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0
t lie was wet:mite& Mr. Wasibintrten had twe horses
• -shot 'under him, and his clotheistiot ihroughin sea
- mai places, behaving the whole time with the treat
y:lst courage. and resolution.: SW P.ter ifacket
was
killed on the spot, col. Marton and Sir intin St. Ciair
wounded, and enehised4l have sent you a fist of the
- lullsd and woun4odneeidnling to as exact an acdount
as we are able-to get.
• Upon our proceeding with the whole convoy to
the Lithe neitdo'ws, it WJEr tumid impracticable to
advain. -1111 tharmanner ; the General therefore ad
saiteol. with -twelve Mandrel:Preen, with the necessa
. ry ytrlillerr, ammunition, and prMilsicru, leaving the
maid bony of the ectuvo3r. under the command of Cot.
'Dunbar, with orders to join him es soon aS •possitile.
In this manner we proceeded with safety and expe
dition till the fatal day I haie just related, and - hap-
.
py it was-hat' this disposition was made ; otherwise
-the'whotenimt.have either starved or fallen into the
hmtde bf the-enemy,-as nambenOw6illd hive been of
,- --no eralideld lig, and our provision was all lost.,
"^A4 our. iamb& of horses was so much reduced,
those extremely weak:and finny carriages be
ing wanted for the wounded men, oecaioned -otrqe
sfroying khe smintunium end-superfluouspart of the
.1- provisions left 7 iii Duidnies convoy, to prevent
'its'fidlenrirt . ethrh!inds of the enemy.
'-/ortits whole of the arullery is lost and the troops
4vare so. extremely *dkened by death. wounds,- and
• sickness, it is judged Unpossi' le to mike any further
attempts: therefore Col. Dunbar is returning. to
Fort Cumberland, with- every , Ching be' is able to
bring4ill him.
Aloopote temeirahg here t.ffitit my wound will nut
fifer me to remove to Philadelphia; from thence I shall
.. .maker al 'llStssillier despatch - to England. Whatever
eoramatt4s you may have for me yuu will do me the
' , fayttr-M direct to me here. "
/1 am, with the greatest sincerity, your mos; °be
isdient and most humble ssrvent.
.• Rep ERT ORME.
•• 14 the'partriithsi dispOkitiltn of the French and In
'Nlians,'it, is impossible to judgetof the number they
1 . bad that -day in the fiekl. •
Crerreraf's chariot is. to be disposed of, I
Should be glad to know if you would have it again.
hair been at this place since our departure from
'- - fteacc. If you propose taking it again. I scud it to
- you, Lind• bring the (.:eneral'a coach back. °apt.
-Winn's ectitrptmients attend VIA), -with Mr. a.ll
P. S. Writing to you am a friend, I flatter my
-self you will excuse the hurry in which -this is
—wrote.
To•tlii - Hori. Gov. SuAurt
Report on Ridgway's Improved Trantal The odhlite
'The tomniitiee ob. Science end the A its, COhdlitUted
by the Franklin •In4utute of the state 01 Penns) l
oente4 for theittornotion of the Meehen•e rts, to
' wag referred for exiiiitimittint all improvol
Transit Theatiplite, invented by Thomas
• 'lvey, jr.Jof.Pottertlle, Penn. , Result r
' . :Tlfift the improvement consists in .the addition of
two graduated plates, varying in : size, to the transit
theodolite, which are placed parallel to the (tine of
the azis,•and between it and the telescope ; the 14r
-- get plate is permanently attached to the axis, and
' that portion of its surfacewhich- pronects beyond the
' upper out 'mallet plate. is so attached to the tt le
scope, arta 'edit it fin -case. cf accident:: of akusting
the'fine efeollimation at right engics with the hurl
i aontal or beanng axis, when zero on the vernier of
the upper plate coincides with 'JO° on the lower.
The telescope revolves on an axis passing through
• the cents of the Aom, and of the hearing axis at
'right angles, confining the parts in their proper po
- -eaten teith morale each other, by means of a tight
' --ening screw. - ily this arrangement, any plane in
-said:chafe telescope is•made to revolve, may be ae
oaratelY defined at any inclination with the horizon.
A screw ta placed under the plates, which, by clam
fping than together, reduces this instrument to the
' condition ef.the common theodolite.
Mr. Itidgways states that he has used an instru
ment-of-the above construction fdr upwards of twelve
months, and found it to answer the purpose intend
ed. We-suggested, as a variation in form, to atflx a
•verticadare beneath the graduated plates of the ori.i
+inal metrument ; but •tt.e• committee think that the
.awkwardness of the instrument, and the uselessness
--of the needle when inclined to the horizon, are se
rious objections to this arrangem * ent.
,• The great utility of this improvement is principal
lirttonft44l to mining operations, more particularly
' in tracing inclined coal strata; to effect this, the
• course and inclination, or dip, of a vein, is first La
' ken by means of a drift or gangway ; the instrument
•is then - placed on the outcrop of the vein. and set
i>
• 'ltt tins conrse 'and ierenna • n. The telescope betrig,
' ;placed in tire direction• f the stratum, any angle
'may be taken by means fthe additional plates, thus
pointing out the crop n elevation or depression,
-without resetting tb t o usual tedious method of cal
staibittbsnsireitchrlels ,
lltvras suggested, hat no means being supplied
for readjusting the parallism of the plates with the
. line of collimation, would be an objection to the in
- atrument, but when it is considered that a slight ye.
