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fktOPEC'rUS
'TRU MINERS' JOURNAL.
RIES Journal was materially enlarged and otherwise
improved at the commencement. of the year, and wit
•now rank with any paper in the.atate, out of Philadelphia
ills pages will be devoted to a ,
General Ultroniere ' d Qoal Business;
Impro!ements in the'Dlitufactory of iron;
The progress of the Arta,thil Sciences;
X Summary of European Intelligence;
The Current News of the Day.
And in Iddition, each number will he furnished, unless
e press of local matter should exclude it. with
ORIGINAL TALES,
Thereby making it equal in interestto many publicatisuo
whose subicription,prices double it In amount.
- To those interested to the Coal or Iron busipe si.ss
welt as the general reader, its pages will. it is hoped,
afford valuable information and amusement, and no
pains "shad-be spared to render it worthy the patronage
of all classes of the community.
A.NI riuga 21EN L kRGEMENT. -CO
In the first week in January, 181'), the Miners' Jour
nal will rtga)n be enlarg2,,d by the addition of another
column to each page, which will make it the largest pa
per published in the State, nut of Philadelphia, provided
.ench subseriber will, in the mer,time, procure tin an
additional one. Those whg, do not, will be charg
ed $2 51.1 per annum after the' enlargement takes place.
The Coal Renton will then hive a • epresentauve abroad
that will add credit to the enterprise and liberality anti
citizens. • B. I3ANNAN.
Tllt PUMA DELPIIIA & SUSQUEILAN PI A
OPPOSITION LINE.
TRL3•W I EEKLY
•
' BY
Reading:Nail Rid,
Pottsville and Danville
Rani. RfAID,
AND
` 'NEW POST VOA-CHES.
Via Reading, Pottsville, Port Carbon,
Cooper's, Shamokin, Sunbury,
Northumberland, 'and
• Cattau:issa. -
— ll7 THROUGH BY 'DA Y—LIGHT.
rrol,E,Subscribtitrs having made arrangements to
= form this route in connection with the Daily
:Line .of Fait, Shoener, Finney, 4- Co. on its arrival
in "Pottsville from Phtludeitlita, for the poKpose of
transporting passengers from Philadelphia to the
Susquehanna, through the Saaeowtx COAL IIISLOS„
'have started a Tri•Weekly Line of Stages, to leave
:Pottsville on
MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, •rin FRIDAYS,
immediately on the arrival of the Philadelphia Op
pmigon Line, at 3 o'clock, and proceed to COOP.
ER;S, where two lines will branch off, one going to
SHAMOKIN, where it will arrive at 8 o'clock, and the
.pasaengere after sleeping there, will arrive at Price's
Add, in SUNBURY, and Lee's Hotel, at NORTHUMBER
sLAND, early next morning, 112 time to take the Pick
et Boats.
The other route from Cooper's, will proceed :to
iira4y's Ilytel, at Carravvissa, where it will arrive
likewise at el o'clock, in time to take the Coach in
Bloomsburg, Berwick, arid Towanda.
RETURNING, passengers will leave NORTHUM
BERLAND at 8 o'clock in the morning, and the Depot
.of the Porrsvmcz and DANVILLE RAIL ROAD at Sun.
:bury at half past 9, proceed to SHAMOKIN for dinner,
and arrive the same evening at Forr,iviu.e.
Front Caresawassa Returning. passengers will
leave at 9 A. 31„ dine at Coupe's', and reach Forrs-
IVILLtE to inters ..ct the nest morning's Uppositior.
Coach b Philidelphia.
RATES OF FARE.
Fronk Philad'aAhro' to Northumb.:it land, $6,00
" do. 1 - do to Cattawisse, 6,00
" Pott.v4hle to Spohny', (Broad Mt.) 50
do to Cooper's, l5
do" , - to Shamokin, 1,50
,do to Sunbury, via. Pottsville 2.25 .
& Denville R R
do to Northumberland, 2,50'
r. do to Cattawissa, . 1,75
. :JACOB It RA M. & Co. Shamokin. _
JOSEPH !KIM MEL & Co Pottsville.
JOSEPH :PAX FUN & co. Cattawtssa.
PROPRIETORS.
- cur seats in Philadelphia, apply at Sanderson's
int)Wl, 4th St., Mount Vernon House, 2d St., Con
-gresa Hall. 3d St., United States Hotel and Marshall
House, Chesnut Street.'
C1=1" A daily tine will shortly be -e"tablibhed on the
• beim route.
Pottsville, Jut 4 29 26—tf
EXCH NGE HOTEL,
P TTS%ILLE.
it iUksm G• Johnson
HAS tatiten this commodious establish
E : 4 merit retently oecuified by Joseph Weaver,
sfi as the " National Hotel," corner of Centre and
street 4 , and has materially improved its
arrangement for4he accommodation of customers.
The situation is Pleasant and central, being contig
voila to the Post chime and Town Hall, and .in the
business part of the borough ;,and three Daily tines
of.Stagea arrive rind depart from the Exchange to
and from Reading, Northumberland; Danville and
Cattawissa
• PRIVA rE FAMILIES .who desire spending , the
summer months the coal Region will'be furnished
with parlours and chambers calculated to please the
faniy and render comfortable the most fastidious
guests; and TR,AVELLERS will always find those
accommodations 'which are, mist desired, and thy
strict attention or servant&
were superfluous to say that his Ta.aut and
Bea will always be, furnished with the .choicest
viands anddintiors ; and with a wish and exertions
to gratify his guests he antic.pates the patronage of
the public. .
