-
most Inivishingdolighf; ishemately he stoOed to
gym upon the miniature world-witimd him, then with
wild ismaiemewt on his fair conductress, and ;mild
timidly Wiens stieh ft transcendent vision •reiß; at
/length heipaused before a Venus 4 Leonardci
veil
ed in ligat - pink drapery, en transparent that it Served .
-telly to tbrow a glowing 'lustre over the•featines of
'the god*, rich as thirbriesdf life. Behind 14 inteach
-ed tar sway the grovesef Elyseum, from the pen
cil of RaPhael, in whrelythe most lovely nymphs lay
Terlintng in the shade, veiled only with the son blush
ofinnocinies, while others sported on the be+ of
"raver latte, and seemed to glisten team a suWemion
intro) eti6ling waters, as the eryst4 droop/ stied like
beads on their rosy forms, or like„pearly gems rolled
'from their fair bodies to the earth. Belmonte?began
to seeped that it was all encharrtmeat, and ;in the
malt Otitis am izement and ecstacy, once he gauged
, to speah ;" he turned - to look upon the -fair beir4 who
`hold him hand. in her delicate grasp, and to him
ihrougki these ravishing acehes, when the witching
smile, of Itor countenance, blended with the soft and
IMitrotut,expresSion of her large, dark eyes, seemed
to stifle every effort, and without breathing a whis
mer, he ilpasaively followed on. Soon thei . passed
throtigh&long vain of attendants, and came to •
optician+ archway, closed with eolding doors.' 'I hey
lhesimt - neerner arrived at this spot, than the doors
flew *ll, and discovered such a blaze of light as
duisedlßelmonte to start back with affright, which
• mireamittrutces produced a loud laugh from his com
;pacion,laccompanied with a mote tightened grasp of
!the had.
Whairthe first shock of surprise had satsided, he
again permitted himself to be led foiward, aad as he
passed the splendid portals, be saw himself idid his
'compaction reflected in a large mirror on the apposite
side °lithe apartment, arid was astounded: tn.find
'himself clad in the richest robes of the Florentine
width*. Row this change had effected, he
::4rme‘y ot, bat ere be had time a‘recover from this
'new surprise, he was led forward and introduced to
'the fealales of the Medici, the Pdti, and Cap*, and
the P.*, es the most distinvished guest' of the
'etrazzt, to all of whom he addressed himself with be
-coolant coortesy, and even wondered at his own
serf-pobsesion and ease in a scene so entirely new.
Ber found himself the lion of the palace; all the Is
dtes eager ta receive his attentions, and hung
'with rapture on his discourse, whilel all the gentle- ..
men sbemed anzious.to obtain his apinions-on mat
titers of state.
-riniallyLenenzo de Mediciled him through a Icing
'train (t.,1 nobility, up to the farther end of the chain
'her, add seated him on a temporary throne, Saying—
.. Signior Belmonte, be chief of this great 14publici
govern with wisdom and justice ; you have been
chosen by the nohility to represent the state, and all
the people have ratified the choice; to order to
sitrengithen your administration, it is necessary that
a bond be 'formed between the nobility add, the citi
zens, end to effect this, I would suggest a matrimo
atial alliance with the Strozzi, as the most agreeable;
she +to conducted you before this august awiem‘gy
is alone worthy of your 'hand. We wait Jour an
aswer,iere we conduct you before the great , council
of the State ; the Signorina has already met to re-
.ceivei you with all those honors due to the chief
anagistrato of the Florentine republic:' •
Wien this salation had ende 1, Belinoixte*s cur
?rise had increased to the last degree of wonder and
astonishment. ;le cast a hasty glance over that
brilliiint assembly, gathered together in the most
4lple4id apartnfent of the Strozzi palace, to do him
honoX, and felt that Fortune, though tardy in admin.
*ern:l4lllB6es, had at length paid him back her long
atre*s with more than Anterest. Still, he ilistri.sted
litre powers to serve the state as effectually as he
.coup wish, and rose from his seat with thnt modesty
sio peculiar to conscious virtue and integrity, when
'suddenly drawn from retitemont and thrust beCire an
, adtring rirorld,te expreiet his gratitude for this dia.
/tin ished mark of approbation But before he had
"studied a sentence,he discovered the crowd aimulta
ateonsly to part, in front of his seat, and as open
space to extend in a direct line down to the brazen
qlooria, Which were thrown open ; a man then hastily
'advanced up this avenue, and was within to fret of
the their of state, when Belt-mate recogniied the in-
trngter as Francisco. The sight of his old'associste
so Onlooked for, callel up for a motneriti_i thousand
crectillections of his former life, and pt4ueed s con
"fast n , tn his manners and appearance which it was
'am ssible to conceal. lie turned first on one side,
eh on the other , in his seat, and seemed utterly at
4 1 how to proceed . At length, he resolved to ap•
t
On to the nobility-, and commanded thein' , to respect
s his vstion`, which he owed to their generosity, so
tfar ns to rid him of the presence of the iripertinerit
jittrindet. t • - , ,
/ -it is oar strveleign will and pleasure," said Bel-
• &mite, u that the commencement of our adounistra
' turibe thettegnisketi by a strict regard to the welf.im
e rtete - ,tkat we swerve not film the cyst rigid
etalriples of juitace,therefore we banish all paupers
audl idlers from the Tuicanterritary." Scarcely had
• he tittered these word's, whert ke fdti a tnraitge and
•chiiiiing sensation creeping over his whole frame,.ac
corttipanied with something like an electric shock in
&alright foot The lights seemed gradually to Lade
before kis eyes, the assembly became mute; he at
tempted te go on, bin only vented his anguish in a
hol ow groani and awoke on the cold steps beneath
the marble lion, to find that the day had already
davrned, and that Francisco was dragging hint by
the !
