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THE MINERS' .10IIIN AL.
TILLS Journal was materially enlarged and otherwise
improved at the cotustwlrcetnent of the year, and will
now rank with an , ,, paper . ln the state,Out al I'hulade lpino
Its pages will be devoted to a
General Chronicle of the Coal linviiiess:
Improvements in au. ManufActory of Iron;
l c he progress of thy _kits and Jrn•nres;'
A Summary of European Intelligence
The Current News of the Day,
And in addition, ea 11 hilin!” , wdl be furnished, unless
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,ortititN A 'TA I.
Thereby making it equal ill interest to inane 111)bl 1C311006
Whose SebS.erl;l;.oll pri . eeS th.oMe it in :untwist.
Tu those ildereited th the Coal or •I roil business. as
well as the general reader, its page's w II it is hoped,
afford valuable inform ition and amusement, and no
pains Shut be saare.l to render it worthy the patronage
of all classes of the community.
iKr ANOTIIER EN 11UVE:11-ENT. -CO
In the first week in January, ISM, the Nl m e r s' Jour.
nal will again be etilar i rl by the atlii,tlon of another
column to each page, ithit h will make it the largest pa
per published in the State, um or Pliiladcl i iiiiaiprov.d4cl
each subscriber will, in the mein time, procure us on
additional one. Those who du not, will be charg
ed $2 50 ,per annum rifler the enlargement taken place.
The Coal Reaitm will then ha 1/1211 , c;.pretietttativeabroad
that will add credit to ;tile cliterprii,c and lilieraky or its
citizens. B. BINNIN.
PH ILA DELPH A. AN D PO7TSI ILLE
OPPOSITION
- -
LINE OF DA ILY COACI I ES,
ria Reading and ..Vorrislown
~_
RAIL RU ADS
subscry)ers, having nr.culed to the e.arru<l
01-t!le truveliJo i r: counnittruty on tirts
tuute, respuctiu',ly ann ,, uhe.eh., the public that the)
have conititent:ed ruuniog a • -
DAILY LINE OF COACHES
• Belecefn Philaaelphia and l'ottartile,
For the accommodation of the public. The C oa che s
are entirely new, built at Troy, large and loomy,
and superior to any now runtinicr in
. Pennar lvanta.
Expectenced and accomModating (111%, rs arc co•
gaged, arid every artt utior raid to the Lonitort and
con venicnce or tras,lkr oil the route, by th%-tztropric
tort, and their Aeciit-it I
No acing trtil he prlnltird on any considve a
!ton tchaterei—rmr. -n ill the idles nl fare be. e hang , d
ilotli Lines should think proper to reduce their
rates, or even run for nothing- 7 -it being the uhole
and sole awn of the Proprietors to. arrommodutr fhr
public at a •reasotzabie rule of Fair' —they therefore
confidently look.tothe public to 'sustain them to the
undertaking. ' '
The Lute will leave their office, tic the old Post
Office, at Pottsville every frl at -7 o'elo,k,, A, N 1
and Leave Sanderr:uns hunt at 41 o'clock, every
morning, and at clink every the
afternoon Line, pa,-clizers arrive at Reading the
came day, and leave 16,di,:.! next morning at 10 o'.
clock, and arrive to Pottsville at -3i ocluck, P. M.,
at the following
RATES OF FARE:
From Pottsville to Reading,
From Reading to Piiilad'u, No. 1 Curs,
Do. Do. No. t 3 Cars,
Pottsville to Port Clinton
Do. to Hamburg i 100
From Philadelphia to Pottoille, No, I.Cars, 500
Omnibuses are e ,, z.,zeri to curry 1/39SCrIgers
to and from the depot in l'tokttleipli id and aer•,...;the
Bridge at Nur:l:down, tree of additional charges, at
the above rates cif fare.
For seats, in Pottsville, apply at tireis Office, in
the old Post Office.
• In Phtladelidita, at -Sanderson's Merchant', Ho
tel, North 4th St , Vern lit Ilwisc,'..2d St!,
Congress Hall, 3d St., rotted States note); and
nartthali it.
In keadtng, at Ftilt, I lotril.
1.? All. Baggage at the rt.i, of the ,twgers.
The Pro
krictors 01110 wet-etc state for the infor•
riation . of the public, that this- Line has nncontrec•
lion whatever with cx,..ttin:r Lulea, nor will it ha e.
trig connection—but will -land or wive
mertut. Ft) r, StIOEN ER, EI:s.::VEY
Proprietors.
12—if
March 23
PENNSYLVANIA WILL,
lit fhe Bormigh of
Pori's% 11.1.1: r.t.
J. ILTUGII l Ilf*OU T.
A NNOI'ArES to the rFavelling. pubilc
that he !layi reti ted'ho• elizatt
attention to the Militia.
and cone mono t is The ,00igudy of its
.situation to the :Ltiera . Bank, and the ddlt,trent Coal
Landings recommends it-to the [nail nl hu,lOhot. wh.le
as extenstive oariors and well veht.lated vong
apart
ments.g!ve it poculiar advantages for the suponertravel
lerOr the terabit
Tne mrbaarr - b-partrie•nr a n es aerienersi bands. and
heLrderand fl sr st•wked w •1 es ery e tied
cacy of viand and limior..nutnerniis acciiininotla•dig ser
vants wilhu ad times cuiituce to the fi:easu re and attend
the want. , of hts 1 1 1..;r
'Phu saluhritv 01 the llorererh of, Pottsville, and the
many sources nlarripo•nieni. bash 44 , 11/.li and artificial.
which its v i cindt- ajortis. rend..r it a des.ra tale place ~f
resort, arid trie provictur . j.leuges hacrinti U6ti esertions
to make a sojourn therein.condus.ve both to sumfort and ,
gratification.