Pottsville, a pril l i, 1R39.
Davy's Safety Lamps,
O F the bea l 4or.struction, and most approved hod
also rna new gauses to old lamps, and other
angora done at the subscriber's Clock and Watch
Maker Shop, in Centre street, Pottsville.
June 1 29.41 JOSEPH COATSWORTH.I4.
•
FOR SALE. •
• A TWO STORY BRICK HOUSF in
Norwegian Street, Borough of Pottsville.
r- with the adjoining half lot of ground. Inteiy
it • occupied by Strange-N. Palmer, Esq. The
house , as well built, with good accommoda•
enta for a faintly residence.
For twins, which will be reasonable. apply to •
Ma, 18 th 20—tf G. W. FARQUHAR.
or to A• UNDEBHIL! , .
• 14 Pine Street, New Yrrtt.
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VOL. XV
ENGLAND.
.7ne noises Tunnel.—Thursday Mr. flannel en_
gineer of the 'Thames t..nnel, appeared at the Man
eion house fur the purpose of making the customary
affidavit as to the expenses incurred in the under.
taking within certain periods. The Lord Mayor
.congratulated the engineer upon the near approach
-to the completion of his wonderful enterprise and
asked when be expected to -reach the Middlean
shore 1 Mr. Brunel said that he. had high gratifi
cation in being able to.state that every danger and
diffictilty had been conquered, and that his men
were hard at work within five feet of low wider
mark on the Middlesex sloe. Ile expected in one
week to be quite clear, so that the undertaking
might then be said to be perfect.
Parachute Decent.—Monday, Mr. Hampton. who
has already made two descents in his parachute, the
one from Cheltenham, find the other, about two
months ago, at Cremorne house, Chelsea, made a
third experiment with ffls dangerous machine from
the Flora tea-gardens, at Bayswater, Mr. Hampton's
parachute, which is called the safe," wristlets at
a very large expanded half-carcle of prepared can- - ..
vase, and has very much the appea-ance of a huge
chaise umbrella it is strengthened with ribs of
great power, and covered with network. To this is
appended a wicker tilsket, attached by strong cords.,
From this proceedeMp•aarda a brass tube, through
which was passed the cord. that attached the bal.
loon ; and,. by a simple apparatus, the moment the
parachute is detached the valves of the balloon are
opened, and .the escape of the gas is -so rapid that
the balloon generally reaches the earth,as soon as
the parachute. The weather was delightful, and
'the assemblage of the people gathered to witness
the novel sight was immense. All the necessary
preperations having been- completed at half past
seven, and the parachuM attached. Mr. Hampton
stepped into it with the greatest confidence, amidst
loud cheering. The ascent was' magnificient, and
almost pegiendicular. When the balloon had as
cended about three quarters of a mile, h down
came the parachute, and up went the balloon.. The
former heaved heavily , Iron/ aide, to side, but as it
descended it became more steady, and at last fell
upon the branch of a tree in Kensington-gardens.
Mr. Hampton. seemed stunned ; he was assisted out,
buy at first could not speak, and was very faint He
was - carried to a tavern, cheered as he went along.
He was hurt in the chest and knee; bur has since
completely recovered. The valves of the balloon
did not open; consequently it ascended to 'an im
mense height, and has not been heard of since.
Steam on the way to hidia.-GThe '• Vernon,"
a splendid frigate-built East Indinmen,m , ss launch
ed on Saturday from the building yind4fthe Messrs.
Green, at Blackwell; she has a powerful steam en
_ !me to propel her in calms, at the rate'of sve knots
an hour, so aimo accomplish the voyage from the
Lizard to Calcine in seventy five days.
Some sensation him been produced in the mode,
circles during the last day or two by the discovery
of a fraud which bas been practised on the but.
lion dealers. It appears that the dollars lately re.
ceived at the Bullion 0f653 of the Back of England',
it was remarked that a great proportion 'were of a
very unusual weight, yet extetnilly, there-was noth
ing to distinguish them from the genuine pillar
dollar. On Mae of them being placed in the ire,
however, it was found that a 'centre formed of infm
rior metal, had been ingeniously inclosed in a coat
of pure silver, vetiver inched away, leaving the value
less portion taf the counterfeit in a bloat and solid
mass. Whether this spurious coin has come from
abroad or it cannot at present be ascertained. it is
rather aaspectted that It may have been manufactur
ed at Birmingham. The bullion dealers have some
quantity of it upon their hands, but as it is'a foreign
coin; it is probable that no great amount has been
imposed upon the public generally.
Attempt to Tamper with the Military.—Manehes
tt,r, Aug; 20.—An inflammatory paper, copies of
which bad been distributed amongst the soldiers,
Was found in the lodgings of, Timothy Booth, who
has been lately arrested. 4n this pcimner's
house were also found one musket and a bayonet,
a fowling piece,. pistol, a dagger,24 ball cartridfres.
102 leaden • bullets for Pistol., add 262-bullets for
guns, together with one pistol, one bayonet, and 24
ball cartridges. There were also found in his cup
board 70 leaden bullets and a ball a pound of pow
der. The
. magistracy and military are on the alert
for any emergency.
