1[? ;Pamphlets, C'hecks. La ds. Bills of Latieng and
Handbills of e yeti dssrsiptio , ?Fatly printed at this
Office at the lmrantt ( easli ormes.
EXWSFL r
POTTSVILLE, SCH t
This elegant and commodious esitilish
art
will b
pug ,f meate op n for the reception of
BO
es travellers from his date. It has been
completely refit ed, and supplied with
Furniture entirely new; th Bedding /ire, i,s of the
first ;quality, anri particular . ttention has been devo
ted tp every arrangement th t can contribute to com
fort and convenience. .
The %Vines and Liquors I ave ')ecn selected in the
Most careful and iliberal ma ner, without regard to
expense or labor, kind will e brace the most favorite
brand anti stock.;
The. Proprietor solicits t erefore, the support of
his friends and the travellin community in general.
Should they think proper to isit his house, he hopes
by earaidious attention to th, r wants, to establish for
it such a characto', as may nsure a return of their
FREDEIiICIC D'
favors
Pottsville, Pa. [Tune 22, 11
N. B. The Refectory in
conducted under the superi.
Silver.
RAIL RQA.
A completeassortment or
1 - 111,to ixi inch.
RAIL ROAD WIRES fr,
,
timcii.
RAIL ROAD AXLES. 319,1 in. diameter Railßond
, .
I i Alitleit. manufactured from
tlte patent EV Cable Iron.
RAIL ROAD !FELT. fir placing betw'en the
I Irrim Chair and stone block
. 1 oedze Railways.
INDIA ItUBOER RO P E mantifactured from
New Zealand Flax saturat
etit with India Rubber. and
in ended fiat Incline Planes
J t{streceivqd a complete air'.
wirtment of Chains,from R
irk to I A in. proved Az man
ahetured from the best ca
CHAINS.
bl l ,e Iron. ,
SIIIP BOAT AND RAP . , ROAD SPIKES,
oildifferent sizes, kept con
tantly on hand and for sale by i
A. & G. RALSTON. & CO.
IN, , o. 4, South FrOnt St.
Philadelphia;Lthos;v JR. 1
FFINEDVOIALkffit.-2000 ealls reined
R'Whale Oti,inst re6jrpri and for srlle by.
A. ILATIIAWAY & Co.
Corn. Merchi'btk 13 south Front
,Philadelphia. i.Auenst;
_
anthracitic Pig' plates and
Bread Pans.
firUST received; on consiol,,e„t, n su opt v of An
thracite Pie Plate. and fireafft,,„ fr om ~L , nr e &
- Steward's Foundry, Danville. mile trnin the Roar.
ing Creek iron. ,They are Rliertor article, and
better ealettlated fnr halt in z Pies a i 'd B rea d than any
other articles heretofore in nse.
\ k it ‘NNAN.
36
~epterilber 5
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'V E Sobseriiier ht's eiristaritly on n ma ,
•\
rior assortment or Chair slari z hi c h „ e
will dispose of al ns low rates as can be it a i„d t
any other establishment. ,
PF: ; TEB 5E117.141
Font of the Broad Mtiuntnin, Little -,,,,,
Octolviq 3, 6
•
lieyl's Enibrocaiion for Ho .. s
,
TH IA valnatile Embrocation has been n''d b
great sneci•ssi in the cure of the m n.:.t i rm et t.
some diseaseS With which the horse is affecird. sn
as old strains, s Wellings, giills, strains Of the shrill \
ders, &e. • It s4n cores old or fresh ve.,onris, rut .:
bruise., Sze It is' highly re'rninmendrii. and .hontrl
he constantly 'kept ir. the .tables of all persons oar- \
ing horses. For lale at .11 ON S C MARTIN'S
Driirr fliernieo Store, Centre Street. I
Pot c.v ille, net it?•1 I ,13 I
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1 --- ----- ,
BARON VON MiTCLIELEIr 1
0: n n r l i t, Ls. .'• I
r r II ESE Pilke coinpokd of Herbs. whiche
an
ex.
-m- ert a specific action i i ptin the heart - , giv
_impulse or strength to the aterial system ; the bloOd 1
to quickened andHualized its its circulation through I
alklbe vessels, Whether theiskin, the parts situated 1
anternally, or the extrem..iti/s ; and as all the secre— 1
Lions of the bodylare drawn from the blood, there is 1
a consequent in .cease of every
secretion, and a
quickened action of the absorbent and exhalent, or
.discharging vcssOs. Any nii!orbid action which may
have taken piaci is corrected, alt obstructions are
removed, the blood is purified, and the body resumes
a .healthy state.