. 4 Wake tip, wake up, Behnonte." said he
wine has made you sleep like a beast all night
uni;ler the lion."
II id Mr. Murdoch's visit been sooner announ
i .
* I
me Cave.—A new cave was discovered recently, ecd, it would have saved many of our citizens the
opnosite Harrisburg, a few rode below the rail read dianppoultment of not hearing him, and might have
bridge, in the bank of the StiNquehanen. by two been of inure pecuniary advantage to him:—as it
labairera, who had been engaged to quarrying • tone.
was however, every one who knew e( his being
It has already been examined by hundreds, and
froin a communication in the last nunib.r of the here, attended, and was deligh ed.
Keystone, it appears that the depth of the cave is Mr. D.nenport, who accompanied him tan a
over 30 feet, and it extent as ye. iinknown. nonce sweet 'voice, cultivated tase, and is full o versi-
ol Carious kinds and siz.:•v have been found in the- flex! humor. His Yankee stories will not nbe
cata3, the .spoil► of which," we are told, ••winild be forgotten, nor the rich fund of mirth whi spar
eta antilloary." -
e very valuable addition to the collection Of the curt - forgotten,
from his delineations of national character and
-
' Pie whole country between rarlcde. and Harri..- ntricitieL •
botar is Caver.tou4, and oe have little doubt the --'---
of the E
then
opdning lio well knoirn near the for net o..ce, is e 4qliac
cudneeted with the recently discovered dee. g ' ln - uket ir he early "—The shaft
rly F
part r . of .
theweek.and
d drove
p ton through the cylinder head, thus au-pending
The Sproophar us, presented by Commodore ELLP. operations.until the damage can be repaird. Enough
lay to the Girard Collnge, and proc,ired by him in has been ascertained, however, to show the perfect
Sylrla, has wilted in Philadelphia and was moivcyed, feas ibility of eincldrig iron ore with the anthracite of
to Otaaati CoLizar.. It 1., says the Ledger. a hinge _ • )
mites of great weight and is of a square tbrm. 'rue I our ' '`gl`m
sides are ornamented with sculpture sit d iffer•
ant designs, and the top or lid ai,c, ennsolitsof a I.• . rre
hillock of stone. hewn into an ornano•nthil shave. It
was presented by Commodore ELLMT for the
PulfrPose of depositing the remains of +relines ex 11.
iniit, but whether this project will be ne:eted into
etr-et or not, we ere not prepirt-d to Bay. This
at ot ancient tunes is entire with Ole exception
efts mall piece bruken out of one end: . The pieee.
biwortsr. is not loot, a ndmay bu mph...tel by anot.nt
,
Oirinik Project --Tlie British gnslrnmont pro
w have, for diirict communication with their
India Possessions, through the Red sea, kve
amen, of 1500 tont each—twu soololer onizi in
t
India, and and saes to ere:albs Isthmus
of l3uez. This is independent pf thesttinmers iu the
Idediteranean. The cost will be about; it million of
dollars .per annum. - Think of amediuSra supplant
i4g. camels on the deserts pf Asia I
1 - -
!The terms terms of the following State Senoras will
previous to the next election.—Messrs. MiCh
, .ll'Coeltey, - Miller, (city). Paul, C44enter, and mE im
The fruit bar are Whir —Oil!. others Van
IDIM:
,;
POTTSVIL LE.
Saturday Alorni . u4 July 517.
• NOTICE.!
T HE Sdbacriber is now engaged in making out
l ia
Bills for subsceipti n to the Journal, and Store
Accounts. to the Ist Jul :, and earne s tly rrquesta all
those indebted to make yinent ipring the presem
month. Thereat': a nu
Meat
°this patrons, whom he
has not called on fora year past, Junng which time
the expenses of the establishment have seen greatly
increased. and the J.ounial enleeged and improved :
these out lays are to Pe met, and prompt payment
From framing will give 4 new zest fur renewed exer
tion from their humble servant,
BENJAMIN BANNAN.
(130 "Time still motes on," a poetical gem, by
Park Brtjjamin, Elfg., will be found on our fourth
page.
Kr By reference by our advertsamg columns, it
Will be seen, that 10r. *awns of Philadelphia, who
brings with hrs ) crilent reputation as a dentist,
offers 'his plot - slams! Services to our r.ornAunity.
cc y We have received thi-ough the attention of
our wwnsman, A. Rotialdson, .gaq. late files of the
Scomman,".fron3 which we shall make extractain
our next.
The Hon. Janie 8 - 4 Porter, the new President
Judge of our District, tbok his seat on tae bench at
Orwigsburg, on Tueedsy last.
Our Coal Shipmtnla.—We last week gave an
estimate of the comparktive amount of Coal shipped
from our region alit.° July 20th, of last year and the
present. Those who ire unacquainted with the sta
tistics of our -regiop. , inlay be mated as to the quanti
ty, which will prJbaay be shipped, as our article
may readily create sit erroneous impression. The
amount of Coal aeut to market to July 20th of the
three 4.alit year; is WI f d llow e :
Scohylkill. Region. 4... thigh Region.
