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'i . —A--- \ +0 + -,--- "'This wprii, as its title t opens,t l';ivil - The interests lit Cie Lioal add fruit I settler ninito4 opratiaii.,- e a's ,ate , t. , ia snore importance in our eoutar)4,,..t)id •of general seielititic improveimnt . . the seat of publicatioo, situated ii t a region, where nature has h..ett tin) gifts, points it out as tiierspet;(l4) work should emanate. file itltti;.irt.. arid Iron products, and the peirteptio menu for smelting Iron ore with lan mild the conniencement of a i.ta shall Collect and. disseminate an lel all thg information necessary t, p p 'rti. rious mechanic branches depends ! , t: Sciontitic assistance will be ettikig i •toryof tae rise and progress of upi -businrlss, will be given front au4li The ittiO and, lead I ,liclds of the 're gold Mining operations of tht.. sobth . - In4s f copper,p, cobalt and Other fief ditreient iramufactures depeMienti mil enihracr;d in the plan of pUbhcatiuni blds, and liropean taiprovemen4; v It readers,' a nd. every idlort mode ::tu 1 .the attittlAion, nat only of tilo , e ',ilai with mlifina, operations, but of ail , - the advancement of our n anon .1 I' l , re , klevelopement 'of its tre.TsTireS: VII eiperied patrons must be uu n..ri?usl, 'sider,l lit waft VASl . l , Lll»:ll.i.ice !i,) country areits mineral tr.•asrures. i'tir to her inexlwo,tablesupedy of 411,1 -metals, a large share of lief imimlmls tie and .in ve.ilt.li; they of t au vr.o-, and her 'Weans of .10,41 . .11101%. Our niWJ~ 6 , .ates is de,tioc r ) t eminent - stilton as a oilittog - ct!on years , Clll,elirie, lwtore wilCbe all torvign res nuce•L En,;1.111,1 !ha • :rade .of about a 111i111011 lolls. tt,! . probahly twenty luillions. Our country . has 141 twenty ye irs, acquired a Trade of m i arly ame\ million 1. . tons of Anthracite Coal, indepe iiileltit of the Bitu rninou; Coal trade, which supiilie the South from the Virginia iields", aunt the vaWes if the Ohio and . -Mississippi front the I,•gion of Ptitslii.rg. The head waters of the 4 reat. western rive t s. lire teeming with yeinerill wealth, and t.ieir produiits will soon n-iricli every portion of our land. Froin 1,11 these differeut . regions, the Nlining Journ'al, will' receive uccurale aecountl'of progre-sive linprovenients, and chrjnicle ,them afthe,earliest dates. In orde- totassist the deg eannation •of suet information, ; t li.iNa.ii.ga and wood, cuts will he used, whencaer tont,id ilaae'ssary, and the opening 'inl aid, will oe emoettislq.d with a curi - ect clitiign of tile first. Anlhrocar. Fiar,ince, now in most accessful operation in the BOrmigh of Pottsville, together with a minute and careful (description of. all 1 - i,. • its di ff erent parts—the prim.irtniii Or t h e c harges for b'urd'en, Str. &c. &c. ' , [ 1 The commencement of such an undertaking as the one.now suggested, Hivolves in (the very hie a deter mination'to prosecute it with vSor i and untirin in dustry; and, it is therefore deemed smirtluous toil , r any assurances of the siteiitiiiii if.o render it, as far as practicable, a Usef.l and sfientifi r e,Work. l,t, id there • fore, with a simple, romise to ist• fivery .exertion to collate important meehatiteal te,utlis, that'the puldic are presented with the following , ' • Cosiditioitis. . :. • THE MINING JOURNAL', f l ND REGISTER :OF THE. 1i ON TRADE, printed-,month ly, in octavo forna,.woh .I•Jublecoh.ttOns, on good pa per :'eactl number to coutdia 32 pages, with a prin ted cover. The terms of sub:eription will per anuu:n, ou the ree iiilmber In ploeei where no establi4ted two copes of the work will lie fi "Doll.tra, tf transmitted free of poit .The firbt number, will be t;:suo. April next, or sooner, if a t , :ufi subscribers be ..obtauret toy or I • tion. ' ,-1 - 1. Post-masters will pleaml aci wading the names n( subscrifiers.l An persons holding, sunscri) i ple se remit the names übtM4.l. ', 1840. Address Etenjamin Baiirian, Editors throughout the , coulntry, 'Who feel an interest in the establishment Of a national work of this Lind, will confer it,favor hey giving this prrspec tus a few , insertions, and noticing he plan in their editvrial columns. Where regular agencies are nut •established, any iierort 'w(aiiitg to . eutiscrit,e may for ward their garrics tree of postfige, orleave them with Postmasters, who ivill °bilge• jas by forwarding, ‘su,th as they obtain, at early a piiiod i3s possible. EXCHIANGIO • 0 T V L illiaan 4J Johanson AAS taken tliis coni4odious estahliv ' 1-1 A ~ il 110 nieliCrecentiv occupied by JosephiWcuver, • - .tsq. as the “ National Hotel;" cJrner of Centre and 'Callowlitli streets, and has ihaterially iinprovce. its ,;arrangernent fur the accommodaltiim of:cuttiiers. ' filleAttuatatin is pleasant-and cattrai, hMnit' contig . tlotis to,the Post Office_ and Town Hall, 1.171cr in the . b)isittOis-part of the borough 4 and three Daily Lined : 4if Stages arrive and depart from the4.„ei;krf a c to t ;'end from Reading, Nortlinuitierl lid. Danville and' / Cattawissa. , 4, . - F • . ~ Nu VA CE FA ‘IILI ES who ' esi re li s t irnii Mg i th d e '' Buininer months ict.lie Coal 11, ' , i . 