We are glad to announce that the St. Tillie pit
is now-in working order, and that the men, whole
lives were spared by the late explosion, have all re
sumed their employment.
IRELAND.
• The Ulster Railway.—The works between Bel
fast and Loshurn itre fast approaching .couroplyt,on.
A single lone of rails is now permanently laid along
the whole distance, and the " ballasting" all but fin.
„tehed Poor splendid carriages (one of them of the
first clasa, and a really magnificent article,) as well
as a very powerful locomotive engine, no attract
crowds tif vistiers to the terminus at Glengall Place.
We hope, in a few days, to be able to announce the
tome at which this important work will be open.
, krafui Occurrence —On Saturday week, while
Mr. Jones the ha trieter was holding the quarter nes_
sions in Hillsborough court house, an awful event
took place. An old man (orthe name of Traynor, we
believe) had been processed to the previous Newry
sessions for the seduction of a youcg girl, and had
been deoreed - topay Ore sum Of XS 10a. The ex
tent of the barrister's jurisdiction was then .£lO.
but owing to the carcurnriances of Traynor, the a
bove sum XS 10s. only was decreed to the p o.ecm
tor. When tins witnesa was proving the fact of the
agreement, and of Traynor's, stood up and wild,
"That is false." These were the last words spoken
by the unfortunate_man, for he was instantly smit
ten dead, and Fall forward on his face. He was ear
ned out, and - medical assistance instantly had, but
allot vain—life was utterly extinct. A coroner's
- Myles' was held upon the body, and the jury re
turned a virdirt of" Died by the visitation of God "
The body of the unfortunate man was tinned, in
Hillsborough burial ground, the following day.
,
Twelfth July.—We have lately travelled through.
the greater part of the northern counties, and have
been over westward to silo, and we have not wit
nessed the slightest manifestations of party feeling,
nor have - we seen any preparations for a party dis
playlon 12th init. On the contrary we base learned
Heat the Orange party have expressed themselves
very muck pleased with the recent proclamation of
the Lord Lieutenant.- It is highly gratifying to ua
to bear our personal testimony to the peaceable and
kindly feeling towards each other, by every class of
the community, over seven or eight 'counties of the
north of Ipslatd. We now speak orthe improved
state of aociety..from what we Dave seen, and from
`what we have heard.
Singular Case of Life prolonged with - out food,—
Agnes Doeherty wife of Farrah Gallagher. weaver
in Prestwick, aged 65, died on Suriday morning,
last, the 7th instant, of a closing up of the gullet'
•just about where it entera into the stomach. For a
'long lime past she had experienced a difficulty in
swallowing any solid food; ai.cl for 1.5 weeks previ
ous lo,the cimiing up of the passage she was supported
on milk andtmater alone, with occasionally • little.
whiskey made into toddy. The passage chilled'
completely up on the 14th or 15th of June last, and
wince that no sustenance of ane description passed
into the stomach, and every attempt to adrnintater
nourishment in any other way entirely failed. The'
sensation of hunger, which was very strongly, en
tirely ceased on the closing of the passage, and for
23 or 24 days she continued in that state, tree. not
only truin pain, but grow en; otaar bodily asbneat
AND 00iTIS* . iLLE G NERA I. •A D
Weekly by Benjamin Bauman,- Palls-vine, *ehayikill Coanty , Pennsylvania!
SATURDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER.2B. 1.839.
whatever.'. The vitality of the body being sustained
tor that length crf . time solely by its own internal I
resources, and that too when these resource!' have I
been greatly attenuated' and exhausted by the com
parative starvat'on of five or six months precedinz.
The only uneasiness fait was a sensetion of heat in
the throat which was from time to time allayed by
yivallowing a inouthful.of cob; water. which, hosier.
er, she could never retain . beyond a few seconds,
when it waathrown up again. This, together with
latterlv an occasional nionitening ofthe palms of the
hand wbh water when she felt inclibed to faint, watt
the only external source from which, and that by
absorptiuMmerely, it was possible she could receive
nourishment for the last three weekp of her life.—
She ail along was in a very, happy keine of placid
and Christian resignation, and it is ir. compliance
pith her own humble request that.tftis account was
made public.
Scotland —Lett. rn are eloquent in praise of the
weather, end the appsa ranee of the growing. crops ;
the former has been unusually (aim irable to vegeta.
tion, and as ■natural consequence the latter obtain
ed a degree of luxurance truly gratity.ing. Wheat.
we are assured,though somewhat thin on the ground
in the more northern districts, promises on the whole
to yield at least an average quantity ; and' appear
antes are - stated to be equally favourable, as regards
other grain; .partmularly Oats. The masked bas
under these circumstances become exceedsngly dull,
and although the supplies from the grosprs has
been very small, previous prices have been with dif
ficulty maintained.
The triennial general meeting of the Scotch Bpi*
copal Friendly Society was held here, in the .Vestry
Riibin of St. Andrew's Chapel, on Weeffieediry-the
lUth July, fot the purpose of examining the stale of
the tunds, and electing a c ee and office bear
.era fur manageing the affairs of the Setiely for three
years next ensuing. The funds appear to be in a
highly &wishing state, and everything connected
with the affairs of Society such as to give full'satis.
faction to the members prevent. Time object of this
society, at set forth ro the preamble. to its rules and
articles, •• for the sole purpose of assising and estab
fishing a fund for the relief of such of the members
-thereof and the members afterwards to be admitted;
and, prhspeetively, fur the r. lief or such of the mem—
bers themselves a. may be in indigent circumstances..