r I •
BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS
l&Caution.—fle particul r in purchasing to see
that the label of ithis Medi ine contains a notice of
its entry aceordtng to Ae •of Congress. And be
likewise oarticulitr in obtai ing them at 100 Chat
ham street, Nev York, or om the
REGULAR AGENT,
1 B. B, N N AN, Pottsville
t•
Feb
Yips W . 1
jiIE. safest, t he 'best, most
• in lerstance ai
I
DR. LEIDN"S B;.001) PILLS
l
i
A component part of whieh tis Sarsaparilla. and known
, to be the most eiredmal artd tho ough purifier of the blood
and animal fluids ever discov red. As a genile or ac
tive purgative,theyl.preequally Aficacious—whilSt taking
them no Charla,e +het or res taint from ocr upalion is
necessary. They triay be tak at al I titnes'and under all
circumstances—they will not educe or weaken the sys
tem by their elfe4 as most p ftlatives do—much com
ment upon their vi tues is unn cessary—their reputation
is well establisher , numeron proofs of their efficacy
having been publi hed at duff ent times. Suffice it to
ray that in additi7 to their fficacy in diseases of the
stomach, liver, int stoles. Sac. they are the only pills in
extstence that cleanse and pa ify the blood and animal
rids, removing al .noxious an diseased humors there
atom, and thereby Omoving all ruptions from the Mon—
dry, and watery piloTiles from the face, neck and body,
2 tester, rash, or breaking out of the skin, and all cutane
cicius affections whatever:
They are prepared from veg
ed,free from mercury and the
lar physician. attep.ed -by Drs
Jackson, James, pewees, Ha
merous other phyincians thro
who daily employ {them in th
them to their patotnts in prefe
tivei, and in prefeifence to all t
saparilla, in consequence of 1,
bind effects of erirrectini , d i
blood and fluids, iynd by .. t . heit.
moving or carrycooff the sari
out producing. thel'slightest ini
restrictions.&c.
• Numerous testirionials , cer
tions of those Pillit, from phy s
party the directio n s with eac
•
aighature accompa ties the get\
box on a yellow label.
Price Twenty-fine cents a B
For saly by
Soie Mel
Also for sale hy V. Tayl I
j Ouch Kinsley, Pot Carbon.
WO i
table Pn
gy B kIsINAN has comi I
• in conneVon with
gll tins nt Bon -9 will b
tiptice at low rails.
~~
ierni•annnal in
$250 will be
will be charg
lines will be
cents for one
ordered out
continued in
per annum,
i the privilege
ing, 2 squares
of a smaller
,mes
be poet paid
notices which
ill be charged
'.17411 MILL.
;Y LKILL CO. PA.
;STIMAUVILLF.,
Proprietor.
40-. —tf
Ihe Basement story, is
tendance of Mr. John
ID IRON.
A nil tioad Iron from 21X$
Am 33 in: to 55 in. exter
l dm mmer, turned & un
priori
if
ills!
.flicaciouts and truly vege
table extracts, (warrant
minerals) and by a regu-
Physic; Horner, Gibson.
,e,Coxe, Ate. besides nu
shout the United States,
ir practice, administering,
I rence to all other puma.
ther preparations of Sat'.
%leo. possessing the corn
. diseased humors of the
I purgative properties, re
`e from the system, with
Convenience, or requiring
ificates and rezommenda
l? clans and others,accom—
box. Dr. N. B. Leidy's
utne on two aidcs of each
B. BA NNA N.
:for Schuylkill County.
:r &Co., Altnersvilie,
DERV
eneed a Book Bindeif
his Book Store, where
bound at the shortest
IEI
IME=III
- C.; co; .
.!. -
) 1 / 4 •
.
wilheaSh you to piereetho boweisofthe Earth and bring ontfrom the Caverns ofthe liteeetaineMetale which will give strength to our Hands a ndsubject ail Nato re tooorusea nd pleasure•—ur JOHNSON
VOL. XVI.
GOOD NIGHT.
i Ai WIIQTRIXOP M. PULED.
Good night b thee, lady f—though many
Have join'd in the dance tonight,
Thy form was the fairest of any,
Where all was seducing and bright;
Thy smile was the softest and dearest ;
Thy form the most sylph-like of all,
And tby voice the most gladsome and clearest,
That e'er held a partnei in thrall.
Good night to thee, lady !—'tis over,—
The waltz, the quadrille and the song—
The whisper'd farewell of the lover,
The heartless adieu of the throng :
The heart that was throbbing with pleasure,
The eye-lid that long'd for repose—
The beaux that were dreaming of treasure,
The girls that were dreaming of beaux.
'Tie over—the lights are all dying,
The coaches all driving away .
And many a fair one is sighing,
And many a false one is gay ;
And Beauty counts over her numbers
Of conquests, as homeward ehe drives—
And some are gone home to their slumbers,
And some are gone home to their wives.
And I, while my cap in the shower
Is waiting, the last at the door,
Am looking all round for the flower
That fell from your wreath on the floor.
I'll keep it—if but to remind me,
Though withered and faded its hue—
Wherever next season may find me—
Of England—of Atmack's and you!
There are tones that will haunt us, though lonely
Our path be o'er mountain or sea;
There are looks that will part from us only
When memory ceases to be ;
There are hopes which our burden can lighten,
Though t tilt , ome and steef.he the way ;
And dreams that like moonlight can brighten
With a light that is clearer than day.