1 0, ../ with parlours and chambers pale tiled to please tke ' •fancy and render cointintable the most fastidious ~.. guest's; and "fRAVELLERB, wiq' - always-find tose! ace.ummodatinns which are moi l t,desired, and' the ' . strict attention of servants. ' t t. r - It were superfluoui to say that his TA4 and BAR will 18 always be furnished With the *nicest .. viands and liquors ; and mill „a wish sad exertions L to, gratify his guests he anticipates the patroaiage of • gle!public. , . ! . 11 . . - I ' , ' • 1 Pottssille. april /13, 1839.: . 1 - 6—ly 1-,1 ' Old Irish Whitsliey.! 'wR.Y appesior sth proof Irish Whi46 for ale by, ' MILLER HAGGINTY. 1 4 107 16 t 1• p&-tr '-‘,f . • . ; 1. .14 . , acQ k -- "- -* ; -,- e. -; • A._ •i , ,-, ''.l t r , -, ..- , 431:- 2t' Sl' -;-, •:: c• - • . o ; ...o'i o-• *Jo - ‘o *,..p . ~ , ,-, 4 ~ -.. ~..: -.. • .--- of Lading and printe4 Oa"? vn o g Ten days later front -England. The s,plendid new packet ship Patrick Henry, Captain Delano, arrived frJm LiverpOol, from which pint she safled on th . 6th December,. Quisinteiby the - Patrick Henry arc from London to the wiath, and from Liverpool to ttie -`26th ultimo. The British Qieen arrived cut and lauded her passengers at Gravesend at 10, A. M., on the :2601 of December, and letters by tier were in 'Liverpool at antarly hour on the following morning. tier long passage—twenty,four days—Was owing to strong head winds. She wis,advertised to sail from London on the Ist of March. Joiirna Tre4ite; ra of 32 octavo UUNtY; PA be deVuted t., Ilrades,. and suc my becoming o 6.i.) the diffusicii The location o . e very heart u 1:1 prolific; of he whence each nee of our Coi4 u of the e'' peril D laracite coal, del licatioh, cylitcl ot-rnianelit `Fur ii Lction in the va r l :un theni. 1 red, and , theihi,4 ~ 2 , ititional qiiii4eca.; utic sodrce tern states t lhe ~ and the w,u-k- Os, and all the il then 4 wilt be Statistical ta ill be had before ilriMder it worths ealy euutiested, , lviii) feel priiie ini iour.•es; add the ''hater - class of`, , when it ii -con- 1 ,1 tale \ welfare or a .Ikl,other the Cambridge nor the Independence had arrived out when the Patrick Henry sailed. The winds had been easterly• fur several weeks on the coast of England. The Liverpool steamship was to leaVe'Liverpool on the 20th February. The, Gazette de France announceri that the Pope had issued letters ad fatuwun nierrioriani, prohib• itiriff the slave trade. The apostofical,•lettera are dated December 3. The London money market reinains,unsettled, but cannot be Nail to labor under arty great depres eron. [Toiled State., RPurlt stia7eA were sellinvat £l9—an advance of 104. over the latest previous cpotations. Money was plenty at Paris and hie la burgh, at three per cent- American Cotton had declined jd. in the Liver pool-market. moderate. The folltni:iing are the official returns of the export• of precious metals tor the wtyk: eto!ing on the 19th inst. Silver coin to Canton ....r1:0495 ounces, Grenada 2,420 ounces, inurste., 1 hi: , the Mauritius ti 3 ON ounces. Silver Liveipool, Dec: 21—Cor n 3.1•1. et. I' i,. in article: in the corn lradc, v, A. ;. •,. „inz ly limited' - A quanti , . of bond. t, 3- : teat Britain owes yon and other national reven e her 'protection 'hands at 11 ehillingP ;,er barrel COMM Market —"PIK. t.afe.of to tia to '2500 bal:-•. ['he t market was ;yr. rem tnui uny in Aerial einent,in peace. , u 0coil , )" a 're try, and but f. indept . indeat of au annual iron a coal 't.t.alc, of Money was rather in demand ay, when mt or the Foreign AccoMft occurred. and T , wh-n tiie Srat dePo.it of tile loan totthe United States Bank b , maine. due ; but has since become very easy, and discpunts have been ot4iiicil to-day at lower rates than! six per cent.— .whole amount of the United States Bank loan has been subscribed, and the letters of apportion ment Aere &livered nn 11und,y. The period fixed tur payment of the deposite.s are under - - , _ '12 . 2 per cent. on the 17th Deeetiiher. 1 35 ' on ,15th JantAry,:lB4o. '33 ' 14th-Feuruary. Total 1:2 per cent J • There has not'appeared so greatian eigerness a. long the capitahsts to embark in this undertaking, as has lien usuiilly evinced for the financial opera tionsnf the house of Rothschild ; hc•wever, the §crip t7as sold yesterday at 1 per cent. premium. A ship's crew rind passengers gaped from diown ing by the pocket ship Roscius.—twenty four hu man heniffs have been saved from a:watery grave by Capt. Collins, ()Nile Ro4icir,geonded- by the exer tions of his officers and men. Piirliament was to meet January 2 . "6th. Lord iPonsernhy is to,be reealled, from Constardi nople. ' i Lord Durham, it:was expected, would-suc ceed hip. It woe believed that Lord,Normanhy, to be got rid . of,, is tu!succeed Lord Aucland as Grovernor General of Indik. The genfral belief in London was, that Parliament would to dissolved Bobo after its 'first meetirrg. ,i• - Frani!e.