II B ■ stiogrdaij ;✓7dorning, &pril 24 FosititstllClgtsaiosirS.—lt will be seen by re. ference to the I , programme," that everrnecessary step haslbeeh taken by 'the Committee of Arrange ments in or erito give due effect to the funenil car erisoniel which are to take place tin Matiday next, in - coltimiraxiiiration of the death of President Haunt. tMtt.llclass of our citizens seem anxious to pity some tibutd o f s respect and regard - hi the memory of the derartetd bro and •‘ patriot; and, if the weather should prxie favorable, we have no hesitation in saying thatlsneh a gathering of the people as will be assembled: l in this Borough on the day &lave mentiobed, Ito do honor to the illustrious dead. was never seen lon hny occasion in Schuylkill County. The funeral oriition will be delivered by the Rev. Mr. Miller,landfrorri the well known talents of this gentleirn,louritizens may expect full justice done to his übject. frj` Thepofnmittee of Arrangement• respectfully) request the: Citizens of our borough to close their respective piles of business on the day of the Pro cessimi, from o'clOck in the morning until sunset. M2'CROSLAND;,- C1111113(A5. TVNIIILAL SONG' H TO THE LATE GEN. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, ViIq.IDENT OP THE. U. STATES!, to take on Monday the 2Gth day of Apr 1841 ' rs the Borough of Pottsville. The folloWiing -gentlemen have been appointed . ' Ai& and Assistant Marshals : F. Bt Nichols and Jacob Sheafe, Esq's, Aids la . I Chief Marshal, - 1 •' A;SISTANT MARSHALS. . F. W r flugh s and S. Huntzingei,Esq's of Pottsville. Col. 4. Hannan and Hon. C. Frailey, of Orwigsburg. A. Bolton and G. Dougherty of Port Carbon. llllnry G. Illobinson, Esq. of Schuylkill Haven.,, ' - EA. Kutxner, of Nlinersville. ' Dr ; .9. N. • ckert, and J. 0. Oliver of Pinegrove. Flacfi public ody joining the procession will appoint . its own Marshals; (entail 9i o'clock A. M. and ' eport to the Chief Marshal or is Aids, their several places ' •of Meeting. . i 1 I The ,process will be farmed on Centre Street, the right on High Street, at 10 o'clock, A. M. In the ; order hereaftei' designated ; and proceed through he principal streets of the Borough to Trin}ty Church, in front of which Re ; ligiou; services will be performed by the I . Rev rend Clergy in attendance, and ' Etilogy delivered by the Rev.: . Alfred A. Miller of the Epis. copal Church. The enclospro on the South of the Church Will be ' ..restrved exclusively for the Ladies. No .per or to appear in the procession mounted. On tlfriFing l i at the Church, the Rey'd. Clergy, ihe Judges of the County CoOrts, the Chief Burgesses and Presidents of the Town Councils of the Boroughs in the county, the Field and Staff 1 officenf of the 30th Regiment, P. M., the Reprsentatives of the different estates, ; Committee of arrengernents, Com: mfntling officers of Companies. and the princi pal offi ers of-each of th.. public bodies, with the 'Marshals of the day, will 'take their • I stand uponupon the stage to be erected in front of the Church from which the lEulogy is to be delivered. is are requested to wear crape on the itt 1 to close their respective Places of bil from 9 o'clock, A. M., until the close of the ceremonies. - ' it Religious societies in the Borough are II to-have their Bells tolled from 10 n% A. M. until the procession reaches i ,the church. i l gs in the Borough to be at half mast. PROCESSION. MILITARY ESCORT. first Troop Schuylkill county Cavalry, National Light Infantry. German Yeagers, - H4rrison Band. • Orwigsburg Grays, Wagner's Company from Pinegrove, Schuylkill Haven Grays. • anti Staff, and commissioned officers of 30th Regiment P. M. not on duty. ' Tue GODDT-4S OF LIBEHTT• Representatives of the several States and The di tize arm, an, = SEC= requestc tick, The ft The F GE The Field; IME %Vtth the Territories. The Reverend Clergy FAI L 11F.111E119.' pcn, Mei. Graham. • " er ' er ' Bearer of the - Th'a. - S. Ridgway,t Wm. Audenried, r h arl. ILJ 316 Samuel Silly man, Burd Patterzon. Charleg Christ, reY • r Samuel Morris. • Join Shi W Morti . IC. Ofre J4in St B. F. Po Jesse Fos Horse Caparisoned. itteo of Arrangernente appointed by the Tim Com i Burgess, Officers and meithors of the . Council of the Borough of -Putts. :... vile as Chief %Mourners. , k Burgesses and officers and members oT Onuncal of other Boroughs in the county. ges of the County Courts,• and County [• . Officers, I Members of the Bar. Pnysicians. . r . and Teachers of the Public Schools. r i d Soldiers of the Revolution and of the last War. [ The Pottsville Band. phe several Literary associations. E MASONIC zon'oas, Oi.thuylkill Lodge, of Orwigsburg. 1 Pulaski Ledge. 