Pa. March 30. 1839
EXCHANGE HOTEL,
P Oi' S L
It Wings G. Johnson
EI A
HAS taken ibis einninoilion4 establish
a : ' '-', ntec,t recently occupied foy 1 , ....,,,•ph Weaver,
E. as the " National Hotel," corner of Centre and
Callowhill streets, and ham mate ally improved its
arrangement for the accommodalinn of cu,toiners.
The situation iv pleasant arid central, being contig
uous to the Post Office and Town H4ll, arid in the
tinniness part of the borough ; and thr4 'Daily Lines
of Stages arrive and depart from the... Exchange to
and from Reading, Northumberland, Danville and
Cattawissa.
PRI VA rE FA VI ILI S, who cesire spending the
summer moults in the' al Regto't will he furnished
with parlours and cham bers calculated to please the
61 4 and render comfortable the most fastidious
guests; and TRAVELLERS will' always find those
ace.ommodations which are most dered, and the
strict attention of servants. —
It Were superftuoua to ear that nig Tana and
BAa will always be futnished With the chole.est
rititicla and liquors ; and, with a.taish and exertions
to gratify his guests he,intic.pateis the patronage of
the public.
Peltier tile, it rtl 13,
.1539
an gO
Exchange at New York onLondon 9 to
104 per cent. premium.
!remarkable Yew Tire near Tewkesbury.—.fir.
Lees, F. L. S., in the course of a lecture on botani.
cal science, delivered at the ToWn Hall, Tewkesbu
ry, before the Literary, Scientific, and Mechanic's
Institution of that place, on the 12th inst. exhibited
the polisliea section of the her:lien of a venerable yew
tree lately standing in Forthampton churchyard.
near Tewkesbury, but which was blown down in
the fearful gale of January last. This section, thu'
only nine inches in diameter, admirably portrayed
the. extreme longevity andfslow growth of the old
patrician tree—so endeared to Englishmen from Ole
remembrance of their arirestorri, 'dreadful with the
bonded yew;'having 2:27 layers of annual growth
distinctly marked upon it. Now, as the venerable
bide overthrown by the merciless winds, measured
about seven feet in diameter, or, with the atnuosittes
of ilo exterior, '26 feet in c:rcu t mferenee, Mr. Lees
stated his opinion, that even allowing a considerable
set off in
,the calculation of the more rapid increase
of the tree in the first hundrea years of its existence,
there could be no doubt that this - singular y ew
(which °rib , in the preceeding year had cost the
parish some pounds for props and iron stancheons
to arrest its fate,) had borne !tie vicissitudes of more
than 1700 summers and winters! Standing as it
did on a natural mount, which probably had been a
-high place" of pagan worship, it had been secured
in its ancient seat by the consecration of the spot to
the hallowed purpose off hrisi tan worship; and at
last,alter witnessing, in its youth, the vain struggles
of the brave Silarians, and their chief, Caraciacas,
in stein the human power, fell supine before the
wintry hurricane, when by the roll of events the de
ecendanta of ihnse same :Silurians had, in aonnec
' lion with other tribes, amalgamated an empire ex
tending into the remotest corners of the earth, and
under a virgin Queen tracing her ancestry to the
Welsh Princess.
Mlloon Trarelling.—The Cheltenham Chronicle
tells us that the r•eientiEc gentlemen who aceumPa
mod "Mr. Green in the'Nusgatt balluon are now try
in4 an experiment preliminary to the establnthinent
of a line or halklon..3 between Cheltenham and Lon
don, so as to supersede (If posAble) every other 'node
of travelling.
Burninff. of a Mosx.—Fuukhaw MORK, near 71111 m
thorpe, to Kest rely ttd, was dibemered lu, be cm
fug to an immense extent. The fire had a tmmt sub
lime atmtar,time, re,embling a yam ocean of rolling
tlatne.
The Uoform Penny Pustage.—lt has boon as.
certamed that the average postage at present upon
all hilers rS 7 3 4d., and that the real cost of trans
inistioros oilly 3.4 d per letter. So that sevt.mletters
must pass through the post office for every one now
tx.for the present rmcnue can be obtained
under the" proposedsystem. There is a great diver
sity of opinion as to whether such an augmentation
world take place.
The .111,1 oninaharn Rlots.—Sonsc further popular
movernentiZ had occurred at Birmingham, %Inch-had
however been quelled at Lime expense of-a few broken
heads, and at 5 o'clock on the evening of the klih—
thelsiest date—the town WWI perfectly quiet. The
injured policemen were till doug well.
Lady ?lota - Hastings.—A post mortem examine.
Lion of the body of thin unfortunate lady an
was made on.the sth ufJuly, and the result gloved
tnyond a doubt that the assaults on her lair lame
had bccnofalse and slanderous.
