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PoTTSVIL LB, SC HUYLKILL COUNTY; PA
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Tins work;ai its title taiimrts, *ill be devoted to
he interests of the Coal and Iroii trades, and such
other mining opecatioas, as are daily becoming of
more iinportanee ih our countr . 4, and to the diffusion
of general scientific improveint
nts. The location of
tile' seat of puhlication, situate in the very heart of
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gifts, pointif it out us the spot, from whence such a
work should emanate. The iMpatianee ut out Coal
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.and the parfectimi of the experi
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- Tlie irti'm and lead field% of the weiitern ;nee*, the
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the advancement of our national resources, and the
developeanerit of it's treasurys. latter-.class of
expected patrons must be nufnerous i , when it is con
sidered of what vast importance to ;the welfare. of a
country are its mineral treasures. Great - Britain owes
to her ineihaustable supply-4if coal,',› iron and other
metals; ti large 'Share of her lninpits national reyen•
ale and individual wealth ; ! they are her "protation
warn and her means of aggrandizement in peace.
Our Edited' States is desuned to occupy a.pre4
eminent station as a mining country, and but few!
years car( elapse, before wesNill 'be! independent of
all foreign. nisJuiCes. Enghind hai air annual iron
trade of, about a million tons, and a coal trade, of
probably twenty millions. j Oar 'country has in
twenty years, acquired a traile:of nearly ono million
tons of Anthracite Coal, indlependtint of the' Bitu
•minous Coal trade, which 4upplie4 4 ehe Smith from
the Virginia fields, and the :rallies Of ilia dhio and
Mississippi from the region of Pittshu'rg. bead
' waters of the great western rivers, are teeming with
'mineral wealth:and their pr4dui.-ts will sods enrich
every portion of our land. • 'from ell these dillerent
~regions, tint 'Mining Journal will 'receive accurate
accounts-of progres‘sive.tinpiLivcinelits, and chronicle
' them at the earliest dates. la order to assist the ills
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design of the irst` Anthrueite eaniate, now in most
• ,! successful operation in the Mbrough of Pottsville,
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E=IIZMEDIEXE
POTTSVILLE
, -if illiant• Q. 4014tison. i:
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-- - - - - - H, HAS taken this emnoindious esta [ btish•
iii., inent , recciiilv of Ut Jo`supli Weaver,
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• -14ao. aas the "'O4 Ut , Ond 1 1-20, e 1 ,... S.. it. oci of CeitO•el and
4 d.;:allooiill streets, and has inaierially iinpru!red its
• !arrangement for the. acetiointoliatioo of cuttocrs.
'The situation is plOasant and erntra' be't I.! . Onl!<7
.- , 4 'n , e.'
r 4 iicins to (he -Post Odine and l'uvit Ball, and lin the
business part of the borough ; and three Daily Lanes
of Stages arrive and depart thin' ;the Excharqze to
'and ,from Reading. Noitlitiart4rLinci, Danythe and
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PRIVA CF: - F.. 1 / 4 \llU ES vo,-t#, desire spending the
'summer months ir. the Coal 4iltion will be furnished
'with parlours,and ciittoitiers call,eutfted to *Use the
fanny, anti render econfortabth tt* most fastidious
-vests; arid T RAVELLERS-{"ill always fi n 3 those
: - accontguidation s which' are ittosc desired, Ind the
'strict attention of servants. ': 1 ;„ ... . . , •
It • were superfluous to say. t:-.t his Tatii.t and
BAit will alvays be. t furnishoikt.ith„the nlioiceSt
. viands and liquors ; and withr:a wish and e.lertions
V, gratify his guests he anticatas the patrowAgi o f
the public.
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will oath you to !loran the bowels rale Earth and bring eat from the caverns orate =Mountains Oletals which will g,ive strength to ettrilacrcls and subject all. l'lntur ' e to oar use nnd pleasure.—pn Jon tiSotr.
VOL X VL
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.- Adjourned Meeting
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OF C4TIZES FAVORABLE TO I HE LOCATION OF A -
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•NA 1.1.031A ) L :- 11311Ditir .
In Welasylkill way. ;
, In - pursuance of adjournment, the citizens of Schuylkill County, assembled
in public townkieeting on Saturday evening Feb. 15, at the Exchange Hotel.