1 1 tarizessinziriz 011DEIL OF oiii-rszzows. toctal Lodge, \O. 56. . ' I irard Lodge, 0 No. 53,• [Hayden Lodge, No. 44. Schuylkill Lodge; No: 27. I • 'Miners' Lodge. No. 20. Degree Lodge, No. 6. . [Franklin Encampment,' No. 4. United Order of Odd-Fellows, the Port Carbon Band, No. 1. The Temperance Societies,' The Hibernian Societies. •• The St; Patrick Societies. ,Trie St. David Societies. The Fire Department. Cho Port Carbon Band, No. 2. ••• The Citizens of the-County. he Benediction, the Procession will ho ilis, id' the officers will take elarge of the sever- Las. The Clue, Tow'' he Mae Toprn Tie lid Director - qffipers !Mr E MEI El MEI h= After imed '3 l earn= Jam:1,118E111AM [ Aida to qiciel . Marshal. Citizens WILLIAM F, - Chief Marshal. EOM EIFLItOZINUEFri OF 'FOS J 013113.1.1.- Not - to be behind the spirit of the times, or the 'spir it of the age, we nave deternrired to enlarge' the Mtrer.it'S'-Jorins:as., to a dq&ble Medium size, md • otherwise. improt4 its appearance so as to 'render it . still ma're acceptable to our friends and patrons. We are aware that. this move on our part will be attend ed with considerable expense;, but we are induced to takethis step both from choice and necessity. iffe take it from choice be;cause it is our, intention to place *elocaaat. on a par with any country'i pa per Tniblished in this state in point of quantity or quality of matter which it may contain ; from necss , aity,becaule out advertisements singly encroach ton much on that space in our paper which is usually devoted to what is technically called " reading mat ,- ter." The !do - sae JoraxAL will be enlarged at the commencrweent of the next volume, and-furnished to _ . . subscribers at the old price, butinvariably in adetince It will be printed on good white paper, and ci,sery attention paid to its typographical appearance.; As to the [nature or quality of the matter which wesball weekly pmvide for our readers, we had bettei say nothing for of their own merits modest men are dumb:" But we would merely intimate,•in a pro- rniscu'ous sort of way ; that we shall cater in all mar kets for the instruction, amusement and gratification of out readers. The great interests of this state, andr morel particularly of tins region, will find in 'us a steady and consistent advocate ; and such fails as relate to our • coal tied iron trade will be carefully colleLted and prepared and-laid before the public. The current news of the day.;-lthe movements of po litical parties—or any topic, in abort, of an exciting or interesting character, will be hashed and served ep hi a style that cannot fail to please all palates. We 'will endeavor to find or make room for tale, sketches, scraps of poetry, etc. etc., whether of for eign or domestic manufacture. As many of our readers arelrorn the " old- country," they may rely upon being speedily apprized. of every event worth noticing which may occur on the other side of the `,:'`'" Atlantic—which of course includes three hernia , pheres, not to say any thing of the Islands. • De Tocquecille in his great philosophical work on this country. says that the great intelligence of the Americans--cr words to that effect—te to he attriliu -1 ted to the vast number of newspapers published in the United States. De Tocqueville is right. In all humility be it said, we are an intelligent people, and • to our newspapers are we indebted for a portion of • such knowledge as we may possess. We know that 7 . it has always been thought excruciatingly funny to call physicians quacks, lawyers pettifogers, ministers hypocrites, and to accuse editors of lying. , But those ti stale jAes now pass current for what they are really worth.. Newspapers are now looked upon as power ": tut engines in the re-organizttion which is now go , ing on in the a•icial masses throughout the world—as vehicles to disseminate wholesome truths and useful information—and as the means or making the people ;;): better acquainted with their political rights and their 1 ;,, position in society. These facts cannot be disputed, end our citizens • must be aware of the necessity and importan-..e of Yi supporting and extending the circulation of •their r; newspapers. Wo trust that our friends will cordially co-operate with us in our endeavors to make the " Miners' Journal" a proper and worthy representative of this of region. Let each of our subscribers.prosuria butane tsubscribcr to our paper and our sphere of usefukiess would be much increased and enlarged. What say yeu; (fiends I MR. BIDDLE ' S THIRD LaTTEII.