- ttilition:•itithe adjustment would- not materially affect
'the mirrectriess efthe observation, and -also, that any
accident •'to - the 'plate would• eqtuilly require the
skill of the workman to repair it, as if it had occurred
- 'Many - other - part of the instrument, the c.munittee
are of opinion that the weight of that of will
be removed.
All the adjustments of the 'common transit titeod-
A tilite can be Made with equal case and certainty on
' 'this instrument .by• use of the screw before mentioned
itttinhed of th&plare.
The committee consider this instrument as well
calculated for the purpose intended, and a decided
improvement of the methods at present adopted to
• obtain the same results. The principle of the im
,provemeni is, that whereas the common instrument,
' IntraiOlving, describes a cone, of which the bearing
point of•t.he telescope is the opex, it is now made to
revolve in the plane of its inclination, whatever that
may be. .
-13,y order of the Committee.
WiLitaa flans rod. Actuary
Rime 13, 1930
1 1%wrimovisiirn Aar-111r A NIA. Daniel 14'cirxter
is "short and rather thick ;see fine marked head;
a rough..hanl face, with pronunent featums ; heavy
eye brows; and large, penetrating, expressive eyes.
, The predominating character of hts countenance is
serionsness--almost solemnity.
Henry Clay—Till, gaunt, and v . -Aber ungainly ;.
;but with a face that lights up well ; mouth large. and
- eyes-that altripst burn, when he trachea the Par-
Oxysm of a dis:•,tousse. His voice, uncommonly deep,
sweet; and rich; and his gestfres animated and nat
ural.
Washington -/cving—His countenance changes
• continually from langor to intelligence ; the features
play with unusual flexibility, and frequently assume
a beastly charaetatistic of the author of the Sketch
Book. His aiddreas is graceful, his appearance that
of a perfect gentleman ; and, though not a profeilsesl
shkter in Conversation, his remarks when off his
gaud, are naltiete with the• delightful humor so char
ming in his writings.
John C. Cathoun --Tall, thin, and lately pale ;
and *appearance care-worn. His voice is please
hia flee intelligent, the principle features being •
-pair of eyeeisoinetintes almost as piercing as Fanny
.o.einWies
1.1 - Duly-Lformerly n bold-looking man,
careful of his personathppinice
affairs seem to have - inn netool4ll his attention. lie
now weankAisliar long, hii'cireSii neglitted;ind his
general Manner abstracted and gloomy.
rday aMorning, .lug: 24.
NOTICE.
FilltE Subscriber has bten eng'agcd in makineout
m- Bills for subscription to the Journal, and Store
Accounts to the Ist July, and earnestly requests:rill
those indebted to make payment during the present.
month. There are a number of his patrons. whom he
has hot called on for a year past, !tang whtdt time
the expetices of ti:e establishment
.have peen greatly
increased, and .the Journal enLirged and improved :
' these out lays arc to be nac4and- prompt .payment
rrorn Faserus wilt zive a new zest fur renewed exer
trim front their humble servant,
BENJ A 11.1:St'SAN'NAN.
UNION AND HARMONY.
Septet's f'en rent tan.
Democratic Whig Citi'ens of Vie County of !
11 . Schuylkill, and all others opposed to the I
re-election of Martin Van Buren as President of
the United States, arc hereby earnestly requested to
assei4le in County Meeting, at the house of Henry
Stager, in the Borough of Pottsville, on Saturday the
310 of Angus( inst., at 3 o'clock P. M., to elect one
Delegate,to represent Schuylki ll County in the Anti
Van Buren Convention to be held -in Han iaburg on
Wediresday, the 4th of Sytinttnr, for the purpose of
-measti-ea calculated to promote an 'efrec
tive.and th \ orough organization of the entire Anti
Van Buren \party, aim to have the same fairly re
presented in qiie D . s.piocratic National Whig Conven
tion, to be essembhil riarriaborg in December
next, and :hereby ensuie "the triumph ut the
_good
cause and the success lit the best interests of the
country."
I'IL•1d1M KOCH, t\ lEL HILL.
(41.11{LES- ENG LER. I Li
JOSEPH FEh'TIG,
'L BO NA sno L L,
Deaiovrattc County Committee
PoTI'sVILLE LYCECNI.
Omer r f bre.turr,
I.4.cture 'Fut sday, Au4u-t 1.f.11t and
Vinian," N ./d.f/tta . 1 1. r.
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Male uj the Cool Trod..—We feel it uur impera
tive duty as Journalists, lu offer nil concealment to our
distant friends, ou the subje,t of the present embar
rassed Male of the coal trade. Tlit4 is maurly to be
attributed to the del”ession of our monetary affairs,
although other causes have their full share of effect.
It is - an indisputable a n d lamentable fait, that iirany
or our eulleries are standing idle, or only worked to'
hall their capaLnlrues, that the miner: fur want of
employment are daily leaving our region, and that'
coal has brim actually °tiered at /es, than ml
fling, rent and tor, a ithout finding purcleisers r .r— .
These, taken in conneeltiin with the cur urnstance,
that Only about twebe weeks of`the shipping season
remain to supply nearly 400,1100 tuns, must nixes:
sarrly parluce a short supply, and increased prices.
The backwardness ur tuabilny of the dealers
causes this alarming posture of our ratans, and it is
to be feared instead 'of from 100 to 1'2.5,000 tons
more than last year's shipments, being sent down
this season, which is the cstnnated quantity to meet
the natural and average increased demand, there can
no! be more than fritb t, 69,000 'tons; (if even that
amount,) over the aggregate utiSdtt, he sent to mar
ket.