' • On -motion, To!. george &genial:a was added to the Vice Presidents of the
meeting: , . ' • ' .1
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The Committee appointed' at the nwetinelteld on Monday -lust, and who
were charged With the &Lifting of a memo al to Congress, on the subject of
a National Foundry,. reported the following, through their Chairman, Capt.
Th-at,J.
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To the Honorable the Senate and Howse of Representatives of
the United States, in Congress dtisembled: ,
The memorial of the undersig ned titizens; (and others interest
ed in the Iron Trade) of Schuylkill COunty, State of Pennsylvania;
Respectfully represents :
That they have=seeil with crutch tification, that the sulject of
a "National Foundry, for 'the constrndtion 'of Cannon, &c., Was
brought to the-notice of your Honorable bodies, by the report of the
Secretary of War, at your last session. They have alSo seen with
much pride and patisfaction, th.it one of the rich and fertile counties
of - their State, (Lancaster) has been favourably mentioned bra se
lect Committee of one of your Honorable bodies, as a desirahleaite
for ouch manufactory. -your memorialists would beg leave, before
they advance one step in the attempt to set forth the claims of their
own County of Schuylkill, to disavow at once, any jealousy or ri
valry against their sister of Lancaster, , whose. \'allies as far out
strip the surface dour Coal and Iron. Mountains, in point of fertil
ity and production of" the staff of life," as the vast and numerous
strata of Coal-and Iron Stone in the bosom of our Mountains, rival
any insulateti.depostlcs . of Iron 'Ore which may be (*mind in a de
composed state, accompanying her, limestone formation.
- We rietice that our fellow citizens of Lancaster County, very
justly lay much stress on the following advantages, all of which we
can still more strongly lay claim . to, viz: " remoteness from inva
sion by a Foreign foe, yet sufficiently near the seaboard, ilex.—
'• Connection .y Milted water communication with Philadelphia,
New York and Baltimore, also, communication with Philadelphia
by Rail Road,- &c." As to the first, the approach to the Coal
fields, for at least eighteen nai!es, is only through Gaps and Chasms
formed by the' moontain torrent, as difficult' of access -by an inva
ding foe, as the passage of the Alps; guarded as it is, by fastnesses
and promontories, whet.e a handful of nien,mieht defy the. united dis
cipline of 'thousands: Inland communication with Philadelphia,
New Ymk and Baltimore, we posses's without circuit. or interrup.
lion. A Rail' Road without undulation or, inclined planes 'is now
in fill operation from - Philadelphia to Reading, and in a state of
rapid progression from Reading to Pottsville. •
Lancaster County, is said to poss6s " inexhaustible mines " of
Iron Ore. The reports of our State Geologist do not show any regu
lar stratification of Iron Ore, but simply 'insulated depositeB, whiuth
in most instances has to be 'conveyed a considerable distance and at .
great expense over common roads, to bring it into contact with the
only means Lancaster and most other places possess for the menu
fireture of Iron; namely, water power andwood. Schuy 'kill County,
at Pottsville . , (the widest part of the-Coal field,) shows by actual ob
servatiiin upwards of one hundred separate and distinct Coal rnea
st*s, var ing. fro . m two to fifty feet in thickness, mid extending in
their longitudinal course at least a distance of fitly miles. Re 7
seatcheS for Iron Ote in our Coal Region are yet in embryo, still
tlierie infant explorations, commenced only with the past season, show
that in all probability the number of Iron measures far exceed those of
Coal. One kieigle hill within die limits of the Borough of Pottsville,
iihowsut ieast ten different strata; other places recently opened show
the Iris Ore immediately in contai 4 .t with the Coal and with it form
ing a workable map of several feet in thickness. An opening made
within a few weeks shows ten different strata in a cross section of
rock olthirty seven feet.