Sergeant Tallhurd's copy right bill has been post
paned till the nest session of Parliament.
The consideration of Lord Brou4rham'a Eduratinn
11 ,1 1 to tl.e fluu.se of Lords stood postponed till the
sth-inst.
In the House pt Commons on the I fit h, T.3rd
Palmerston obtained leave to bring in.a "WI fur the
mire effectual supresslon of the slave trade under
the Bag UPortugul."
ct - 2 on
3 Oti
..)(t
Robert Omen.—The Tory papers continue to blow
up Lord Melbourne for having prceenied Robert
Owen at Court.
The llofindetry Question,--The London Globe, (ii
ministerial paper,) of Wednesday evening, JuJj JUth
has the fdlowing paragraph y
The very protracted and expensive nature of the
fortner survey-of the territory which Maine dispute: ,
with New Brunswick having led to nu results, the
Senate of the United States having rejected the de
i:issiiin of the King of the Netherlands, to whom the
dispute was referred, the new survey now propoded
by the American Gofernment will probably be car
ried Into effect ; and as-a prellminitry step,' her Ma
jo .iy: a Government has selected tar Commissibriers
to proceed linmediately by the British queen to
North America, to examine into the posi•rbility of
elm p:i fv inethis arduous undertaking, and bringing
the q iestion to a prompt and hunorabl? kett/ene . nt•
Lieutenant Colonel Mudge, nt the Royal hilk'l•
neers. an of of litPi'repu'ation in geodetic oper
ations, is one orthe cuthiniastunera. The other is
Mr Frathermonliaugh.
No. 2 Cars, 4 111
Inch Cropa.—Acenonts from all parts (rftne poen
try reaell'u,, conveying the gratifying intelligence
titnk the erupa, owing to the Lite MOS. ace to a tn,st
prosperous conddynn, and present every app,arastee
of an abundant harvest, Votatoc+ are a tittle baes
wara in some prts,.ovy.ing to the late draught, but
sldl;•proml-e well, and, thant,s he ioThe Giver of all
good, the prospectiot the poor begin already in
brighten, and the des.dooecney which has hitherto
prevailed to now changed Into iny and thankfulness.
-Therno - nd gridge- , -One archetol the bridge
now building, cattle down on the 7th trial. Fortu
nately no pereon- was inhred. The accident was
canoed by the - centres having been recently removed,
and the new filling of the earth, &re., being saturated
with the heavy rains of last week, forced out 'file
arch, the next spandril to It not hacii any filling.
impartation of Crain from od.-"-Several car
goes of nat.; and odtow I, and home qurininty 01
wheal, wi re purchased at Liverpool op Friday, fur
h-tripment to Leland.
The pr,lvineialbank htive rt ender core tdcrstion
to eataht:-h additional branches in Ireland.
BEI
A Xoeel Company correspondent ate that
:Jong the head of whici
a company is tor lire the
names of several disting shed nobleman and scien
tific men, for the artificial rearing and breeding of
defineafic towl,gaine, and oilier descriptions of birds.
The operations arc proposed to be conducted on a
very extensive scale, and ir. addition to rearing
lords' for the markets, and game for the preserves
and parks of the nobility and gentry,..vill attempt
the acclimating and naturalizing foreign rare birds.
It has been proved by very successful experiments
that tln climate cifthia is no greater olistacle to ar.
tificial breeding on an extensive scale than that of
Egypt-- , ,here the art has been carried on jrunt
tune immemorial.
A splendid rowing match between the members
of the Dublin and Pembroke Clubs came off on the
Liffey.
.The prize was a silver cup, value twenty
guineas. It was wan by the Wasp, the property of
&rnuel Nevelie, Esq. a member of the Dublin club,
to whom it was immediately presented by Corneli
us Sullivan, Esq., the donor.
Trotting Match hr .00.--The match between
"the Glasgow mare" and. the "West country hei'se."
which has been so much talked of in this neigh
bourhood of late, "came off" on the Glasgow and
Ayr road. The start was made a little after seven
o'clock, from the twelve mile stone opposite King's
Wells, and the oniinals went forward with remark
able velocity, and many and 'force of action, each
15-ly
I will teach you to pierce the bowels of the Earth and bring out from the - Caverns oldie Mountains, Metals which will give strengthlo.ohr !lands and utikect all Nature to our use and pleasure.—Di-JOHASOk
VOL. XV
ENGLAND
IRELAND.
AND P
Weekly by 'Benjamin Hannan, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
pacing it so well that it was aoubtlut for a time
which was to be the winner. Ten miles was the
distance agreed upon, the weight 14 stones. On
nearing the two mile atone the mare was first by a
considerable. distance, and gained the victory by 1
minute and 3 seconds, according to the time keep.
cr's observation. The most important matter in
this feat, as it was that on which the bets were hea
nest, remains to be noticed. Many and very large
sums were staked as to the time in which the ground
would be gone over by either of ttte animals=-some
said 40 minutes, others wagered that the time
would count 35 minutes; it,was, however less than
any of these numbers, namely 33 minutes and Id
seconds 'This is reckoned the most expeditious
trotting ever performed, under similar circumstan•
ces to Scotland or Britain.
Several cannon bails were recently found in exca.