207,789 , 101,195
157,120 81;726
19 - 2,657 97,536
1837
1838
18:39
Now a will be seen', that although the shipments
of 1839 exceed those', of 1838 by 35,537 tons, yet
they fall short 15,132 bf those of the preceeding year,
1837. In 1837 during this monat, our weekly ship•
ments averaged 17,288 tons, while this year they do
not come up to 14,000, and are decreasing.
There remains a the. navigation season about
17 weeks, to which 290,000 tons may be shipped,
which added to the atimunt already sent to July 20,
viz : 02,657 tons, will give 482,657 tons, as the to•
tel shipments from this region.
The total shipment! in 1931 . iveie --- 523,152
•• 1838 431,719
. .
• suppos d : 199 will be 482,657 ,
In 1.838 genera: commercial stagnation checked
the increase of the trade : but its previous average
annual increase had been over 1.00,000 tons, It ap
pears, however, above, that we shall fall short of the
shipments of 1837 abbut 40,495 tons. .
We aro led to these remarks, in order to give a
fair statement of the trade as It is, and to shwa , the
consumer the necessity of laying in his winter sup
ply of Coal, without listening to exaggerated rumours
of an overstock. In the present depressed state
of the money market} dealers cannot obtain facilities
for buying Coal, sae the consequence has been a
very reduced shipment in comparison with 183.7,
while to meet the naturally increased consumption,
instead of Vik!,,.857, our region should send her 600,-
000 tans.
The-Lehigh Coal region is placed in precisely the
came situation. Friius their outlets there were sent
The following amount.o.
7 1'u July 20 1831
l) 18:14
•• 18 1539
It Will here again be seen that the amount of 1837
exceeds that of .939, and in the twiner year. they,
sent 9,700 tons weekly to market, while at the last
dates they are sending 9,315 tons weekly, which
difference cannot in:aerially assist in making up any
deficiency an increaled consump t ion miy require.—
.ill accounts agree is computing 925,00 u ions as the
amount from all dOUNCS for this year's demand, and
it is therefore evident that every facility must he el
tended, and every outlet be unimpeded by accident,
to allow it to be met:
M-. IlLisrloch.-9n two evenings, of this week.
our citizens have been gratified by hearing this es
tunable geutlein in and talented elocutionist in the
Budget," which he had prepared as explanatory
of the Pavver of his'noble art. The efforts of Mr.
Murdoch tict — e — Tind , eisewherea, have been signally
successful, in elevating the histrionic .character, and
imparting blended amusement and instruction to
his auditors. The faculty of speaking well, is as
susceptible of acquireinent by well directed
.study
and practice, as that of writing legibly, and in our
country, where the arena of hon3rable competition
I is thrown open to every one. and where public
meetings often prove the stepping stone to
cal advancement:- no time can be ill-expended, or
no attention misdirected, that has this accom
plishment in view. That Mr. Murdoch is himself
a graceful and correct speaker we know, and that he
has the faculty of imparting his principles to oth
era, ample testimonials assert.
Accidental Death.—A person named Kelly, who
with his father, Mother, sister and brother, had re-,'
cently emigrated from Ireland, and were about to
locate in our vicinity, was. accidentally drowned,
by falling from ej canal boat near Tyson's locks
an Sunday mprning last. 'His body was brought
to this place, and interred ifrom the house of his
brother-to-law, hill,. Lawrentie Lawlor, attended by
an immense croied of his ' eripathising country
men.
Mous Moittrttsits.—dorieph Morgan, Esg-
Orwigsburg. has about an a'pre planted, from the
layers, which are superior to any thing we have
yet seen. They average fouir to five feet in height,
aid are very thick leafed. I A committee from the
Franklin Institutb of Philadelphia, lately visited
this nursery, and save prondunced them far beyond
any thing of the kind in thp vicinity of the - city.
We have always thought that our County, was well
adapted to their imltivatior4 and we are pleated to
find that opinion' austained h a g experience and facts.
A VISIT TO T
A large-putter - ............... at firusere
villa a kw data • for• the &lipase of visiting
the Burning Mini, the implies Vein, at the pp.
of the Broad • Mann • 'While the plenum s=
were preparing, 'we a look about Minersville,
*and found many • things to admire besides Mrs.
Christ's lemonade. + a • me a great number of
buildings in process l i t tf erection, and a steam Saw
Mill is nearly comple; by Mr. Laurence of Sun
bury. The village pears to have been steadily
progressing, since we , last visited it, and holds its
own, better than any iof our surrounding towns.
The cars were at length equipped, and we started
at a fine pace up thelinclined plane. -Diverging to
the lett, we visited th/ mining operations of Lebbeus
Chapman, Erg. and were just comfortably housed
at Mr. Payne's,-his soperintendant, when the owin
dews of heaven" we 4 opened, and a young deluge
,poured down. We Isuffered, however, but little,
for we found a prof ision of crackers, cheese, and
those anti-temperate 'articles 'yclept, brandy and
gin, to which we didlample .justice, vith appetites
sharpened by the bracing air and exercise.
The shower over we unhitched our horses, and
retraveiled the road to itv junction, with no assistance,
but its descending grade. Here the fort symptoms
of our miniature ilesovius were visible, in the
clouds of smoke which rolled down the Gap. Leay.
ing the cars, we walked up the ravine, to the lower
levels of the workinga ; here, although not surround
by a flood of lava, wd found the waters issuing from
the dciftway to be tOuite warm from the effects of
the internal fire, and impregnated so strongly with
alkaline substances as to be extremely nauseoust o
the taste.
