from the depot Philadelphia and across the
Bridge at Norristown, free of additional charges, at
the above rates of fare.:
For seats, in Pottsville., apply at their Office, in
the old Post Office. .
In Philadelphia. at Sanderson's Merchant'. Ho
tel, North 4th St., MOunt Vernon (loose, 2d St.,
Congress Hall, 3,d St.; United States Hotel, and
Marshall H 0118; Chefintit Streni
. In Reading, at Finney'. Hofel.
f irr All Baggage at the ri4t of tile owner..
The Proprietor. would merely state for the infra
matron of the public, that tin. Line has no connect
[ton whatever with ciating Line., nor will it hav
any connection—but will -tend or tall on its owe
'merits. POTT, SHOEN ER, FINNEY & CO.
Proprietor..
'March 23.,
PENNSYLI'ANIA HALL,
In the ttorongh ' of
r sly I LL E, PA.
J. ILIUOILIIrOUT.
''''' A NNOUNCF. to • the' travelling' public
SEM
sp I that he has rfitted his comtnothous estab
lishment wit every attention to the omfort
a
and cony Diane of his trona. The contiguity of its
situation to the Minth Bank and the different Cna
! l
Landings recommends i to the man of businefs, while!
its extensitve parlors and !well ventilated sleeping apart
ments, give it peculiar advantages for the summertmvel
leror the invalid. , 1
..."
Tie culinurvdspartrite is in experienced hands, and
be Lrder and /3 tr siocke with every seasonabl e deli
cacy orviand and liquor, umerous accommodating ser
vants willat all times con uce to the pleasure and attend
she wants of his guests.
The -salubrity'. of the rongh of Pottsville. and the
many sources. of amuse ent, both natural and artificial.
which its vicinity afford , render it a desirable place of
resort, and the proprietn pledges his cannoned exertions
to make a sojourn tberet ,condusive both to comfort and
gratification.
Pottsville, Pa. March , 1839.
EXCIFIAN
E HOTEL,
SVILLE.
POT
irelliaml
G• Johnson
HAS taken his commodious establish.
merit recently copied by Joseph Weaver,
.. as the " National otel," corner of Centre and
Callowhill streets, and has materially improved its
arrangement for the a cornmodation of customers.
Tbe.sitiration is pleas. nt end central, being contig
uous to the Post - Office and Town Hall, and in the
business part of the bor. ugh ; and three Daily Linea
of Stages arrive and dlpart from the Exchange to
and from Riading, N rthuinberland, Danville and
Cattawissa.
PRIVATETA VI I L , who desire spending the
summer months in the al Region will be furnished
with parlours and cha hers calculated to please the
fancy and render en fortable the most fastidious
guests; and TRAVEL FRS will always -find those
accommodations whit are most desired, and the
strict attention of sery nts.
It were superfluous to say Cut his TAUT. - and
841.• will always be urnished with the' choicest
viands and liquors ; d with i wish and exertions
ratify his guests h anticipates the patronage of
NW public.
Pottsville., spril 13, 839,
1111 ENIB
vratea e h you to pierce the bowels of the Earth and bring dut from the Caverns of the Mountains, Metals which will gave strength to ournands and ittbject all Natirelo our DIY * and pleasere.,-De?.fdbtssoat
VOL. XV.
ENGLAND
Eachlnge . at New York on London, 9
to 9i .per cent. premium.
Emigration (a the United Statett.—We stated a
fortnight ago, that the emigration of the peoph
from this port to the United States was extendis , .—
The quays ot the north docks are crowded with
men, women and children, awattinE the departure
of vessels. The New York packet ships take out
their full complement 01 steerage passengers. The
ships of large tonnage can carry .upwards of 300
souls. The passage money for the steerage pasi.en.
gera on board of tine of the liners reached the large
sum of Elloo. So that if the steamers should de
prive-the packet-ships of the cabin, they will not for
some time to come take front them the steerage pas
sengers also.
New Chambw of Commerce.—A Chamber of Com
merce, similar to those estabhshed at Birmingham,
Manchester, and Liverpool, has been instituted at
or.ct.sler.
Pr oceedi rigs of Lire Chartists.—The Chartists had
a demonstration at Weston, near Bath, but a large,
military force, and a strong muster of inhabitants,
prevented an outbreak. t very man was armed.—
The Chartists had a grand meeting lathe Bull ring,
in Birmingham, on Thursday. They were address
ed by two delegates from the t kinvention to London.
It was believed 20,000 were present, 3,000 special
constables had been sworn in, and a party of arts
lery were stationed in the barracks. The whole
pas,ed off quietly, . • ....