'rating part-of the town wall at Watergate, Limer
ick, where they. must have rested since the serge of
Limerick
SCOTLAND.
Indian Missieni.—The students of the Uaiversi•
ty of Glasgow have recently resolved to raise £3OO
a-year, and ou,mort a missionary to India them
selves. The students of the University o 'Edinburgh
mean to do the same; and it is und• r consideration
in more than one of theeongregations of Edinburgh,
whether they may nut carry out their missionary
obligations ltr a similar wet.
half- Women —A simple minded old dame, resid
rag near the Water of Leith village, was attentively
hetentpg, the ,timer evening, to her grandson reading
a statiatival account of the proportion of females to
males in various countrya in the world. She easily
comprehended how that in Britain the women ex•
ceeded the males by six in a hundred, and in Spain
by one In a 1000 ; but when it was stated that in
Sweden 'the females exceeded the mules by seven
and a half in every hundred, -he exclaimed, "GM'
hae a care 0' me : hae they half women in Sweden'"
A resort prevails in the circles of the Palace that
her Majesty will make aacries of:visite in the north
of England, and probably exiciid the Royal todr to
',coriarid• The latter end of August is named as
the period when the Court will leave town.
About 3U emigrants sailed from liirkeuhright. in
the Couniess of Galkii..'ay steamboat, on the 2:21i
current. 'They were farincis. with !amines,- front
the neighbour'.lOod of Crectown arid Newton Slew.
art, and arc ab. , ut to. locate thernotlves in the State
of Illinots, North America.
Prorinctal—Scots College at ►'arts.—On Thurs
day, the long Wised of Records of the Scots Coliege
at Pails were landed at ASerilecen. They filled
seven carts; and though we4tave had no opportuni.
ty of examining their contents, the interest which
they have excited for the last fifty years among
Scottish scholars, sufficiently warrants us in saying
that they will thrulv new and unportent lights un
the ecclestastical history of Scotland. We believe
that the world was f:rsi made aware althea impar
toi,ec about the year 17:1, by Thomas Inns, a priest
of the College in Paris, whose "inquiry into the An
merit Ilistory of Scotland," was Ihe first wore which
treated that 'puma of o.r alma!s in a philmm?hical
and discriminating spirit. Since that time little use
has been •matie ut the rich stores of which Father
lon.•s had availed himself; and it was generally
feared that theY had perished along with the build
ings of the monastery during the French fievolu.
tion. It is therefore with much pleasure that we
now state, that they are gaiety deposited in the
lege at Blairs, where we have 110 doubt they will be
accessible to the antiquary and the'scholar.
Our friend Check. Pingree was chosen Presi
dent of the—Bank, this morning. .One vote would
have stopped htm."
" How deticedly unlucky. I meant to have been
present to vote for 'Check myself!"
The Summer 5.,0m.-0,, %lay 21 iiie,e on " Never mind, 3ruce," said another. You are a
as line arid heavy p lail,of ;mow .2, - 4.,po u id - h e well lucky man. Thetnews of the great tire to Speeder
looked for in thedepth of winter; and so great was ,
Vin !i
e ds just reached [lawn by express, and I congrat
the obstruction'to tiavelling that some of the mails
were retarded considerably. 'Fire etfect on the suit u ate you that you was tufty insured.
was,curimo, from its having been parched' and "Insured! my policy expired - last -week. I meant
much heated previously by a glcwing • sun ; from to have got it renewed this Morning." -
the surface a smoke or- SICIIM arose and to the Joe posted home iii no happy humor. When an
touch the earth felt a? 01001 it were an Immense easy roan is fairly up, he is the most uneasy and un
hot bed. High winds have,4 , teyailed to the great tic
trirnent of frau three blossoms. ' reasonable man in creation.
Snowdonia.—"Rising gradually 111. d majestically "Mrs. Bruce, by staying at home to hear you scold
from its rock•girt - base, Snowdon embraces within
I have lost thousands. I meaßt to have got iiisured
its limits-a distinct region of sulteet hills, valleys, this morning—l did nut; s4peederville is burnrd
and lakes, stretching across thowal•ey in one vast down, and lam a beggar." .
unbroken chain - from, sea to sea. It was formerly s Wy did you not do it yesterday. Mr. Bruce "
rainiudered, fact, to eennprise . -within itself u hale 1 I was thinkin g of Hawk & Harpey." -
kirigdom ; the Barges of Snowdon were the most ,
potent lords of theimil, a Making ! Wby did you not secure yourself n d the seillniory of its.,
broad and bold &Main was alwaa'the most. severe • ," I meant to, but
ly contested and the last rasigned Edward I. eel- But—gyve the no buts." "
Aire Led Iris final trunaph over the ill fated Llewelyn ; " You are in excellent spirits, Mrs. Bruce."
In jousts and festivals upon its plains.; he often made
„ Never in better.'"
it his fatinrite summer residence tt was choseo as
'
the congress of the native princes, and of the bardic vastly fine, madam. We are beggars."
contests, —and palaces and s hunting seats animated Mrs. Bruce sat down and clapped her feet on
eta-wooded and wel.l peopled . eminences; Now, a" the fender,. after her husband's manner in the
comparatively barren wilderness of heights spreads
- before the eye; naked massy ridges still rear,-their
natural harrier against the skies; but post of the
military potions, rastka, and. towers, which made
them formidable, are sten i, more.