To prove the correetneis of this statement, we treed
only ref , r our readers to the followiii4 comparative
.tati [!tent of the quantity of coal shipped from the
sehi t ;:tkill sod Lehigtt regions up to the prez.ent
period, in the y.ar's '3 , 4, and '39:
lk ill. Lehigh.
297,1'21 131.017 431,138
ECM
232 I 109, 1 tot :1 i 1,1464
256,79.3 342•550.
14 4 3 , =,
18.39,
By which it will be observed Ilya the shipinent. ,
this year fall short ofjhe shipments 111 1637;4 l,fisiS
tons and wily exceed the shipments of iIS:3B by, 47,-
68 I ton+. lb •1637 and '3f.i at This period of the
season we were ship Ping. froni this region from ii
to 19.000 tons per week. We Re . 111.311' only. ship
ping 9 and f 5,000 tons per week.
The only way to prevent these calamitous results,
is for consumers to give immediate orders for their
winter's supply as far as their ability will etterid'ut
the present depressed state of the money` inatitet.—
This will enable the dealers to make purchases from
the operatives here, and the market can then . be sup
plied. Nye wish ihStinctly to be understood, as not
asserting that the Schuylkill region, cannot send
down her average of the whole demand, but to guard
against apathy of the consumers towards their own
interests. Let them give their orders now, for they
may rest assured that mai can never he purchased
cheaper than al the present time, arid the noir low
prices Canard be su.slained much longer. It is there
, fore a subject for philantbripLists to consider how far
the poorer classes may be benefitted, by the more
wealthy laying in their impplie, n o w,
We have no other object in these remarks, than to
urge an act of self protection on the consumer. We
may be charged with an attempt tof create a panic,
fear of a short supply, in order to cause an overplus.
Thug is ridiculous; all the interests of our county
are injured by an overplus, as it must produce low
prices the next season; a short supply is of no advan
tage to our region either, as the increase of price
benefits the holder below when the Navigation is
dosed, and not the intuer here, who irrakci sales-du
ring the sonViiier.
We therefore enter a protest,against any further
delay on the part of the consumer : and we shall
guard our !egion against ally future charges of mo
nopoly or extravagant rues, and defend ourselves
against the usual hue and cry of exhorhitant rates, of
repealing the duty on foreign coal, and the numer
ous other charges which are preferred, when in fact,
our staple is offered at a ruinous tyxcritice, Had nu
purchasers can be found. . •
Again we repeat: let consumers-give their orders,
then the dealer and the ruiner ran crime to terms,
and all the disastrous results of a short quiipty, and
copsertuent high pcitres, will be.avoided. •
I Po:Ism:le Lyceum.—Our readers will perceive
byj a reference to the order of Lectures, that the Rev-
Mir. Miller of the Gatholic Church. will deliver a lee-
Loire on Tuesday Evening next., i.n the interesting
sUbjects of u light and vision. " This getitkinian is
a straitger among us, but if he be: endowell with a
tithe of the talent. and acquirement of his lamented
predecessor, he will- ' , Recopy a prominent - place in
t.tu esteem of our townsmen.
, 0 7 We received .as a present this week a lot of
!tidos, which weighed on an average near three
1:1
g arters of a pound each. We generally clin 'pun
is three or four of the meally beauties, but one of
t 1 is sample_ served the two halves of our family, and
't pe heiress of our hduse and name. •
. 7 .
„The Anthracite Furnace, is again in operation
1 doing well. We trust no fortuitous event will
. l i: ' ain derange the experiment. I
BMTM
'we take Frst. plerarh in directing mien
the 'Call for and Ha 'ninety lifedine
Wink emanates from: tun . Whig standing County
CoMmittee, and which Will be found in . to days'
Journal. 1 bete are few occasions iitcair'politicallives
invested with more vital - importance than the objects
of the contemplated meeting. It is a calr upon the
virtue 'and - patriotiam - of the great Whig Party-, to
surrender ali. minor considerations, all partialities
and pi-ejudices, upon the altar of the public weal- 7 40
units all the different elements of opposition against
Martin Van Buren, and to organise that concentra
tion of political strength, which we foridlylope; assy
gloriously subvert..the - plremnt 'ildtfrpang
non; and pkace honest' Men at the helm of govern
mesa. The secondary principles which distract our
party., are 'not strialy . . political, and should have no
bearing en our yinanimily, and we trust all oppo
nent, of mrsrule,.corruptien and ettended government
patronage; lkin perceive the vital importance of con
solidating their ranks and fighting under one banner
avid one leader.' It is only necessary to impress this
on our friends to secure a triumphant victory, and
store' talent and public virtue to the Presidential
chair of our country..
The corner stone of St. Ja mes' Church, &buy IVA
Haven, will he laid on ,Saturday the 31st'of August
inst., at 3 o'cltck.P. M.. , •
The Ba110;Its: tiscension.lt must be borne in
mind by those, who . are fond of "trifles lighter than
air, - that Mr: Wise makes 'his ascension from the
Borough of Orwigsburg this day: Those who have
heretofore been deprived of an opportunity of witness
ing the interesting process of inflation, will do well
to take advantage of This occasion, and go early in
order to see all the preliminary preparations. Objec
tions are Made by some to these exhibitions as be
ing unproduCtive of benefit to the human family, but
when we reflect oh the vast scientific improvements
of the present century, who will dare to fIA bounds to
progress of stoat:lnuit, or place limits to its future
practical advantages At all event*, we look upon
any exhibituan of human skill, as worthy the atten
tion of qie community, and we feet that if
an error ,he committed, it should be done on the
safe*: side, and we must allow no propable, result
to be unintestigated, fur want of proper encourage
ment to the pioneers in the research.
