=EN ~~ M II - TerssuT , Two DO L L * . advance. it not pal W . 14 'dialed. • '- . ''' ' ~. lICr 1 1 4 4 4: 641 . . 1 1 ed 33 cent:tents.. . •'r Advectisements a cbamed $ : toitliree ie. insetuen. ...Larger° - All Alfvertierments ill unless the ume for !hit specified, and will been . yeirly advertisers wit including pabocription . to of keeping one adveriise st incfng daft's' the rat, °le in ell paper fot sit *lllet rs od .0 dly.. to , o eit no iitteatidn ork '4 , .fil nouces for meeting t . e,heretoforo beef to . cents tmcb.excepottat 1 ,1 301,4 1 e m, hiti .nu.'l2'- iL lial ia- I- -_ .111,4#the •;weene& I! i. 1 1, `they ain't* ,be ett'aceisrlingii. I ' be charged eit'a .1 iviti. ent itn t . meth ndlhe insertion n . intenessive timt the editor must be post pied 111 be-pat SI Ull Ahern. I. &Au and ether notices which netted "grails. will be charged tagesend-Dr2ths,, :. - 10-,enetpliteu. C4iscksi Cards. Bats of Andenrand Ilandbilityjoery iplae, neatly printedal air °Ace al (hp Eared aces 11. E Sc susiauta.t+N NA TIIEPI I / I .A.D MON LINEI. OPPOS 4 11 • - •,:e.V.:•AP ,Jll ;La 'TR itiST E LY I BY illeadikkw' Rail Road, •-• • • • , •a • re, 'Pottsville • and Danville MAIL RO•ID I ,A N D 'NEW PFIST COACHES. Readin#, l'olistnlk, Port Carbon, C o oper's, Skunoktn, Sunbury, Nortbudaberiand, and Cattalsissa. TiIItOUOIL BY D v-Li(al r.. E I THE Subacrtberslhaving made arrangements to m. form this note) do connection with the flatly Line of PoU, Sheller, Pinney, 4 co. on its arrival in Pottsville from Philadelphia. for the puipove of trativporupg passengetrs from Philadelphia to the Smapiehanna, thrOugh the StlitelOttle COAL riming. have started a Tr', Woekly Line of Antgeo, to leave Pottsville on 110 D YS, W E:FS? tYS, AND PRI 1:111 YS, immediately on the arrival of the PhiladrAohC4 Op p1i1 , 1 , 1011 Line, at 3, o'clock. and proceed to COOP. Ert.S., where two lined will branch off. one going to SttillOKlN. where it will arrive at 8 o'clock, ana the p vonmirers after sleepong there. will arrive at Pisces Hotel, in Street:Mt. and Lee's R art, at Nnernurece -1.011). early obit morning, in time to ukke the Pick et Boats The other met from Cooper's, will proceed to Brody'slH4rl, at CA IIeAWIeSA, where it will arrive att d I:P . a.:lt'll. tn ;tine to take the Coach in Bloomahorg, Berviicki, and Towanda. pieavengers will leave NOtTIIOIII - at 8 o'clock m the mor4ing, and the Darin ol the POTI , VILLE I ntitt tiIAVVIL RAIL Roan at Son, bury at hilt pact 9, proceed to Sirairogiv ihr dinner and arrive the siote evening at PorrWmt...k. From CA rr tivia,a) Returning : 0 5.......t0geis w ill leave. at 9 A. 11.. at Ca ,pe.eand rea, h Ports. :ILIA to inter. 'et, the neat morning's (pperoutor. •Coach W Plidad.dplita. ItATES FARE. From Ptili.d'a nheo' to Northumbeiland, $5,110 to. do to Catt 6,00 • Pottsville to Spohof, (Broad Mt ) 50 • do . o Coop, rya. do to Shamokin, do j to Sunbury, via Pottsville & Danville It a 3 do to Northumberland, • do to Catiawia4a. 11'08 KR & Co. V.:amok-in. Jt ) 4 . EP II li I'4 %lEI. A, Co Pottsville. JOSEP (I PAX PON St. Co Callatotssa PROPRIETORS. For Seats in Philadelphia, apply at Sanderson's lintel, 4th St, Moont Vernon Douse, 2d St., Con greet Ball. 3d St:, united States lintel and Marshall House, Chesnut Street. LT 4. dadg line will shortly tmesrablished on the sb6ve rpuie. Pottsville, June 19 EXCHANGE HOTEL, POT TS V ILL& • PI ititana G. Johnson ii AS to en this commodious establish F. .4 I mein reieeittly occupied b y Weaver. rue ^ Nattortil Doiel," corner of Centre grid CaU mill street.S. and has materially improved As arrangement Im.r line accommodation of customers. The situation to Wensaint and central. beitg minim units Lathe Post D;ficis ant Town.ti.ll, and in the business part of th.e ! boinugh ; and three Daily Lines of Stages arrive sod depart from the Exchange to and from Reading, !Ziorthu:nberl.ind. Danville arid Catiawis.sa 1 PRIV S. !ILI ES .win desire spending.the summer month; it the Gla I Region will be turnished with parlour* and ehaiuners calculited to please the fancy and rcndr{r4erenlortabte the most fastidious guests; and IritA , VILLILEIIi will always find those accommodations !which are most desired. and the -strict attention ofservants. It mere superfluous to say twat his TABUS and BAR will always be furnished we h . the choicest stand* and liquors ; and with a wish and exertions to gratify his guestis he antic,pates the patronage of the public. Pottsville, aprd 13. 4213') Wifely LialikPg, OF the best e..tr.st rilt`ison, and most a o e roved kind also makes ben gi uses to old lamp++, and other, epaite4l,ne at and subsi,ribtn'% Clock and Watch? Makei Shop, in Centre street, Pot Jane JOiEr II CO lI,TS%VORTti. l 'BARGAIN. Fos. Sisk or tit , • 7jXCF;Egfo goal Ladd, with Weigno,s, chutes • ‘P.iereenze, ['pared:no, &c., all in complete order for working, hasin&3 good VeinA open, situated near Alicktleport slid known as the Lean JJ Bull Traci. Fur terms apply to J A Mai IN. BEAT ry, Pottsr;tli, or JAtr , ol3 PETERS, Philadelphia. Jkar.igiseca-ol Jacob Bull dt Co. Kara' 23 ; 112—tf A CARD. Pen#sylvania /all BEFECT.9RY• • JOELIi• SILI*.ER, , fTR OPR I E r 4., Respectfully requests his friends and eneunners will accept bie stoners thanks the great ettetsoragetomt he ha' received from them since be orned the above establishment. ut la tlust tit request, J. S takes the oppurtuni ty' to au:Sarni thsa he boo mode extensors arrange mento for the Siaintel• Basin:es-a. and aria corretsui• ly he supplied with all thedelicacies and articles which the phdo-.loit Market can afford daring the Summer Semoord. • . . i . At I N ES. • , • CR& Videria friar; pe -\ l\notee. 