---The King delivered his speech Cm the npening of the Chambers. Dec. 23u. - The document is a particularly dry one. : Spain.;--Cabrera has liberated ;2.1)(10 Christian prisoners. in , order that he may not any longer have to provide,fur'their support `., The municipality of Ma. drid will not receive and promote the ministerial cireillar'aii to the conduct of employers-at elections. Aivers.—The fighting inTreneli Ached contin ued, but with what real success it is difficult to pro nounce an opinion, as we have only one version of the engaigernents. The Moniteur Parisen and the Monite“r publish the annexed. !he Three Doll trs tom of the &i+4 ag4t is bleated:, I rinsileil fur Five. th let 01 (-lent number of ant 114 VUbIICJ- as agents in fur Marshall Valle to the Minittter of War ••Algicrr, Dec —Toult;tl, Dec. 19. gion pikrs, wdl arty is February, "Two engagements have takeir place round Bell The regular infantry of the :Emir (AbJel Ka der) has been cut to pieces (sabre)" and dispersed-- The cpeing has, approached neither Kolcait nor Sahel " r•The Algiers and the Neptune arc in eight ; they will arrive tM day at Algiers." l i ottsvplo, Selby I- The last rnentioned vessels conveyed _reinforce ments to the Marshal. and not before thy were wanted. as it seems from his .own accounts. He had is - sued decrees prohibiting the chase. the sale of ammunition, and the formation ot's militia of Alge ria, to 17e added to that of the town, the whole commit/of seven battaltons. AffOirs of the East.—Litters from Constantinople represent all hopes of a tlettletnent of. the Eastern qudtion.to be at an *end. VERY LATE.FROM • The Ship Robert Futon Captain Mae Mich iels , has arrived at New York from China, having left" Hong 'Kong on the 2.5(h of September., which is a month and a hail later than privimis advices. if we eteept a brief paragraph. received by way co.' Dos.' ton. • On the. Pith . of September. Capt Smith of the British ship of war Volage, at the tnstance of the superintend. nt, Elliot, issued ,a iintice of a blockade of the port of Caidon, which would be enforced alter sixty days. The Ainerienn merchants and ..ship masters immediately protested against the proposed measure, and on the 16th thenotica was revoked.- Captain Mac Atchaele repOrla that the .British, with their families; had been oldiged by the Chinese to leave Mecum and . .fiffMlitiV on lboard the,Engliah ships at Hong Kong, SS Miles eastward of Macao. Capt. Elliot, chief superintendent of the English trade, had hoisted. his Beg on !mid the English country ship ',the British trade with China is tetchy suspended, ant no jirespent of in . , I 4, 11 . .e 3 ' , :h.y0u to pierce the bowels ofthe Earth and bring out from the Caverns ofthe Niountains, Metals which will give strength o our Hands and subject all Nit Ore to our use nod pleasureDlt JOIINFIIS I I , . . VOL XVI. TELEGRIPU DEiPATCH M AND P Weekly . by Benjamin ilannani rattsillie, - Schuylkill Comity, Pennsylvania. adjustment of the difficulties, without aid froin,Eng land. The opium trade, however, was carried on very briskly, and at high prices, on the eastern coast of China, under the British flag. This, alone, will prevent the possibility ol'a renewaLof the English trade with Canton, and may eventually lead to a suspension of all foreign trade. There is much ir ritation between tin 'English and the Chinese, the girme• having fired into several junks, and having made an attack, under the command of Captain El i , 111 the forts sod junks at Kow Loore, a few miles to the eastward of Hong Kong; it was report ed several Chinese had been killed, amongst which was a Mandarin of rank. Captain Elliot narrowly estraped, having a ball through his hat. The Chi nese claimed the victory. A very severe edict had been issued by the High Commissioner, in conse quence of the above attack, and' the notice of the intended blockade. • The• American trade continued without molosta• lion on the part of the Chinese. Several vessels un der the American, Spanish' Danish flags, were em ployed in bringinglmlia cotton and British manu factures to Cantor from Hung Kong, at high rates of freight. • The British ship Mermaid had been purchased at !Icing Kung, and was employed in the frei g hting busineso under the American (Lag between there and Canon Adadditional export duty on leas and Silks was about being laid by the Chinese, to meet the extcaor dinury expenses occasioned by4he unsettled stale of affairs between Mem and the , Engnsh ; new forts have -be . en built at the entrance of the liver, and mity and chains thrown across it. An artival ut St tielina troin Singipore, reports tliSt several vessels, fully n. un , l. .vere About sailing fur the east coast oft:hula .leteraiin tti n. ~! 'carry lug on the opium trade. by. •1,..c.ev, An, tcan ships were unwise(' to. pro , ed at •ince to Ougue,hieempti.tnie with a petition n ‘.l the Amerman merchants. Jonathan ce ;‘) ue filling Ms pockets while-Johu i, BMA- I t the tree. From the N. Y. CoMmercid Advertlier' The Canton 'Press of September 11—for which we are indebted to Mr. %Vest 1111 l re, one of the passen gers at the Robert Fulton—gives , a long account of an attack by several Chinese war boats via a Spanish brig—the Bilbaino--Iying anchored it the Ty pa, on the 12th. They attempted host to destroy her with fire-boals, hut not iniZc.eding, began filing up on her, and-soon aver boarded in great numbers.