L), limo -alit. Whig .Ifirti ,, g.—On I'slondav'eNen
m4 la.•.t. at tt mecum. con ,, eneti, for the purtmse , of
L1113;0,4111; contorecs to meet those of -I,ehigh Co., to
select a congressional Delegate, Messrs..,A. B. White.
James S. Wallace, and Jacob Kline Here appointed
conlerecti uU th pmt of St.hu!.lkill Co , v.-11.11 pow
er to fill i.aolllCieS.
Navigation ate, k is selling m Philadel
phia at $96 per share. Two year. ago it was sel-
Inez at SIBO. If a more liberal course of policy is
not pursdod on the part of the Board of Managers,
the stock will go down to $5O per share, where the
Rail Road will keep it. If tare Company bad redu
ced their toll two or tlvee yearka;o, and e.ven the
coal dealers weight, l". Schuylkill County Would now
be turnishmg at least 7 ur StM,O9O tons of Coal for•
.ttie consumption of the country, instead of 425 OA
450,000 tons—and they would not have been trou
bled with the competition of I Rail Road, at least
until the capacity of the Canal would have been in
sillNent eu vent the trade of this region..
Flerf •--The price of beef in" out Borough. .has
been reduced, and may be now obtained from seven
to ten cents, according to qu'ality—the sole tether
'
pieces b'sing seven, and the tit bits ten.
Ttnnesare.L-Polk has. bt:aten Cannon h 1• about
Cungrcsa, 7 I.Vhigs, f; Locoo—Ltgrhlature
Locu.
I,l,tore Loco
K?ntucky.—Congress, 11 Whigs to Locos—
Legislature
Nor/ h Carohlta.—(7ongress, 6 IV.lii , zs, 7 Locos.
In the above i3tates, the Whigs 'lase 10,4 eight
ineinbeca oCCongress*. 'They will, however have a
clear and unili:puted innprity in the House ofll.ep
rei‘entatiw.s, if Rhode IsLind, Maryland and Missis
sippi, only do their duty.
18.',76_
The Liverpool :grainer has • aimed, and the
state oldie money inssket now depends entirely up
on whethler rho' gun 15 h aed in England ei not.
On
THE MINEIVA4OITRNAL-..
Union aid Harmony._
The Elections.
botiona.."—Congrebs 5 Locos to 2 \\ liigs
Itrlscrti Dale Owen, the Locnfoco Infidel candidate
for t,;otigfess, has been defeated in Indiana.
• Meriep.—The Schr. Lone, arrived at N. Orleans.
from raMpico, bring intelligence that Bustamente
had gone to the city of Mexico to assume the reigns
of government, and that all the federal sympathiser.
had beent ordered to quit the Country.
ThC Lone brought $195,000 in specie, to New
Orleans Merchants.
P01it.47; end Marriagt.—Tbe way they do thing.
in North Carolina, is very pecuhar. They save all
the troOle of organiiing political parties, by publish
ing the WI of married folks, as the two folloWing
samples Mill show :
fri this county, last' week, by Abel Cowan, Esq.
Mr. Eliot, (first uane not known,) to Miss %sem
harrier,-(tile Grst name not known.) All in favor of
aU. S. Bank, acid opposed to Loceifocoism ! Go it,
my
fn this county, on Tuesday, lElth inst:, by Abel
Cowan, Esq., Mr. Richard Lafayette Burroughs,
(shoemaker) to Miss Eliza, PooL All in favor .of
a railroad* running west ' from Faye4evtlie,—free
schools,—anu Apposed 'to Charles Fisher and'the sub
treasury.
Comnwn Schno/s.—ln North C , rortna, all thole
eatiteo Counties voted against the introduction of
common 4rh0..1;. An admiraNe comment this, on
their wishes to prevent the light Of education from
king. disseminated.
Lfe Boats ;rs Ilse Nary.—The Navy Detainment
haiK istmed orders to terns many of Our vessels-with
Francis ,hte boats. •
Jail Jo, Let.—The La Puree (Indians) Whig.irs ) ::,
the jail in that place is now einri. Very eryth
uihle this to the moral, of that repon.-Bullintore
Sun.
Ur else to the ingenuity of thj rogues, who man
age to escape detection, so-adroitly.
The ()Id Offiet.—ln digging the foundation
of the hew General PRA Office at Washington, a
brasn plicte was found in the corner Atone of the old
building with the following inscription. •
This first corner stone of the Union Puhlie Ho.
tel, was paid by the freemasons of the City of W ash
;,ington'and of Georgetown, on the memorable 4th
day of July, 1793." "James Hoben, ArchiLect."
• 'Frontier &izure.—The collector of the port of
Oswego, has seized the schooner Guertin) , , on sup
picion -of tier having carried the actors in the Coburg
affair over to the Catuultan.ahle.
Texas and Arkansas.—r Dr. Brandi T. Arche'r,
and Mesism...C. R. on and Ha nit Bee, are ap
pointed commissioners of Tales, to run the !me be
tween that county and Arkansas.
CM=2l=l==
Riol in Bitk i intere.-- 1 0n. the morning' of Suida
last; the Nunnery in thil city, under charge of . the
Carrnelite nuns,. wasAinVrOunded by .a large crowd,
m minseqttetsce of a report, that, compulsion had been
'used to make one of the , resident nuns remain an in
mate; against her wi11.... The Mayor was caUed,who
took the sister . .. formerly Miss Neal, of
St. Mary's Co., in a *carriage In the Washington
Medical College; where she new is, under medical
treatment. She is said to be insane.