200 is. Pelt Slew/icy, da. • 200 is. Brawal sr* • da. 200. do. Pert,l4, . is. 2 00' , de. /Astral; 4. - da. 100 = trasiapsigae iioary Cis - ce. 200 . .2 00 is. 0= - a. . 1200 do. ' Viittoria, - . 200 da. Waimea*, - d. 200 Pepper's, Sat tVa, and Ambers X X.,Pale file on brocight. A- 'Wags always in readines s fat att,sper parties, &W., add those who call sway Okiiect to meths every Oblation: " a July 6, • 27 --tf feat • aims lliataltrij the 121fte . ors' 'to .`the '• Guard-Ac oars' iiiateli tont'plain ton Weillueaday , afternoon from Putney down to"Pattxtrall tij'''Hiti IDffiaini of the Gjaards, whieliNhtif gallsntlyl anctelodely coo tested thioughoeit. " leordapiniSeent and many oth. er noblemen ad gentlemen aectimeinii4 the con tending *lie ,ant the match excited much inter est minuet the . ' At steelier ()detain lindsitin and i. i Powell, Esqhient off withi the lead which they a t a a ta d to Wands ' • - - • Captain Spent.. woo algid Celina ' amilton 7 bea t idly ""drew the draft" • thi .. Citing/ed. closely 'by . plain Cart. wrigfilos ho, a ' Battersea Cleurakacenk t e advanced positio re n.) Th latter gentlemeitionti • .eil in the i i foremost stati c 403118 distance dative the each, but were unable to hold it, fur 'Captd. Spotti , bode & Hamilton suceerded in skein going ahead, ace they ultimateltwon the match. A better and more interesting sir gle.cannot well be imagined. The t r ib con.ending ge tlemen and their firiends aflerwatds repaired to -Red House to 'dinner, which was served up in V right'a usual excellent style. Se pleasantly imilannyirally was the time passed, that it was late beftine the festive board was deserted. f'e/ilical betel:el/it —The borough of Hun in the reign ot Chattels 11. chine Andrew Marvell, a young gentleman of Rile or, no fortune, and maintained 'um in Lnndoi for the service of . the pobtu.' Dia understrnbleng, integrity and spirit were dreadful to ' the then influent's administration., Persuaded that ho would be theirs for properly liking, they sent his old, school fellow, the Lord Treasurer Danby, to renew the acquaintance with him in hi garret.— At parting, the Len d Treasurer out ot po action, slipped into,,his band an order upon the reasury few LOGO sod then went to his 'char t. arvell --.... 1 . looki gat the paper,ealls for tide' Trea" - e "My -Lew , I requelt another moment." They wept up alr nto the gerret, and Jack, the servant boy; was e fled . "Jae*, child, what bed( for dinner pester ) dXly 7"'"Dou't , you remember sir, yottbad the httle shoulder of nintton that you ordered. tne to bring troin a %segment's themarkei 7" nVetri . eight child. What have I' for •dinne+ to-day 7" to Don't you know sir, that' you lid me lay by the blade bone to broil 7" "'lris ~„ very right;child, go away. My Lord, do you hear that ? Andrew MarvelPs dinner is provided--there's your picre of paper, I want it not. 1 know the sort ot kindness yob intended. 1 live hire fur my constituents ; the ministry may seek men for their purpose, I sin not one." / Monasteries in the Metropatis.—lt is not getters ally known that there are several religious establish. numts for Catholic ladies on Loudon and its imme. elate vicinity, where they devote their lives to the education of the - children oftlle . incligent, the largest of which is in;GlarendoweivareoSherelhOztris are clothed, fed. and tin:night up ay good and trustwor thy servants. A inunaStic-institution is now erect. tin in Berisiiindsey. adjoining the new Catholic Chapel, for the Order of the Sisters of Mercy. The ladies who are about to take iiMrvession of this estab lishment are pleitg d to visit and iid.oinister to the wants of the sick poor of the neighltimrhood, re gardless of their religimis creed, their sickneas and poverty being their only receinmendation to the gWrd• office* of die-nuns. A moiler establishment ts.to be matitettd at W hitechapel about Chr t ..i mas next. What will striciar most strange is.-that the females devoting themselves to this life are almost all persons of family and fortune, Who, from their education and accomplishments, arc capable of a. doming any-society. A Netts - Verso:neg.—We hear that the Duke of Devonshire is diterintned to convert Chatsworth hi'. to a striking similitude with that unique edifice.— It- a upwards of twenty years since has Grace coin. minced the gigantic work. now nearly completed. and it is his frill determination not to again visit ii until the whnle es finished, which a -very few months grill do. The noble Duke has purchased fornstureof the 'most easily and gorgeous description: of which a consider•ble portion was the_property of Louih le Grand. MEI 2.3 n 1,73 2E~ci • The white damask table linen now used in the church of St.Cuttibcrt it. the icily of York, for the cominunton table, biers date l 721„ and is eons,- ottently 118 years old. It ;a fieurea, and, although worn to route pladea, is, oo the whole, remarkably !EMIL* State eJ Art in Ireland.