A Fact for the Consideration of the 'Chancellor of
the. Exchequer.—A geu , !einem residing in Perth
wrote the other day to a person in Edinburgh re- -
garding some matter of business; and the todividu
al to whom the letter was addressed instead of re
plying through the same channel (the Post. Office')
came in Person to Perth by the steamers, the fare of
which aitiounted. 115 serenisence, while the postage of
a letter would have cost a half penny.nurre!!!
Ounfermiirie.—.l n consequence of the outfage corn
muted a few days ago at Idelbeath Colliery, and the
threatening aspect which tbe Charliat aoldters have
assumed, the Sheriff-Depute thought it necessary to
order a party oh Dragoons from Piershill Barracks,
to preserve the peace of the town and neighbourhood.
Accordingly, on Saturday morning, two troops lett
the barracks by the way of Queenaferry, when one
proceeded to Perth and the other, ♦;'insisting of more
'than thitty men, arrived here; The officer to COM-
Inand"was immediately waited upon by Sbertff-De
pute Colville, and Mr. M'Dunald, the Procurator
Facet, for the purpose of arranging as to the best
mode of acting under the circumstances. •• Upon
personal ifiquiry, we regret to and that so much of
the spirit of intiinidation and revolt exists among
this portion of the/ community—antlmidation that
threatens the destruction abut& lite rod property,
and revolt against all 'kw and good order ; but we
sincerely hope that the good sense and Intelligence
of the inhabitants of Dower inline, aided by the pres
once of the military, will prevent any further at
tempt at murder or fire raising. The authorities
have offered a high reward for the conviction of the
individual who attempted, by shooting, the murder
of one of the overseers of the colliery.
Orailkology.—At the commencement of the past
week, some scores of those migratory birds, called
starlings, were seen at. Llanbedrog and Llanengan
in this county.; the above circumstance is very ex
traordinary ■t this season of the year. as we never
knew starlings to visit this part of the country' be
lure Michrellnas. It may not be generally known
to the loveLs of ornithology, that a Hock of another
species °Migratory birds called, fielaiires, have
been seen all tq'e year wand for upwards of twenty
years, at a plantation at Llatibedrog, and nestle and
breed there at the present season.
Poo/lheli.—On Wednesday morning Weight, this
town and neighbourhood were visited by a terrific
glom of wind and rain which lasted, with little in.
iermission, until the following' Friday morninir, and
eau-i d ..straordinary great floods in the rivers- near
the town. The Abererch embankment bridge, now
updergoing repairs, is encompassed with a dam, the .
fresh water being let out thry .gh a trough near the
bridge, which unfortunately_ was made considerably
too aniall, and -which caused the water above the
bridge to rise several feet higher than usual. Early
tin Friday morning the water broke into the dam,.
although great esertions.were made to prevent it,
and soon filled the place, which of coulee did borne
damage, but it was prevented from breaking thru.'
On the other side.- During the shove time the water
gradually rose higher, and inundated the whole of
the flat grounds between the embankment and Aber
erch village; some families were obliged to leave
their home~, as part
_of their lurnat.re wereAoating
in their, houses, the crops of several fields of curn,
hay, potatoes, and a large nursery were greatly dam
aged. On Monday-morning last, it was bond ne
cessary to make a breach in the embankment, for
the purpose of letting out the fresh water, and on
Thursday 1t was supposed to be reduced to about ',Ls
. former level.
el Clergyman Drowned.—The Reif. J. Foulkes
was drowned al Wiabeach, in Cambridgeshire, ou
the 20th ull.
yr. j
P, oafs of the
Extraordinary Vegetal* owe, of the
Sea Sand in' Morecambe Bay. oppossie ardaley.
The lidlowiug practical letter inn , afford sweat
hints to Agriculturalists en - the sea coast in Wales:
On Saturday the 6th July, 1 cameo-a-quantity of
sea sand to be carted out of Morecambe kt.iy from a
piece beloW Chapel „bland, opposite to Bardrea, a
bmit a mile from Furness shore. 'The sea sand had
been, less than an hour previously, covered a consid
erable depth by the tide, and contained several cock
les sod other ribell-fish COMMIE' in the Hay ; it was
then immediately placed in .pits or beds, 15 inches
in depth, in my garden, and at :nice sown, without
Manure or admixture of any kind, just, in fact. in
the state it was, taken from the' Bay, with wheal,
barley. peasrmuitard, cress, and radish seed, ilot
Tuesday morning the mustard, cress, and radish
seed had sprouted. This morning, being Thursday
morning, no more than five days from the formation
of the beds of sand, .1 find the whole ottbe seeds have
begonjo vegetate ; the mustard, cress, and radishes
have thrown oat a considerable length of root whilst,
what is most extraordinary, the shell fish are even
yet quite alive ; —thus we have wheat, barley, peas,
mustard, cress, and radishes al! growing, and cock
les and other shell fi.h in .a living state in one and
the same bed of sea sand ! Should any one be at
all increduloni as to the truth of this statement, he
can easily try the experiment himself; an ordinary
flower-dot filled with sea sand and taken out of the
- Bap,and sown with alMost every kind of meads,
would at once pat the matter to Abe lest. I beg
farther to add, that the common hiy seeds Sewn by
me in October last an•beds of sea sand sunder to the
above, and treated wall ia the mews way, him
SCOTLAND
WALES.
now grown to the extraordinary height of 3 feet 61
Inches.