Tha crowd continisitil to increase .to such a degite..
that the City Guard, and military *ere called out,
hi whose effort the mob was temporarily qUelle
much excitement however prevails.
• Ant/qui/ft.—At Wilhamsport in Maryland, some
workmen engaged in making an excarauon found
some distance under grohnd, a tomahawk, a bayonet,
some pieces of old iron, fragments of earthenware
and pieces of hone. The bayonet and tomahawk,
though somewhat rusted, are firm and in good pres
ervation.
Banker .g.n.ument.—The 4ditor of the
Boston Courier, stys the directors of the association
know nothing of the subscriptions or promises which
are reported to have been made.
The editor is an officer of the wsloriation; and
must therefore be acquainted with the facts in the
MEI
A Cute Trick.—A loafer in the Monumental
city stopped a baker, who was driving his cart fast,
and rcpresenting 'himself as a police officer obtained
a tine of five dollars TrJin him, with which he made
his exit.
The Enspire Sialc.—A great Whig Conveixtion
of young men was held in the third Senatonal Uts
tract of New York, a few days since ; 1800 delegates
were in attendence
Philadelphia Mechanics.—A large and enthusias
tic meeting of the mechanics and other citizins of
Philadelphia, was held on Tuesday ateernoon, at the
county Court Room, for the purpose of adopting
measures to secure the construction of the steam en
gines intended for the frigate now building at the
Navy Yard.
Tins was indueedsby a recent letter from the Na
ty Delitartment, stating that there was no inn ham
uit'r in the ,isinity la - rge enough to make the heats
work. The I lug . ' harks .rayh,r, the working
inan . ...‘pri\w - as at his post, and addressed the meet
ing in al. eloquent speech. Se% eral 12MA 11l 11111. s were
adopted which have not het been published.
TR.• meeting partook lu no ol`ll,C of a party politi
e.d charlier. It was equally att' iided by all par
tics--and only one sprit prevai!..d—namely, a
full, free, and nuanimou: deierllllll4l4oll to sup port
the honour and interests of Philadelphia and Ler me-
t. it Jlthe,
I , ,ap,rt wit C . ; rr.i e learn that the follow
in,, !tom a printed circular dated -01-01 I 31
i
P M. is to be seen at tLe Philadelphia Eichange
Books. The continuation of the fact of the Flank
.1 England lia‘itigr negotiated welt the 13atik of
Frame, for a kraut' Gorr two to tour mtlhotis sterling,
to be drawn for from hence, has li d to a considerable
discussion. The effect will be, to cause a return of
Teen' and give an impetus to commerce."
Sails r( rSI44 111...—The Ship Roanoke, which
armed a few days since (rum H ro
de Janeiro, made the passage in the wonderfully short
nine of '2 , 4 days. This I 3 a degree of despatch, un
exampled in the history of ship navigation, the dis
tance being between six and seven thourauhrmiles.
The %easel IS Philadelphia built, and commanded by
a native Philadelphian, Capt. George Harris.
We think thus passage, to be quicker than any
aperage passage of a steam ship, especially when we
consider the delays of the Bay Navigation, in reach
itig the Philadelphia docks.
Niaptu/ixim.f.The Duke einours ha.,
demanded to am -mac the Princes+ of t4ar.e Coburg.
daughter of Prtuce Ferdmand of l'ubmgh, Field
Mar,hal to the set , ' nc of u.trta, father of the Queen
of Portugal's hu,band. and that ILLS ULLLOII may be
looked urnu as certain.
Exr las, re Whi he folkming riara , ,,Aph has
let us into the meaning of this term. The I. S. G -
zette gars
If thene irVh , g in this city wli ri4ht to
cote in Rhode Istand, we advise him to hasten to his
duty next Tuesday. Vt e make this paragraph short.
so that it, need not tneet the eye of a Van Buren
man with similar rights—he can he spared a few
dam
This we presume is exritizirc hig
Sall.—The Globe .ts turtling its attention to the
urude of *alt.
Does It want to purify the capital, or has it a
perspective idea of the famous river of that name
The Weather, during the past work has been
warm, and favourable to the npeniug of the.corn.—
The.general impression of our farmers is, that the
crop will be above the average.
Inzrcrtiuti rmimition.—A man in Chicago had
$4.5 stolen from bun. lie arrested a person on sus
picion who turned indignantly around and exclaim
ed,,..Sir, do you know what I am l I am a perfirt
gentleman' I am Mr. Gatewoorl, senator frein
This threw the other olf his guard so coin
pletely, that he begged the sesames pardon and let
him go., We need hardly add that the pretended
senatoewas the actual thief
An :lh.•qualutaker nabbed.—Parsons, who Su•arl
wonted from At6any, with $lO,OOO, had been arrest
ed at Pittsburg. He was about to issue his G. T. T .
cards.
c_Ty. The Mechanic's Bank of Pittsburg, has no ex
istence, hut on the face of fraudulent bills now in
circulation.
An Iron Sleambod, 1 15 lek long, and '25 breadth
of beams, has been launched at Pittsburfy„ being the
first built in the great valley of the \Vest. -
R. Can f ield, formerly an infidel lecturer, has made
a puddle renunciation of his errors and is now preach
ing the truths of Christianity a good change truly.
Sudden riu.ara, relict of the late
Hon. Cesar A. Rodney tholsoddenty at \Vilanag
tw,t, Delaware, in Liao 63d year of her age.