—lt a lementable • fri that Ireland cannot boast of a alttaiy patron of the art-% properly so called, A Ilectinn of pictures by modern nitoters If unknowl here; not so with OW neighbours, The proud boast of an Englishman non la date. is, that he pose tmeS stoke of men of his urn country while they liver and he is happy loom the genius of Old England rival that of Gmece or Rome. ii. the happiest iffutii of their ; he hem to ..ee it, and is Impel in rewarding it. Many pri. vale gentlemen in England possess colleen...m.o( . lSe works of modern English artists not warps...ex; by the paintings of any age or et:Pantry to the world.— We should rejoice In find Irish ,gentlemen with the s.aime enterprising . spirit, but it is remediable, that while Englishmen and SentehsOser. laud and assist their countryinen, we find I-rshmen ynj.t•t!y Ira dace and areid each whet. W e shortly to see this ridiculous and ungrneratis habit ab:A.shed, that it may not become a proves ts, to the everlasting di.. grace of the people. In Ireland there is one teatime in the conduct of certain ges.tlemen respecting work• of art which riqrsires especial attention. Ma cy hundreds of old pictures to our certain know! edge, ■re sold annually by auction in Dub/in, at the same tame that many talented artists are languish ing for the want of employment, and even for their' daily bread- The pictures which are sold in this way belong to - the black invisible genius in Holland. &e., and are purchased with avidity by the savaata of Ireland. 15-1 y - v : 0 - *NOLAN littliND. .rheordinary Dmagid of Fist —Grasser, Fraerd, '274 Augaskick39,--1 hasten to ineorm you of the sight t sari thi. ot.wolog on the straod of Fetnard. There has been gees in the memory of. the-old est. fisherman here, such a take of fi-h as was hauled tn . tins morning to a net by men from the shore, all pitehard , ; indeed I do not exnggernte when 1 say own. 'were about 200.000 tf they could be emmted.— People are cohyrrg.ti...o here from all quarters to wee the womier ; the petann to whom the net beiong• la selling them to.johers at 6.. for 'Tay 500 1 teas speaking to a ecaterman between 80 and 90 years of are, and in his recollection here he hassero nothing like ti.; he necolleeini one great take of cod, but both . ing like the ;wet nt. T. tel .f the Merritt of Waterfertl—Do ring the tsureament Mamie, the noble marquis took occa. sine now and arainto metal tarok from hie peers and indulge his haimour qtr pranks. The following anecdote or blot, we are assured is aatbeinitt.— Dressed; in the garb of a Mike he strolled on Thum. day night into a baker's shopin "Irvine. and io ems ;thence with, his request, the tabor showed hint rime, sur, L"Flout f" mid the marquis. "is that flour ?" The 'reply was iii the effirmatten. "Flour!" roa red the inarquw. ye:lh an ciath,ftinfernal rewind tones. you ;seatindrel It erne you, and: each as you. *bit;be,eneht• the cholera - into thle - conatry. Wheretipon the mortis. sernog a hand Std threw into the tOkef i s eyes, and combing boa by the throat, threatened to annihilate bun. The baker was. confounded and nigh deed with fright. 'rhea has wife hocinced upon the newtptie„ who threw a handful &11...0r taro her face abet, and bolted, The grey mare eras the better borne. however, and dew_ mined not tp ht the intruder : Olin at mariner; to out she nali'ed with a fact` whits as the . driven 'know, iihrinievent to a string oreenalilioneatareepi. theta. The memoir at last *Mired back. and whin. eerier( to * - baker's wile thet her husband was delirium'. 64pa a fit'a pound Dote into her -heed, to perchame•a strait-waiwarat fur him. 4 , " '.;.; —s Z.l - AND : IMM , vrilefiftbe Dinh an it.biai - - , kirby.llle4plithillt4ol l oi; rottstrille ) Schuyl24ll ConiatyiPianksylvania. SATUROAIir • MORNING..NOVEMEIER'Zig39,I:-- • •' . ~, , A Biala; ol Sir Waltet Seou oh the sth Sept. pet up at Selkh , feet hie) is "a 'sinking liken? Walter' is in ths'eostunie afthe with a roller papera l tn•his left, restin.on his trusty ab& Th Periptton under the Statue .-1. ~, "BY Ir4row's str eam still* sot stray, Though none should guide in _weary way ; 'Still feel the breeze down Ettr breaks, ia i Though it should chill thy lei hered cheeks." On the seeerl sides Of the pedes at are Sir Waiter's arins.:-the antis • of the burgh either emnport mei.ts are einigematical allusions to the character of :he poet and novelist—a winged harp, with the word Meer!" under it, and a TinelY-cut &pitch thistle on another panel; - " A Diseoirry.e—One of tbe Lon on reporters at the Tournament saga . 'Cry 'learned y of the county of Ayr—eThe country round is 'Sell cultivated, and appears full of iShabitaats." suppose our Cock. oey .brother expected to find the fertile districts ut the Lowlands presenting 'nothing but barren rock% with a few miserable inbabitanub running like goats among the crags, and arrayed in 'kilt and philabeg ! We remember Of hc:iriag of an old gentleman who visited Inverness a few years ago, and who, when Woking around on,mar , beautiful and, flourishing fields, lifted up his Winds in amazement, exclaiming me! yod have corn growing here the same as in lbssi Inthian A singAar wedding took place at llodenhaw, in this county, during the late deep floods. Arrange aunts had, been made by a worthy couple to get mar: red; the esy was fixed and, everything ready, when, unfortunattly. the River Lug overflowed, and the spot where the church stood vas deeply mends. ted dn the very morning the happy ceremony was to took plat* ! Determined, however, not to be (limp pointed. a cart was hued, which centered the Party to the doors of the church, whore they found the water was very deep inside; they, however, pro. cured benches on which they nod whilst the cler gyman tied the nuptial knot an water proof boots At the Victoria Iron Winks, tower Ebbw Vole, Monmouth, t toad was discovered by • Rimer 65 yards below itie surface of the earth! The miner had blasted the stiperiening •••hale" and . - clod," and un maiming with a bar, portiocul that had been split, he discovered a toad in a hollow of twice the am miirs size. It was of it bright yellow coluu.., but, sot being 'brolight to the surface, tt changed to a doll red ; ita motion was very sluggish. It is still alive, add to the possesslou of T. llopkins, Eat; , one uf the Directutia • ilicheinice Listitittian.