— The crew of thellig jumped overboard, and were picked up by• the Chinese. who then nlondeiecl the brig of every thing valuable, even to the charts and the clothes of the sailpis ;after which they set fire to the brig and left tier, taking the chiefmate away with them. Six other of the crew were landed by the Chinese on an Island near Macao, and the mat; 2 in numbtr, were put On. board tkir long boat without oars or rudder. The Press says there is no accounting for this act or urrprovked hostility, as the brig was a regular li censed trader, and the Spaniards never dealt in opi. unt• Probably she was suspected of conveying pro visions to the British at Hong Kong. , The Press contains three proclamations issued by tie high commissioners. One to tho inhabitants of the villagei about Hong Kong, coniinonding them to attack any Englishman from the ships, coming on shore to obtani:provicions or waler—another fur . bilding the inner passages 4d the third reitcrat ing the laws and penaliiesit gainst opium. Ca ptalo• Elliott issued anotice on the 11th. requir ing the captains of all -vessels not having opium, to come on board his fleet and all British ships hayshg opium, to make sail immediately and depart trolls the roast. From the N. Y. Courier St Enquirer. TWO DAYS LATER FROM LONDON By the arrival of the packet ship Philadelphia, Capt. MORGAN, we have recieved lull files of London 'patient to the evening of the 27th December, con taining Liverpool dates .of the evening of the 26th. The news is of no importance. Cotton continues firm. The demand for Bred. * stuffs is on the increase ; and money is not iu as great demand os at our previous dates. Loudon, .Dcc.l l .7th, 12th o'clock— , . The Stock Markets rem a in in the same dull state, particularly in•the Foreign House. Respecting the state of the war in Africa, the Monitieur Paisien, of Monday night continued the following : Government h'as not yet received any detailed report of the affairs which took place on the 14th and 15th instant, between Boutfarick and We have however, received the following on the sub ject : bb On the 14th, at the moment when the moveable column, composed of the 24 and 17th'Light Infan try, 4001 Cavalry, and four pieces of artillery, was' leaving Mered for BUM, it percieved the enemy in the plain.—As soon as. the•troops of the Emir sere within reach, the cavalry 'fell upon them, and our Chasseurs attacked the Arab infantry, who had been thrown into disorder, with the sabre, and drove them into a ravine. .Tl 4! infantry completed the dispersion of•the ene. my, and pursued them into the underwood which covers the first declivities of the Atlas. A great num ber of bodiesNrere left on the ground by the fugitives, Several Arabs, ut the moment when our soldiers .fell on tlitim, cried out 'Grace!' They were Zouaves, who had passed over to the enemy ; our cavalry Nhowea them no pity. During this combat, about :300 Arab horseuagi wereendeavouring to manmuvre on our - rear, and 100 Chasbeurs, who formed the rear guard, received orders to attack them vigorclusly. The Arabs were overthrown at the first shock, and after having lost a great number .of men and hoises, fled in all diremtions. The column then marched on, and passed the night in the upper ramp of Blidah. At 6 o'clock in the morning of the 15th, whilst a convoy.was preceeding from the estlnp to the town of Blidab;: the 2d Light Infantry, supported by the ar tillery, marched against the Arabs who had shown themselves at the foot of the Atlas, between the town and the . ChM. The regular infantry of "Aan.sL KATES was again dispersed; and experienced still greater losses than on the preceding day. The 2d Light Infantry, Which fopght under the ere of the -SATITRDAY MORNING..PE.BUAIIY (5. 1549. From the Times ff the 27th -I a • ' C' r.c - t 23d and 24th of the Line acquired by this affair new the. army. After this check (tre'ene 4 ' -siring forward regular troop few Kebyles alone coutitt4 Everything is quiet at NI On this side the enemy proach our lines. On the commaniled py Col. Lafon . tween the Arateli and the hive suceeded in coming u without doubt, again recie troops were full of ardour. STATIS'VCS 0 From the The English Governmlit has established a regis ration of marnages, births and deaths, NNhich, 'froth its accuracy and fullness, ill yiela the moat impor tantNi information to the pl ysician, philosopher, and statesman. Front a review of the first annual report of the Registrar General, the folh.wing data have been derived. The resul are from the writer's cal culation, and the means 1:i correcting any error arc affOrded. The population of Engl ated, January I, 1838, at The annual deaths trawl IMII2 Hence, the mortality • ! per cent. or one death to e A table is also framed tl tartly in ,London loch is