What a fiulil of experiment is here opened to the research and
scientific ob,ervations of . our ordnance department ! Hundreds of
strata of Iron Stone, possessing in all probability very ninny differ
ent qualities, and doubtless those most desirable foi: the fabrication
of °Macioce, shot, shells, &c, ,
The number and magnitude of these Iron strata far exceed any
thing of the kind knoWn in the Coal fields of England or Wales; and
vet the exptrience of-these countries, shows that Coal fields are the
places- where - Iron can be manufactured at a rate entirety below
that of any other position, however favorably situated in other re-
I. spects, •
Recent experiments in our Borough, as to the manufacture of \ on
- by the sole ai d of Anthracite Coal, have proved fully satisfactory
to every observer, to shown by the recent investigation of a com
mittee from 'Philadelphia. It is also worthy of remark that the
Furnace worked better, gave a larger yield of Iron, and of better
quality, when working our own t ron Stone, than When using Ore
. from the deposites along the baseWthe South Mountain, similar to
that found from the Oe!aware to the - Susquehanna, through North;
amptoti,. Lehigh, Bello, Lebanon, &c. &c. Thus showing the
ecot orny of nature, in placing wifti l in the vast deposites of our
Coal fields, the means of producing:an enormous homeconsumption,
‘Ahich ninst - soon far surpass that sent a'‘ray, for domestic and other
• purposes ; and must at once lead every thinking Mind to the fact,
that the -hauling, of Iron Oro-from six to nine miles, the chopping
of Wood, Coaluig, arid hau'lng or Charcoal several miles, together
with the absolute necessity of owning itnmenseliodies bf wood land,
_horses, wagons, &c. &e., cannnoo6)tupe;e with the .manufacture of
lion, whe.re the Coal, Iron Ore and Steam power, can be put into
successful operation within fifty yards of each other.
We shall not urge one word in favor of the multiplicity of Fur
naces', Rolling Mills, &c. set forth in the Representation of Lou.
caster County; many of which are actually in our own County, and
those of berks, Lebanon, Dauphin, &c. &c., and - certainly much
more closely -connected with us by proper coma unications, than
with the L'ily of Lancaster ; for we conceive, that_one single Fur
nace, suchkis•are common in Great Britain, yielding Seventy Tons
of Metal per week, would supply enough for the Manufacture of-at
Feast One Thou-and 32 pounder Cannon per annum, an-amount in it.
self probably equal to the desired increase of ordnance-for both
Army and Navy. . The quantity of metal we conceive to be .of the
least impoitance; die .quality is Ahe first consideration; and-is it not
more I kelY trahe obtained where Furnaces must soonabound, & each
working perhaps different material ; • than when Furnaces must be
spread isi. - erri large space, tin,Vall working an Ote in its decomposed
state and generally of the same character, although from different
locatiens
Surrounded as we are•by 'Barks, Lebanon, Dauphin, Notthum-
AND IL
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V,VeCkly by Beitijaininliannan ) Pott4ville, mclivyilziii Coitaty, Pennsylvau4a,.
S - A.TUR D.-1Y MORNING: iEBUA ler 22.,.1 3 4141
berland, Union,- and Columbia Cnutitiei., &c.
agricultural products, which in addition to gin Bwn
branch of economy. must always secure to-us El :
Salubrity 'of-climate is insured to 114 by the very a
The price of Tabour we conceive must always co
demand fur it.
We are already largely engaged in The const
Steam Engines, and other machinery. But lift
years have a!apsed since the Coal field was the ab
and the vv.,lf alone.; it uow numbers within a
around Pottsville, eight, Towns and Villages, an{
twenty Steam Engines for mining and other pul,
ed in Pottivilla in three years ( with two or three I
together with others sent to Chester, Columbia a
amount to twerity4even. •'.Should water' .powe
ferred, we possess locations embracing:this viva
is connection Coiil and' Iron Ore.
• We only ask uf your I lonorable, Bodies, a fair a
tigation •
of the facts herein selfor th, before you (1
so deeply important to the nation at large ; fully
minds, that the Goal fields where Coal can be ha.
seventy-five cents per ton, and Iron Ore on the s
only proper places for faUrication of Canne l
munitions of War.
Rem!red, That a Finance Committee be appointed i
to carry out theo,sishes of our citizens, and procure the p
of the memorial.
Messrs. Ingrain, Wallace, Rus4et.,. A. Bolton, =noa Ba
L. C. Dougherty, N. Nathans, and 11. G. Robinson were n
Committee
Resolved, That the thanks of the Meeting be tendere
and the Committee, 4or the able memorial presented th
Resolved, That the Committees on Finance and the
calls of their respective chairmen.