Pwltheli.—On Monday evenin g , 17th June last,-
•about 8 o'clock, ibis town and neighbourhood were
visited by one of the ;Tina( treinend•us thunder storms
.ver remenibes, d, and la frieh last, d without niter.
mission for a bunt three, hours -The ram fell in tor
rents, but providentially no serious damage was done,
Aberefaron.—The storm above referred to appears
to have had,s most extensive ranee, and we regret
to state that in one instance as effects have been fa
tal
Thunder Storms.—On Monday and Tuesday af
ternoons, 17th and 18th June, Chester and heigh
bourhood were visited with seve6 but culinary thum
der storms, which, though terrific at the moment,
have not only passed without any disastrous casual.
ties, but have. entirely Mime(' the face of nature,
eltanging nearly genera: sterility into the appear
ance, and we trust the reality of the profusion. Ir.
the storm on Tuesday, the lighining was peculiarly
Nivk t ii, and the peals of thunder were Instanlaneous
on the flash; the rain showered in torrents inter
mixed with large half stones: On each 'occasion the
duration was not much more than an hour,
Colliery.sterident.—An explosion of fire damp
took place last week, at the Deep Pit or Main Col
liery and the Neath Abbey Coal Company, port of
Neath, whereby one man was killed, and fifteen or
sixteen more were injured: one had a leg broken, a
nother nearly scalped, the rest more or less burnt,
but the explosion occurring before the men had'
stripped fin their work, or even folly entered to their
seperate occupations, but little comparative injury is
likely to result beyond a short suspension of sheir
labour.
Llonelly y.—This line will be opened from
Lanelly up to Llandibie, 16' miles, by July Ist, and
and the mineral produce abounding in this district
will be brought down to the harbour in great
Two splendid locomotives, by tlacliworth,
of 6 wheels each of 4 feet in diameter, and all six
coupled, with 15.inen cylinders, and each engine
weighing 11 tone will be launched by the opening.
Grieff— gart/tquake.—About 2 o'clock on the
mottning of Friday last, two ihocks of an earthquake
were felt here, which lasted about two seconds, but
the subterraneous noise which accompanied it con
tinued much longer. The weather became soft the
next day.
A very appaling fire lately broke out in Brogue
lane, Tmlee ; nine house. were destroyed. Mr. Al
dridge, the African Reedits, has volunteered to per
form for the benefit of the sufferers.
SATURDAY MORNING. AUGUST 10. 11339.
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AL ADVERTISER.
EASY JOE BRUCE
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4 , Blesa in !" exclaimed Mr. Joseph Bruce. or per
haps we should rather sap• Joe Bruce. for as he was
a noble, easy fellow, nobody thought of allowing hits
more than half his name, or of any thing else which
belonged to him. I see by the paper that Hawk
Sr. Harpey have assigned. I meant to have secured
my debt yesterday !" He left his coffee half drank,
stumbled over the threshold and went almost at a
run ,to the counting room of Hawk. & Harpey. One
half his speed on the day before would have 'saved
his debt :—as it was, he was just - In season to put
on his name at the bottom 01 a dozen and a half pre
pared ones, to receive ten per cent He went back
to his unfinished breakfast with what appetite he
might.
.4 Why did you neglect this so long, Mr. Bruce"
said his helpniate and comforter.
I meant t have attended to it yesterday my
dear 7 "
You meant ! That is always your dway, Mr.
Bruce. You carelessly neglect your business to Cie
last rnome,nt, and then put yourself in a haste and a
heat for nothing my dear!
Rea(ly, Mrs. Bruce "
And it was really Mrs. Bruce, for few of the femi
nine, and none of the masculine gender, could have
kept pace with her. Certainly, Easy Joe could not.
The clatter of a cotton mill would hot have been a
circumstance to the din she raised. Easy Joe pull
ed a cigar case out of his pocket—clapped his feet
on the feuder—und it almost seemed that the smoke
rendered his ears impervious to the bleatinga of that
gentle lamp, his spouse, so placid v% as his counte
nance, as the vapor escaped in graceful volumes from
his nituth. People overshot the mark sometimes;
Mrs. Bruce did. Had she spared her oration,' the
morannes . loss kould -have induced her husband
to Nave been punctual to has business, for' one day
at least. 'As it was, he took the same pride ill ne
glecting it under her lecture, that the Grand Nation
took so lung in refusing to pay the claims of uur
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•• Breeze away, Mrs. Bruce!"
•• Breeze away, btr ! Breeze away ! l %.i,ll I
a•uld impart one title of my energy to yuu Mr.
Bruce; I—l "
' Bruce sprang to his feet. and crash came an vie
' gant mantle clock down upon the hearth.
'There, Mr. Bruce ! th a t clock h as s t o od th ere
three months without fastening; a single screw
would have saved it ; but
.Well, I meant to' .
"You meant' Mr. Bruce-11m meant won't pay
the damage, nor Hank & iluepey's note! rou
meant, indeed!
Bruce seized -his
aneeloak. In a few nan
.ZiSobody- could read in
ionial breeze, and
utes he was on 'Change.
his face •any traces of the
nobody would suspect from trisi
Hawk & Harpey had failed in his deb
Bruce! •
Nell, Mr. Bruce, they're routed him
Who I
morning .