Notional Convention,—A deputation from "Na-
Lionel Convention" have been in Birmingham some
days making arrangements for its sittings being
held here, and placards plentifully dnitributed thro'.
out the town announce amt the delegates, as a body,
will arrive by the rail•vav from Londe, by the mid
day train on Mundar. There is to be a "grand pro
cession" to meet and receive them, and some per.
sons express some leer that the meetings of "the
Convention" in Birmingham will result in a popu
lar outbreak. This may; however, be avoided if the
rosgistratce wild pursue the vigorous course they
have commenced. They have already tssat d two
proclamations to command all persons to refrain
rum attending such meetings, as being contrary to
law, and :dangerous to the tranquility of the bo
rough.
[The meeting subsequently took place, and the
leaders were arrested and sent Li prison..,3
D•putotion of Chartists—Me - efing on Kenya!
:Hour.—.We understand that a deputation, consisting
of two Chem.:l , , waited on the boroughrei.ve and
constables on 11 cilnesday last, to communicate to
those officers their intention of holding a meeting
1111 lier•al M,air, on Saturday next. We believe
they saw the hortinghreeve arid Mr. Wcx.illani; Ma
jor-General Napier arid Colonel Weiryss were also
present. 11;nat pas.t.d on the occasion we have not
ticari on arty authority which would justi:y us to
repeating it ; but we understand the deputation
were infornitd, that, if their meeting was all ealcu.
laird to disturb the peace, or to inspire terror iii the
minds ofthe public, they must take the consiquence
upon them-else-. We underKand there :s a split a
mungst the radicals with respect to this :meting.
and that a rival 'demor.stratiou" is to lake pldce at
Oldham on the same day.,
An inflammable Foundation.—The flue of the
chi rch at. Hanley has lately ignited the coal. bed
vlerneath, from whence a body of ashes has been re.
moved, and the burning
,stopped. This' has also
been the case at the Wesleyan chapel in the town.'
It seems to be.understood that no changes in the
cabinet will take place. Lord Melbourne and his
colleagues have determined to go on and try their
fortunes.
Lord John Rusßeif has announced the intention
ot z government to establish the penny rate of post
age.
The Russian Grand 'Duke had IA England, and
the Queer. Dowager had arrived.
Mr. Southey was married to Miss Bowles. in the
first week in June.
t 2 00
3 00
`2 51)
The Thames Tunnel appears to be in a fair way
of completion. It is believed the . works will reach
low water mark during. the summer. When that
point is accomplished, there is no room for doubt as
to the final success and permanency of this great na•
tional work.
IRELAND.
Dubltn.—Pruvender and fodder for cattle is be
come so scarce that sail boats are-taking cargoes
here for country gentlemen, and farmers, at the
Clare, and Limerick - sides of the river. Nu vegeta
tion is apparent, and scarce a blade °crass.
Irish Logic.—A few days two Irishmen, habited
as mourners, were seen wending their way through
the parish of Kira mahoe. From the slightest pass.
ing glance it was easy to perceive that the travellers
were strangers, mad, on observing at one part of the
road two individuals approaching in an opposite
rectinn„ they called a dead halt, and inquired as to
the residence of a Mr. G ? In answer to this ques
tion .they were politely informed,-that two individu
als of the same name resided within the parish, one
I of whom would be found a little way forward, while
I the other resided cnnoideratrly to the rear. On hear
ing this, one ofthe Patlanders Immediately exclaim
-ed, "Its the Mr. G. we want, who was the kind
master to Peter M'Tyle."—"lndeed," said the oth•
er. "I knew a man of that name certainly, but
whether he resides on the same farm still I really
cannot say."—"And sure enough he must," said
the querist sharply, "los its to his funeral we are
just now a-going."
Mr. O'Connell, hag given notice of his intention
to bring in a bill to enable Catholics to practice in
the spiritual courts in trelind;,and - to hold the o ffi ce
of Lord Chancellor in (fiat cou ntry. The claims of
the Catholic, ought to be br.dly stated, so that
the country, may judge of therrien mane. This bit
by bit system bids fair, as It id undoubtedly design
ed, to involve men of liberal npieions in a• course
which, were the whole game laid' open, they might
tweager to renounce In coneecti it with this subject
we may allude to the illegal asiumption by the Cath.
ohs Priest Dr. M'Halc, of the dignity of Archbishop
of Tuam, as - remarked upon in-the House of Com
mons on the same night.
MITI
SCOTLAND.