Some srbeat sown about Christmas last (now iu
ear) 3 feet 9 inches.
barley, ditto . 3 feet 3 toebec
Peas sown about April list (in full
flower; 3 feet.
Beans sown about April last (pods
Lompletely formed' 3.feet 2 Indus.
J ant, sir. your olltdiert servant,
Carte, July 11, 1839. . J.' 9.
P. S.—The farmers all round the Bay of More
cat.nbe, in forming composts for their wheat and
barley croon, tine of
Sca sand about 26 carts (one horse carte) 1
'
Lime about 4 carts. per stmt.
Manure 10 Cam, (1,1 manure) ote acre.
We have the authority of Sir Humphrey Davy In
elating that Lime ought not to be mixed with ani
mal manure, as the lime centralises the manure ;
yet we fiq quently see this practiced in Shropshire
and other counties. Another waste of-manure is ob.
r-viutta every day. Toe rains are 'permitted to wash
' away l.cim the farm yard the very essence of the
manure In a liquid state, and . leaving the straw al
must worthless.
Courteous Correspondence.-1' ny are gueer peo
ple in Pennsylvania, and have the queerest ways of
managing their public affairs, at least—we do not
know how it is with Their private arrangements.—
bat Harrishfirgh riot of theirs, from first to last, has
been one of the most incomprehensible proceedings
that "Caine off' in any civilized country.—While the
riot itself was in progress, we tried in vain to come
at a clear understanding of its whys and wherefores;
and the same cloud of mystery stills seems to hang
over the consequent legal proceedings. In another
column will be found a. letter, setting fount' the
grounds on which an indictment against the !hirers
has been miashed; but after reading it two or three
umes over, we can arrived at no conclusion in the pre
mises except that the Pennsylvanians are queer peo
ple, and have very queer fasnions of managing their
.public affairs.
I'he latest specimen of their oddity: is the annexed
correspondence, between certain jurors of Alleghe
ny County and the depot) , attozney-general, athich
we find in the National Gazette of yesterdai.—
Wla rt•the.dtffroulty is between the parties we are not
informed.
Pr-manses; August 20, 1829.
Henry C. Moorhead, Eaq., D. A. G.
Dear sir—The undersigned, members of the tra
verse A jury which has this morning been discharged.
having had a good opportunity of observing the man
ner in which you have itransacted the business of
the Commonwealth during the se s sion on which we
have been in attendance, feel in duty bound to in
form you that we have Arrived at the.conclusion that
you are entirely incompeteat to discharge the duties
of your office, and that the interest of the county of
Allegheny imperiously demands YoiteiesHignatton or
removaL
. •
While we.feel bound thus to state nur opinion of
you as an o.ticer,
.we cheerfully acknowiede that
our opinion of you as a genUcnwn is favorable, and
Will be mach heightened, i. you will speedily comply
with what by thia - time you must know to be, not the
wishes of the jury merely, but of the people general
ly, who have been in attendance at the Court.
in Vb nung thus to yourself we cannot think it ne
cessary to refer to particular cruses in which, through
your incompetency or neglect, the county has been
saddled with casts, or guilt, persons been permitted
escape punishment.
Very respectfully, &.c., •
[Signed by 19 jurors.]
To which aka deputy answered :
Pyr-rssuauu, Aug. 23, 1839.
Geiritleman,Your communication hsa been re
ceived. - I have only to regret that you had 'out the
magnanimity and moral courage to offer your insult
openly and before you werodtscharged, as I should
wen have had the pleasure of pitying my respects to
you in person.
Your letter comes to me u the act of ail whose
names are attached to it—though I have learned from
one of yourselves, Srst it was proposed by a single
inaiviilual, drawn by him, and awned at his request
—in some cases at his argent whchahoa.
I L eve you for the present, gentlemen, to the in
dulgence of those noble aenticuents: which your
high-minded act must necessarily inspire.
I have the honor to be, gentleuseit, -
Your most obedient servant,
HENRY C. MOORHEAD.
To Messrs. Philip Doan, Alexander Stewart,
and others, Travers Jurors.
Not to be behind the jurors in politeness, the de
puty sent the correspondence to the press with the
following note—
To the Editors of the Pittaburgher :
lientlemen, You will oblige me, .11 publishing
the following billet dour and my respond.
Its only a Drop..
111 NHS, S. C. HALL
[Larry, as the reader will readily guess, is Ellen's
'Bachelor,' as they say in lrelsixl. lie has called at
her brother Michael's cut, on the errand upon which
bachelors, who have sense enough to he saved, are
wont to call.)