We are beggars, ripdam, 3ruce repeated.
Very good—l will take my guitar; and you
shall shoulder the three children. We will play un
der Mr. Hawk's window first, then under Mr. liar
pey's —and then go beg our way to Speederville, to
play to the ashes of what was once.your factory
%:Leh you meant to hare insured. I should like
begging of all thir.gs. "id
Vgai abominable wiunan! I shall go mad."
"Do not, I beseech you, Mr. Bruce! They put
mad beggars in Bedlam."
Bruce sprang for the door. Hts wife interrupted
him. Here Joseph, is a paper I means to have
shown you this morning!"
A policy, and dated yesterday ! "
Yes, You meant to get it renewed to-day ! I
meant it should be done yesterday—so I told your
clerk for you, to do it. Am I not an' abominable
woman ! "
" When I said so, I was in a pet. I meant "
oNo more of that, Joseph. Now tell me who Is
the first on and Harpey's assignment "
Yourrotber."
" His claim covers you both "
l'oU are an angel, Mrs. Bruce!"
Easy Joe became an altered man, and his wife
was released hona her watch over his out door busi
ness. She died some years before him—but we are
half inclined to suspect, that after her death, Joe par
tially relapsed into his old habits—so true it is, that
habit is a second nature. Both were buried in the
grave yard. at Speederville, and our suspicions are
founded on something like the following conversi
•tion which took place between the grave digger and
Ilia assistant :
Where are we to dig Mr. Bruce's grave "
Ido not know exactly. His will says, next his
wife."
0 Where was she laid "
That I dont knovA Easy Joe always said he
meant to place an obelisk over her, but it never was
done."
Pcrikma . Adventure.--An t*.curmnce of almost
perilotteand thrilling character took place at the Falls
of Niagara last week, which is Mut, related in the
Buffalo Journal of the 26th July :
An occurrence of most thrilling interest took place
at Niagara Falls yesterday afternoon, "attended with
imminent peril to the lives of two individuals, hut re.
suiting in a most happy and providential deliverence,
The new bridge to Iris island is planted in afnght-•
ful rapid where the current is from 20 or 30 miles an
hour, midis only about 100 or 150 yards above the
brow of the great precipice or perpendicular fall.—
A "cartientel by the name of Chapin was engaged
with others in covering the bridge, and while al work
upon a staging about iino huniked feet from Iris isl
and, accidently lost his footing and was precipitated
into the rapids, and in the twinkling of an eve swept
away toward the great cataract. Speedy and Inevit
able destruction seemed to await him ; but fortunate
ly he was uninjured by the fall, and even in this
most hopeless condition retained perfect self possess
ion. Turning his eye it-ward the only
.point of
hope above the-fearful precipice, lie succeeded by
great dexterity in swimming, in effecting a landing
upon a little island some twenty. feet in width ata
'and length, the outermost of the group of little re,
dar Islands eitutated sonwhirty or forty yards above
the falls, and about equal-distant from Goat
and the American shore,
There he stood for an hour, looking calmly and
beseechingly back upon the numerous spectators alto
lined the bridge and shores, -hut with lhoin he could
bold no conversation on account of the distance, and
the roar of the rapids.
There is a man in the village of the Falls by the
name of Robinson, of extraordinary muscular pow
er, great intrepidy and withal an admirable boatman
—and he was probably the only one that could have'
keen found within 50 miles—who generously volun
teered his serviscs, to attempt reaching the island in
a boat and bring Chapin off. A light boat
.ut two
oars, similar in construction to tie White Hall rac
ing boats, was soon procured, and he einharked.
'He proceeded with great deliberaton and eon:imit
ate skill, darting his little boat across the rapid cline-.
mils, and at the intervening eddies holding up to;
survey his situation and recruit his strength for the
next rapid channel still intervened, sweeping close
to the island, and rendering the attempt to land ve
ry difficult. lie paused for a moment, and then
with all his strength darted across and sprang from
his boat—his foot slipped, and he fell backward into ,
the rood current. Vi;h the spectators It us as a
moment of thrilling interest and breathless dictum',
his boat seemetLinevitably lost, and himself in fear
ful jeopardy. Rtnaining however, his grasp on the
boat be sprang in, and again seizing his oars brought
up under the Ice of the little island.. All again felt
a momentary relief, but still the great labor and haz
ard of the enterprise remained to be overcome. A
cool head. and a strong arm could only effect it—
Rubinson proved equal to the task. 'Faking his
companion on board, in 'the same careful andslvlib
crate manner, though at infinitely greater haxard and
labor, they effected a safe landing on Goat island:
There the spectators assembled to give thorn a
cordial greeting. A scene of great excitementen
sued—the holt was drawn up the bank, and it was
moved and carried by acclamation that a collertion
be taken up on the spot for Chapin and his noble
hearted deliverer Robinson. It was a generous one
tint was thankfully received ; but the- reflecuon to
. - ison that he has rescued a fellow being under
,instances will be to his generous heart a
. After the collection, Robinson and
.• seats in the boat and were carried
kulders of their neighbors to the
ntenance that
EIISN Joe
Rdloi% N.,
such ci
much riche .1
Chapin touk th
in triumph on_the s
The intense interest o c whole scene we
heightened by the prpscnce o 'hapin's wife and
children, who stood on shore watch' with unavail
ing horror and agony what • seemed hi inevitable
and fearful fate. With what devout and 'BW - eft
gratitude must they have thanked God, when he
husband any( parent once more stood by their aid(
safe and sound.