Mc/tor/E Shoreer.,--A correspondent of the New
Haven (Ut.) Herald, states that- on the evening of
the sth. tour observers, in the space of live hOurs,
saw six hundred and mtiety-onr• many eiceetling,
,4.a
in apparel t \ tllze, stars of the first magnitude. On
the 10th, fo r huttrited and ninety-one wete seen in
the space of ree hours, by the sathe number of per
sorts. Orr those nights most of the meteors appear
ed to radiate from a region about the - head of Peracux,
(near R. A. 37 deg., N. D. 49 deg.) Feiv 211 them
move,. iii paths .which_ would not, if traced hack,
meet ln"titat vicinity. The above occurrence had
been expected. . ,
Dr. Aqui:, will be sentenced this day in Philadel
phia.
The Governor' has appointed General Adam
Diller, of Lancaster, Adjutant General of the Militia
of Pennsylvania.
The General of the safety committee--the chief
of the-Harrisburg mob, has received his reward!
E!!E1
62GESEI
EdtOrtrcf Kehl of Maine.,--The Whigs hare again
put this gentlemen in The field for Govemori of this
State.. ~
Oki "Vemocratic" Berke, is in' i bed about
her Delegate System. My good "democratic rien'ds"
o
you must recollect that the people rue now to elect
your county o ffi cers,' and therefore yOur lineal
wire pullers may find some check to their rrianoeu-
ELM
• TT; Philadelphia is infettecl by an acw.e and daring
gang 4f burglars.
JudiciaL—The Governor has appointed JOHN C.
Bucilsa of Harrisburg, to fill the 'vacancy occasion
ed by the demise ofJudge Green.
Mr: Clay, was at Troy this week, and probably
arrived at N. Y. on Wednesday, where great prepa
rations are making fdr the reception. The Whigs of
Virginia are desirous that he should visit that State,
on his way home, and an invitation has gone forth
from Hanover county; the place of his birth, inviting
him to give it a call. The Richmond Whi , thinks
that he will find it impossible to resist the invitation
to pass through that-section of Virginia, where a
most enthusiastic weicom4 awaits them.
The Charce to Neu, Grenada, Gcn. Semple 01
Alton 111. has returned home.
cr -; The father orStra. Sigourney, Mr. liantley
died recently at Hartford.
Chcering.—Stocks ruse this day week in New
York, on an average two per cent.
Mr. Espy was to deliver a lecture at New Ha
ven on Wednesday last. Subject—the recent
tolll.ldo
ExtensivieScizure.—We learn from the Inquirer,
that in consequence of information which transpired
a few days since at New York, a Custom House
Officer came on from that city, on Monil4, to Phil
adelphia, and smied large consignments of woollen
cloths at a respectable Commission --Merchant's in
Front at. It is but 'justice to say„ that the firm to
whom the goods were consigned, ore not inculpated
in any fraud upon the U. S. re% (line., t h ey being
merely the reputed agents and wets era in! l urpoxs
of sale
the goods seized—from itio,ooo to 1 , .100,000. ft 1..
at airy rate, the most ex SUILUIC is or made
Philadelphia.
The grounds fur proceeding 'on the part of the
Custom House, 'are said to be; cluelll, :Adkins en
trn aat less than the true salve, ri n (114 that the
importer, for some years a re:iisleiit of New York, is
amour; the missing.
Thv atfair has created a great sc,isatiim in our busi
ne,-, circles, and we hope to be to p.,,,bebbtOil of full par
ticulars in the course of a day dr two. It is yet pus
mble, lot aught we know, that the matter may be
satisfactorily explained and the goods returned.
It is further stated that two or three merchants
from Yorkshire, who arrived by the Liverpool, have.
been arrested in' New York, on a change of being
onnt:eted with the alledged smuggling.
We trust that the transaction will r.•nder our Cus
tom House cautious in receiving consignipents from
any parties who have been connected with smug
gling, as the sale of such goods, of course at inferior
price. not only defrauds the revenue, but insures the
Lair trader and the upright American manufacturer.
balatts,c C'uulifiowers, —We have been favored
with the perusal of a letter addressed to our towns
man Capt. Thomas J. Baird, from Mr. Gregory Lee,
of Frankford, whose success in cultivating cauliflow
ers has been unprecedented. The following extract
which we have been permitted to make, shows the
plan of culture and the size of some of Mr.. Lee's
plants.
Sir—When I had the pleasure of seeing you at
the store of Messrs. Landreth & Co. , in Philadel
phia. I promised to send you an eitract from my
Garden Diary, upon the cultivation of the Cauliflow
er, and I now feel a pleasure in so doing.
"Purchased the seeds of Messrs. Landruth,& Co.,
sowed it broadcast September 19th, 1838, in a bed
of common Garden mould ; October 6th, removed
the'plants into a cold frame of the same kind of
mould ; April 20th, 1839, transplanted them into
the open (harden : May 29th, cut for the use of the
Family."
These noble plants stood in the open Garden un
daunted. and with their neighbours the cabbage, pa
tiently endured the pitiless pelting of the storm."
My success is fully demonstrated by the following
statement of the circumference of six beak * of the
Flowers, direalcd of Moir korea:
OE
SEMMII
EMI
M=VM
R UMOU r giNes carious amounts cs to the value .0.
Frankfurt!, AuguA 9. I 839
Circumference.