There are names that we cherish, though nameless
For aye on the lip they may he;
There are hearts that, thoughfetter'd. ate tameletis,
And thoughts unexpress'd, but still free
And - some are too grave for a rover,
And some fOr a husband too light.
—The ball and.my -dream are all over—
Good night to thee, holy ! good night !
- From the United States Gazette
RI MEMBER THE POOR!
Remember the Poor! 4*'
It fearfully snowed],
• And * bitterly bloweth ;
Thou eouldbt not endure
The tempeNt's aii i power
Through night's dreary bour,
Then pity the prior !
Remember the fionr
The farther is lying
In - -that hovel. dying
litrith sickness of heart.
INO voice cheers his dwelling,
of Jesus' lore
Ere lite shall depart.
Remember the Poor !
The widow is ; hing,
The orphans are crying,
Half starving for bread :
11,' all cagersiess rpced ye
.ru succor the needy,
T,heir helper is dead
42emember the Poor !
4. he baby is sleeping,
Its. cheeks wet with weeping,
'Ots mother's breast ;
Whose cough deep and hollow
Foretells shelf soon follow
host and to rest !
Rt miler the Poor !
ohim who aid lendeth,
hatever he spendeth
T he 'twill repay ;
A sweet thoughts shall cheer him,
A "iod's love be near him,
In his (.1 2 . day
Society (f
% ', , il.—No society is more profitable,
because -none m
,ifining
and
provocative of virtue,
than that of red -
and sensible women. God en
shrined peculiar -less in the form,of woman, that
her beauty might s-, , ,
her gentle voice invite; and
the desire of her fa
terSuade men's sterner souls
to leave the paths ° iful strife, for the ways of
pleasantness and per. 'But when woman falls
from her blest etninel tid
rational
enjoyments,
into the vain coquette,
`tittered idolater of idle
fashion, she is unworth T ;,
an honorable man's
I love, or a sensible man , 71 ' iration. Beauty
is
then' at best
pretty pla l.
Dear deceit:-- 11!
NVie honor the chivalrous " nee which is prii
in our land to women.
know how to respect. virtue ant!: hat our men
our women are worthy of such ; a' ttirection, and
should be something more than i t : Yet " men
t:ons, they
us to their society. T
an
o be our vitire . en to win
should be fitted to he our friends ; i
Our hearts,
ap:they should be deserving the
ion, of our
minds. There are many such, an
not more, is rather the fault of our there ere
kati their
own ; and despite all the unmanly
have been thrown upon them in prose o tht . that
would rather share in the rational coO ltreY
men of sense, than listen to silly complimeP rt iL ef
and a_man dishonors them, as welt as disd ). ers ;
self, when be seeks their circle for idle pastl iat :
not for the improvement of his mind.--Mer e
Magazine.
Ftankltn.—Five cotton factories with 7:273 spin.
dies, It woollen factories with 3534 spindles, 6 iron
works.
Berkshire.—Twenty-eight ,cotton factories with
34,126 spindles, 25 woollen factories with 10,470
spindles. 20 pnper mills, 14 iron works.
Norfolk.—Forty-six cotton factories with 28,940
spindles. 15 woollen factories with 45,39 spindles,
167 y paper mills, 33 slitting mills and nail ma
chines. 16 iron works. I glass factory.
Bristol.—Fifty two cotton factories 96.972 spin
dles, 11 woollen factories with 600 spindles, 14 paper
mills, 14 card factcries, 165 slitting mills and nail
machines, 11 iron works, &c.
Plymouth.—Fourteen and a half cotton factories
with 12,151 spindles. 4 woollen factories truth 1226
2papermikls. 235 slitting and nail ma
Precission of Thought.—Without this the spindles.,n es 3
iron w or k s ,
Bar Barnstable.—One ottcon factory with 468 spindles,
is not exercised, and knowledge is not gained.
ny when called to give a definite account, can 2. woollen factories with 780 spindlers, 8 slitting
nothing but hesitate and stammer. Why ! pills 2 glass factories, &a
cause their impressions are general and undefined..
He
whFding here are no less than four war steamers now
Definitions are pivots of knowledge.
in this city and brooklyn, one at the
has gat the definition, has got all; anti he who bas e
Yard for the United States, of 2,000 tons;
not got a definition, has got nothing but an inlefi
es et the foot of 13th street of about the same
nite approximation to knowledge. Without precis
es:', for the Russian Government ;end two at
sion of thought, it is impossible to define. Cencep-
t of fourth street of 1000 tons each, for the
hone may be poured. out clear and beautiful as a G,
tat of Cubs. All these vessels are consid
brook running through a meatlOW,; but there will ere!
leaddels, although that of the U. States Na. be but little power. Nothing but labor in the work. vy
the
the fay palm ; and it is not doubted that
shop of thought and words, can overcome the in.
course titer e 'Obt Foundry will in 'this, as in all for
corrigible propensity of mind to take the easy
of proving out words to one ales. N. Y.
tts well deserved reputation.—
BM
AND: P
Weekly by Benjamin Bannan, Pottsville, Schuylkill Countyl.Peimsylvania:
SATURDAY MORNING. DECEI4BER 19. IS4O.