Larry was a good .tradesman, Wythe and 'well to
do' ip the world ; 4111 d had it not been for one great
fault—an inclination to take the demlt taste in life'
more' when he had already taken quite enough—
there could nut have been found a better match for
good, excellent EUeu Murphy, in the whole kingdom
of Ireland. When 'supper was tiniatied, , the everlas
ting whiskey bottle wits produced, and Ellen resum
ed her knitting. After a time, Larry pressed his suit
to Michael for the industrious hand of his sieter,,
thinking, doubtless, with the natural self-conceit of
all nutakind, that he was perfectly secure with Ed
len; but though Ellen loved, like ill my fair country
women, well, she loved, I am sorry to say, unlike
the generality of my fair country woman, wisely, and
reminded her lover that she had seen him itdukics
ted at the last fair of klathcooliii,
• 'Deer Ellen !' be exclaimed, was 'only a drop'
—the least taste' in life that overcame Me. It over
took me unknownat, quite against my
oet ho poured it down yer throat, Larry
'Who poured it down my throat is a why tny-sell.
to be sure;'nut are you going to put me to a three
months' penance for that
'Larry, will you listen: to me, and remember that
the man I marry must be converted before we stand
before the priest. I have no faith whatever in con
versions
'Oh, Ellen !' interrupted her lover.
'les no use oh EUesting lie; she answered quick
ly ; I've made my resolution and I'll stick to it.'
as obstimie as tea glom r Aakt bet broth,
sr, • •There's no use in attempting to contradict her
I,she always has had her own way.'
*!es very cruel of you 'Elle,n, not to listen do eras
-0.13. 1 tell 'you. table-spoou full will often upset
IMM
•lf you know that Larry, why do you take the ta
hk..apoouttal 1' t-
Larry could not reply to this- question. He could
fitly plead that the drop got the better oPhitn, and
the temptation, and the oreretnniognatit of the Hung.
and At was very hard to be at bun so about a
trine.
. •I can never think a thing ,a trifle, ; she observed,
•that makes you so unlike yourself ; I should wish to
respect you alwsys, Larry, and in my heart I .Itclieve
no woman ever could respect -a drunkard: I. don't
want to make yob angry ; God turbid you should ev.
-er he-one, and d know you are not even one yet ; but
sin grows mighty strongapon us without our knowl•
edge. And no matter what indulgence leads to bad ;
we've a right to think anything that does lead to it
sinful in the prospect, if not at the present.'
'You'd have made a fine priest, Ellen,' said the
young man, determinedif he could not reason,
laugh her oat . of her resolve.,
•I dou't she replied, archly, •if I Was a
priest that either of you would have liked to conic to
me to confession.'
•Bat Ellen, dear Ellen, ore it'a not in positive
downright earnest you are ; you can't thing - rot put:
ling me off on account of that unlucky drop, tbe kard
drop in life I took at the fair. You cob nut find
iu your heart.--Speak forme, Michael, spick fur me.
But I see it's joking you are. Why, Lent 11 be on
us in no time, and.then we must wait till Easter—
it's easy talking.'
•Larry, interupted Ellen, 'lo not talk yt urself in
to a passion.; it will do no good ;none in the world.
I am sure iron love me, and I confess befoie my broth
er it will be the delight of my heart to return that
love, and mske.myself worthy of ynq, if you- will on-.
ly break yourself of that one habit, which you quali
fy to your Own undoing, by fancying, :because the
least taste us life makes you whet you ought not to
be, that you may still take it,' •
trlLtake an oath against the whiskey, if that will
please you, till Chrismas.'
'And listen Cluiamas comes, ge. twice as tipsy as
ever, with joy to.thmkyour oath ,is outno !
I'll snare any thing you : plaiie
don't want you to aware at all; there is no use
in a man .taking an oath he is anxious to have a
chance of.breaking, I want your reason to be con
vinced.'
'Prove it by abstaining from taking even a drop,
even the least drop in Gfe, if that drop can make you
ashamed to look your poor Ellen in the face.' •
'l'll give it up altogether.'
4 hope -you will one of these days, from a convic
tion that it,is really .bad.ia every way ; but not from
cowardice, nut because you dare not trust your
self. '
Ellen, I'm sure yeve same English Wood in yer
veins, ye're such a reasoner. Irish women don't of
ten throw a toy off because of a drop, if they did, it's
not maxiy marriage dues his Reverence vr,tutil have,
wmtor or summer.'
'Listen to me, Larry, and believe, that thurigh I
apake this way, I regard you truly ; and it I .did not;
I'd not take the trouble to tell you my mind.'
-Lae Mick Brady's wife, who, whenever she
thrardied him, cried over the blows, and said • the)
were all for. his good,' observed her brother silly.
'Nonsensel—hsten to nie,J say. and I'.II tell you
why I run so resolute. It's many a long day since,
going to school, 1 used to meet—Michael minds her
too, I'm sure—an old bent woman ; they used to call
her the Witch of BalLighton. Stacy- was, as I have
said, very old, entirely withered and white headed,
and nearly double with age, and the .used to be ever
and always muddling about the streams and ditches
gathering herbs and plaute, the girls sui.l to work
charms with ; and at first they used to watch, .rather
tier off, and if they thought they had a good chance
of escaping her tongue and the stones she ,flung at
th.m, they'd call her an ill name or two, and some
times, old as she was, she'd make a spring at them
sideways, like A, crab, and howl, andhout, and scream.
and then they'd be off like a Ruck of pigeons from a
hawk, and she'd go on disturbing the green-coated
water' with her crooked stick, and muttering words
which none, if they heard, could understand. Stacy
bad been a *rill-reared woman, and new a dale more
than any of us ; when not tormented by the children.
she was mighty well spokeri, and the gentry thought
a dale about her mone.than she did about them ; for
she'd say there wasn't one in the country fit to•tie
her'shoe, and tell them so, too, if they'd call herany
thing but Lady Stacy, which the rate gently of the
place all humored her in hut the .upstarts, who
think every civil word Au an inferior is pulling down
their own dignity, would turn op.thsir noses as they
passed her, and may be she dind t bloke them
for it.