—At Swansea. Glirreorgan shire, on Wednesday evening. a meeting . e‘triivencd by cm alir. 4 I N 11 ,, d ,..v..... re5i5ed to 411)010 Who'had exprehed ihem.cpres in or of establishing a Mecham& In stitute m that town, was - held. The Rev. John Jen kins M. A. having berg called to the chair, addeintre ed the meeting on the advantages of such I : 1.1131110 lions and the principle.. on which they should be ea:inducted Resolui ions, expressive of the concur. Mace of the meeting in tormaticm of a Mechanics' Institution in Swansea, were imaromously agreed - to, and the Meeting adjourned to Wednesday. the 14th September, then to receive a report of a committrx a ppom'ed to prepare a code ofla we and resolutions tor its government. Tie Drorids - - Orierof the largest and moat respet able processions ot this Order almost ever antneesed took place to Merthyr. on Monday se'rinight. , The fraternity. being joined by the lodges from Dusk's. forme it two •hreast, preceded by a Car with two postilions, in which were seated four harpers who played Welsh airs, Be. and -accompanied by the in iignia of the brotherhood, peranibatated through the principal streets, and to the course of the morning attended at the church, where' Divine service was performed for the miasma ; each bilge allerward• adjourned to its rmpeetive lodge room, where they partook of excellent dinner!, and spent swery,plesv. ant and (agreeable evening. Their strange, yet grand arrywarance, the major it,s of them having robes,ffswiag silvery begrds. &e- was .• most tin posing aught, and attracted a large eanoooroe of eoectaiorii, while the grinifnere of the hooves by which the - procession passed,-were bikd with well dressed females tolgee smiles testified their enjoy ment of the scene- • CONTINE N'laA L. Aw Anglia Asitkertss.—A .letter,from Deaden, dated Angssi 19, states that the Princess Aimetsa of Saxony hild just bashed a new comedy in prose to three arts, entitled Die Slaylocktrr which was per formed by amateurs on the 17th ult.rit the .royal residence of Pilas. before their Majesties, the Royal Family and the Court. The august authoress and Prieee John her brother, sustained the principle pasta, lt is intended to produce this comedy in the The Maiuiirur Paris/ea states, that before the French government would come to any ckfinitive resolution as to the reform to the prison system, it has waited for the reports of intelligent persons who have been dispatched to haly: s lit:many, Switter land, Belgiom, Holland, England, and the United &atm for the purpose of studYing the orison risseip lime in those countries. One of these reports, *hien ii from M. Cerfterr, who lasted .Savoy. Pieamout, Lombardy. Venice. Parma. the Papal States, TUS catty, and Naples. is noticed by the Mostrieer. M. Ger:herr states, amongst other thmga„ that the pen itentiary system is derived- from Italy, Clement IX having coostrut ted in 1705 at Rome a large house of correttion for young - offenders. This essay, which we, attended with the best result.; found un stators; Inc in Iro'ik und..r the reign Maria The me.", and during the short peace which loft a mo ment's 'respite to the empire, the Austrian govern ment built at Milan a prison similar for the crtmin alb of the Slates of Lombardy. Talents yean atter rards the'prtson Ghent was erected on a similar plan, and from thence the Americana derived the ides. which they have carried oat with such procts. at success 'in the United States. The Perpignan Awes/ gireii the Callostag report orate coottitem of Payette', who ti now at the baths of liretect in the Sairrboonats:—.4lariiig haw all his teeth, the celebrated maestro, eats with the greatest ddfieolty. At table his meat is minced for him, either byrithe of bisoeighboom or his stream. ; Ilia J ay , ars,7Speat entirely in playisrat billiards, or nalking with a friend. lie a mists amused • sea reading. toe Chariewri, but his piety wooer passes off;. and he then stoke - into a state ofde.preesioo, the remelt i,o deribi altar aloes,. and c reeks fur sohtude. With his rap no his head. and hie cinema hiehand he retires to the eeriness of die -paths, sod remains osage t t in deep meditation, interinpted. sometimes by sodden awiremestor as dim _wished to shake reflection.: de then strikes the genitor reoestwili with hie bet, like a man whoon rising frost:his seat is afraid that hie an.N_girc We; ander the weight, of his body- The pigratials- wish be - is of tatted. end partatiziagpthe organs at speeds, makes him telt with Qieat , ddgicalty. When he wishes to speak. belinelies his Pose. Puti Pebe:ltia manta to: the ear °this inciter. in, order that he4stay be beard iiithoet his making tnogres exertina` othis fee. hie tom. Akinsetimee hamming istalinet. and than hr Wm signs withitisSegers." SA.,Pdairshisrg paper Mateo that. the inhaidtaas of the inlagsoffedorawka, el the foot of a asonntain on the baking of the Wolga. were awakened from their hasp in the night of Jane IS, bir a noir . a re. lettibliag eater lan earthiPtable' sod on ;tithing 4tit„ &wad that great, pat of the adage bad hominids. wand from 'the toonntaia, aid 'es moving townie ME SC I TM:, .jt Mr. Ritchie, The Stature (7i te• tise.port. Sir t z herifr, in hie iirmn„ n&bw• right band fullovviits is tbe in t 111' .WILES. :the river.