Kindness of the Poor to the Poor.—Who ever has
studied, with a mind free from prejudice, the man
ners of the working classes, very general present
numerous examples of virtue. The working man
is, for the most part, free hearted, kind, and anxious
to assist his Comrades, and capable of the truest de.
votion towards his employer. In those quarters. the
population of which is chiefly engaged in the indus
trious arta, it is notorious that artisans. %%hose cir
cumstances are tolerable easy, succour with a ready
and active charity, not only those of their comrades
who are prevented from labouring by sickness, but
all who occupy the same house with themselves. or
with whom they maintain habits of neighbourhood.
Out of their wages they keep back a portion for these
purposes, and even perform the sick man's task, in
addition to their own, to prserve his salary to him
during the continuance of his illness. If he is com
pelled to seek the hospital, on the day of his removal,
his bedside is visited by a deputation of his compan
ions, with offers of money and words of consolation.
When his strength returns, they make it their busi
ness to seek work fot him, and subscribe towards
his maintenance for the first fortnight. Should some
unfarseen accident have reduced him to distress, they
relie've him by an advance of money, a meal, a bed ;
and these succours, freely offered, constitute a debt
which the recipient could not, without dishonor, fail
to discharge.—Nay their solicitude follows him amid
his follies, and does not abandon him in his crimes.
In the former case they try to counsel him buck to
respectability, with friendly and indulgent words—
in the latter, they still visit him in prison, and hold
out to him a helping hand.
Des Classes Dangeruses, 4-e.
An Old Rowdy.—The N. ta-. Picayune thus, fun
nily, speaks of Old Xolus
Old Xolusia out on the loudest kind of a“bender."'
The way he went yelling, screaming, and whistling
through the streets, flapping window shutters, swing
ing signs, and ieuring awnings, the night 'before
last, was really scandelous. He got started on a
breeze some how or other, and he waadetermined to
blow it as long as he could raise the wind. He's a
roarer when he gets a going. and while regulating
the days about this time, he took it into his head to
regulate piew Orleans. Daylight couldn't stop him,
and he kept it up yesterday morning fur hours after
the watchmen gave up the city to the guardianship
of day,
This old Zulus is a well known bellowing, blus
tering, bullying, massy, unmanageable rowdy. He
follows the sea pretty generally, but he soinetdi.ea
kicks up a row on land. He was always extremely
fond of being out of nights, and his mother never
could control him. He has 119 settled habitation,
but goei wasidet mg .bout spreeing and_ rioting when
ever he can raise the %%hid. lie is skylarking all
the time and high continually, hut at certain seasons
he makes a p.nut of having a regular breeze. Ile is
in town now on what se, call an , 4 equinoctial
bender,'' and in all probability we shall hear inure of
him yet. Let him go. Ile can fly round town and
tear his—j icket as he pleas-s, but Constables Espy
and Olmstead are out a Itvr him, and he'll get brought
up to the Recorder's office sonic of these days yet
W hem !. phrz ! whistle! bang ! There he goes, now,
just like an renal lo..:oniotive ! Aiiit he a screamer !
Honor and Pryit Industry.—The
. greatest
men hare been trained up to .• work with thelr
hunch."
It there is an encouraging sentence in the English
language, it is the above. God ordained that man
Amuld live by the swe,,Lif 10 3 f i e.," and n ,t t -a i .
genre can hi eat he and lave only in a ben; of an ac
tive life. Atkenside, the authin ol Toe Pleasures of
Imagination, was a butcher twenty-one, and
first took to study from being cot fi(ted in his nlOlll,
by the fall of a cleaver. Marshal Ivy was the son
of a cooper ; Roger Sherman, Allen l'unningharn
and Gifford, ncre shoe milkers; Sir William Her
schel! was a fifer boy ; Franklin a printer's
. devil;
Ferguson a shepherd; Ben Johnson was a bricklayer;
James Monroe the son of a bri(klayer, , Gen. Knox
was the son of a bookbinder; General Green a black
smith ; Gen. 14.,rgan a wagoner ; Burns a plough
boy ; Bloomfield was a farmer ; Frazer a stoAb cut
ter; Crabbe and Keates apothecaries; Sir Win.
Blackstone was the son of a silk mercer, and a post
humous child—Agriculturist.
T. Mc K
Cotton Manufactures of Massachusetts.—The fol
lowing statisics of the Cotton Manutactures of Mas..
ff ,
sachusetts compiled from a document just issued
by ;he Val
n Committee of that Commonwealth:
Suffolk.— 0 e cottou factory with 1200 spindles.
seven iron works and one glass factory.
Essex.—Eight and three-fourth cotton factories,
with 19.822 spindles; 19 woollen factories with 29,-
070 spindles, 3 paper mills, 1 card factory.
Middlesex.—Forty cotton factories with 192,808
spindles, .50 woollen factories with !8,986 spindles,
16 paper mills, 4 card factories, 17 slitting mills anc
mill machines, 9 iron works, one glass factory.