Lessee. to Travellers.—The following account
by Mr. Peter Borrie, of the Tay Foundry, Dundee,
is cariousl—othe Nord, a French steamer, whose
engines were furnished by 'lnc, sailed from our har
bour on the 7th ultimo, at eight A. M., and after en
countering a very rough and boisterous passage, ar
rived in the offing at Dunkirk early on Tuesday
forenoon. I left Dunkirk for Cahill at three P. M.
on Wednesday, spent three hours. Started for Liv
erpuol—remained three houra l Le ft Liverpnol fur
Edinhurgh via Glasgow arrived in Edinbnigh at
three, A. M. 14th ult.—remained four hours, started
for Dundee, where I arrived at 12 noon same day.
Tbus being altogether seven days foUrboura absent
from Dundee—ol which time I only spent four days
eleven hours in travelling. The remaining two days
seventeen boors 1. devoted tolother purposes. So
that during the space of 107 hours, I have travelled
Over a distance 0f'1,160 inllea„ being at an average
rate of nearly 11 miles piir funk., I was accomps,
nied in my journey by a veryl - intimate friend, who
seldom leaves home, and neveribefore wes hurled a-
Icier at such a rate. .
FAutuut—Deant or • Mit lta.--Elisabeth Friel
has been long known here e a woman of very pe.
notions habits, although she was considered to be
i5-ly
AND
Weekly by Benjamin Damian, Puttsville, Schuylkill Cuminin Peunsylinuia.
to -possession of money, it Wag not until after her ; ted all the most prominent and strongly-defined
death, that the amount was known, which was
£llOO sterling. The money and bills were (oink.
about her bed, wrapt op in old stockings, &c. Du
ring life, her appearance indicated the very extreme
of want. Several years 16 - ice she bad eiceined a
will, making *Jests to several tvsefol institutions
such as the Charity School,the Female Sornety,&e.
with the residue in the poor of tiwparish : toe doe.
ument cannot, however, as yet be got, and many
are now claiming kindred with Elizabeth, who
hitherto did not know her, which. will probably
yield some profit to men of business.
Dear Cambria, the codritry by Cambrian! adored,
Half thy riches and wealth lie yet unexplored;
Embedded you'll find it beneath the hard ground,
In rocks, caves, and caverns, it stall may be found.
Seek for ore in the glen, the mountain and hill.—
Be vigilent, Welstfman, and use thy best skill ;
For by such exertions, thy dear native land, •
The tide of adver•i'y may neer withstand.
The Weather.—The oldest people aff.rm, that they
never remember such severe weather so late in the
spring. We have a diary I,ir the last 38 years, and
find th it there was snow, accompanied by intensity
cold weather, near the village of Cardiff; on Wed •
nebday, nay 3d, 11-09, which was immediately fol
lowed by es lovely a sehsnn s..the heart could wish.
On the 13th May, 1824, it began to snow - between
Mei thyr and Cardiff, and was knee deep on the hills
(sheep being dug out 01 drifts) on the rullowing day,
it had not disappeared till May27lh,when the wheat
and grass, which had gruwn very considerably be.
fore the snow tell, had the appe.iritnce of tieing roll.
ed. Those who hive faith in eyelet., will ob-erve
that the snow of May, 1809, 1824, and 1839, had
exact intervals of 15 years..
The Chartists, Messrs. Vincent and Edwards,
met with a rough reception at Nunlyglo; they were
pelled most unmercifully with stones and eirOers,
but fortunately fur theirs, they escaped without any
serious injury.
Beaufort.—We hire Fad a I.irga—no, not large
for the population—Chartist meeting here, nt Bryn
mawr, this week ; King'Vincent hinisell being the
chief speaker; and having a Deist for a chairman
Hot as we heard the reporters of the Bearba and
Merlin denounced as liars and. fit for no place but
h—II, we were efiaid to procure our pencil, not
much liking the butt end of a large horse mato!.
peeping now and then ont of the pocket of a "gen
tleman" whose "hear, hear," and half intoxicated
appearance, threatened tis with a quick passage to
the place, where the traitor Edwards says we ti 3
shall go ; consequently can give no detailed account
of the proceedings. But this much we can tecol ;
lect, that our innocent Quern shall ni4 exist "even
in naoo" beliire the lapse of twelve months. What
d'ye think of twat ? But we are to have one rum,
fort In make up fur the ioss of our beloved (4 , 10f11,
we shall have only to work two hours per diem !
What capital legislators those Chartists will make,
especially as they are to be paid fur their services.
Edwards told the meeting that in "lour days" with
the assistance of"fiyur other chartists lik e him., e fr!"