One day Mike had come home before me. and,
aiming down the back. bobreen, who should I see
Moving along but Lady Stacy,; .and on she came
muttering and mumbling to herself till she got near
me, and as she did, I beard Muter Nixon (the dog
man's)' hound in full cry, and seen him at her heels,
and he over ILe hedge, encouraging the baste to tear
her to pieces. The dog was soon up with her, and
they she kept him off as well as she could with her
crutch, cursing the entire time, and I Was Very fright
ened, but I darted to herside, and, with a wattle .1
pulled out of the hedge, did my best to keep him
off her.
Master Nixon mused at me with all his -heart. but
I wasn't to beturned oil' that way. Stacy herself,
laid about with her staf f but the ugly . I rule would
have finished her, only for me. 1 dout suppose Nix
on meant.thst, but the dog was savage, and some
men, like him, delight in cruelty. Well, I beat the
dog off; and then I had to help the poor fainting.
woman.for she wai both faint and hurt. I didn't
much like bringing her here, for the people said she
wasn't lucky; however, she wanted help, and I gave
it. When I got her on the flour,t I thought a drop
of whiskey would revive her, and, accordingly I of
fered her a glass. 1 shall never forget the venom
with which she dashed it to the round.
'Do you warnio poison me,' she shouted. 'after
saving my Ida.' 'W.hen ails came to heraelf a little.
.she made me sit down
. by hclr side, and i ti t t i l n ut her
s
large grey ores npon my face, she kept ft her
body backwards and forwards while she spoke, as
well as I cartiemember—what try to tell you—
but I can't , tell it as she did—that wouldn't be in na
ture. 'Phut, able 'aid, as& bee ayes fixed in my
"Taxicethets}eLece se call game time ago hs ire
ireetee t j ceihtoted the dull est dogs.
tin 'be **Mk
. .
L uce, •I wasn't always a poor Mile deader, that edit -
ry ruffian ;who walks the country darcket his cur elf.
There Was kttil. amil , plenty •in tny Littharia home
whoa I was young, but befbre 1 grew up to IrOatanits
ly velate,•ite walls were hare and roams. What -
made them imi—drink! whiakeyl ' lify Tether WWI ,
in debt; to-kill thought, helium' to. keep liummlf eh,
that be court nut think r he wanted the courage of
a man to look his danger and difficulty in , the face,.
acid overcome it; for, Ellen, mind my welds. Oa.
Luau that will look debt. and Muter steadily in the
face, and (resolve to overcome them, can fin sr/.
- He had trearmesurc„ he said, to educate his children'
as nervous, them ; he 'rpm nut to hate weans tOftna, '
them or their poor patient mother the proper new
saries of life, yet he mood the means to keep this
whiskey cask flowing, -and to answer the bailiff's
Knocks fur adatimuna by the loud roar of drunken- :i
neat, mad es it Was wicked. They gut Au as last„id
spite of the rare taken to keep them out„futa that*
was much flghting...ay, and blood spilt, -Urn not tli...
death ; and while the riot was a-foot, and we . were
crying round the death bed of,A dying mother. wham
was he I—they had raised a ten ;paha& cask of Whitt:
key on the mole in the p ,rlor, and astride on it tat,
my lathe,: flourishing the huge pewter funnel Wont&
hand, and the black jack. streamitig with, vi hitiduly, ilt
the other.; and amid- the fumes of hot . punch tha t 1
,fioweti over the rourn„and the cries and oaths of the .
lighting and drocken company, his voice was heard -
swearing, , he had Imml like a king, and would dis
like a king.' ' .
-And your poor mother?-' - I asked. - •
~
.Ti.ank God, she died that night—she died,buforat
worse came; she died on the bed that before her •
corpse was cold,
n was dragged from under her— .
through. the strong drink - ---through the 'badness of
' him who ought to herb saved her ; not that ha was
w f bad ti -ember, when the whisker bad no poster
omlr h is but he could not bear his own reflections.
And his nd soon CRU came .. He charm die like a king;
he died lured in a ditch, where he-fell ;41..644 '1,4
and was in the presence of Grai—how I , 'Oh. them ,
are,things that have had whiskey as their beginning
anti the it end that make me as wad's ever it made
him ! The man takes a drop, and forget* Wings:-
ring family .; -the Woman take...it, sterforgent she is
il mother and a wife. At's the curse of In:laitil-;--a
RiVerer, blacker, deeper, 'curse than ever ietd Ind oft
it fli ; foringii power or hard-made laws!'
.dad bless •us !` wsul;Larry's halt-breathed elem.
Luta •
NO. 39.