We now prepared! to ascend the west brow of the
, :,00
Broad Mountain ; t straps were unbuttoned,
stocks unbuckled, an coats taken off, and all prepar
ations made "for This nonce." Beetling above us
for some hundred left, and belching forth smoke and
name, arose the tracli. of the vein, which we.ascend
ed on the crop. A KO° puffing and blowing brought
us to the second level, where the disaster comment ,
ed .during the extreme cold weather of last winter... 7—
A hanging grate plaCed at its mouth to equalize the
temperature, commdnicated fire to the couplings of
the gangway, and was the primary cause of the vast
damage which has since accrued. Some hundred
feet farther up the hll, a large space had caved in,
i
and down the sssurca between the upper and lower
rocks, could be seer a yawning fiery gulph, where
Vulcan and his Cytlops might revel in, and sala
manders only exist. I A stilphurous exhalation issu
ed from it, which rendered approximation not quite
so greatful as laveluder water, or as cool as iced
. punch. About the jaws of this vast cave, were de
posits of sulphur, and some alkaline substances, in
great quantities. -Large rents and fissures in the
ground showed the I extent of the raging internal
heat, and many plades appeared ready to fall tn, and
precipitate the incautious spectator into the chasm.
Down the old air elhafts, the current. of air rushed
with a rumbling raf-thquakey: sound, to feed with
1 their oxygen, the volcano beneath. Now and then
a crumbling mass of slate, or a detached portion of
rock, would leave the bed, where it had been recum
bent, since the world began, and with reo.tless force,
plunge headlong MO the smoky crater !
The vegetation On the summit and sides of the
hill, showed the silithing effects of this munatuml
heat : the tall pine llrooped'ita giant arms, the hem
lock bowed its heiiit as if parched by arid sufferings,
the young oak and bhesnut were clad in a premature
"sear • and yellow leaf," and here and there, the
mountain vines seen to cling more closely to their
parent trees, as if hie the children of Leocoon, they
sought aid from Mel fiery breath, and
• hissing jaws that spuuer'd flame."
all
A dreary spot, hit now, that once lovely in untain
Gap ! the elemental war has prostra all ' beauty
of foliage ; the voiat of industry is h h , the rustic
cascadel*ms to lisp less merrily than it was wont,
and the once buoyant air is heavy mid oppressive
with the murky vstioura, that lour over the fair face
of nature ! ! _
When, or in what manner, the ravages will be
stopped is a matter of anceltainty, and equally so,
is it, whether trtirttan ingenuity can restrain them.
n the mean time, the loss of time and material falls
heavy on Mr. L. F. Lkmgheriy, the lessee, who
has used every poesible means within his power, to
check the destluctton. Attempts have been made
to smother the flame, but it always breaks out in
some new place with increased fury, and baffles its
opponents. .
101,195
81,728
97,536
Our curiosity satisfied, we decended the mountain,
and betaking ourselves to the cars, ran down past
Minersville again.; The West Brandt Road is in
excellent order ; the lower part of the iron track has
for some time reqUired no repairs of any importance,
and the wheels now run over it tut' smoothly as if it
were a parlor door, There is no doubt oT the inex
pedience of woodeii roads : the iron rails if even they
wear out from helm) , business, are worth almost their
first value for old inetal, but when the wood becomes
rotten and splintety, money must be paid to have it
hauled off the tract.
After night-fall, we arrived at the hospitable man
sion of R. C. Hill, E.g. superintendent of the Road,
under whose directions the present delightful yatmt
was arranged.- Once more under roof, the evening
was spent, in a delightful manner, and for a while,
like Burn's Tam O'Bhanter.
.We thought na on the long Scotch miles
The mosses,' wears, slap and stilos
That lie between us and our hame."
At length, however, parting time arrived : we
bade "good night" and reached our domicils, some
to recount the pleasures of the jaunt tn their wives
and families, and we, to give this hasty and limping
description to out kind friends and readers.
A Mr. Charles Headache, and Miss Mary
Workman, conhubialized at Philadelphia, upon
which a wag perpetrates the following matrimonial
epigram :
"Nay, smile not. simper Rot, ye fair,
For mocking's catching—so beware—
In tune take warning.
Not the first Workman, she sweet sylph,
Who went well pleased to rest poor elf!
And with a Headache found herself—
In bed next morning.
Lad of the 4hiccuu.—At Norwich, Coen, on
the 4th July, the remnant of this Indian tribe, loca
ted on a reservation, near the town; was represented
by the children of their Sabbath School—a little tor
lorn band, led their devoted missionary teach
er. Emotions of,sadness, says the Connecticut Cour
ier, for a moment came over the soul, as we reflect
ed on the fallenifortuoes of this once numerous and
independent tribe. We stood rejoicing on the soil
which their fonalUtterx possessed. They had melted
easy, a fated Ism, la, a shadow. How changed
—how fallen! 10aas they were powerful, noble s
brave—
"Amid ttteie hills, with venbirespread,
The red brOwed bunter's arrow sped ;
And on th Waters, sheen and blue.,
He freely ! lunched his light canoe,
While thrtnigh the forest gleamed like light,
The flying ; wild•tieer's antler bright."
But their shOut of gladness has ceased; their
council fires aril extinguished; their destinies • are
sealed ; ' their is crushed.