Worcester.—Eigty-four and a half cotton factories
with 136,337 spindles, 64 i woollen factories with
32,553 spindles, 19 paper mills, 10 card factories,
15 iron works, &c.
Ilanipshire.—Seven cotton factories with 8472
spindles, 28 woollen factories with 8364 spindles, 8
paper mills, 1 card factory.
Hamden.—Twenty-three cotton factories, with
89,238 spindles, 9 woollen factories with 2814 spin.
dies, 8 paper mills, 5 card factories, 7 iron works.
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ENGLAND.
Process uf _enameling Iron Cooking Versels.—We
have witnessed several interesting experiments, cal
culated to test the success of an important discovery
in the art of manufacturing cast-iron cooking ves
sels, by Messrs. T. and C. Clarke, iron-founders,
Wolverhampton. English manufacturers of articles
technically denominated hollow-ware," have for
many years been sorely puzzled' concerning an in
genious and beautiful method, practised in Germany,
of lining iron culinary .utensils with a smooth white
enamel, resembling porcelain, which for surpasses,
in point of cleanliness and durability, the English
system of tinning" the interior surface. Indeed, so
desirable has this art been considered by our 'coun
trymen, that, with their usual enterprise, considerable
sums of money and a must liberal expenditure of time
and talent have been for many years employed in
seeking to discover the process, Until the present
instance, however, every effort proved truiless. Se
veral of our manufacturers, it is true, have contrived
to line the vessels with an enamel equal or superior
in appearance to that of the foreign article; but this
enamel cracked, chipped, and would not stand the
fire ; and the grand secret, which. of course, is the
production of an enamel whi 4 Ch shall so expand and
contract with the metal as not to chip or crack, re
mained as much unknown as ever.. Messrs. T; and
C. Clarke, however, have at length most perfectly
succeeded. and having, of course, secured a patent.
are now manufacturing an article in every way su
perior to that of their continental rivals. The man
ufacturers of leirttivh hollow-ware have always7sur-
passed those of Germany in the lightness and ele
gance of their castings, CO that Messrs. Clarke are
enabled to add this advantaee to that of at least equal
excellence of enamel. The Ger Man enamel is found
to wear as long as the iron vessel itself ; but we he
hove it will scarcely stand the severe test to which
we have seen Messrs. Clarke's article subjected—viz
that of heating an 'ename)led saucepan to a white
heat. and then plunging it suddenly into cold water,
until cooled, without either the vessel cracking, of the
enamel being damaged or discolored. Another ex
periment consisted in placing one of the vessels filled
with water upon a large fire, and allowing it to re
main until the water had completely boiled away.
and for same minutes afterwards, without in the
slightest degree injuring the vessel or its enamel.
The great importance of the application of this dis
covery to our own manufactures is, that the hollow
ware manufactured 'in this country may be purchased
at less than half the price of that imported from the
continent.—Staffordslarc Examiner.
The Duke of Newcastle and Lord Winchilsea have
sent discharges to rhe tenants who voted for the So
licitor Gen, cal at the last r lection. When will 'the
ballot comet Lord Winchilsen, we hope, has shOwn
his teeth before•he can bite.—Newark 6,,zene.
The Purl t l f Manchester !—Under this novel title
for the metropolis of manufactures, we announced
on Wednesday last, that u vessel had arrived here,
direct from Dublin, %yob a cargti .. )f potatoes, 'Mid
was discharging at the Old Quay Cdnipany 's M hart*.
We have now to add, that this vesss I, the Mary,
Capt. John Hill, having discharged her cargo, will,
it iA expected, 'clear' and sail tLis day direct
. for
Dublin, with a cargo of Coal from the colliery of
Mr. Fitzgerald, at Pt ndleton. •
Burn —On Monday last, a grand demonstra.
non of teetota'isin took place at this village, when
numerous advocates front the neighbouring towns
and villages attended, in the evening, a most an
terc”ting mertlng took place in the school-room,
Thomas Beaumont, Esti , surgeon, of liraOf
rd, Ize
stded as clmirinan iti nn Wile manner, and made a
long and plea-mg speech on the i hem ti iii results: of
teetotalism. Several other address - es were delivered,
after which the meeting terminated.
On Wednesday evening a supper was given 'to
Major James Glerwaini Burns, the eldest sun of the
celebrated bard, at the house of Mr. Baker. Royal i
Exchange Hotel, Grey street, as a token of respect '
and welcome on his return to the land of his man% ify,
after his long service in India. About thirty gentle
men sat down to an excellent supper, on the ream-, '
val of the cloth, and after the usual loyal toasts, th •
r f
health of the gallant Major. was drunk with enthu i
asm, for which compliment he returned thanks i a
highly feeling and impressive manner. This was
followed by " The immortal memory of the Poet
Burns," for which Major B. also returned thanks.
Several of t h e f a v o rite songs of the great hard were
sung, and the harmony and conviviality of the meet
ing were kept up to a late hour, when the company
separated highly gratified with the pleasing manners
and truly social q4alitiea of their distinguished guest.