—:Mr. Biddle's third letter, relative to the United States Bank.'has made Its appearance. In nis two former letters he acted entirety on the defensive ; but in this epistle —which may be considered the coup de grace to the whOle controversy—he has completely changed his ,node of tactics. Backed by a formidable array of tacts and figures. he completely. surrounds his ad versaries with nets apparently of their own weaving; euided by the principles of Indian warfare, after :; - .0 ha- captured his enemies, he shows them no Adarter. His pen seems transformed into a two edged sword. It cuts right and left, and cuts to some puipose, fur its movements aie directed and contrulf ie.! by a steady baud and a cool head. As we have said before, it is neither our wish nor intention to take part or lot in this U. S. Bank con iravorsy. We are mere lookers on in thegame which is now playing; and if We see a good move .made byeither of the parties, we may applaud it, and.yet : kat the same time we do not think we will have vio lated our indirect pledge of centrality by so doing. NOw, for instance, we think the Ex-President of the U. S. Bank, in his third letter, has made a good 7.; [nave. He has placed his adversaries in a very queer position—some may call it a false position—but it is kevidently not an enviable one. Like the celebrated • Junius, he makes the bed of torture for his victims, ..1-‘ and. if they do not happen to fit the bed, he inahea Mon fit . 1 3 The letter iu ouestion occupies over five columns of the National Gazette, and we are therefore unable is to present our readers with more than a brief abstract _of : it. The letter commences by stating that a snit bad been commenced by the U. 8. Bank, in December, LOA, against Manuel Eyre and Charles Massey ; and alludes to the manifest impropnety, under those circumstances, of Mr - Massey serving as a membei 0( the Committee of Investigation. We give the extract entire, as parts of it have a direct reference to - tLis region : Without meaning to give any opinion-about that case, the simple fact that the Bank had just brought a suit against Mr. Charles Massey, was of itself sufficient to prevent. his being a member of that Committee of Investigation. Before any tribunal he would have been rejected as a Juror, and a sense of propriety shouli have induced him instant. ly; to decline the appointment. His partner, Mr. 11nouel Eyre, had been a Director in 1840. but in cetnseemence ofcomplaints against him was lefl'out of the ,L ) ard at the last election—a source 'of keen disappointment. These feelings found other stim : ulants to -support-them. Mr.. Eyre is understood . be the largest stockholder in the Schuylkill Nav igation Company, of which Mr. Lippincott is the President, and these three persons, Mr. Massey, Mr. ,;Lippmecatt, and Mr. Eyre, and their friends belteved.to have nearly - all - their fortunes depen dent ou the success of that work, while they have• no interest in the Bank—Mr. Massey owning only ' two shares, Mr. Eyre three, and Mr. Lippincott See. It was at one period thought a profitable specula lien, but every. day it is encroached on by later iMprovements, and more . especially by a rail road goint _ditecety to the, very mouth of the minessu that;its stack which was sold at 8 170 or 818';` a share, is now, on its decline, and has already reach. ed 563 or 8 60. These paaies are extremely sen. sitnie: on the sohieet .sf -every .new improvtment which may interfeiesaith them, and they are more partimilarly bitter against this Reading Rail 'Read, .which, when completed, will probably supersede t the river navigation. Now the Bank of. the United 'States has been obliged' to take'for debts a large ' nnnaber of shares in tile Reading Rail Read, and t With a view to protect its own interests 'bus gi4en ' ffiellities to finish the road se as to mane-it preduc aye: some, of the officers and Directors were also hinders of shares in the road, and what was still 'dote criminal, Mr. Jaodun while in England Ingo : tiated' some loan or gut some iron fur the company. t Now the owners of the, Navigation Company raw clearly ; that if these persons should be rendered odi : ons„.ifilie Bank oft.he United States could be bro. ken down, it would carry down this Reading Rail Road, and thus increase the profits of the Compa. IV. This to realty the foundation of the whole of this attack . upon- the Bank. It . is the vengeance of the Schuylkill Navigation Company against the flank R ing 6t the Unit edßoad States j !Mt Inji money to the ead Rail . I. I . . THE MINER' JOVIIINAL: Mr. Biddle complains that the Committee ' vrestigation can find; no cause, reascli;Ortiorisactiunr to accotnt forthe resent prostration of the, . Bank, that is, of two years . old. The stockholder, 4). liner why his stock was now; only worth 17 When i commanded 116'in March, 1839. The ex tresiderit: throws scOrie light on the" subject,; for he satisfactorily.proves