;From Colburn'n New Monthly Magazine. fur June.;
Ai - Domestic Scene.
Nine o'clock had just struck at the impena.l 'Pal
ace at Fontainebleau.. :Napoleon, seated by the fire
side with Marie Louise, vas enjoying that freedom
of conveneition and familiarity he' was so fond of.
Never.had his noble and antique features assumed
so joyous and so natural an expression. He laugh
ed,, he chatted, he joked ; and a strange entering b.v
chance, would have had much difficulty in recognis
ing the Emperor in that little stout man, lullin g with
so much nonrhalance in an armchair.
He poked the fire with the tip of his La m , rubsed
his hands with glee, and with playful and . tender sal
lies, provoked Marie Louise to venture upon some
French phrases as yet strange to her,- which she du--
figured w ith 'a German frankness so irresistibly droll,
that :Nap!eon burst into fits of laughter,
The Empress, half angry, half smiling, came and
sat upon the knee of her husband. At the same
moment, the door opening, the soldier-like faro of
Huroc presented itself.
'Sire,' said he, • the Italian artist is arrived.'
'Conduct him here immediately,' repliei the Em
peror, at the same time pushing back his arm-chair,
he left a space for the new comer between the Em
press and himself.
The visiter, on entering, made a . profound bow to
the two illustrious personages into whose presence
he wan e,tdmitted ; and at the desire of Napoleon, took
a seat near the fire.
Welcome to France, my dear Canova,' said the
Emperor, in one of his kindest accents.-- 13ut how
pale and thin you have become since I last saw you.
You must certainly leave Rome and come to reside
in Paris• The in of the capital will restore you to
health and vigor. bee how well we are,' continued
he, taking in his hind the fresh and rosy chin of Ma
rie Louise.
must attribute my ill health to the fa
tigue ofmy occupations, not to the air of my coun
try. To leave Koine altogether, would be impossi
ble for me; tndeed, it would be fatal to me.'
Paris is the capital of the arts. You must stay
here, I desire it,' said the husband of the pretty Ger
man, in a commanding tone,- on a sudden assuming
the Etriperor.
Your majesty may dispose of my life, bur if you
wish it to be devoted to your service, sire, grant me
permission to return to Italy as soon as I have finish
ed the best or her majesty, the Empress; which I am
about to undertake.'
Devil's in the man,' exclaimed the ,Emperor,
, refuses to star with me ! You see, Louise,-he
has no other ambition that to . be the greatest sculp
tor in
, the world. Ile longs to leave us to return to
Rome to resume his labors, and present:to the world
another such a stork as his Terpsichore,' Paris,'
Lea Danseuses,' Venus,' or the' Magdalen.' '
The conversation then . ' became more 'general :
they talked of the continued by the
Bingham fatally of. Italian artists, of the Colonne
Vendome,' ;mid a 'thousand other topics. Nothing
ass new. tn•Nllnt.citl. mith a rerfrro
knowledge of every subject, and a wonderful 'Alai.
nese of keeeption.
Caziovai . eblzkl, 'Rot contain Ilia suiprim • and edrhi
ratiob.
How is it possible for your majesty to divide
your extentiou4r Often so many diffennit magma ?"
exclaionxtlie*.
I have sixty million subjects,' mike./ Napoleon '
with s smile , • eight or iiine hundred thousand-sol
diers, a hundred thousand horses,' The Roman
themselves had not so many : I have commanded at
forty battles.—AM.Wagram I fired a hundred thOu
sand cannon balls, - and this hid!, Who was then
Arch-duchess of Austria, desired my -dem& At this
he pulled the eery Marie Louise, Who siiswertl .
with a droll imitation of her German accent. .11
etre Bien frai.' . I think,' said the Roman artist,
things now wear a different aspect.'
• Oh ! Cela esthien vmi,' said Mane Ldusiu; this
time in the best French possible, kissing the Empsi
or's band•tenderly, who, taxing the young creature
by the waist, made her sit upon his lap ; but as she
blushingly resisted, • Rah !' Ish !' said Napoleon;
Canova is a friend, and we don't make ceremonies
with friends ; besides he to himself of a 'tender ardl
susceptible nature, and will be delighted to witness
the happiness of an idTectiorate couple.' • .
Listen to me, Louise, and I will relate to you a
romantic story, thethero of which you may easily
guess ; you will then-judge if those who love each
other ought to feel restraint before Cenova.'
NO. 32.
lie kissed Marie Lousie, and keeping her still up
on his knee, began. ..Lii the province of Movie&
there is a little village, called Passagno. In tots
place was born and reared the son-of an architect,
whose father died at the; curly age of twenty-seven.
and whose mother married a second time, • Sartori
di Crepa no.'
At lour years old the Ichtld, by the name Antonio; .
was entrusted to the cane of its grand-father, who
treated a with much severity. By him if was sent.
to pass an autumn at Pr4dazzi, two or three leagues
from Passaguo, at the hohse of an Italian senator, a.
friend of his, whose bailie was Faliere. The latter
observing the intelligence of the little peasant, and
pleased with the ability he evinced in carving stone,
and shaping clay, placed hint as a pupil- with st def
er sculptor called Toretitt.'