- The - motion 1111111 Manila/ to dilation Uri ritensivati floating oo an *gamed lea.,,a t ,The on. /Matson continueitabl-three suaresahe daysand then subsided, bit no more than seem houses were ie arroyo:l-.0 rendend inhabitable. Many ponds tad other pieces•of water were covered With- mounds of earth, and where no water halP been. small pools. were formed. No lived were hist.: The cir cumstance is irecoodied. Mr by the 'village liaving. been built upon an tilt:vl4l soil. and . the river haw-*. ing undermined the soft earth. Midi - it is supposed. ria kerb tendered it partially hollow au es to ere Way node' its own weight. ' . - riowden Halsey. The , IT rmurtsso. ?AWN. In the time of the 'last war with Great Britain,_ when the exertions in fhe i immoital Fulton and oth ers were directed theimprovement of scientific naval defence, and when the deem of the enemy hove„ ered on our seaboard, bombarding our cities, plea.' . daring our vessels, and destroying our commerce ; • novel and formidable plan was edoped to d strop their 'ships and chive them feini our coast. We refer to the torpedo and other machines for submarine navi gation, by means. of which the largest man-of-war might I e blown to atoms, by a magazine deposited under its bottom, while not the slightest trace of an enemy should be visible. However inhuman or tin foir might be this mode of warfare in 'melt, still it was hist a just retaliation for the barbarities ciainiunted by the\tintisa mind their savage allies in that bloody • war. Aud although owing to ha imperfection and secretly, our country at that time received. but little benefit from it, yet the experiments then made prove that, with longer practice and additional improve ments, it might be made a powerful mcanaof W 63.. bo defence.' The most approved itrveution fur this purpose. was Ole torpedo, (so called from kir re semblance to the 'fish of that name,) ur the subillia • rine vessel of Mr. Bushnell. It consisted of a con cave faun:, resembling two boats, one inverted and covering the other, so that the upper sad under cur faces somewhat resembled the shell of the tortoise. It was large enough to allow a man to sit uprig. t in the cavity, and to contain enough air to sup port life a considerable time r and when properly clos ed was entirely water-proof. It was propelled by means of spiral oars turning on' axes, which passed into the cavity within reach of the operator, and ac ted upon the water on the principle of the endless screw.—One of these was placed at each end of the machine, to propel it forward or backward, and one at the tall and Whom to raise or lower it in the wa ter. Four keels,-uniting at each end, gave it • con stantdirection.; and-it was loaded with a weight suf ficient to keep it just beneath the surface of the wa ter but a part of this load aught be disengaged from the outside, to raise the torpedo speedily to the sur face. Attached to one end, was a conical magazine, sufficient to blow op the heaviest ship, which could be fired at pleasure by the person in the tspedo, by mean, of the connecting machmeiy. When it was intended to blow up a ship by means of this machine, it was first towed as near as could be done with safe ty, to the devoted vessel, when the operator was in closed in its gloomy cavity, provided with lights, and a compass by which he directed his course, having first calculated the direction and distance of a ship and ascertained the currents or tides and probable speed of the torpedo. The operator might at pleas ure rise to the surface and look out through a small window, or take in fresh air it necessary by means of tubes prepared for the purpose. Having arrived directly no ter . the , ship, he would then fasten the magazine to its bottom by means of s screw at the 'vertex of the conical chamber of powder. 'I his screw was made so sharp, that by a slight exertion it would pierce the copper bottom of the ship and penetrate- deeply into the timber. The operator would then disengage the magazine from the torpe- • do, set the machine iu motion, wiich would pt .duce an explosion in a given time, and make his escape is soon as possible beyond the resat of its etre. ts. Then. while all wis joy and tranquility on the ship's deck, while officers and melt were feastin; and ca rousing, perhaps imprecating themselics or proia- Mug the n 'acne oft heir Maker, the spectator at a dis- tauce'starts at the vivid flash, the tremendous report, 1 and sees the mighty vitasel blown to the sky, filling 'the air with a thousand fragments, clearing the ocean I to-the - bottom, din sinking in the deep, with all whom at contained, to rive 'no more for ever. Stull was the..warfaniositch trailed the stoutest