The Hon. A. iF7. Hopkins, has declined the Whig
abmination for Governor of Alabama.
Tom' MINERS' JOURNAL!.
BURNING MINE.
The followittreentiment woe sent lethe.Roti. l ß.
B. Robley, to the “ Democratic `''celebration oil the
.4thlo our Borough : .
DEMOCRACit AND ARLSIVCRACIN
The Democrats of Potterille : Surrounded and
opposed by the most Eiolfraful aristocracy ttf the
country, their firmness and patriotism under such
circumstances, in boldly sturtaiting the cause of
the people, entitle them to the admiration and lating
gratitude of the democracy of &hay lkilL
We read this toast for the first time, one warm
afternoon this week, and were immediately imbued
with a desire to find out who these " powerful aris
tocrats " were. Of course they were the opponents
of the " democracy, " and must be the Whigs. So
we walked to the front door of our office snneingly,
and the first person we saw, was a Coal Merchant,
returning from his wharf. His clothes had once
been brown drilling, but now they were plentifully
begrimed with anthracite—his hands were of the
self same hue, and across his face and nose, the
hand was visible impressed with a smutch, received
probably when wiping the sweat from his brow.
" Is this man an aristocrat I " thought we: the an
swer was u no—but he is a whig." The next person
who passed, we saw turning the corner from Clem
ente and Parvin's Steam Mill. Whatever the coig
nel color of his clothes had been, he was now one of
the most pure white, and floury aristocrats we ev
er beheld ! He goes and comes from his daily work,
labors hard, has no friends at court, is dependent on
ly on himself, and yet he is a whig ! The next that
passed, had on a paper cap and leather apron, and
over his shoulder was swung a huge sledge ham
mer; he vas whistling home after his day's work,
and doubtless his brain was teeming with aristocrat
ic vice !—be too voted the whig ticket ! Next in
order passed a couple of miners—with woolen caps,
and lamps struck in them, bearing every outward
sign of their occupation, and they too, we were for
ced to place incontinently among the aristocrats !
But look! who is that with slow and measured
step, coming down the street, wit s a cane in his
hand, and a segar in hi, mouth 1 h • pan the
steps of the Pennsylvania Hall, u the stages are
coming in. He is an acknowledged leader of a par
ty, is always electioneering, goes to Harrisburg to
save the country, and to Washingt - ei to dictate who
shall hold the offices of out county in the gift of the
General Goverriment. Does he not belong to those,
who advocate the government of a few," or an ar
istocracy 1 He is not a wing, he is a democrat."
He is not for the democratic rule of dividing and
checking power, he is in favor of the Sub-Treasury,
wilier places sword and parse both in the hands.. of
a few." He belongs to the party who refused to
let the sovereign people elect Canal Commissioners
he belongs to the party who refused to give Con
tractors • privilege of trill by jury—he belongs to
the party who are eternally crying out for democ
racy," but oppose every democratic measure, which
removes any patronage or any appointment from
their hands. He belongs to a party who have tick!
our county offices as,' heir looms in their families
father, son, and son-iifflaW, since the County was
erected ! Is he not then an aristocrat ? is he not
in heart, in precept, in practice, and by virtue of his
party badge, for the government of the few I Does
he rotate in office on the democratic plan—does his
political life indicate that golden rule which reform,
so many troublesome incumbents from office now a
days I
What a shallow, empty thing in such a parallel
between aristocracy, sod demiVrticy as this toast
draws! what a catch-trap to gull the unthinking !
and whois the sentiment sent by ? is he a democrat
or an aristocrat I Is he one of the people, raised
from their ranks to honorable office, or is he depend
ent on family connections for hie advancement?
How far has the " power of the few " been exempli
fied in his promotion, as the representative of the
Mishleriburg family 1 Is he a true ~ democrat" as
modern terms are used 1 Surely not—he and his
party are the aristocrats—none more so than he—
who control all the offices, who oil the wheels of ro
tation mills, who grade the roads to political prefer
ment, and who have ridden to office and power,
astride of one,of the most humbug hobbies, that ev
er gulled a free and independent people ! .
We wish not to be misunderstood in these
praiklire
marks—we speak merely of the tic life of a pub
lic man—it is the people's property, holding him
bound to strict accountability, we can ass with 'per
fect freedom every tur n of his political dunes, while
no One more willingly concedes every private quali
ty which can adorn the gentleman, or render esti
mable the citizen. Is he then—he, the sentiment
giver, a democrat in practice l Truly be 1; as far
removed from. the -democracy of Jefferson, iwe are
from the democracy of Buchanan or IngersOl! Ev
ery movement, every habit, is rife of the fruits of ar
istocracy. His party a.e the- true government of the
few—. they toil not, neither do they. spin, " and yet
office after office dropriloveingly into their hands—
they live on the people—belong to t!.e .z - spoil's par
ty "—and journey through the wilderness of politi
cal life. not in hopes of reaching any particular
promised land, but merely to catch the bountiful
supply of manna, which is Mined down uptin them,
and to fatten on gains, acquired without trouble,
and too often withodt deserving !
Let us hear no more of sucu democracy, pledged
in three dollar chaxnpaigne !
A S , gn.—The Petersburg intelligencer, a staunch
Whig paper, which is an honor to the cause it a&
vacates, and a credit to the “Cock t ade of Virginia,"
is in future to be issued tri-weekl2N. There is now
no administration paper in that Aoeuishing town.