(Ifeaven preserve us from them !) in a little room in
the King Crispin Beer-shop, at Brynmawr, he would
"make a law that should confer eternal happines's
on the whole country." We did riot lxlieve bun
because he talked so much about "cutting throats;"
and if he, inaevery meeting that he attends, draws
the fore finger of his left hand across his throat as
often as he did at ,Brynmawr, he will not need
any one to cot his, unless, indeed, the skin of :his
throat is as callous as his heart is wicked. Rut
what effect has all this gabbling had on our sober
and industrious workmen I In a population of Sev
eral. thousand people, we have working men's asso
ciation, whose nnmbers amount to—don't he
frightened—TWELVE !
CONTINENTAL.
Large bodies of Cossacks, have deserted their
colours in the Russian service, and gone over to the
Circassiank, against whom they had been sent.
Cardinal Fesdh, the maternsi uncle of Napoleon,
died at Rome on the I.3th instant, in the 76th year
of his age. The intelligence was conveyed to Parts
by a telegraph despatch.
Accoubts had been received in London of the ac
teal commencement of hostilities between Turkey
and Egypt. The Turkivh army, twenty thousand
strong, crossed the Euphrates at Byr, and a battle
is said to have taken place on the frontiers of Syria.
The ratifications of the treaty between Holland
and Belgium have been exchanged : and that lung
pended quarrel has been finally adjusted.
Famine is about to increase' the sufferings already
endured by :he unfortunate inhabitants of Irelahcf.
OUR NEX I DOOR NEIGHBOR.
- We are very fond of speculating as we walk
through a street, on the character and pursuits of
the people who inhabit it; and nothing so material
ly assists us in these speculations as the appearance
of the house doors. The various expressions of the
human countenance afford a beautiful and interes
ting study ; but there is something in the physiog
nomy of street-door knockers, almost as characteris
tic, and nearly as infallible. Whenever we Visit a
man for the first lime, we contemplate the features
of his knocker with the greatest curiosity,• for we
well knOw, that between the man and his knocker
there will inevitably be a greater or less degree of
resemblance and sympathy.
For instance, there is one description of knocker
that used to be common enough, but which itrfara
passing away—a large round one, with the jolly face
of a convivial lion smiling blandly at yo.i, as you
twist the sides of your hairinto a curl, or pull up
your shirt-collar while you are waiting for the door
to be opened ; we never saw that knocker on the
door of a diurlish mini—so far as our experience is
concerned, it invariably bespoke . hospitality and
another bottle.
No man ever saw thus knocker an the door Of a
small attorney or bill-broker; they always patronize
the other lion; a heavy ferodous-lOoking
with a countenance expressive of savage stupidity—
a sort of grand masters among the knockers, and a
great favorite with the selfish and brutal.
Then there is s little pert p g yptain knocker, with
a long thin face, nturned up nose, and a very sharp
chin ; be is most W vogue with your government -of
fice people,-in light albs and starched cravats lit
tle spare priggish men, who are .peffectly satisfied.
with their own opinions, and consider theniselvtis of
paramount importance.
We were greatly troubled a few years ago, by the
innovation of a new. kind of knocker, without any
face at all, composed of a wreath,•depending frcen a
hand or smell truncheon. A little trouble and , at
tention, however, enabled us to overcome this diffi
culty, and to reconcile the new system to oar fidror
able theory. Yon willikvariably find this knoeker
on the tors of cold and formal' people, whc-P","g
ways ask you why you don't come, and niiver
say do. , •
Every body knows the brass knockers is common
to suburban "dm and exteusive boarding-schobls
and having noticed this genus, ws have recapi
SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 13. 1839.
WALES.
A BERYTWYTH
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species.
Soixe phrenologists affirm, that the agitation of a
man's brain by different passions, produces corre.s.
pouding developements in the form of his skull; , Do
not let us be understood as Publishing our theory to
the length of asserting that any alteration in a man's
dispcnnuon would produce a visible effect on the lea
-111:0 of his knocker. Our position merely is, that in
such a case, the magnetism which must exist be
tween a man and his knocker, would induce the
man to remove, and seek some knocker more conge
nial to his altered feelings. If you ever find a man
cluing ng his habitation with out any reasonable pre
test, depend upon it, although he may not be aware of
the fact himself, it is because he and his knocker are
at variance. This is a new theory, but we venture
to launch it. nevertheless, as being,quite as ingeni
ous and infallible as many thousands of the learned
speCulations which are daily broached for public good
and private fortune-making.
Entertaining these feelings on the subject of kn ock
ers, it will be readily imagined with what consterna
tion we viewed the entire 'removal of the knocker
from the door of the next house to the one we lived
in, some time ago, • and the substitution of a hell.
This was a calamity we had never anticipated. The
bear idea any body being able to exist without a
knocker, appeared so wild and visionary, that it
had never for one instant entered our imagina
tion.
We sauntered moodily from the spat, and bent
our steps towards Eaton Square, then just building.