er large commercial cities five counties, including m I 24 the shaidard. The resu unate thy: truth. • The population of Lon. square miles, is That of the five counti. square miles, is The annual deaths of Which is at the rate death to every 33 inhabit the deaths of the country of 1,976 per cent., or one tants, thus proving that are much greater in the c• With the above result pare- the rate of mortality tained from data publuk Wednesday's Intelligena l The population at this The deaths for 1839 w Which gives the rate of 11 of every 66 of the iiihabit. l rate in London, and atm! the country ; showing a v our favor. It should also of the-deaths in our city a a disease scarcely known never seen in the country and omissions doubtless e system has been in action vies must be relatively minutive The following U12C01111" the same report: ' The population of En lona and. Wales increased from 1801 to 1821, at th rote of 16,13 de ennially ; and from 1821 to 1831, t the rate of 16,01 decent ally, showing great infer ity of progression. Tnc instances of longevity are numerous. In the whole of England and 'Wales, out of 1,000 deaths 145 have been at the Oge[of 70 and upwards, while in Durham and parts ofl orkshire, the proportion a rose as high as 210,-arl unk in London to 164, and k in Liverpool and Manch stet to- 63. The registered deaths ed to 20 per cent. of the nearly 4 out of 1000 livi mg that of the tinited . It appears, also, that in the metropolis is 243, mile, and that each Foi square yards. January 23. 1840 From the GENERAL HARRISON ' . CHARACTER REPINED BY • LOCOFOCO JOcris.st.....-. 1 1 The following manly re buke addressed to the traducers of General HA an'. sox, is from the Ohio 'onfidtrate,A a Van Buren it to . the Argus,: the Post, ppy one of these journals will tribute of respect to the time L e promise to [widish an sr. ky, we will not stand on tri contrasting the claims of ore here conceded by one of {lsis in the West.to the dem. Presidency. IW ILL I ANI.HEN my you Messrs. Argus, Post, Publish Il . journal. We commend and the New Eras. If a give an insertion to this and war worn patriot, Uric of equal length—n flea, of !twice the length Mr. Van "Buren, with t. the ablest Locofuco jour octane candidate for the ur flittaisos. What - and'Efas I Dare you GENERA A superanuated a Bulletin. "As the petticoat G If we did not entert: pars from which we hay , lions, we would avoid know we are exposing caption to these,expresst cause we esteem them i Haim, that we are not at hone which we have ag Lion of a fault-finding di Can it be. brethren.,t pouse. the principles evep of the man whom cured by the use •f au truth and the beauty u ism to be estAblished be dividual character t A to the respect and coat i title, to the highest bonl to be maintained, or in mamas treatment of Surely there is error selves, if but for a moment. .of the excitement, (we had almost said, of the phrenzy,) which you allow your patty attachment nd animosities to engender: —assume the cool.aod enerous frame of mind which:- so well befits the free d enlightened citizens, (and : , auch you are.) and cal ly answer the Inquiry. .r.Who is he whom e are dmeribing as thepeli-: : eclat Ceneral—aeupera *land pitiabk dotard? " : arki l m Youtielees will anew —.and that not on compul- Ilion—political aspired s out .ef • view, yotuselvei. will answer most fr y,—he is a tried, end s wor. ESE vgatisEn: • who occupied the camp, • claims to the esteem of y no longer ventured-to a ; some horsemen and a ed to 'fire' on the plain.-: .oleah and fin the Sabel. las not attempted to ap• 16th a moveable column, • ine, %A as manmuvring tie- Ilarnise. If they should p with the enemy, he has •ed a severe leison, for the If, MORTALITY National Intelligencer nd and Wales was esti m -15,324,720 July I, 1837 s3B,* been at the rate of 2,:!09 ery 45 living,. compare a ratio ot mor more healthy- than the oth . with that of the country; any t wens, being selected kg, of course, only appros I on, within an area of 70 • 1,790,451 Is, with an area of 7,933 1,723,770 e former were 53,597 If 2,990 per cent. or one I ma. Fot the same term, [ere 34,074, of at the rate death to every 50 inhabi • e chances of human life untry than in town. tvo are tempted to com n as ascot ti by Mr. 6ESSFOUD • in ime is estimated At 24,565 re 372 1514 per cent., or ore out nts, being one-half of the t three-fourths of diet , to df est superiority of healtV in be noticed that one-tenth ise from Cholera Infentum, D England, and among us In all the returns, errors • ist, but, as the registration only one year, its deficien .ore extensive than our di- 'ctcd facts are gleaned from rom consumption amount otal number of deaths, or ig; this proportion exceed . res. le greatest density attained 00 to a geographical square I.n has, only an area of 24 MEM HARRISON d pitiable dotard."-0. S. floral pas6el.l eirough town,"' Fu a high respect for the pa.; 7. wade the foregoing quota-.: the liabilities to which we ourselves, wherove take ex 4 tons: But it is ;125ecisely be-j idluentihi tinti . 