Token of Rexpeet.—The coal merchants, &c., of
this city, taking into account the valuable services of
Mr. Leemen, solicitor, in hia successful endeavors
in the City Council to reduce the dues on coals and
other produce passing through :Nahum Lock to
, York, have this week subscribed a sum of nnry_to
be devoted to the purchasing of some substantial and
handsome token of respect, to be presented as soon
as the requisite arrangements can be made. '
The Wesleyan Centenary Fund.—The following
is stated to he a correct return of the total amount
collected in the first and second instalments of the
Wesleyan Centenary Fund; namely, £157,458 2s
6d.
Odd Fellows•—The Manchester Unity of Odd
Fellows, according to returns made at the annual
meeting held at Yoik In June last, distributed iii
charity to its members and others, no less a sum than
126,0001. during the previous twelve months, and
received during the same period 144,5001, in regular
subscriptions, independent of the voluntary contri
bution, and donations of its [Peahens and wellmish.
ers. The increase of members within the year was'
32,224, making in all nearly 200,000. In the New
castle-upon-Tyne district alone, during the last nine
months, the increase of members was upWards of
2500, among whom were many influential gentle
men, members of Parliament, clergymen of the
Church of guglantl, as well es other religious bodies.
&c.—Netocusrle Chronicle.
Great Western Stearn ehip Company.—We un;
&wand that some of the experimentabzing D;rec
tors of the company have resolved on adopting the
Arcbimedian screw for the greet Iron Ship, and are
now re.constructing her at an enormous expence, for
that purpose, We 'need hardly ohserve, that this
course has peen ad•rpied rithout the sanction of the
proprietors.—Bristol Mirror.
Notwithstanding the general returns of revenge for
the quarter just ended are unfavorable, we are happy
to state that the Customs receipt at this port has in
creased upo ards of 14,0001, on the. corresponding
quartet/ of 1839.—Lirerpool Courier.
I-
SCOTLAND.
0! HERE'S TO AULD SCOTLAND THOUGH
FAR FAR A WA'.
GRAII M.
Air Bonny Dundee."
Wrirten for the Celebration of St. Andrew's An
niversary at the Blue Bonnet House.
Our [mid mountain mither, fu' blythely thigither
We chant thy 'sweet sang, thy bauld peebroch we
blaw,
And toast while they're sounding, wi' hearts blythely
• bounding,
0 ! here's to auldo Scotland, the' far far awe'.
Awe' wi the cauld heart, it ne'er is a bauld beast,
And ne'er kens a dear tender feeling risva'
That while it is beating can e'er Ina forgetting
The land o' its birth, tho' its far far awe'.
Tho' ice-bound thy fountains, and tho' thy rude
mountains
Be mantled we heather end crested w► anew,
Yet there's a wild grandeur, still dear where we
wander,
Then here's to auld Scotland, tho' far far away.
In the bower, et the banquet, on battle-field ranket,
Array'd in the garb o' the mountain sae brave,
How gay and how gallant, dear land of the calhant,
Then here's to auld Scotland, tho' far far an-a',
The Dane and the Roman, and a' the fierce foemen
The WO o'er the heather tte'er conquered ava',
The chairns that rise o'er thee, proclaim that proud
OEM
Then here's to auld Scotland, tho' far far awa'.
0 ! welcome the feeling so sweetly revealing,
Where'er be our footAeps, whate'er be our fa'
The heart still revering that land so endearing,
Then here's to auld Scotland, tho' far far awa'.
Changes in the Newspaper press.—The newspa
per press of Dundee is p.esentdy undergoing chang
es which will in a manner revolutionize its character.
On Wednesday last the Dundee Chronicle, which
has for some time past been under Trustees, was ex
posed to sale in Messrs. Sbiel and Smalls office.—
The High Church party bad given out that they
intended t purchase the copywright and materials ;
but at the hour of the sale the chartists•and Mr. Peter
Brown, late of the Adverti.ser,were the only bidders.
The paper and printing materials in the Chronicle
Office were put up at £7OO, and, after a keen com
petition on the part of the Chartists, were knocked
down to their oppment at £S2O. Since then it has
been announced, that after the 28th inst., the Chron
icle will he published. under the new arrangement
every Friday morning. Great talent is said to he
engaged ; and by the change of day it is evident that
the new conductor wishes to cope directly with the
Advertiser. In consequence of the defection of Mr.
Brown, the Advertiser looses its editor. and will of
course pass into a new management. On the other
hand, the Chartists, who bade so well for the Chron
icle have had various meetings for the purpose of es
-1 tablishing a inarnal el their own, and a manifesto to
Ithis effect is posted ott the walls of the town—. Du
ndee Courier.
The poll for a church rate in the p rrt,h of Mert tty r
closed on !ilontlay last, between three and four o'-
clock, one hour haviria elapsed without a vote being
recorded. The poll lasted for thirteen (13)s. As a
severe scrutiny tsabout to be colurneneed, some time
most elapse before it cArr I,e ascertained to tvhttli
side the .icar3iNwill be ari!ju,lged ; but we have m.
fears for the Church, on wtio:e behalf we again bee
to express our heartfelt acknowledgments to our
Christian friends and brethren the NVesloyans, for
the timely aid which they have rendered to our
cause.—Merthyr Guardian.