heart, and would soon 'him) duven the whole navy of Great avtarfrom the coast of the United States. It was le; the close of the year 1614, that a Bait. ish man war was lying at the month of New Lon don hair; Connecticut, causing great annoy. once t.o the commerce of that city and the troops iu the vicinity. Mr. Bushnell's machine had been invented and some experiments tried with it at New York, which augured favorably to its success. A secret fund was raised at New London, and a large sum privately offered to the p.sson who would plow up this ship by means of the torpedo: At. length • brave, patriotic and ambitious - yowl.; man offered to attempt its execution. His name • waa`Piowden Halsey, the youngest son of , a large 1 and honouraule family. must of whom had sunk to the grave by a hereditary consumption, and left his mother nearly childless. Hazardous as was the eri j terpnse, it was with much difficulty that the youth could obtain permission of his panuts . to venture his life, so dear to them, till at Length that patriotic moth er with tears in her eyes devoted her darling. son' for the good of her Country. .Imusediately and se , cretly the necessary - preparaiions were made for this hezartious ruidettaking. and the moW'confilent hope, of anc-iess were entertained by all. who had i any knowledge of the project. But Menses one who Veit more - deeply tutereatad in the so kris of this seine than the venturous been hisuelf or his offer. I_ tionate mother, one rhos* plUow was nightly bathed in teem at the lore apprehension of the danger to I which her lover would voluntarily espo-e himself; 1 while she esteemed hies the more highly for the =rip and isaldreis' be evnaced 'tar his noble under ' taking. Smiths: youag.' the beautiful, and alniddry who had scarcely beret wiljing to nuke the slightest return fit- the ps;sicsaWhicki be had so constantly clierished &dig 1 long and intimate acquaintance; Inow, that 41ager approached 'in Us most frightful folet. no lot.ger scrupled to acknowledge bi:r reap ' rocs! affection, and to beam* bits by his love and regard her hei net to expese:kinuelf to its perils of his project. But the noble youth, while 'his eye beoosarldlli a tear ni . tendtttaim bead more firmly his resolution to nWsketisesslf worthy of so grateful an aumbusent. At length in evening arrived suitable fur his died purpose. 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I tsEB.. EMU Mainl66lo6)6a all Dianne to ',arise and pleinariw—Di 'iodinate, •4•40:-. = • IREKI man-was beard in the ' deaCrted streets-of the city, e ten o'clock and all's Helsify reached the place of rendezvous, A boat, well manned, was in readiness So tratesgeirt him as - near to the' enemyas could be done With safety ;Ind haling received him, the oars . The viguntilly torthe.eompletion of this object. When they had' arrived within the distante of fourscore rods Irony the enemy's . ship. rte tearing mists appeared faintly in the serniueding Mut, their, direction was taken hy . - the 'help of a dark lantern ; ' the torpedo 'with its appended magazine was loosened from the boat; young Halsey look bis.plece in the, fatal machine, its entrance was closed, its ballast ad- , justed by the men in the boat, and it gently mink beneath the water, and begin to move slowly in the, direction of the British ship. The boat's crew hasti ly but silently4ovred towards s plate of rentlezeous, previeudy appointed, and• awaited the event. But hardly had they I ruceeded to double their distance fro ii the enemy's chips whenitne rain began ti fall in torrents, attended by a severe guiit . of wind, and 'the waves lashed the sides of their boat with increas ing violence. Constantly watching the British chip, they at length IRON unusual lights moving upon the pre-castle, and heard a confused noise like the call of e all hand. on deck." An alarm gun was fired, betraying the tearful truth that the watch had dis covered the approach of the torpedo. Resting on their oars, the boatmen perceived that the whole crew were engaged in sweeping the ship's bottom, and with direct foreboding they concluded that the enemy had been iufoilmed of their danger and pre pared to escape it. At lenth .by the motioti of the lights it appeared that boats were manned by the ship's crew, and they 'moved off from the vessel ir regularly, as if in pursuit ofibe torpedo. . They bad proceed some distance, and nfet each' other as if to seize upon some object in the wanterdwhen a bright glare of light shot over the h01i2.00 ; an explosion louder than the pealing of-thunder reverberated on the water; a'rest hollow -was seen where a moment before the boats of the enemy were sailing ; the ship reeled as if in a hurricane ; the waves suddenly ruse above the lights of the deck, and foaming as they ad v awed. tossed the frail American bark like the feedh er in the whirlwind, and mien lashed the distant shore. The torpedo bad exploded t and the boats which pursued it were blown to atoms and sunk in the ocean ; and darkness again colored the sky timid the pelungs of the increasing storm. The crew of the boat which carried oct the torpedo, had been anxioin spectators of the catastrophe ; and a gleam of hope stall remained that Halsey had separated from the magazine, and made his escape in the tor pedo before that explosion ; icor. . t lace. Under :this impression they returned beam place of rendezvous, and waned for his approach ; bottae hours glided by, soil still he was nut area. At length they procured a party of friends on shore, to look out ct the rendez vous, and went back in their boat to the vicinity of the Bntish ship. They rowed all around it, and pro teereel by, the darkness, called loudly' for Halsey ; but there was no anewer.