•I only repeatould siltse ) 'ir words,' said Ellen,!you
see I never forget them." '•l'ou might think,' she
contintod, 'that I bad hid warning enough to keep
me from having any thing to say to those who were
too fond of drink, and I thought I had ; but, some
how,
Edward Lambert got round me with his sweet
words, and I was alone and unprotected. I knew
he had a little fondness "for the drop; but in
young, handsome, and gay-hearted, with bright
and sunny It iii, tt d4l not seem like the horrid thik
which had madf nil shed no tear over ray father's
gave. Think of that, young girl : the'-drink does'n
make a man a beast at.first,hut it, will do solieforti .
it is done with him—it will do so before it's done -
with him. I had enough power over Edward, . and
enough mdmory of the past, to make hint swear r .
gaiust it, except so much and at Such time, and for
a while he was very particular; hut one used to en
tice him, and another used to entice him, and I am
not going to say 'but I might have managed him tit..
.ferently I might have got him oft it—gettly, May'
bed; but the pride got the'better uf.use,audlthousbd -
of the lice I ,carne,of; and how I had married him
who was'n't my equal, and such nensence, which al l .
ways breeds disturbance betwixt married people; and
I used to rave, when, may be, it would- have been
wiser if 'I had mooned. Any way, things dni'nt go
smooth—not that he neglected his employment; hs
was industrious, and sorry enough when the fault
was done ; sttll he would come home often the Worse
fir drink—ind nowt/tat he'..s.dtmti and gone, and no
finger is stretched ,to me butt in scorn or hatred;
I think maybe I might 'Uwe done better; hut, God
defend me, the tad was hard to bear.' .oh, boys r
said Ellen, you had only heard her voice when
she said that, .sad seen her face—poor ould Lodi,
Stacy, n.i wonder di,' hated t h e drop, no wonder she
dashed dawn the
'You kept this mighty close, Ellen,' said Mike, •I
never heard it before.'
.1 did not like coming over it,' she, replied.; ••the
last is hard to . tell.' The girl turned pale while she
spoke. and Lawrence gave her a cup bf water. •It
must be told,' she said; •the death of her fat her.
proved the effects of deliberate drunkenness. W hat
I have to say, shows what may happen from being
even once - unable to think or act.'
4 had one child,' mull Stacy, •one, a darlint, blue.
eyed, laughing j never save any so, handsoine;
never knew any so good. She was almost three
years mild, and he was fond of her—he said be was,
but its a quare fondness that destroys what it ought
to save. It was the Pattern of Lady .day, and well
I knew that Edward would not return as be went
he said he would ; he almost swore he Would ; but
the promise or a mail given to drink has no more
strength in it than a rope of gaud. I took sulky, ant
woultrut go; if I bad, may be it would not have.,..,
ended so. The eveuingke'rime on, and I thought my
b .by breath( d hard in her cradle, I took the candle
and went mar to look at her ; her little face was red;
and when I laid my. cheek close to her bpi so as nor
to touch them, but to feel her breath, it was hot—
very hot ; she tossed her aims; and they were dry.
and bu-ning. The - measles were about the ciatintry,,
and I was frightened for my child. It was only
halt a mile to the doctor's; I kney ever fait of the
road ; and so leaving the door on the latch I resolved
to tell him how my darlint was, a uti thought I should
be back before my husband's return. Grew you may
be sure, dident grow ueder my fi et. I ran with alf
speed, and was'nt kept long. the doctor said-,-thotilft',
it Seemed long to me. The moon was down when
I came home, though the night was fine. The Cab.
in we lived in was in i hollow.; but when I was on
the bill, and looked down where I knew it stood a
dark mass, I thought 'saw a white light fog Coming .
. out of it , I rubbed my eyes and darted forward as a
wild pirtl,fliesto its nest when it hears the scream Of
the hawk in the heavens. When I reached the door,
,
I s tW4i was open ; the fume cloud came Out of
sureVugh, white and thick ; blind withq ) hat antt
terror together, I rushed to my child's cradle. I
fond my way to that, in spite of the burning and
smothering. But Ellen— Ellen Murphy, my
the rosy child whose breath had, been hot on my
cheek only afittle while before, she was .nothing but
cinder, Mad as
. 1 felt I saw how it Was in a minute.
mime
The father bed me home, as I 'expected ;he had`
gone teethe cradle to look at his child, acid dropped
the : candle into the straw, :and linable to 'speak or
stand, had fallen down, and asleep on the floor,' not.
two yards from my child. Oh, how I flew to the- '
doctor's with what had been my baby,:' I tore across
the country like a banshee; I laid it in his arms ;
told him if he didn't put life in it, I'd destrorhisw•
and his houee. He-itiought me mad ; forAtene was
no — timith, either cold ea hot, coming froil int lips
then. I eriuld'ut in - death.; (hare trios aoth
i hp of my child% to firiss—:4hib4 of that I
snatched it from, where the doctor had laid it
cursed him., for be looked -with diegobt at my putty'
child.. The whole r'fight long I wandered in the
woods-of Newlownbarry with that burden - at my
heart." •
.13ut her busfisna, her brisband inquired Lirry
in sweats of horror L 'what becime, of him I—did
she harts him is the burning without o gli ng bi to to
bianself •
sada her,• •
Memeted Ellen ; 4 and abe told
me that her shrieks she supposed rouged him from
eidiecat*tt iF 'obi* hilt jar thetailemigifi