Giqunlic Lkddia.—There is a dahlia in a garden
in Charles street, Newport, nearly eight feet high,
with 136 blossoms.—Monnioulleshire
Odd Pellowship.—The progress of Oddfelloyeship
in South Wales has of late been so rapid, that Mini
the great number of lodges it has been necessary to
form new districts. A district, called the •• Black-
Wood District, has just been instituted, and although
so lately established, a new lodge has been 'opened,
and another is in contemplation.—Denbigh Herald.
Monmouth.—On Monday se'nnight, a school for
the reception of poor children was opened at the
Buckbolt, near this town. The edifice is- in the
Gothic style, and exceedingly neat, and is pictures
quely situated in a very healthy locality. It is capa
ble of containing 150 children, and has been erected
at the sole expense of Major Merriott, of Newton
House, who, with his customary munificence, has,
we understand, further signified his intention of de
fraying the incidental and other expenses that Hill
he incurred in educating the poor children of the
hitherto almost unenlightened district in %%Inch the
present school house has been erected. A system
of scriptural and moral education has long been much
required in this poor hut populous neighbourhood,
and it is to be hoped the participators in the goosl
man's bounty" will eventually fully and justly ap
preciate the advantages so timely and charitably con
ferred upon them, and by manifesting a spirit of
moral and intellectual improvement, go far to repay
their kind and liberal benefactor.--21/crthyr. Guardian.
The Jews in St. Petersburgh having sent their
sons abroad to avoid military service, the Emperor
has ordered that every Jew shall furnish two recruits
for every son sent out of the country.
Commendable.—A London paper states that the
Odd Fellows' Society of that city, has in the course
of ten years, distributed among its members, and for
other charities, the neat little sum of 130,000 pound
sterling, or about $640,000.
The liVe.—That woman deserves not a husband's
generous love who will not greet him with armies as
he returns from the labors of the day ; who will not
tiy to chain him to his home by the sweet enchant
ment of a cheerio/ heart. There is, not one in a
thousand that is so unfeeling as to withstand such a
home.
Served Right.—A min has teen fined in New
York MO, and imprisoned thirty days, for carica
turing the family of Pierce Flandon.
Something New.—An inventioo is in progress in
England to supercede the use of horse hair in ptuf
fin; cnairs, sofas, &c. The substitute is cork, cut
into the minutest particles, which is found upon trial
to be superior to horse hair in every respect, and be
ing a saving of ahoot two bemired per cent.
NO. 51
WALE'S.
Heins of News.
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AtmaCmrm*pient..F.,
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Nsw Yant, Nor. 21, 1640,,
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*rattily Church promises tol l bs one of l l .the finest'
edifices of the kind in the coon y. its dimensions '
are es follows: length 188 feet ;. 1 width 84" feet 6 in-'
cites; height of tower 166 feet* whole iteight et'
tower and spire, 257 feet , height of nate, t 37 feet
interiors The material of which the buildirig Licari
structed is a fine brown sandstonk from laitle Fall's,
near Paterson, N U J. ft is soft, and is wonted easi
ly when fresh from the quarry, buttardepir i , by ex
posure. Very nice work can be executed 'pit, and
a great amount of ornamental work will be placed
upon this new Church. The style of erciitecture
is Gothic. I shonld add to the account of the mate..
rial, that the stones from different depths in the quar
ry vary considerably in color. Whether this will be
an advantage of an injury to the appearan4 of dm
building may be a question :1- The church iiiko.bave
on each side a one story projection, the upper part
of the building to be a good many feet narro er than
the lower. The side walls of this upper alf .. will
rest on columns which will stand in the. ch rah is
those do which usually sustain the galleries. ; Indus
church there will be no galleries on the side 4 Some
of the ornamental work in stone which is tote plac
ed about the windows, ALT. isfinished , and i' finely
designed and executed. The turrets, buttres4es, dtc.
will be, so far as I can judge, admirably arreriged.—
The blocks of stone are raised by vast craned which
lay them wherever they are wanted, the windlasses.
being worked by a steam engine within thti walls
The walls have reached 12 or 15 feet in height./
Crane's Patent.
BRNJ. BANNAN,
Dear Sir :t—As the subject of
Patent 13 somewhat interesting to the people of. this
country, and more particularly your region,lericlose
you a paper in which the pretentious of Mr. 4cmne
ore omply discussoi. The prevalent dispositions to
obtain patents for every slight improvement or,appli.
cation of a principle, is also set forth, end as Mr.
Crane is entitled only to the merit of using lbe
bar of other minds, your readers will be gratified
with a perusal of the article. kk
YOUT ob't serv't j
J. M.
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QUESTION OF THE PATENT RIGHT—WSI2
OF ANTHRACITE IN THE MANUI:AC—
TCHE OF IRON. t,
' I
To the Editor of the Mining Journal. , -
Sin,—You have inserted a letter in your Journal
of the 12th instant, addres'ed to-the editor of the
Cambrian, signed o W. M.," dated Gray's Ink, and
to which you append certain observations ofjoar
own. I beg to be permitted to say a few we i lds in
reply. If there is any impropriety in discussi
~g the
l eg ality of -Crane's patent,' it entirely rests witt i l Mr.