„, Morning appeared, but be' came not; inquiries were made on all the adjacent shores, but he had now here been heard of . ; the stilt ma had passed, and the inureiug. son -shone out •tii all its glory, but hs brightest rays were gloom and Jerk: nest' to the maiden who loved him and the 'nether who bore bum ; for with those rays came the news that he whom they loved dept in a watery grave. Still there was hope ; dal-11191W away, and new is-' guinea were made, but with the same result. • He might have been driven to sea by the storm, or have been taken by the enemy ; and under this b bet, in quires were made in Englied after the close of the war by his Afflicted friends ; but never since lie enter ed the fatal torpedo, hes Ptowdeu Halsey been heard of; and the un.wiiiidable ceinclahe in is, abet he per ished by the accidental explosion of the magazine, and thsvitis mangled limbeilie scattered in the dep;.l.6 of the ocean. His requiem i a § the murmuring hillovr, and his dirge the knoaaiug wind of the midnight win ter. But he fell not unrevenged ; Sampson-like, in dying, he drew down destruction upon his enemies, end they shared a common sepulchre. He fell not in vain, for on the next morning after the explosion ; the enemy's ship withdrew from the barb--or, and left it free to the use of the Americans. :Neither ded he die unwept or onhononel. Prayers were offered = 111 AMI BE • 01 1 / 4 - 0 , 44. ?..,o**Tiftf. - ..*irO v n'tkniow , leg Aber. The inqsa,fasorablo to imam was Jl4 1t,41:02b, to(air •was stirring. coyereti itio' r Stee or the heavens, alowl; . _'lopproacbittg., A few runt the .shallops. scattered to Heaven in his behalf toy the city of his birth, end his name was in the . mouths of many people. One young and sobitary being wa• seen evening and morning, bathing with tea , : • newly erected urn in • church-yard of New London, inscribed with the name of flowden Hasler. But gnef and anxiety soon withered the rases on her cheek, and she sleeps beside the urn which commemorates the bate of her lover. His parents now slumber by the side of their children ; while their spirits enjoy free cenorunion in a brighter world of bappineis. Should our count- ry again be invaded - by a barbarous foe, may many Arne:icon ytonhs exhibit the patriot:than. ardour, and courage whr-h proved •o fatal to Plowrim Halsey, Front the .New Yorker. Scientific Essays--No. L RI Ml'. V. 'rap tOWL7-1,.. tp. MINERAL COAL 18 ?COT A VEGETELE PRODUCT. Messrs. Editors .r—Mr judgement lipon this radject tun been made tip theme semen years; but as my o pinions are novel. I sea advised not to make them generally public till after mots nature deliberafi r os. kly subsequent ohaervanoas and study have confir med= in their truth, and rendered me entirely Wil ling hi : van& them to .theladgentent and mil:Sinn of my fellow two. Ida not expect they will be re eeived as orthodox by the gedbgists of the daywho have, by their labirm, achieved mote or lees - ties. On-the-exesrety ,; Z ;ce prepared to expect *it neglect, contempt and which have ever at tended a new, riummery mated innovation in sci ence or ans. Ido noturrititfor those whose mikes tiosis entrunitted<befaterMageW, butler throe who are endeavacing Isiftem wiedimment upon the sub jeeS—thom who &Se teputation to make—those who ara erdively xmcosale who have no vim •possessioHos arpriziaill , sw /omens at the expense of &elk ibragi atinsetoiliese notedissioni, it astrternahi ed for Me tamiset a chattnelfer theireet which delfbe-nspeetlide dedleiteheive in id Cirin letion. Thew appamtutet wil indaiMihis ausice I have mad. time sfilltsil eiiipl6...ge it was iens orp. , `--with these iir f ritoo - :,. :" i'et. '.;4. -1 - ”.,1 P 4 ,4 4 ,-. Bl "kiniA ll 4 o u4 ll on4e i lijaiiiihsCilienti • - ::'‘-'ittiall l i,lniai°iii,'iiklinrteir :Votik:;4llell odeW l Ati*6ol,'-tititiii • ' iliir:aihi 1 ... :Alfricrldiitit w eiliitena,iiiif'.. , 'al foriniii: 4 B'neltiwtlo 7 h i ., YZ-" 11 10443 . 1 itnit fur y iiir.'Ctltippeated : cf ; lb tbe . P°! 4ll ',.. 40 ) 6 6 % 34 7 ~tom .i .;tit Vr' 4 ": - ; " u kiitirttiiitili4Oeliniitli. ' f :14 4 *I ! Reif; a- ; bltel -,,'. ' • • 11.4 P ' lc ' ,1 , :- , --.. , oat that irci.insti *tin* often several.: leagues in eats 111 , ludist, intriirittitSelent . . 1 boidiaien444ii , ' - the(lO'-'' . ! ed in calm irater.P‘4.