Harrison and Martin Van
The folloviing extracts from a speech delivered by t
eloquent Peter-R. Livingston, or N. York, a member o
vention, deserve to be read by every man, woman, an.
Mr. Livingston is a brother of Edward Livingston, who
under General Jackson. He is a veteran Jeffersonian
object to promote but the good of his countr4 He is
office, if iodeed he was even, capable of lending him
such a motive in his public career:
" At the great meeting in New 'York, that "old
R. Livingston, of Duchess county made an -address W
of every man in that immense assemblage. He said
burg Convention," ,and who did I %nd there? Gentle
attended more conventions than any man living, and I
never saw 'any body of men that could compare with
actor, a`plendor of talents, -purity of purpose, and disinti r
than fifteen were men of three score years and ten, a I
men who had been honored by the people in every sc;
Ail were animated by one spirit, to arrive at TRUTH in
timent, and to makiWnomination that would deliver th •
people troin the iron-yoke of the spoilers.
I know Generai Harrison intimately. He is the
mortal men that signed the declaration of todependene
in which he learned the lessuns of liberty , and patrio
of age' he. lett his home andrtriends ioNorginia, fo
ground," desolated by the tomahawk of the savage
Wayne, in the batties which saved our helpless setilettl
the army, till the whole people of the west elected hie
to Congress—then a young man ; and'his wisdom
pressed upon the system which regulates 'thorsales of
Person appointed him the first Governor of the Noit
many years all the treaties with the Indian tribes wet
quired 60,000,000 acres for the country; and millions o
sed through his hands, but never soiled theni.—G rest
" Ger.tleinen, if he had been t rought up in the sch .
and acted upon his maxims, Where would he have
iu riches more than princely ; his splendid coach wit . '
English liveries, iVould have been rollin g through the
pelts—instead of retiring to his humble far•n and labo
for the support of his family. William Henry Ildrris
cinnatus. Ile commanded our armies at the west.
the Indiana at Tippecanoe. Ile successfully defend
an overwhelming Indian and British force.—Against
ed insuitnountahle, he contended—always a6ancin
never deleated until he met Proctor at the Than)
the Indian and British power—and saved the We
mission was ended and he retired to civil life ; rich
in the gratitude of his country but faiurila all else.
House of Representative's, and Senate of the United
the duties of legislation, with the great men of the lat
spieuous for wisdom, eloquence and patriotism. Alos
sed in the civil service of his country ; and not an
ny or. dishonor, sullies the escuteaeon of his fame.
tru4t William Henry Harrison.— , Grapple him to ye
steel—he will -never disappoint and betray you, as
heretofore. r His election will save the country, and re
the woods that arc bleeding. at every pore. lie will
of the miss and the moan, which Marlin Van Bu
mate, a Immo which will destroy our liberty and cl
Nut change the government iminedia,ely, I admit.
not violently change the forms; he differs from the
Napoleon, as :such in courage as in' personal Keener
fatal marriage will state an American Cmsar. Alexa
"I wish I had strength to speak of Wartin Van I
gentleman [Go on, go on, itim.st from the whole at,
to see a piUtore drawn by such n master ] I cannoj,
weight of years and illness and I pray ye% excuse In
say. Martin Van Buren relies for success on our
He has no strength with the people. . He has done
vice, and there is nothing in-his career, or his cha
patriotic love of one human heart centres. He relies
ions, but be will be disappointed, and I declare to
conviction that William Henry Harrison will be tl
United States. 1 pray God to continue my life till
Would that the whole people of this country cot
man, near eighty years of age—one of the great m,
interest in political conflicts, save that of love fur a
King Frederick VI., the,son of King Chrimiin I
Princess of England was burn on the 28th January,
as co-Regent and President of the Council of State 01
ceaded . Las father, as King, on the 14th March, 180
in the 72d year of his age, had directed affairs for nci
32. Seldom has the life of a King been marked by.
fortunes fi - s befel that of Freilerick,-V I. , and seldom
loved and honoured by his people. Tho unhappy )
his youth, the" madness of his father, the execution
ensee; and the banishment of his mother, who died
from her beloyed son ; all these are knivn. No
he sustained in after years in defence of his kiM
Copenhagen was added to records of modern warta
benefactor to his country that the name of Frisleridl
To him are owing the- liberty of the press in Da
of his subjects from the lastymains of feudal al
the slave trade (in which Denmark set the eiamt
—the equalization of law - and diminution of legal
mcnt of schools fur general education—the introdi"
All of which is respectfully su:,rn
THE LATE KINV OF-DEN
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kate supplies of
exertions in this
entiful market.—
future of our soil.