What was our astonishment and indignation to find
that bells were fast becoming the rule, and knocked .
the exception ! Our theory trembled beneath shock.
'We hastened home; and fancying a e foresaw in
the swift progress of events, its entire abolition, re
solved from that day forward to vent our specula
tions on our next-do a- neighbors in person. The
house adjoining ours on the left band was uninhab
ited, and we had, therefore, plenty of leisure to ob
serve our next-door neighbors on the other side.
The house without the knocker was in the oc
cupation or a city clerk, and there was a neatly
written Dill in the parlor window, intimating that
lodging. for a single gentleman were to be h•t
within.
It was a neat, dull little house on the shad' side
of the way, with new, narrow fl,.Ordoth in.the pas
sage, and new narrow, stair -carpets up to the fir-t
floor. The paper was new, and the paint was new;
and all three, paper, paint and furniture, bespoke the
limited Rictus of the tenant. Th , re was a little red
'and black carpet in the drawing-room, with a border
of ilooring,all the way 'round ; a few stained chairs
and a Pea\ broke table. A pink shell was displayed
on each of the little sideboards, which, with the act
dition of a tea-tray and caddy, a few more shells on
the in intelpiece, and three reacock's feathers taste
ftSly arranged above them, completed the decorative
furniture of the' apartment.
This was the room destired for the reeeption of
the single gentleman during the day . , and a little
back room on the same floor was assigned as his
sleeping apartment by night.
The bill had not 'been long in the window, when
a stout, good.'humored looking gentleman, of about
five-and-thirty, appeared as a candidate for the ten
ancy. 'Terms were gbbn arranged, for the bill was
taken down immediately after his first visit. lti a
dqy or two , the single gentlAnan came in, and short
ly afterwards his real charac'ter came out.
First of all, he displayed a most extraordinary
partiality for sitting up till three or four o'clock in
the morning, drinking whisky-and -water, and smo
king cigars; then he invited friends home, who used
to come at ten o'clock, and begin to get happy
about ‘he small hours, when they evinced their per
fect contentment by singing songs with half-a-dozen
verses of two lines each, and a chorus of ten, which
chorus used to he shouted forth by the whole strength
of the company, in the most enthusiastic and vocif
erous manner, to the great annoyance of the neigh
bors. and the special discomfort of another single
gentleman overhead. Y.
Now, this was bad enough, occurring as it did
three times a week on the average, but this was riot
all ; fur when the company did go away, instead of
walking quietly down the'street, as any body else's
company- would have done, they ana i nsed themselves
by making alarming noises, and caunterfeiting the
shrieks of females in distress ; and one night a red
faced gentlenian in a white hat knocked in a most
urgent manner at the door of the powdered-headed
old ge leman, at No. 3, and when the powdered
headeWhi gentleman, who thought one of his mar
ried daughters muophave been taken ill prematiire
ly, had groped down stairs, and after a great dea. of
unbolting and key-tutning, opened the street door,
the red-faced man in the white hat said he hoped'
he'd excuse' his giving him so much trouble, but he'd
feel obliged tf he'd favor him with a glass of cold
spring water, and the loan of a shilling for a cab to
take him home; on . which the old gentleman slam
med the door and went up stairs, and threw the
contents of his water jug outmf the window—very
straight, only it went over the wrong 111811; and the
whole street was involved in confusion.
A joke's a joke ; and even practical jests arevery
capital in their way, if you win only get the other
party to see the fun of them ; but the population of
our street were so duR of apprehension, as to be
quite lost to a sense of the drollery of ibis protteed
ing : and the consequence was, that our next door
neighbor was obliged to tell the single gentleman,
that unless be gave up entertaining his !lien& at
home, he really must be compelled to part with him.
The single gentleman meived the remonstrance
with
. great good-humor, and promised from that time
forward, to spend his evenings at a coffee-house—
a determination which afforded general and unmixed
satisfaction.
The next night passed off very well, every body
being delighted with the change ; but on the next,
the noises were renewed with greater spirit than ev.
er. The single gentleman's friends being unable
to see him in his own house every alternate night,
had come to the determination of seeing him home
every night; and what with,the discordant greetings
of the friends at parting, and the noise created by
the single gentleman in his passage up stairs, and
his subsequent struggles to get his boots off, the evil
was not to be borne. So, our next door neighbor
gave the single gentleman, who ma a very good
lodger in other respects,. notice to quit ; and the tin
gle gentleman went away, and entertained his
friends in other lodgings.
The next applicant for the vacant gist floor, was
of a Very differlit oharicter from the troublesome
angle gentleman who bad quitted it, He was •
till, thin, young gentleman, with arproftwiott of
brown hair, reddish whiskers, and very slightly de.