- . ' : This opinion hie beenftequ much es if his not been gitintate indiction,-it doe*, co , explanetioniof that a - Unpile:it! ea the • complicated circum •-1 nectiow witb coal; and th influence against the 'apparel ter of the evidence that gusts' 1 tributes it to a vegetable origi the followingextratta: olThe Vegetable origin of col pears to he estabbahed by Its I abound in vegetable imp -1 iarity to wood coal, (which i ble product.) and lasilye,.by th i mineral , trtlhis Dud ley coal i ed of titer la yers of atineralid o When we se* the !puha' spriounded with WO-stone, .1 bark con , etteatinto , ,a true co. ~ pubt 'of its. .vegetable origin: of Gro'iogy. P. 166. o Etou iii ii i ous cw.l. beicogi gl the watch- Her secondary, seems nos to there isgreat reason to b‘ljev., int:Mined woad, and other ve are so numerous in the nines , f a co ices( rf Lecture:. - i have heretofore beer; i thrm-ite coal to a direct odor. • tou of•itp vegetable origin o iarpr ‘ .bal.le, since I has eyes, the incontrovertible a. vegetable he in thrse mines. ihe Aolhirici:e Region of Pe Jwiro.J.f Sc.mce, vol. 18. ••• By general consent, the .1 suiting from the distribution table rtiMunis over areas of pr. on a previously deposited cur ous silt, or mud, hut pi-me compressed into, shale- Aft legetables, other sands silt or up:n them ; and this kind o rd irregularly for a ctinside there was au abundant growl at no very distant place, to part, de,troyed and :distrib areas on the more cummuo de Grologiad...llunual. publish Having placed the bet hey majonty of geologists, and t 1 tertain the Opinion that mi product. I will state the sou dener has been &man to so me them in detail: in the 1 which never has been done' thi.s opirrion is not true. 1. The chemical composit . 2. The analogy that exist and vegetable charcutl 3. Trle association of cer mineral cool. 4. Lignite, a 'Tiede' of, OM . . 5. The accumulation and OniServation of septa ble matter called peat. 6. Am utuutat.on of rafts of &Abed trees. ~ i I. The tact, thaethe chetaicad composition of Min eral coals onhlcsolis to that of [vegetable matter, bar; been regunled as strongly fovorib le to tSo theory that le math is.m.al. to be a. y tataioble product. But it must be recollocted that lid is Xiot th e case with al l . the minsral. coals; for ai.t iia:ite tout ins neither hylrogen nor oxygen, tut) el numb; which are M aa3 s present in vegetable\ ca ter. All the ro4s,. exc. pt this. conotin (beside . bun) - hydnogan 114 01) g. n. lf the prew nee o th - two ekuunts cari be regarded as an mdicatio of the vegctable wigia of mineral coal; certain]) th at - lice of :hem sboblo as strongly contra-indicate ; If it can it q.uvrit that neither carbon, hydro:: u of ex) gen aas .orig malty derivSd from argetab tter, then DO dueM conclusion can be drawn fr • eir prejence in mib mal tools favorable to the co •in question. If all three be -prusituve c:ethents iu the cumpcuition of the earth, then they may I.a e combtned. In ola.- ' thence to their oar affuo the production a ' maneral coal, antics& the to:motion of vegetable , elabanatioa. Cur Sou is known to, s • ileuorninated: Loos. ledged by all tolia 4 b e existence- It 'consul .per c wolf graphite or to Noraray,4* tound in feid , par ; at Franklin - fin icier limestone; and Feu . of it to supply the preaeit did in white granular in pn tuts ir.contestibly prove eta part of theprintitive and of eonrse dims nut de ry cairn. 7 „Ingphitt may be I priety, as a variety of coal, quantity of carbon that en If carbonohen, in 'e'er” ta o n NcgCLIIAC matter quire; came this graphite,a.; Aral if calboa, in the f independently of vegcnible WY occur in the Mineral -6 1 I consider the-x.lm nstion of thiii subject. The athetseirnteuts gen and oaygen, eninie7 eep; and therefore . war Prnnitien--" least, nut te and Waal that has den, taro be Waked bind ',- tlaj any , from rrgart asset roptio . os. 4 -4 , " iltiO i Cea • 110* • tilt it ed t 23 ' ilaOrA ; ;: * Pi 4 . is fotmil deiytag teen edclilcia' • n atiet Canape* ititii 'vet it! !theory dwnipOt is • • et! connected e lather remark. .' 4 oo7intennediats • there are beds of li*tteait, although It has been eon- Aillty„ that those. • 'oh eiptire-e• f expressed ; b;:il 'ed by facts an le. -: - idly, furn ish , nb which prodxio.. .--. ;that exist ineep lit ' has exerted no prima facie !fume. e theory abich st irs , will be seen by :on minenkl.conl.n Liatiim, with strata a, by its al4sa 609- i.oubtediy_ Tegatti s . l ciabe fact that one is entir4lX comp**. Bakeived, of reeds fillett and hg their thin, sea ly it is impossible to - re f Ncw Sys;esis irihesni of the elit e been formed, as •in 'mho...ergot! sue lea whose vestiges lliman's oulltnee i ed to attribine en- eulion. The opin -1.8, boOT'Ver, (0 tr o iol\u'rth my ow)t bun ,t proofs' of ibiran's Fitil en irunia ; American is con3iderrd es rt, large body of r ege r or •less extent, Op of sand, argitisen y tier, now iii,tot•tnion of the , Were aCcullitilAt Ma=ll time, during which .molar vegetables ddeuly, at least in • ' over consitientlio La" Bache's b•. 16. Itspate.that a large a !lamed generally, 'en .e I coal La av. getable les rom i. which the ets pa it, and' then exam wt I vCiH attempt that manely, to abow that on'of mineral coal bctrAreo rciaer f rl cool taide irnprescons wftia 1 r+preeenting vegetable portion of gosh . which are at- oterior to acit ta fro.n '9l to 96 mineral which, New-Fork, •Jeivey, in Oin37 - . pia there is enough I I.l t t. the world, imbed si velitarstorne. These at cargou is a uonstitu rebict: ohlse*eartlea-crust, aka° any secoaclig• tded, with martfi -pro fatat-the'ii`et-it to its composition. k form, dep en d; no. y, hula, se may in... ;., _ We faikniti•etockat 'trapitite, =l3 'obtain, may it not possi '- - a similar manner lions in tie mink ! oznmon e els, hydro. I ' asters of the great ruined try all to -155 be Ich prudent upon ine. - ag,cvli regardtd am apanio' a ..• kpie i Ace. The, gen and as react. as graph origin. salt! diary in hasi been . •PPcs• that he Liki out Ala semi alb. ,our e. 4 - `a,~..YJi •IR
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