4sgthy '. jour iberty io flirb4 the objec- - , inst therm; or ofThe imputa-` spositton.• , ... , at the cause T hick you:co- ( .ou advocate, or the aucCeis you prefer, can only be Be- ruestitt its this! Are the d die power of Republican detractorj, aspersions of in 7 ' e Mr. Van Buren's dahlia erice of the , people, and his rof the pu b lic service,-only fly degree assisted, by contu .is rivals in popular favor this 'thing. Divest your- thy citizen are, useven times tried is he "—in the ordeals of fire and water. While yet a stripling: you will say, he gave himself to the arduous service; of his country ; he exchanged , the joys and the safei ty of family and home, for the perils and the hard- Alps of a dreary wilderness a l .nd a savage enemy. For forty years, thence forward, did .he devote him self to his country ; in_peoce and inlwar, in Sanger and security, in the camp sod in the closet, in the Senate and the battle-field, did lie serve that country in true fealty and untarnished honor, until, even now, grown grey in that hard service sillich has brought him nothing i ut a glorious reputation and a con science void of offence apinat i the obligations of pat riothm, he stands, in his old age, among the millions litho surround him, a model of olliciiil,purity and un corrupted e integrity. And this is the toil-worn sol dier and honored citizen who is described as a su peranuated and pitiable dotard," and a "petticoat Gi nem' ! I " 13teth ren, if we believe another to be the bitter statesman. let us say so. It we think the aged pat riot entertains opinions and sentiments adverse to the important interests of our country, let us canvass un reservedly those sentiments and opinions. But, in the mama of humanity and gratitude, let us not taunt the war-worn veteran with the decrepitate of years, which come to all human kind, nor touch with rude, unfee4ing hand, his hard earned garlands, Hon on many a bloody field, where brae men fought! Gen tlemen, there. is a %List difference between the goose quill and the death-Sealing swordl—a mighty contrast between the sufferings and danger's of a tented livid, and the salt and easy life of the critic eho des pises it. - When under the impulse of -political acerbity, one teals prone- to disparage the just claims of General Hatris..oto the couselerataon el the people; (Lure are two circumstances, the recollection ral which ought, it would seem, to arrest the. incipient purpose. , It should be remembered, in the'. first Puce, that three years have just gone by, when a majority of the cit izens of Ohio would bare raised him to the loftiest. post Of responsilr—il .ay and honor—and that such an expression of popular opinion is entitled to some weight, in estimating individual character. And, iii the second place, let it not be forgotten, (by future generations it will nut he,) that from the service of the State, con.tinuing through all the. active years of a lengthened life, lee retires in poverty. When the fact becomes so common as no lunges to Le remarka ble, let his countrymen cease to hold. it es a token o f Harrison's worth; but while , as yet: it remains the solitary instance, save one, in:which the lore of mon ey has been totally lost in the noble love of. country and honor, let it be acknowledged the p - roudest mon ument of his greatness, .and the best memorial of his virtue. Pennsylvania Senale.—The following list com prises the names of the members of the Senate of Pensitqlvania, with' the time at which their term of office expires. Those whose names are in ilatc, Were elected last fall and their terms respectively were determined by lot, agieeable to a *vision 'ln the amended constitution. Senators whose terins,expire in 1840 Samuel Stevenson, Philadelphia Henry Myers, Delaware. Win. T. Rogers, Bucks. John Miller, Berke. James A. Caldwell, Lancaster. James M. Bell, •Huntinedon. Charles Frailey, S,Buylk4l, Wm. Purviance, Butler. John B. Sterigere, Montgomery Thomas E. Cochran, York, Altrahons Short; Northamptron. Senators whose terms expire in 1841. Michael Snyder, Philadelphia. „Ebenezer Kingsbury, Jr., Wayne. Elihu Case, Biadfard, Samuel M. Baralay, BedfOrd. Charles B. Penrose, Cumberland. Thomas C. Miller, Adams. Henry IL Spatkman,. Philadelphia. Thomas 1.1". Allegheny. 'Findlay Patterson, Ai mstrong. Senators whose fermi expirein 1842. Frederick Fruiley, Philadelphia. Charles Brown, Philadelphia. Nathaniel Brooke, Chester. John Strohm, Lancaster. John Killinger, Lebanon. Robert P. Machu, Lilian.. John IL'Ewing, Washington. 'm. F: Coplan, Fayette,: Samuel Hays, Venango. .Robert Flma k tng, Lycoming. John CVPlumer, Westmoreland. Private Fortunes in Ancient Tines.— Cumin possessed in landed property i a fortune of £1,700,000, besides a large suns of money, slaves, and furniture, which amounted to an equal sum; be used to say, that a citizen who had l not a fortune Sufficient to support an army or a legion, did not deserve the title of a rich man. The Philosopher Seneca had a for. tune of 2,600,000. Lentulus, the soothsayer, had £3,500,000. Tiberius, at his death left £23,625, obo, which Caligula spent in less than twelve months. Vespasian, on assending the throne. estimated all the expenses of the State at £3,500,000. The debts of Milon amounted to 4600,000. , .