respond with the
fiction and use of
e more than ten
)de of the 'panther
cle "of five miles
I has in operation
ores, manufhet ur•
seeptions,) irhich
ld other Counties,
however be pre
ag,e, immediately
lid impartial inves
lide upon a matter
!•atisficd in our own
at one dollar and
,ots ratio prove the
!I and other heavy
ES
obtain subscriptions
using and forwarding
nan, D. R. Bennett,
pointed said Finance
to Capt. T. J. Baird
;imam
cmonal, meet at the
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Buren.
e venerable and truly
'the late National Con
child in the ceuntry.
was Secretary of State
11.toocrat. and has no
now too old to expect
dl to the guidance of
!an elognent." Peter
4 hicb thrilled the heart
e went to the Harris
nen, I have probably
declare to you that I
it for weight of char
sted patriotism. More
le, a large portion were
;lk of public service.
eference to public pen
'a abused and scourged
I
.on of one, those im•
Such was the sciiont
ism, at timeteorr years
the "dark and bloody
r was Aid-de-Cainp of
ti nts. He remained -in
as their firm delegate
l and patriotism are im
m)blie lands. Mr. - Jet.
) West Territory. 'or
a made by - him ; he ac
the public money pas.
cheering.
1 4.f Martin Van Buren,
been now ?—Recelling
'English but riders, and
i avenues of the. metro
ing with his own hands
n is the American Cm.
c repelled and scattered
d• Fort Mergs against
difficulties which seem.
ncver 'receding, and
s—defeated him—broke
from desolation —His
in public services, rich
gain we see him in the
States, mingling in all
. 0 ; and among them con
of his life had been pas
, et of violence, of ty ran•
ellow citizens We can
ur hearts with books of
you have been betrayed
•tore tt to peace, and heal
annul pie fatal marriage
en is striving to Conan.
ange this government
Martin Van Buren will
Ceesars, Alexander. and
Sity and talents. But the
I rides, or a Napoleon.
wren, said the venerable
dienee, for all were edger
I urn bending under the
But one thing I
niuet
,ivistoss, and that alone.
his coul.try no one ecr•
racier, around. which the
or succeed on your thins
you my full and entire
e next President of the
that Limed period 1 "
d tome beard this gentle
n of New York—with no
!nod he is soon to leave!
ARK.
I. and Caroline Matilda,
768, was declared of age
tho I.lth April, and suc
. He was consequently
irly 56 years, and reigned
such a succession of rills
as there been a King more
;events which occurred in
of the unfortunate Stru
ofgrief at being separated
less so in the part which
wheri - tlie burle of
' re. But it is chiefly as a
k VI. will be remernheeed.
'omark—the emancipation
'uthority —tLe abolition of
le to the rest of Europe)
. processes-- the establish
mien of populaerepreSen-
=
tation;-and, finally-, the system of order and econo
my which marked the financial allurs of the king
dom. The character of the late King, was, m o m.
over,rtleserring of 'the highest eulogy f fot Mildness,
uprightness, simplicity, and attention to business.
The present King, Christian Vlllt , was born or. the
18tli Sept. , 178 G, and is therefore in tli 54th year
ofbis4igs.
Saint •'alenlinc's Day.
[-rtoni the New 'York ENeuin g Post.]