'•
. s t
veloped mustashea. He wore a braided surtout
! frbgs behind, light gray in -balsam, and waah-teaiher
gloves, and had altoctlef ' nifller a -military appear:
i -
1 aece. So unlike the royatering single gentleman.
Stich insinuatingroatiners, and such 'a delightful.ad
drew! So seriously disposed, too! When he first
came to look at the lodgings, he'enquireil Most par
: tiularly whetter he was sure to he able to get a seat
in the parish church ; and when 'he bad agreed to
•talke them, he requested to have.a list of the differ-
eat local chanties, as Ili intended to subscribe hi,
mite to the most deserving among them.
, ' ,Our next-door neighbor was now peaettly peppy.
Fie had got a lodger at last, of Jinn his own way of
tliiiiking—a serious, well-disposed man, abhorred
gaiety ,and loved retirement. He took down the hill
With a light heart, and pictured m immagination. a
long series of quik Sundays, on which he and hi.
lOdger would' exchange mutual civilities and Sun-
day papers.
The serious man arrived, and his luggage was
td arrive from the country the next morning. lie
borrowed a clean shirt, and a prayer-book, from our
next-door neighbor, requesting that he might he. cal
led punctually at ten o'clock rtext moriting.--not In
'as he was much fatigued.
Lie was called, and did not answer; he was cal
led again, but there was no 'reply: Our next- toor
neighbor became alarmed and burst the door ~.pen.
the serious man left the house mysteriously ; carry -
ing'with him the shirt, the prayer-book, a tea-spo,..n,
and the bedclothes.
Whether this occurrence, coupled with the irreg
ularities of his former lodger, gave our next door
at igLbor ah aversion to single gentlemen, we kpow
nut • we only know that the nen bill which made its
appearance to the parlor window intimated general
ly, that there were furnished apartments to let on the
first Eitor. The bill was soon removed- The new
kidgers first attr,cted nur curio,ity, and afterwards
excited our interest.
They were a young lad of eighteen or nit'. teen,
and hi, mother, a lady of about fifty, ,or it might be
14,.5. The mother core a widow's tweeds, and the
hey was also clothed in deep mourning. 'They
were poor—very pool ; for their only means of sup
port, arose font the pitt.tnee the boy earned by Lot y.
tag wntings, and translating for bookse:lers.
They had removed trim some country place, and
settled In London ; partly because it afforded better
chances of employment for the boy, and partly, p•r
hups, with the natural desire to leave a place inhere
they had been in better circumstances, and IA !tere
their poverty was known. They were proud under
their reverses, and above revealing theicwants and
privations to strangers. How bitter those privations
were, and how hard the boy worked to remove
them, no one ever knew but themselstes. Night af
ter night, two, three, four hours after midnight, could
we hear the occasional raking tip of the scanty tire,
or the hollow half-stifled cough, indicated his bring
still at work ; and day, after day, could we see more
plainly, that nature had set that unearthly light in
his plaintive face, which is the beacon of her worst
disease.
Actuated, we hope, by a higher feeling than mere
curiosity, we contrived to establish, first in acquaint
ance, and then a close intimacy, with the poor stran
gers. Our worst fears were realized ; the boy was
sinking fast. Through a port of the winter, and
the hole of the following spring and grimmer, his
labors were unceasingly 'prolonged : and the mother
iittempted to procure needle-work-embroidery—any
_thing for bread.
A few shillings now and then were all she could
earn. The boy worked steadily on .I . ‘ing by min
utes, but never once giving utteaunce to complaint or
murmur.
One beautiful autumn evening we went to pay
our customary visit to the invalid, His hula remain
tng strength had been decreasing rapidly for two or
three days preceding, and he was lying on the sofa
at the open window, gazing at the setting sun. His
mother had been reading 'the Bible to him, for she
closed the book as we entered, and advanced to meet
us.
was telling William," she said, "that we must
manage to take him into the country somewhere, so
that he may get quite well. He is not ill,.you know,
but he is not very strong, and has exerted himself
too much lately." Poor thing! The tears that
streamed through her . fingers, as she turned aside,
as if to adjust her close widow's cap, too. plainly
showed how fruitless was the attempt to deceive
herself.
We sat down by the head of 'the sofa - . but said
Nothing, for 'we saw the breath of life was passing
gently but rapidly from the young 'form before us.
At every respiration his heart beat mbre slowly.
The bhp placed one hand in ours, grasped his
mother's arm with' the other, drew her hastily to
wards him, and fervently kissed her cheek. There
Was a pause. He sunk back upon his pillow, and
looked long and earnestly in his mother's face.