--Crasar, before he entered upon any office, owed £2,095,000: ho pur chased the friendship of Ctlroi for 4500,000. and that of Lucius 'Paulus for £300,000. At the time of the assassination of Julius ClEStir, Anthony was in debt to the amount of £300,000: ho owed this sum in the Ides of March, and it was paid before the Kelends of April ; he squandered 4147,000,000 of the public treasures. Appicus expended in debauch ery .4500,001:1;.,Mad - finding, on examination of the state of his affairs, that—he , ha& no more than £BO, 000, left, he poisoned himself, because he considered that sum insufficient for his maintenance. Julius Cesar gave Servilla, the mother of Brutus, a pearl of the value of £40,000. Cleopatra, at an entertain ment, gave to Anthony, dissolved vitiegai, who swallowed it, a pearl worth/80,000. Claudius, the son of Esopus, the comedian, swallowed one worth £8,000.. One niggle . 41101 Fog Esopus .R 60,000. Caligula spent for one supper. £ and Hello gabalus £20,000. Minna! gave ".£400.090 for the house of Anthony. The fish from Liacullus' fish ponds were sold -for .454,000: country house was destroyed by fire, and his loss 'was esti mated at R 550,000.-004 to finish a part'of Neret palace, spent £1144.5fi0. i• .Dr. Johnaon't .4aftnbiari of a physinian was— . Ciao wbo pozopuo of iihith he kuovis little, into astonitnit of,rNebs he Imowa nothing.' • - I ' ,4 NO. 7. MANAGEMENT: -ILLSG.E£ STOUT I have heam folks say that wimmen was contrary i well they is a little so, hut t if you niaMige "ea rite. ' bawl in here, and let 'em out there, ybu cap drive '-em along without whip or spur,lest tvitie,h way You: : want 'em to go. - ~.--t : , Wheg I lived down to E'turn, the 4 wasja :goo .many lust rate gals dotin there, hut I did'nt take al •likin to any on 'ern, tiltB444e Com-mins cunt dowg there.to live. The squire had a mightY, putty darterj - I sed sum of the gals was fust rate, but Nancy-Cum mins was fust rate and -a •leetle ,more.: There was J many dressed finer and looked, grander, they then war- sumthin.jaut ,phout Nance, that they could'n, I I hold a candle to. If a feller seed her ivunet, he' : could'itt Cook at another gal for a week. I took a likin to-her rite off, , :and we got us thick:gs thisvea.4 • We had used to go to the sante meettin and sot id the same .pew. It took me to find th e r i;:erms and 'j hims for her, And we'd swell. 'em out :In a manna' hshockin to hardened sinnens;' and th- ref we'd moss _ 1 hum together, while the gals anti feller kept a lookin 1 on as though they'd like to mix in. I'd always stay jI to supper, and the way _she mod make injin cakes, I I e land the way I wood - slick 'em over with molasses: and put 'em away was within to nobody. She wale, !dreadful civil tew f always 6itim temwthin nice fig' 'me. I was up to the hub in love. an was going i :for it like lokyinotive. IA ell,' things :vs( • t on th s' way lona spell, till she thought e b o hied um tigh t enough. Then she begun to show on: kinder intles (pendent like. When I'd go to the mectin, there vta:4,_ jno room •in the pew ; A hen 'she'd cone out she 'streak off with another. chap, and Itatte'tge - suck4 l. Jmy lingers at the door. Instead of stickiii 7 te me as ;she used to do, she got cuttin round with the lelles just as if she cared nothin about me lio more, 0011.0 ' Iwhatsonie.er.- 7 -) got considerably riled: and thort II :Pout as well cum to the end of it at wunce; so dew I ! h went to have it out with her: there was a hu I grist of fellers there. They seemed mighty quiet ti I l went in, then she got talkin all manner of nonsen , and sed LOLllirl to me, and a darned little--of that. 'I 'tried to keep my dander down, but s it tearn't n 0.4 J—l kept movin about as if I had a pin in my trot -acre. I sweat as if I hod been throshin. My cellar bung down as if it had been hung over my stock to I dry. l'couldn't stand it, so "cleared: out as quick. as I could, for I seed ':war no use to soy :nothing j her. I went straw to - bed, and shot the matter ov r a spell ; thinks I that gel is just try in of me ; ta t } t j no use of our play ing possuut ; I'll take the kink oli t of her; if I dont fetch her out of thui grass use tiro for sausage meat. I hearn tell of a boy, wunce, thitc got to skewl late on Sunday mornin ;: master say, you tarnal sleepin emitur, what kept you so late 2 Why. says the boy, it was so everlastin slippery 01, I . couldn't get along nohow; every step ,I took forrar , ' I went two steps backward, and I couldn't have get here at all, if I hadn't turned back to go the other Way. Now, that's just my ease. I have been ptg tin after that gal a-considerable time. Now, thin. a I, I'll go tither way—she's been silting of me, no v I'll elite her—what's sass fur the gooa is sass for it e gander. .:7 i Well' I went no mare to Nancy's. Next Sabbath I slicked myself up, and I dew say, when I got lily fixins on, I took the shirt tail dean oft Of any spet I men of htimati.natur in our pats. About meet n • time uff I put to Ethan) Dodge's—Patience Dod is was as nice a gal as yqu'd see tvt ix t here and yond r, any more than she wasn't jest lil(e. Nancy Cummin e. Ephraim ;Massey had us,:d to go and see her; 1 o was a cleaver feller but he was thedful joins. We I, I went to meetin with Patience, and pot right afoto Nancy ; I didn't set my eyes on her till i after tnect in : She had a feller with her wly had a blazin red head, and legs like a pair of compasses ; she had a face as long as a grace afore a thank'.gisin dinner. 