3 feet 1 inch ). 0
2 do 71
3 2 do 6i
4 2 do 6
5 .2 do .61
6 2 do 5
The circumference df the lar,eh Flower as it stood
in the Garden, and taken at tie extremity of its.
leaves, was 13 feet 7} inches. •
I continued to cut abundance of fine Flowers from
Maw 25th to the middle of July. Flo'wers: of this
immense size can only be obuuned (rainfall plants.
By the above it will be seen that the time has
nearly arrived, to try the experiment as indicated in
Mr. Lee's practice, and we trust our gardening friend's
will use every precaution to secure some of this noble
vegetable. The cold frame referred to is made similar
to a hot bed frame, with the exception of the manure
in the interior, and must during the severity of win
ter, be well prcitectred by straw, matting, &c.
FOR THE MINER}' JOURNAL.
Philadelphia, August 14, 1839
MR. BANNAN
, •
Dr: Sir—Will you do us the favor or giving us a
description tin your valuable paper, of what is repre
sented as a burning Coal Attic at Pottsville. I
hear:many speculations upon it, aid various opinions
whether or not it is the Coal unbroken in-the solid
mass, or whether it is the propk wood and rubbish
in the Mine that is on fire. I for one am very skep
tical on the subject of Coaliburning unmitied. By
throwing sonic light upon the subject you will much
oblige a SUBSCRIBER,
In answer to our suhscriher's query we will refer
hint to the Journal of July 27th for a full description
of the Burning Mine.. In reply to his more paitieu
lar query as to untrained coal burning,'we will state
as our opinion, that the currents of air rushing thro'-
oLI air shafts and the Immense body of heat derived
from tilt old wooden,,,iworks, may w render the face
of the coal' friable, that it will continually shell off,
and feed itself. It would perhaps he next to impos
sible to ignite a solid mass of coal in vein, unless it
were for the heat occasioned by the immense quanti
ty of props, rail way work, &c. in the mine, but these
circumstances will doubtless give It such headway,
that in connection with the other causes mentioned,
it will burn fot , a great many years. •
The Mauch Chunk Courier says, a very heavy
breach occurred in the Dela Ware Canal .0 few days .
since about three miles below Easton. ciiire are in
formed thatsbout idity yards of the towing path
was completely carried away—owing, it is suppos
ed, to the damages sustaEned by musk rats which so
numerously inkst our Canals every Where. About
three weeks, from the time of the_ hieach, will be
consumed before the requisite repairs can be made
and the canal refilled with water, which will, in a
manner, suspend the operations, of . ptis .region for
that length of time.
71morde, Pilts.—The Iliiladelphia Times, in
speaking of Dr: Miles' Tomato Pills, says:. ,
Feelirig if Mir duty at'all times to make knowb
to the world at Urge, whatever'may tend to advance,
their comfort end happiness, and as at this season,
sickness atalks abroad in all its varied complexion.,
we think we eaehot confer a greater blessing• op
mankind, thin by calling attention to an advertise
ment in another column. of .Dr. Miles' justly celebrs.
red Tomato Pills. From the accounts we have re
ceived of their effects in various complaints, such as
sick head-ache, dyspepsia, we feel no hesitation in
recommending them to tht; world as a see faintly
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
The Steam Packet Liverpool arrived at New York
on Monday morning. Her dates from •Liverp u o
are to the Ist of 'August ; from London to the 3lsi
of July and from Havre to thia 27th. Her Dei s is
bothinteresting and important The Money M.
ket Was better, cotton had advanced, the Sultan
Mahtnoud is_dead, his fleet given up to Mehemet
Ali, his army routed, and riots have occurred at
Birmingham and Newcastle.. We regret to state,
that the prespect of the crops was not so favourable.
The weather had been bad both in England and
France, antLmuch anxiety waslUt as to the hare.
est.
• We suivir. every thing of lit/parlance, & t id y
gathered from the New York Express. •
it wcrild appear, front our necessarily hasty
glance over our files, that there had been but little
novelty' in the markyt, relating to Money and Puts
he Seeuritiev,
There had been no advance, during the week just
closed, of the rale of interest by the Bank, a lthough
there were apprehenitons that such would be'th e
case.
The demand for money had not been by any
means oppressive. This was thought to beattribu
' table to the payment of the dividends, which had
k eased the market considerably.
The duty on foreign wheat remained at 168 fid
per quarter. .
Tile'Cotton -market for the week ckising on the
27th,1 showed a steady advance on former plea.
This article remamed arm, at the latest dates recetr'.
I ed. -*.
. _
r Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin it: dead. He died at
Cheltenham on the . 2.3 d of July, of the age iffour•
I=l3
Birmingham remained quiet. There had been
some disturhaneis, which were quelled. The police
- had been Wiihdra c n front the.publie office. Much
interest was felt in the approaching trials at W a il
nick. The char 4 tists say that their future niece.
inertia wilt . be. regulated by the result of those trials
There had been Chartist riots at Neweaskle upon.
Tyne, as well ai . at Birmingham, and several her
towns w.the interior• But the polled soil 1.'44 the
upper hand. The riot at Birmingham on the 15th
Was the most serious —accompanied as n was by the
firing of houses, public buildings,. &e. The dams.
grs Here estimated at mum than 1:30,1 1 00. The
magistrates wet e [ouch blamed :Or their supinenesy,
&e.