President Van `Buren, notwithstanding his
violent denunciations of Banks, as ivortbless, dan
gerous and anti-democratic, sent all his plate and
valuables to the Bank of the Metropolis before he
left home on his present recruiting service.
"The world is governed too much," is the
extract- which serves for the motto of the Globe.-- t
But Mr. Van Burea would like to govern it a little
more ! -
Huts Knudsen, the last of the Braganza pirates,
has been pardoned by the President. He was re
commended to mercy by the Jury.
The brightest act of the President was his recom
mending the Independent or Sub-Tretisury.—Suribu
ry Gazettt.
:it may be his brightest act, and still not very shi
ning. Martin Van Buren's diplomacy is like a col
umn of items in a newspaper, all scissored from oth
er sources, nothing original. lle is a starling.. talk
to speak, and bellow in our cars, nuthing but"-
234 h-treasury.
The infatuated age of speculation ispraoing away
—New Era.
We are happy to hear it: government specutabon
I , rought on national bankruptcy ; and the writ non
est int:calm, having been returned on the public
funds, it pleases us to hear that the Treasury is a
bout to resume business. The age of speculation
was-rather infatuatod, when it selected sisty-three
defaulters out of six' t.reeven Land Office recieveral
Chasies Spencer, the absconding cashier of the
Litchfield Bank, is. said to have been ruirred by the
extravagance of his wife. Poor fellow ! no wonder
he ran away.
Gov. Porter has at length signed the Improve-
ment Bill. The fate of the Union Canal Bill is
not vpt known
The Sob- e—rds is the intieng themet
of all Mr.Va4Bitren'itse is travelling on
a missionaky impetigo to enforce its decttineo, surd he
has set his poPticallife upon the.cliorsAllitennined to .
stand the lesenta of the , diri. It is li k e ill other pro
jects, emanating from the party of which he is; ex
offeao leader : full of words which beta promise to
Abe tsar, but bitnik'them to the sense. Disguise it as
they may—sugar over the nauseous pill to deceive
the people who are to swallow it—tinsel it , a with
the names of " independent treasury," or " ebonom
teal distribution of public moneys, " the plan when
disrobed of these,ts nothing but a scheme to wrest
the 'treasury from the custody of the . people, en d
place it untrammelled into the hands Of the Presi
dent The far famed toast of Senator Buchanan
in these words, "An Independent Treasury, whose
officers responsible to the people, instead of privi
ledged corporations, shall guard the people's money.
Democracy asks in rain, what claims have the Banks
to use this public treasure as their• own,—again to
convert it into an engine of ruinous expansions and
contractions of the currency, and of new political
panics and pressures, to enforce subinissioned toile
Money power 1" is as far exhibiting it in its
true light, as are she poles asunder! "An Inde
pendent Treasury "—independent of whom 1 who
but the people alone, and dependent on executive
will only. 'WHY it be respoonsible'to 'the people,"
or "guard the people's money l "—never, if once
the fangs of modern patented locofocoism areplaced
upon it, will the " people" have a faithful account
of it ! " Democracy " justice; reason, or common
sense " asks in vain what claims bus Martin Van
Buren to use this public treasure as hia.own 1 " will
it not then truly become "an engine •of new political,
panids and pressures, to enforce submission 'to the
money Kura ! " will men like Kendal or Benton,
who are reckless how they, act, or by what means
they line their private coffers, will they ever restore a
cent that once comes within their power ! has there
ever been an accountability of the public treasure*
since they first began to experiment with the cur
rency 1 " Democracy" need not ask these ones
' dons in vain ! "
If the Van Buren party has chosen to make-this
a test question, by which it shall retain or lose pow
er, we are willing to meet them on these grounds.
We are willing to take up the gauntlet, and, enter
the lists in the battle; and let it be understood, that
the question is, whether the most truly democratic
plan is, to give the custody of the Treasury to one
irresponsible person, who can retain it by the sword,
or whether there is more safety in concerted action,
founded on the constitutional system heretofore pur
sued, and under which our country rose to its pres
ent unexampled prosperity, until it met its first
check, from the very persons, who now seek to reg
ulate its entire' fiscal concerns, and who although
unable or unwilling to keep books for a single de
partment of state, desire to regulate the vast and
complex machinery of currency, natiunal credit, and
commercial exchange.
cry Pottsville, Pa. , is so - called on account of
pots and kettles being manufactured there so ex
onsively. So somebody says.—N. Y. Sunday
Visites.
Not many kettles Mr. Visiter, but Poits in plen
ty—some dozen beads of families, are engaged in
their extensive manufactory.
John Ridge, the Cherokee Chief, and his father
have been murdered near Fort Gibson. They were
way-laid and shot by the half-breed Ross.
Ridge had been well educated, was a polished gen
tleman and a warm advocate 'of the western emigra
tion, and has probably, fallen a martyr to l, the success
of his plans.
The Rev. Zeloles Fuller of Philadelphia. has
been indicted for an assault and battery, with intent
to seduce Mrs. Eliza Flounders. The next time
this perrcn goes fishing for flounders, he will bait
his hook better.
Lady Flora Hastings. —The London'Sun of the
sth July, mentions the death of this unfortunatila
dy, a victim to the mortification attendant on recent
scandalous attaertions affecting her honor.
lEl7w Mr. Van Buren's capacity for appointing
his cabinet officers, amounts almost to unerring in-
stinct.