Thii fourteenth of February is known in the de
scendants of Peter Stuyvesant, and perhalis to others.
as the; day set apart from tune imtnemoral to the fes
tivities of the good Saint Valentine. In those who
boast any portion of the old Dutch,•blood it sill re
vive pleasant recollections of many primitive customs
now fallen into disuse, or tetaincil only in those in
terior settlements where the shimlicity of ancient
manners has not'entirely disappeared before the ad
vanqs of modern civilization.—What may have been
the otigin of the customs peculiar to this day, or
whether they are observed by oilier Faders in this
counfry besides the Dutch, tvc cannot nay, but cep
tain,it is that among the old Dutch inhabitants of
the northern part of New Jersey, and some parts.of
New York, it is made the occasion of no small ex
citement, particularly by tLe yoting men and maid
ens. It is the Anne of all others 'in the year for the
preparing, embellishing, inscribing and transmitting
of love letters. These missiles cut in a thousand
fanciful shapes, decorated by various ii"evices,' curi
ously traced with scraps4‘ersct. breathing the very
soul of tenderness, folded in as many , ,strange and ex
travagant forms as Love itself as , umes, and above
all, enclosing sonic trifling present, are s3mbols of
the fidelity of two fond hearts. It is true, the poetry
usually selecte.L to convey 'the: sentiments of the
young knights iowards their peerless' beauties, we
cannot speak of as of the highest order. For the
most part, the modest and unpresuming content
themselves with a couplet of this- sort.:.• - •
, i'The rose is red, the vieletldpe,
Sugar is sweet, and so are xoul"
Or with the equally expressive 4tich:
If you loves I, as I love yOu,
No• knife shall cut our love'in two. "
There are others, however. who agreeing ei ith
Hudihras, that
• t. Love is a fire that burns end sparkles
As nafrally in men, as chaicoals, "
essay a holder flight and convert the language of old
Michael Drayton,
o Each little bird this tide,
both choose her loved pheer,
'hich constantly abide
In 'wedlock all the year,
As nature is their guide:
$o may we two be true
This year, nor change fur new,
As turtles coupled were.
To some of the observances ot this tidy as practised
in Sembind and pans of England, the poet Mont
gomery alludes in Ilia beautiful ; lines ori
, the Valen
tine WreMb. They are as follows:
Rosy red the hills appear
With the light of moaning,,
Beauteous clouds, in ethsr, clear,
All the rant adorning :
White through mist the meadows shihc ;
Wake my love, my Valentine.
For thy locks of raven him,
Flower of hoar frost pearlir.
Crocus cups of gold and blue,
Snovi drops drooping
ithMezereon springs enmbined
Rise My love, my Valentin,e.
From the margin of the thxxl
Pluck the daisy peeping ;1 _
T hrough theiovert 'of thd wood,
Hunt the sorrel creeping;,
With the little celandine
Crown my lure, my Vali..Urine.
Pansies on their lowly stems
ratter o'er the fallow's;
Hazel bUd. with crimson flems
Green and glossy sdllte.vs,
Tufted muse and ivy twi4e ;
Deck my love, my Val,4lloe.
Few and simple tionrets ~ titese;•
11.1 to nee less *mats
Darden beds and orrtrarri trees !
Since this wreath %ictorittus
Binds you now forever ire,
Oh my love, my V aletitipe.
Of the origin of this festivity, as bcft re
: observed,
little is known. • • • Among the ancient Persians,
the mouth of February bore 4 nameeorresponding to.
that which it bore in the Roman ealenda , ,fcbr-turry,
because it was the period of purification and lustra
non. It was the innercaler month ; and the inn ra
lar days were called by the !Persians, Fund on or
Puorthan which is the same With the LI tinell, Pori
urn, or Puorim (an beit.g the Persian plural, and irn
is the Hebrew.) On this d 4, according to the pop
ular custom, still prevalent in England, yuung per
sons chose their painters; and it is dedicated in the
Indian calendar to Ganeska, the god of matrinmoy.
In. agreement with. rural tradition, that birds 64 leet
their mates on this day; there esuits the following
ancient calcndary tradttion.':of the Arabs and Per-
EEO
• In the month of February three drops full from
heaven— the first on the 7tri; the second on'the 141 h,
and the third on the 2ist da . y, the effect of which is
to reanimate nature at the 'return of spring. The
first drop 'evaporates in the air ;' the second falls on
the water ; the third mingles with the earth;—the
first awakening the gencrativePoWt`rin the atmos
pheric regions, the second in the animal, and the
third in the vegetable 'kingdoms. 'This tradition is
exactly noted down in the Persian and Arabic calen-_
dars, andis'iecorded it the almanac annually printed
at Constantinople. 1 no. festival of Valentine, the
goddess,of strength en vigour. With regard to the
custom of writing love letters, the Baron Hammel
Purgstalf, in the absence of all previous information,
suggests that this custom is, most likely, the remains
of a very ancient usage, which the Persians practised,
not on Ole 1 rib of February, but !fine days later; an
the 23d. - 04 this day, Fendoon is reporteirto‘.have
written. the first, talisman against impure beasts and
noxious ; and, ever since, spells and talismans
Were written in Persia on that day—a praaice which
appears to be perpetuated by the talismanic virtue of
amatory 'epiritle. .