The utr.l7s of the Last htd superseded al other
triplet. The entire press delivered itself up to spec•
ulations arid preuictiuns, and some of them to f.,bri
notions, upon the death of the Sultan Mahmoud,—
t he invitation sent by his successor to 'Mehemet Ali,
Ibrahim's victory over Ifafui, the treasun ,of the
Captain Paella, and the probable course of tbe'Eura-
pean Powers in relation to these matters. It was
peliesed there that the young Sultan hair tun Ed
Mehemet Alt to proceed to Constantinople tu confer
with him and tre Piton upon the means necessary
for the re-e!latiltshment a the Ottoman empire utt
a firm basis, end consequently 19 terminate the in
fluence of all foreign powers, (Icussiti included.) It
was even believed, the Times goes on totsay,—tliat
the Viceroy would proceed turthwith In the Turkish
capital.; but In hazarding this spectdation uo safh
cient reason is given by the journals w4ich indulge
in it, 16, they state among the resolutiais of the Di
van, that while the sovereigrity of Eg•ytit Was. to be
recognised as hereditary in - the family of Mehemet
Art "on payment of a tribute," that Syria niust be
evacuated by him. On the other hand, the Messen
ger states, on that which it deems excellent anther.
ity, that• Mehemet Alt had fortna lly "lakeh
Turki:ai fleet under his protection." Unfortunate,
ly; however, for both classes of speculators, no new'
arrival from the Levant had taken place by which
news of dates more recent than that already before:
our readers could have been received.
The Alexandria correarondent of the Augsburg
Gazette writes, under date of the 6th inst. that since
tho victory of Ibrahim, the ambition of Mehemet
Ali knew nu bounds. Ile was undecided whether
he should or not accept the offer, winch had been
made to him, of thd-Regency, during the minority
of the new Sultan. Ile had' received advises from
Constantinople, anhouncing that Ilahl Pasha, the
son lit law of Nlahmoud, relied on Russia lot protec
tion, arid that Ike, Chossew Pasha and Redchid P -
sha, were deteitnined on assuming themselves the
Regency. -The accession of the latter, they thought,
would secure to their administration the good will
and countenance of England. The main torte of
the Egyptian army was by the last advices from Sy.
tin, marching ori'Orfa and Dirrvekir. The fleet of
the Pasha was still cruising off Alexandria on the
61.1 t.
The news of the death of the Sultan has been f.l.
lowed by that of the total defeat of the Turkish ar•
my by the Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha, and of
desertion of the Turkish fleet under the Captant Pa
sha. These everts coming so rapidly afler 'each o.
then, would seem' to_ indicate the downfall of the
Turkish Em fire : but our impression is t that the
mutual jealousies of the European pciwers will in
duce, them to'arry the ,resent Sultari through his
eifficulties, and to tompel Mehemet Ali and his eon
to rest satisfied with the independent sovereignty of
o k.
Egypt, Syria, Arabia and Nubia—ttirritories q lit
sufficient tu form a splendid Empire, if wisely d
ministered. Powerful as Mehemet Alt is, he da 0
not enter into a contest With the armies of Russia,
with the combined fleets of England and France, off
Alexandria, which they,will be very shortly, it but
demands should be unreasonable. Ile has now in
dependence and a splendid empire, but he will nut be
allowed to overthrow the throne of the Sultan.
And the Morning Chronicle of the 29th says
Weight
Sibs.
"'('his corroboration of the detection of the Turk
ish Admiral with the fleet is bad entuge. But
worse and still more startling tidings haVe, we fear,
to be added to it. These are, that the members of
the new Divan or Gurernoicot, at Constantinople ,
have taken a Step similar to that of the Captain
Pasha, and have written, to' Mebeinet Ali to put
themselves and the Sultan under Sue protection, of.
fering hint the hereditaiy government of Syria and
Egypt, and inviting Mehemet Ali to Constantinople
to .organize the government.
A knowledge of the Captain Pasbn's defection—
of an insurrection prepared atiConstantinople as well
as in Albania—is said to have decided Khosrew and
Milli to this surrerfder of the Empire anti of their
young Sovereign. Their own disagreement, their
want o" mutual confidence, and the tonipletc inex
perience of Abdul Mediirl, are the_nrotives which led
these Nlttosi,ers to submit to the Egyptian Pasha by
a simultaneous,. but, it . appears, by no joint step."
The following js copied from an article, rcpub•
fished in the Madisoman, where it is credited to
the Viektburg (Mississippi.) Whig. It it is correct,
it is the boldest instance of official interference, to
prevcht the diffusion of information through Mu
community, that we have heretofore met with.
•' High Handed Odirage.—We learn from the
Brandon Sentinel, that that Jack in office, Atitoe
Kerdall, has recently committed an outrage upon
the rights of - the people of Stiropons county, uhieli
should be proclaimed trumpet-tongued throughout
the entire leligtlrand breadth of the State. The
Postmaster or " as Amos delights Co e'en
them, at two omecs in the county, recently wrote to
him that at their - respective offices, there were Neel.
ved- four Whig papers to one -Democratic parr, add
that it was working serious injury to the democratic
party; whereupon the Postmaster General mitnedi.
atcly ordered bctircffices to be DISCONTINUED - ''
-- -
Accounts of au unpleasant nature had reached
Paris from Lyon They state that an insurrec
tion was apprehended in that city, but the authori
ties had taken the necessary preeautiona for pre•
venting, or at all events fur suppresr;ing it.
•
Ws have a report through the Montreal and Qua'
beepipers, that Sir John Colborne is about being
relieved in the:government of Canada, aid the Eafl
of Clareddon, recently minister to Spain, will be bin
successor. The, papers further state that Sir John
Colborne had been given the option of remaining as
commanderiof the forces, but had declined, and
would., return to England. We hare had several
tumuli of this nature, already, and it may be that
the pitasent one is a mere repetition of the other.
M