So says a Loco Foco• exchange : and we agree
with him, that his instinct has been unerring in se
lecting rogues, plunderers and absquatulators.
"The union of the Whigs, for the sake of the
Union" 'as given in Mr. Wise's speech, is a re-echo
of a sentiment delivered by Mr. Clay, at Fredericks
burg Va., in 1834.
uTheuniens of the Stater, and union among all
Whir : both are essential to the preservation of
Liberty."
``Compromise, Concession and
Union . )7
The above words constituted a toast recently given
by Henry Clay. Let it be the watch word of the
approaching presidential contest!
a• The President it is said wept, on his arrive
at Kinderhook !
"•Never sardie," as Boz has it in Oliver Twist;
if yen have to go home, letve the White Hoare like
a man, and don't be down hearted!. Poor fellow !
if the anticipation makes him cry,, the reality, will
drive him crazy !
The Contrast.—When Van Buren wan in - New
York, only a few vessels displayed their colors.—
The tars did not feel inclined to pay honor to a man
who opposed the last war, which was principally
declared to avenge impressed seamed: But during
Henry . Clay!. recent 'visit to BufFalo, every water
craft had its flags flying, and every sailor was eager
to see the man who, when there was reported to Con
gress to be 7000 American seamen impressed in the
British service, and there seemed to be no means for
their rescue, exclaimed,'-Sooner than suffer this, let
us hind ourselves to oar gallant tars, and go down
together, fighting for free trade and sailors' rights."
arzy• The Globe demands praise for Mr. Van Bo
ren because he sometimes tenders the' "hospitality"
of the White House to Messrs.. Cray, Webster and
Crittenden.
We accord it to him;' it is the sphere of life, as
••mine host" of a good hotel, for which his soft and
pleasing affectations would eminently fit him.
Union and Harmony.—Our wish has been mist
taken, and our language misunderstood, by sonic of
our contemporaries of the press, , if they doubt our
moat ready acquiescence in any .plan, which can
bring about a union of all the opponents of Martin
Van Buren in our State : moat heartily do we res
pond to the sentiment of Mr. Wise—s. the Union of
the Whigs, for the sake of the " and if the
September Convention, can bring this about, it has
our monies:mile' wishes. Already have Philadelphia
city and County, Dauphin turd other places, named
their delegates, who if they can gn into Convention,
unpledged and tuifetterecl, may bring about this
most deaireable harmony. If however the friends
either °Merriam or Clay, go there predetermined
to press an exclusive candidate, the scheme mast
prove abortive, and the Whig party be placed in
the asinine emildition between tato hay-stacks I
Let not only the name but thtt spirit of harmony
resale that assembly, and a lictkwill there be &fin
ed, which will bind the despot power of Van Buren
lam, and bring . to our country the political freedom
she once enjoyed.
.Compliment to . Vidoria.=—Polumbio College
wu a royal institution previous to fi n ,
Welton, and" caned King's College. A t arr ,
crown ornatnented the Cupola, whichin tnr
r e a med, and placed in thehiri gur r e b e ti a aa ti
have determined tottacrit orrthe• h e m * ,
steamer the-British 'Cleeert, tfn heroirrivai i n v 37
Wrested-from its place to a trophrof war, 01 ,
turn as an °hie branch of peace! -
oziWeextraet the following jou d'mp r ip hot
the N. Y. ennaay Visiter ; there are humor a n d 4 ,
tire in the article.
LADING ' FASHIONS row SU/Alltil..--Gtos, de
ax , „.
webe frock, with petticoat outside—Beeve s fad a , l a
calbage slake, tapering towards the di g it a _ weia,
inseete--no cotton round the hips—bosom full, hail
covered,--a la pincushione—slippers coleur do 'ke e p.
skin—stockings reach rather higher than usual, and
fastened with gum elastic—hair sleeked with a 141.
low cindle,l la dutch,snd fastened back so tied a ,
to raise theloes off the ground,.a la ChinSia, du.
peso flaring, especially when facing the wind—p ar _
asol dimintitive, resembling a buckwheat rake ea a
fork—point very little used, except red chalk in small
q uotitikeir ; none other will .stand the sweat.'
c-• The democratic party of the Ninth, ere the
natural allies-of the South.—Olobe;
They are natural ali-lies to the four cardiac! p
of the compass..
_ TOR THE MINERs . /HERTEL,
the Pottsville independent Band, Capt. Coats:
worth, paid a Visit to the citizens of Schuylkill H.
yen, with his fine vimpany-Of well instrpeted s m .
siciana on Saturday last.
,The band was escorted
into town by the Schuylkill Haven Grays. Me
taking refreshment with the citizens and Grays it
the house of Thomas ?damson, the band, citizens and
Grays, poised together a few fine hours of plesiere,
in singing, music and story, which ended in laugh.
ing eyes and heart felt harmony.
The citicona generally congratulate the Independ
ent Bawd, hoping {hat - through their Well•lnstraeled
diaciplineinlTlU9iC Lod decorum, they will daily in.
crease in numbers.
The Creel Viestern, arrived last Monday at New 4
York. The news is important in its commercial
character. The corresponder.t of the 'Courier and
Enquirer under date July .f th says, that', amidst a
crowd of difficulties in every department ef manta.
ey and mercantile b.isiness„ we are certainly an
soled with' the prospects of a very abundant barn a,
not in England alone, but throughout all the Euro.
pean states. The wheat is every wheri heavy up
on the ground, and the. weather his not been ure a _
vorable to-the present time—so fickle is our climate,
however; that the l lottery of the, harvest is the sure
of universal snriery, Minx one unfavorable autumn
would be a truly 'terrible misfortune in the primal
unsettled state of the world.