'William, William !" murmured the mother after
a long interval, •don't look at me so--spiak to me,
dear !"
The boy smiled languidly, hut an instant after
wards his features zebolled into the same cold sol
emn gaze.
"William, dear William rouse yourself, don't
look at me so,, love, pray don't! Oh, my God !
ghat shall I do 1" cried The. widow, clasping her
hands in agony —"my dear boy! he is dying ! "
The boy raised himself by a violent, effort, and
folded his hands together4"Hother! dear, dear
Mother, bury -me in the open fields—anywhere but
bthese dreadful streets. I sladuld li ke to be where
u can see my grave, but not in - thisetlose crowd
ed streets; they have killed me; kiss'me again, mo
ther; put pour arm roundelay neck—"
He fell back, and a strange expression stole upon
his features ; not of pain-or suffering, but an indes
cribable fixing of every line and muscle.
The boy *as dead. - •
At a celebration of the 63rd Anniversary of the
Declaration of our Independence, held at the house
of Philip Wolfinger, in the Borough of Pottsville;
JOHN T. WERNER watcaltedVotrieside, DA suss
HILL and-lscdu Estes; went appointed Vice Pre
indents) and Joel Youndl and John James, of Llew
ellyn, Becretaties.•
The ..Declaration of IndeOendence" was read by
CoL John M. Crosland.
The Cloth being ieznoVed the Yollperio g *War
toasts were
I RpGULAR TOASTS.
, L 1., The President of the United States—may the
Ater evert add dignity to the °See.
2. The Army or The United Stites.
3. The Navy of tilt) United States:
NO. 2S.
4th of July.
4. The *day we eiireii*e==iiiity:.its arisinarkaßi
;impress on us aiore'deeky' the blessing,s of eieil and
'religious freedom.
ft. the ileroesktde'Revahttiat—like ihelea4s
;of an eutemn foreilt,lhay fall
s elotheilin their kright
est hues, on the very Spot be fore protected and sha
ded by their extend *branches. •
6. The memory of Washington—may it eery
prose the beacon light to guide the course of public
officers.
7: The memory of...lcfrarson—lhe •framer of the
Declaration of Frolppen4ence.
•
B. The memo 7 of Lsfayette—:the friend of our
Country in its infzint struggle for liberty, the cherish . ,
ed guest of its matured prosperity.
9. The memory' of Williatio Penn—mayhis life
of peace and what. brlove never -be forgotten by bra
descendant,.
In. The American Flag--may its stars and stripes
I=
o'er the ►end of the free.
And the home of the brave:
• • he I'mts--rnay lu - conductors e*er write for
the '•greatest g,orx.l of the greatest number.".
12. The For See— their's the only power to which
fiernien bow as willing !dares.
VOLUNI,4R TOASTS
By Thomas Owep. Arthur Si. Clair Arithak
ksq.—his sentiments as orator of the day, do equal
honor 4 him as a scholar soda philanthropist.
Br a Guest. The Coal liegion—r:Whig to, the
hack-bone:
By Joel YundP. l c last Legiskrfure--boni in
riot, nurtured in strife, and died in disgrace.
By John Tanner. The kin, Shamrock, Think
and Leek--may‘.all who wear them in their bonnets.
love the laud of their adoption.
By Benjamin Cook. 'Me Feast of Loco-foil - 34ns
—the hell, the 'eine and, the blind, have been col
lected t., form its nuMbe're.
By Jacob Kline. Price and Secariwout—the
Icaders of the leg -treasury team—they have bolted,
but there are- plenty : , f . wheel horses yet left to finish
then. work.
By J. M. Crosland. The Fourth ofJuly.'l776
may it e'er be hallowed by an unflinching determin
ation to adhere to the puticiples, for which our fore
fathers pledged their lives, their fortunes and their
sacred honour..
By Jacob Reed. The tree of liberty—'may it takn
deep root in the centre of our Union, and its branches
extend °Nee the neighboring nations.
By a Guest. The I..Ceni , Co , l—if we rub the . na a
little lon.ger and a little harder, they - will burn out.
a Gnest. Von Buren's Ezperiments—which
flrat taught American' how to run, witrinut locating
!ravage and plunder.
13y John 13. Reedi JJBeph RiMer —he carries
•Intoretirement the reSPect of 125,000 voters of tho
State of Pennsylvania. yshile Ins successful °ppm.
nenr isilster . ed up only by office hunters and hun
gry partisans. • _
By Philip I Voltititter. The Pottsville Band—
a hand ever reedy to Play on the key note of
_equal
rights.
JJe
Joel Youndt. • JJon. 'Wm. C.'Rives of. Vir
nta-L-may the whip rind Conservatives of the old du
171;011 re-elect bun to the U. S. Sen ,te.