Cranes advocates, such discussion being wholly un
provoked by the other side. As a generaLprin i ciple,
I quite agree in the impropriety of newspaper dis
cussion, pending proceedings in a court of law, but,
in this instance, I think there is something like fi,
waver of wrong, inasmuch that I feel confideitt we
shall hear no more of it in a court of law. B l i t this
as it may, there appears an evident dispositio and
determination, if possible, to write up Mr. '' is
1 first-rate genius, and his patent o'ne of the
hantconceptions of the age—to question
nothing less than absolute stultification. I
Editor, I was surprised to find you using
expression as the fullowing ;—.. A n d so RIM
to use a 'nitre harsh expression—do we "em
conduct of the Neath Abbey Company,"'eke.
Is it a part of your editorial creed to deny indipen.
dence of opinion and honesty of intention in o hers,
because they du not coincide with four own vi ws I
I shall not follow .W. M.' through all his lab ured
reasoning, but apply myself to the only real point at
issue vis.—ls there any invention at all in Mr.
Crane's dLicovery ? and, then, is there such a COM.
lunation as will entitle him to a patent? if there is
neither of these--and I contend there is not—l v iuote
your own words to express my feeling: ---4. t hile
it requires not a Solon to determine on whichl i side
justice lies, whatever may be the law." Now, then,
to the point. Mr. Crane has made Iron with a f t ossil
mineral fuel and Lot-blast combined, which, in order
to support an invention, or a patent, must be proved
to be clearly distinguished from previous known me.
thuds. Is it not notorious, that iron has been
for many years with these very elements, viz,
sit tanwral tuel, or pit-coal, and hot-blast combi
But then comes the special pleading: oh ! our
mineral furl is of a different mineralogical character
to that heretofore general l y used, neither is it called
by the same name. At this rate, we may have as
many inviintors (hiss the mark.) and as many pat
ents, as there are species of Coal. possessing trif l ing
dith.rences in their mineralogical composition ; this,
surely. must be too absurd to be law, Asell,
i t
Mr. Editor, might you claim to be an inventor, nd
entitled ti a patent, if you were to print your parr
with red ink, and rely upon the right to a patent On
the plea that red irk was a different chemical com
pound from black ink. Ink is ink, print with which
you will--so coal is coal, make iron with which you
will--bituminous coal, or anthracite coal.
It may go far to discharge the subject of a rat
deal of mystification, to explain that anthracite al
is not a separate formation, as has generally b e n
supposed, but in truth,. and in fact, is part and pa el
c
of one and the same seam of coal as that which pro
duces bituminous coal—in fact, that it is " a destine ,
tion with Out a difference." , The geological posit on
of anthracite, ii, South Wales, is unlike that insity
other portion of the world that I have heard of, a d,
in consequence of that difference, we are enabledt , to
solve the problem, as to whether anthracite is a s pi
orate formation from bituminous coal, or not, In
Ireland and in America, where there is a very la
deposite of anthracite, it is unaccompanied by lal u
ominous coal, so is it at Pembrokeshire, but in ano i
er part of the South Wales coal basin we have bo En
The locality of the anthracite region extends fr m
the Vale of Neath through the west part of Glam e
ganslvire, small portion of the South of Breconshire
to Kidwelly, in Carmarthenshire, and. after crosiing
Carmarthen Bay, it again appears in Pembrokeshire,
at Saunders Foot, and continues its course all acid i c,
the county to St. Bride's Bay. In tiro three firta
named counties, the anthracite is confined to the
north crops of certain seams (about twenty,) then
dip to the south a considerable way under the- stir
face of the land, and then again rise to the sou ;
the south crops are there bituminous, but in Pe -
brokeshire the north and south crops are pure e -
thracite. These are facts that are indisputable.
It follows, as a consequence, that an altered' re
from bituminous to anthracite coal takes places° e.
where on the line of dip from north to south. I 1 -
firm, without the slightest hesitation, that the seams
which are anthracite on the north crops, are the iden
tical same seams that are bituminous on the south,
crop. Of this any geologist may satisfy himself by
examining the relative position of the coal and the
accompanying strata, and including the lime rock,.
from Landebte, in Carmarthenshire, to the districkk
Gower.
The point at which the change takes place I em.
recite be too deep for actual examination, in the
direction of the dip r bin, in on east and west dime.
tion, we find the alteration takes plane at the ma;-
nificent fault in the Neath Valley, known sts . q•
Dion Rock. on the east side of which the coatis
slightly bituminous, continuing to increassiri bitii
men as they trend eastward.
Tho solution of this extraordinary fact, in fietnial .
history I take to he as follows:—It is very avid+ t
that, at some remote period ! thB regions eolotein'
coal have Seen subjected to aiotent convulsions, earls
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