.
A Retanialion.— We lla‘t , . boon "shuck with the
truth of the remarks made la Mr. Thomas Fitman,
in a ;letter to the President of the Philadelphia Union
:Democratic Association. - ". Mr. P: published in the U.
S. Military- Mnpzine, the two following songs : ho
is a ineMber of the Stentgoriterylliberiiia Greens, on
old and consistent -supporter el General iricltiropilcid
• wastheiNularyan Buie!. contlitltitefo6udge of
Street 'Ward 'tli . e'lai:tlYcitib . cr clection. -1 „. The author
will of course, not'be accused of pattiality for the
Nl:ashingtoc of the West," fmm party consulern
tionS. Mr. Fitnam is, .however, a .gendcman of lib
• - eraPviews-,.0ri0--wilhrrat'all, limes, to yield a join
contingent of applause to tho g.illant defenders of
his country, and whose mind can not be tied by the.
- Strings of faction. An Irishman by birth, he his re
sided in America- for many years, limg enough to
near and educate a large family of native born chil
dren, and to experience how great is the debt °Egret
itude due to the spirit of both the first and second
war t of iuthipendence 7 —to the son of one of the pat
erotic signers'of'theimmortal Declaration of Human
nights, and that son himself a chivalrous champion
of his country's interests honor and glory.
NO. S.
like the Sun in its transit round Deav•ns great nKii,
Dispelling the glo:nn which obscures all beneath;
Thou, sir ; in than of our army didst tuarrli,
Triumphantly forcing our, foes to retre..t..
For courage and worth, virtue, honor and sense,
Thine standest the firA 'mid illustrious names,
Oh ! say, where's the man, it' ht unit!, would dis
pense
W ith thy feat at Fort Mete, or that of the Thames I
Those wreaths o'er thy brow which thy talents•hadT
On the field—in the Senate are justly thy due;
They're lice from those crimes' et ith Which other's
are staid d,
For they bear the bright impress of .‘ Tippecanoe!''
All those may feel proud who high stations now hold
As gifts' from the people, thro' party conferrd . ;
But never - I ! never ! let freemen he told, •
That through party alone should be claimants pre
fe
Then show me the soldier whose bosom responds,
To 'th ennobling emotions of national pride.;
That would, If hia Country %Vero threaten'd with
bonds
Be'rein not contending with dice, side by side)
I'd ehain down the traitorous scrf tJ the earth—
I'd stamp on his forehead the brand of,a'slavC ;
Ilia kind, to like otrpriug. should never give oirth,
But all should des,•eud to one ignoble grave.
HARRRON, DEMOCRACY AND REFORM
In the East—flirt; the AXebt—at the North end the
To ON TO CON ay La, but not to retread
On the field where dwell danger and death,—
Ho; guidance we'll follow—not tearing defeat,
4.3
Which to hicu,lias occur'd, never yet.
•
- ;. ,
Having rendered dins, If obnoxious to the Lithfid.