• The Whig admifiistration remains in poser
though in a- very precarious condition, u their me,
jority in the House of Commons has now dwindled
down to two—this having been the result of the di. "
aision in a very full Hants on the Eciutration
The Jamaici Bill has been thrown out of the Bost
of Lords by a majority of 69. Lord Brongheln'
supporting the opposition, and speaking on this re.
canton with very considerable strength.
The ministry are known to be in a very undeei:
ed and apprehensive sitotion, and though the ma..
jority 'of Them would undoubtedly be glad to dragon
in the possession of place, "it is *leered . that the
Prime Minister (Lord Melbourne) would prefer to
put an end to the existence of the cabinet : and it
he do not send in his resignation, it will probably
• be on condition of disol ring the present Parliament,
and 'allowing the, reins Of power to fall into the
hands of the party which May tilumph in the else
Lions, which then wo r efld immediately take place.
Mr. WEB-vat remains in London, and is a lion or
the first magnitude at then ourt end of the town. Re
has been much noticed by the Queen at the venom
concerts and balls which his family and himself
have attended at the palace, and he is almost op
pressed with engagements in high life. Amongst
others, Mr. Webster dined last night with the Dale
of Sussex, and afterwards:attended the -concert of
Mr. Bates, in Portland place.._
' The British Queen steamship arrived in the
Thames last night, and is advertised to sail from
London on the 10th, and Portsmouth on the 11th
of the present month. Persons who have come
round in this vessel from Glasgow represent her a,
performing moderately well, but as never probably
being destined to possess extraordinary speed, the
power being rather deficient in comparison with the.
enormecui magnitude of the atilt:l.—Should . the But.
ish Queen not arrive in New York at the expected
time, it will not probably be a subject of alarm, as
in addition to the uncertainty as to her character
for speed,itis -difficult to premise how So prodigious
a vessel tan be sent to sea in the short period office
days from the time of her entering - tie Thames.
We have intelligence of a conflict yesterday be.:
tweed a large body of the chartists and a party of
the Laudon police. One or two of: the policesre
exyeeted to die of their wounds, -but no lives veto
lost on the chartist. side. Though they languished
the police, it appears no stand was attempted to be
made against the troops which after wards came op
The Great Western leaves us in the midst of troir
*sand difficulties tit every kind. •
The London money market remains in a state of
presence and disquietude which has not canted
since the panic of 1836. The directors of the Bank
of England for t'ie' last three weeks have raised the
rate of interest to 5i per rent,: and "even / at that
rate they refuse To make advances of many on Ez•
chequer bills. or any other security than mercantile
bills, and then only to the most !linked possible
tent. The bullion in the vaults of the institution is
now reduced, according to the Monthly official re
port of Thursday last, to £4.344,000, but as tine is
an average of six months, the true stock of meet'
may. be upken at 53,500,000-4 ;ray small corn•
partitive amount against a circulation of ..£18.101.'
000 and .ot .t 7,567.000, a total of liabilities amoent•
ing to £25,668,000, which may' all be iteq.,ired to
be paid in gold. The' payment of the ;half year],
dividends upon the 3 per cents. is also about to eters
mence, and these amounting to seversi millions, ta
be received by families and where loi) may tell
easily be seized with some alarm for the stability at
the Bank of England, and who consequently eill
require to receive their dividends in gold; and to
addition fo these large approaching liabilities, the
continental 'exchanges remain Unfavorable to Eng
land, and gold and bar silver are being exported to
2, 8
great amounts. dot ithstanding the utmost efforts
of the bank. In s h a condition of the edam of
the Bank of Engl d, it is to be inferred that every
description of m miry security . has fallen is
;value, an tinivetsal Ines. prevades every depart
fuent.ot general trade.
The business is American rities has been alatest
'depended for the last three ks„ for scarcely iwy
thing has been saleable except, the shares of tbt
Bank of the United States. These amidst all the dr'
cubits of the money market has never been withoo
purchasers at a slight comparative reduction in valor;
and the transactions yesterday were to the extern o ft a
shares, at =I as.. without the dividend fallingdne c
the present month ofluly. The other American sear
vines can with &Scaly be quoted at any prices which
would approach to the value if forced into the inatke
at the present tithe; nor have any of the agents sown
this country been enabled to effect the negociesoi °I
any of the newly imported bonds.' The Illinois -me.
muwionets have been over to Holland and Francs, bd.
have returned without the slightest success; and bit
Williams has also been in. Belgium and Holland, bat -
has also reunited to tendon. but this gentleman:d e '
'eta-es and pretend( that he did' not travel for theft , "
pose of seeking purchisera of his bonds. Mr. LT: .
'perceiving the hopelessness ofattempting a Degocia'""
to the present state of the money, market, has very r
_„
dandy withdrawn himself for the present. and appeal°
to entertain the expectation that be ime•
ed by the payment of the dividends on consols. Tho•
however,thay tend decidedly in the !opposite manor'
thookl-the public mistrust not be sufficiently renter°,
to prevent the demand for gold in lieu of the Bak. °
England notes. which certainly would etherealis F . 7,.
1 crease' he the and prove
.a considerable
MP'
1 to the whole monetary world.