N'hut your majesty knows all., these minute de ,
tads of my pripte life exclaimer' Canova m sur
prise. •
I know s many more,' replied Napoleon malicious
ly, and he continued.
• Ton tto - Was a man of strict morals, but, howev
er narrowly he may have watched his favorite pupil,
Antonio found means to escape from the Atelier now.
and then to go and dunce at the village- fetes. He
v, as then only sixteen, Amongst the gay throng of
peasants asserubleed together during the vintage to
dern'e the tarantella, tiler was one whose charms
cepthated his heart, Bettina Biasi; she was just
fourteen. Her large blact eyes sparkled with ani
mation ; her waist was soi tariering two hands could
span it, het hair, the s lovekiest :that ever adorned a
maiden.'
.1
A sigh escaped flora the bosom of Canoya..
The Emperor pressed the hand of Marie Louise',
that she might remark thtit sigh, and. without Inter—
rupting his recital, comintied.—
, Antonio warrerithusitraltie, and in love*. As for
the grandfather, he was mpaelt less moved by the &a
ctuations, than by'the marriage portion of Bettina,
which was considerable, particularly for the.poor-ap
prentice to a sculptor.,
.The parents of both gamed projects. of uniting
them ; arrangements for theii marriage were draw-_
ing to a dose, when Toreito and the senator chanced
to hear of IL
.They reflected that this union would destroy
the prospects of their protege, and deteirnined td
prevent it.
•One evening, they entered the dttamber of Anto
nio, commanded . him to follow them ; end notwith
standing his tears, hiti resistance, and dpspair,caqiid
him to-Venice, where they confined blin . during a
whole tear.
'All endeavors to escape proved fruitless.—The
enamored youth finding his return to Pradszzl,hn
possible, was compelled to seek consolation i n the
study of his favorite pursuit—sculpture.
' , The- talent and reputation of the young malt
soon spread abroad ; his celebrity was established—
he became rich—his society was courted by all, and
the Memory of Bettina Biasi was gradually erased
from his mind.
'At the seine time, the arts and ldandishinente
of ancther little coquette, Dominica took the place
in his affioctions. She was the daughter of the oculp
or, Vol pato
Ar4osals of marriage were made; bass Dorn 1-
yet young, a postponement was agreed upori
`owing year. alas ! befoic that timb,
tked her hand .on Raphael More:len.
z.ted lowr was in despair at this
a R - -
II the
minim besi
, The poor de,
new piece of tread
At this part of the iesital, Catibtm fell into a deep
fit of musing and melantlioly, nnconstious of what
was passing around him.
'His health gave way. Hie physicians and frienthi
recommended him to return and bibathe the air of
his native village.
•(Were Corvisart here, hetvonld say 's was a
remedy the faculty do not beAve but 'netykthe:
less it always succeeded.)
, Antonio set diem his journey. .
•On his approach to his native place, the thoughts
of Bettina Biasi, that charming that loVely girl,
so disinterested in her love for him, 'rushed upon
his imagination more fresh, and more engaging
than e'er. •
'Dismissing from his mind all remembrance of Do
minica, he dreamed only. of Bettina Biagi. ,fie pic
tured to himself the delight he should experience in
again clasping her to his bosom.,
'His heart heat with hope and joy, and whilst he
was resolving within himself, to proceed next day
without fail to Pradazzi he perceivechthe village spire
of Possageo before him. •
'Too much agitated to remain .in the slow vette- -
duo, he alighted; and continued his journey on fedi
by a short road, until he arrived at the gate of the
little town.
, At this moment a crowd of young vrien .. .who are
awaiting his arival, and perceive him approach, Sli
the - air with shouts of welcome, surround and em-
brace him
4-le stands without tile power of. speech, his
heart .throbs within him, his eyes are. filled with
tears.'
'The road i s strewed with laurel:branches and ev
ergreens, all the inhabitants of Possagno, women;
children. and old men, in heliday costume, line the
road, and salute the celebrated. youth.
'The venerable Toretto, the old master of Canova,
Tolda him in his arms, weeping over him: At a dis
tance approach the mother!of , Canova, hisstepfathL
er, and behind them, a female bathed in tears.
, !Bettina . nsiri Bettina! Canova.
.She stretched out her hand to him, he is about td
speak, when the belle of the village sound a Merry
silvos of musketr3( re4d the air, and the curate
at the head of his clerty, Singing the. .Te Doom,'
pdranLaa in his kneels- down, and re
turns thanks to- Provi4encd for having gisaite4,l6
rosaagno a childsto rprirowned as Canova; Tbe arta
itsthen passes his arms th rough that of Canova.
bis mother leans on the other, and ; the procession
conducts the hero in trio ph to his .11Tattfirether.
Whose infirmities confine b in to his house.'
! sire, sire; . int me
_entreat yoll.nett.pa
Onus a recital which aWaltene such cruel and
pitch sweet recollections,' iintatrupted Canova, scib..
tang. ,
But Mapolesn was to mbeir pleasw‘o4,, the tit:
if , re.. has ms<l. , .. u`Pii#,Wil;ol4:
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