and bring ilislgusted with the ofricelhAders and Mit,
Van 13ureu's cease, Mr.- Fitnarn, publishes his resig
nation from the .. Union " and assigns among other
causes the following:
, 1 have conceived it to he unsafe to continue any
longer a member ofyour body, as it.is known to ma
ny of your niemb,rii that I am not, un4/r cl.i.s.lit*
rirrurnstarares, favorable to the re-election ,of Martin
Van Buren to the Pri sidential ;flair—riot alone be
cause he was the bosom !dein' and party hack, of
!I l; ICS KING, the hit el, l r0../forle. Federal foe 90
the ernigrsti.m of the PA:71)14.d Irish patriots of '99,
wtille he was minister "frorit this country to the Court
of St. James.—not aloe c he ause he aimed a vital
blow at the (then) of Ascicive and the spirit of r•-•
ligious toleration w hich lac veldt a A iner,call institu
tions, by attempting to cocr i ce the Hon. FRANCIS
t OOPER, of New York, to take the odious BritiSh
test oath of religious al juralmn—he being a CATitn
tic and the first of that persuasion, clt Ltid tinter tie
constitution of New York—befure he would pendit
bum to t.die a seat in the Legislature of his tiatios
State—not alone because he appointed to Aire the
bigot BANCROFT. the pres7Collector of 'the Art
if /
of 13ost.n. the unsercpulous eflinr. ( r:l` the Irish andt
filen rest„ inn in his history 1 the United States, and
sir!' retains him there in spite of the i.'emonstraniteri
of his injured fellow citzens—not 'alone because iho
did not confine hirnseft to a Siniple exposition—l-ao.
was his duty—of the nature and force of out omit si
lty laws in his Proclamation. - on the Canadian fr n
t er ,disturbances, but assumed to hirirself therein the
character of Cen. ar of the people, who sympath4ed
with the unfortunate patriots, when be should have.
contitud hints....lf to the bare fulfilment wag of his 1111-•
tles as their strrant—rkt alone because he tendered
the hospitality of the nation - in the name of the peo
ple, far wh,:ch he had no authority, to LORD INTR
HAM, who had too much self-respect to accept i 4 on.
his intended passage through the United States, l on
his way to England, white the blood of Ameri i cait
eit l'ietiS" 4rliorn" bi<,' -•ui . ; ) ec..s murdered on board Idler
CAROLIN, was --yet crying ;aloud to Heaven for
vengeance. BUT BECAUSE he cowered berulath
the scowl of the British lion, and thrust within rhis
ri
jaws as a peace- of feng to 'acrid Royalty, the whole
souled patriot and statesman, WM. LYON . 1 .414.C4.
KEN ZIE; a St-or-ream Ax by birth and a Pars;rt
titAN in religion, and in refusing to.restore hi to
the arms of his distressed and impoverished !ardly,
while he extends to thieves, pirates and pitkpOarefa,
thi.)staritthigh intheir" - voeitibn, the element),on
nected with the pardoning po - .ver•with whic :rho
Constitution invests him, for. the benefit of those un
justly condemned to too severe or unmerited puniah
rnent by partial or ignorant juries. -. 1
It has been said of Gen. Harrison, and sal? yruly
that he fights well. ipeaker trPl,.faiights we/fiend
;toughs tcell—a combination of trelfa Feldow round
united in the same individual—,never met wi h iII
any and in this country since Gen. Washingt n.—
Rich Wig.
_ the news from the North Western part o
gime is cheering. in:the Cxtrhloe. The name of'bld
.
Tip works like a charm. Hundreds of the alurdx
yeoufanry of that region accred under the" of
eral."and they can, bear personal. te:timony his
virtues as a patriot,'and his heri.i.tin as a A arrior.—
Brooke, Marshall and Morkovpilia are going Uri:veal
l o osness. Even Harrison too talks of rallying to the
rescue.—.M.
Read this. Foreigners:
TO GEN. WILLIAM H. HARRISON.
UT TIILTMAS PITT ITT, TqCl.
A SONG.
t.fouth,
All ye friends of our C.,untry and'laa:s :
'ln II kuNoN T meet and I.N x 4,st.:turn out,
Whene'er eall'a to defrild the good cause
Sec its banner on high, how it floats on the breeze s
Where in triumph it floated before ;
When thi; pa-ans of the People, for victories won
O'er its foes—tact each freeman's }Ncotit.
From its sight near the Thames, our brave pioneers,
Made the savages scamper firvly ; ,
While he who commanded still h'Onar'd in years,
lAN CS to lead on at scine future day. 1
Thon fill up your glasses, brave sons of the West!
• Drink the health of your Chieftain, all round;
And you of the East, North and South,' do yhixt+
best, •
When the foe shows his face on the ground.
In UNION we'll stand—if divided we fall,
Is an adage both common turd true—
Come, here's to the us:ION friends, on and a 11;,
And success to o OLD TIPTECANOE."