By John B. Reed. The re-election of Thadeletisk
Sitvene—The choice of Adams„ although mado
~ forbidden fruit." by ;the locos. . .
By John Fink. The Whig Ranks—;-Unity and
harinonT alone are %venting to ensure their success
in the next Presidential election.
By \William Obok. Henry Clay—wholike the
Roman Curtails. has:ever been' ready to leap into
the chasm, to save his country.
By A Guest. The Naliona? CoriCenieon—
may its deliberations . be guided by discretion, and
illumined by the wisdom of past experience.
By a Guest. The Puhlic School Systen ! —an&
its projectors in our 'tate, posterity will thank them.
By G. If. Stichter. Gen.. Wm. Henry Harri
mnothe soldier, patriot and eminent Statesman oT
the ,west—May he our next President, and.dis
misa all the Loco Fofn Subtreasurers, who now sur
round Washington and rob Uncle Sam's Treasury.
By a guest- The Pottsville Independent Band—
may the adopted citiiens of.these United States nev
er disgrace their adopted. country— may . we live in
Love and die in peace, Without a jar or discord with
any sect or party. .
Itiervizin. Our Independent prosecut
ing Attorney, F. .Hughes--Qto is too depend
ant on party to read! the Declasauon of Indeper
dence, " after haring Promiged so to do. He drives
well in the harness.
By Darnel Hill. i Iferral for old Tippaeonoe,
and the r.eas line of- tages—they are supported by,
and belong to the eopte. None of your broken
down Loco FOCO S
l 'btreasury ~ Duai Lines," &c.
&c.
By a Guest. Our, nost=his fare is hke his polit
ical principles, good • and palateable...
By a Guest. The Pottsville Band—as they have
been Instrumental is k.onducing to our pleasure to
day, we beg to retur? . them OUT hearty thinks.
By John James. jThe Tan Buren - Party—as at
the sacrilegious feast' of Balshazar, a hand writing
has appeared. on the! wall, to tell them their days
are numbered. •
B. W. Cumminii, Esq.. The workingmen=
o The bone and sinew "—aye, and the muscles and
blood of our country.
In the course 'of the afternoon the meeting wee
addressed 14 James i t S. Wallace and Beid. W. Cirm
ming, ksqrs., a umber of patriotic and other songa,
Glee,', &c. were sung, and the company seperated at
an early hour, in brotherly harmony.
Potts.ville,l 4th July, 1836:
Address delivered A. S.: Cla ir i'Cieha/a, to a.por
tion of the eitizens qj i'otteVille, on the 4th July,
1839, at the blethodise Church ; of I.he Bor
ough, agreeable is request:, . >
FELLOW CITIEWiII :—Time, in its ceaseless revo
lution, has brought our Republic to the slaty-third
anniversary of its efistence--man's ' grand • climac
teric—and few of:those who, bore an active part in
its establishment, ye suriiverio witness ' and enjoy
the benefits of their labowli-recoui)t heroic heed,
to listening infancy end say with - fatet-larieas;
m
..gureque ipse snit ma vidi, et . quorum pail •
magna fesi—all of hich I saw, and great part of
which I was:" A l i a old Revolitioner " has be
come, to the ehildre of our day, Wee the Red-man's
race in Penesyl ta b a. traditionary story—the'
greater portion of em Laving gone to that aun-
discovered country from whose = bourn, no rm.
eller returns," and come numbered with the - vast
majority of the both n ram beyond' the grave.
.In accordance) wi . the general4pitotn of orii,
comity, we have trebled to coinmetturrate the
birth-day of our Glo 'ous Independence ass nation.
l e
Well, indeed, did the eider Adams, one orthe im
mortal signer, of deg pactsukrtow, which we
have just beard read,' ranee and-foretell a that 'gen
'erations then unWfiuler4Sfale the returning
of unit. morphia 114 5 , with fran fi vev.,
bar rne
ringing of bells an ring of mignon, in dkullation
of a Nation's. man liation ! " •
Called upon now y thepaitial estimation Orli/Mil
of my friends to dresslyoir on . this occasion ; I
must thins yourin . Igene, as it i&the first liite
' I ens essayed, in . meptier, Urine art graces
—arid would not no do itibtd: frons•?k. disposititC
to contribute, b r small, to . the . lcadot.: , '
riotic celebration if day,_Which seemiiaiWielizilht
ly to inspire With ernltitsiliticAelingr, all Ontinta
descendants of the intil',e.g . those days whieleirleti .
their souls."' Ructir''':•*l•Alied our Patriotic iir.eti . „
to the, plougfir4--- hop—the 'Coiintiti
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