4- I knowed who she was thinkgin about, and 'twarri't the chap with the red head nether. W ell, I gotboe la- Patience about a spell. Kept my eye on Nance,se d how the cat was jutnpin, she'daln't 'cut about li • she did,. and. look'd rather solemnly ; sbed'd g' her tew eyes to kiss and make up. I kept it up u - till I liked to have got int ) a mesa about Patietice.f.t- The critter thot I was goin inter her f, r good, aid got as proud as a lame tuilny. Wori day Efe cmi rl down to our place looking as natty us a trt,lishy o - aer on a trainin clay ; look here, sea he, Seth Stok . 1;; as loud as a small tliunde , chip, 11l be dardl.---t. , Hallo! sea I, what's broke ! N 1 I.y :es he, I core down to have satisfaction about Patience Dodo ca 'here Pve been cortin her ever since last grass a Y, and she was jest as goodlis mine till yi n cone rig4in alter her and now I can't touch her wittt a forty-foot pole. Why se; I, what on a:ith are you talkin ahoetl I inn got nothin to do with . your gal, but epos it' I bad, there's nothin for you to gt t wolfy ; about, 1 If the gal has taken a I kin to n,e, it taint try fault; and if we've taken a likin to one another taint yur fault, as ion may sir pose it is; but I aint so alms h i ty taken with her, an you may gether for me, so ylou hadn't ought to get savage about notkin. Well, says he,.(rather cooled down,) I am the unluckiest thing in creation. I went tother day to a place. when there was an old woman died of the buts or solme such disease, and they were sellir. out her things.—. Well sea, e, there was a thun .cring big ail of drawers full of all sort of truck, ire I hot . it untlt lot I made a spec, but when Iconie to look at 'ere.th re want nothin in it worth a cent except an old sit er thimble, end -that was an rusted up, 50..1 sold it for less third I give for it ; well then the chap that I: t It tuck it home, he !leered n.thing rattle, brc.k.e lie old chist and found lots ot\ gold and silver in it, in a false bottom I hadn't seen. Now ,if rd tuck eliat ehist hum, I'd never found that uniney, or if I ilid they'd been all counterfeit, and I'd been tuck up for plasm on 'em. Well I jest told Patience abou it when she rite up and called me a darned fool. Well, sea I, Etc that is hard, but never you mind that, jest go on, you carrget her, and when you do get her, you can file the. rough edges off jest as you pletse. That ticldetilhim, it did. and away ha want a le the beuer pleased. 'Now, thinks I, its time to' look after Nance. ' Nexi days down I went. ' Nancy was! all alone. I axed half the squire' was in. Am said hip warnt. Cos, says t, ( 1 4nakin believe I wanted him,) our colt, sprained his foot and'T cam to see if he squire , wont lend me his mare- to go to yawn. lila sed obi gess'd he wood, better sit down till the squire cum in, down - I sot; shclooked sort a strange; end my hturt felt queer all round tho, edges. Ann a while, see I, air you goin down to Betsy Masttn'e ,qui,ltin,? Sed she didn't know for sartia ; are You goin I Scd I reckoned I wood ; see she, spose ycki, 'd take Patience Dodge; sed I mout and again I mbut not ; sea she, I beam yours goin to be mar r ied ; ace I, should'nt wonder a bit,' Patience is SA tic gal, sem 1. I looked at. her,,l seed the tears curniii ; se . I. may be she'll ax you to be the bridcsmald,; she riz rite up, she did,ther face as red as a biled iieet. -Seth ' Stokes, sea she, and she could'nt say any more she was.so full; woot you be bridesmaid, sea I, no '" s she, and she burst rite out ; well then, sesil, if You wont be bridesmaid will you be the brido-'—ehte*k cd up at me—l swan to . man I never seen ny t"tig i so awful purty ; I tuck rite hold of her then, 1es y orl ti o, ses :l r i te A Yes see she; that's your sort, ses- I ; I and as I gin her a bus and a hug; T soon fixed Mat ters with thu squires ; We soon hitched 'races tok re t. is doable harness for' life, and never hsd cantle tot ta' pent of my bargaio.—,,Ladies Atinuid Re - titer: I, . I. , A wag hi . the' dry goods tine at touisvi i ' having his bales and:boxes driven fr m the ' by the authorities, suspended his Many es'sl! nanta trorn the windows tn:thittiker attm I a mark of respect for:the sudden ;digatlpe their col. panions, covered each fabric with crape: In three days the feltow's tors a wills eustoßten►, , 1 lb., 4.11er =ide walk. t , Ted r M ,l—tei P'f'E pa PC 714 Pi 1 -0 f Dor•
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