a depreciation in the value of (the stock, since his resignation, of $21,000,000 easing as alleged, from the course of policy. pur : - sued bY the different Boards of Directors who have had the control of the Bank. ' In the Report of the Investigating Committee; al lusion is made to the Exchange committees of the U. S. Bank. They are tecsurett - for making too' largi loans to individuals and firms; end it is stated. that they 'ought riot to have discounted bills—that they kept no minutes, but gave verbal'orders to the olficerd of therßank—and that their transactions were never submitted to the Board of Directors at the re gular meetings. In regard to the four last . counts,' Mr. , Biddle 'proves that the Board of Directors in , structed their Exchange Committees not to confine themselves to exchanges—but to make discounts, and exiaressly exempted them from the necessity of leportirigtheir proceedings to the Board. • The large loans to individuals, so much condemn ed in the .; Stockholder's Report," is next handled. The most prominent case is that. of T. Biddle & Co. It attracted the attention even of the Committee of Congress in 1832. On this occasion, Mr. Manuel Eyie, Chairman of the Committee of Exchange, and member of the late Investigating Committee, made the following statement : •" The Board of Directors passed resolutions au. tharizing the Exchange Committee to make invest ments at elf . ) , rate of interest not less than four and. half per cent. As chairman of _that • commdiee I called upon Messrs. T. Biddle & Co. several times and particularly requested them to make all their great operations with us, and urged diem to take two or three millions of dollars or more at five per cent, and for as long a lime as they wished.—They were not willing to take the loan for as long a time as the Committee wished, bat reserved the right of paying off as might suit their convenience. The committee upon undoubted security loaned them upwards 011,1013,000 dollars at 5 per cent,—which loan is now reduced as your committee has observ- ed, is 600,000 dollars. and ' will pay an interest of six per cent. It was thought a-very a dvantageous arrangement to obtain Mich a large investment at 5 per cent on tuck undoubted security, when the com mittee were authorized to loan at fourand a half per cent. 1 have always regarded this operation as one in which the bank was the favored party, and I think it may be safely and truly said that the ac count of Messrs. T. Biddle & Co. has been one of the most advantageous accounts in the bank. April 5, 1832. MANUEL EYRE. Mr., Biddle says that in June, 1838, every item o the different loans of the Bank, besides its cotton operations, was placed before a Committee whose bounden duty it was to examine them. He adds and concludes as follows : Who was this Committee? What Directors were they. so lost to their duty as not to have examined these doings and exposed them T Who, above all, was the Chairman of that Committee, the natural leader of the great reform ? Alas, for human in firmity. In the appendix of the Committee's re— port is a list of all the Committees for several years, from which it appears that on the very 29th of J une this vigilant committee on the state of the Bank, stands recorded, and at their.head is JOSHUA LI PPI NCOT7', Chairman. Lawrence Lewis, John 'Bohlen, John A. Brown, John Connell. And now when this Mr. Lippincott goes before the stockholders to complain of abuses, let him be asked by , , some independent man what he did on that occasion. Say to him, did you examine these statemenit If you say r.cr—then you betrayed your duty—then you were faithless to us. If yes—then why did you not stop these proceedings which now, nearly three years afterwards, you come to us to denounce. 'You are unjust to us in either way, and we fear that all this pretended zeal in our ser vice is but a mask to conceal your own selfish per. poses. Let any stockholder say that to him, and see what he will answer. On the whole, my belief is, that this movement is a 'conspiracy got up by the managers of the Schuylkill Navigation Company, aided by a few weak persons who did not see that they were the dupes of their selfi.h associates—that to carry their objects, they have by misrepresentatione irritated the stockholders into El measure which cannot fail I greatly to injure their interests, and that the Bank of the. United States has been sacrificed to the jeal ousy and the despair of the , Scbuyikill Navigation Company. POSTPONEMENT.-A meeting was to have been held last Saturday evening in this borough of the citizens of this County for the purpose of appointing Delegates to the Business Men's Convention which is. to be held at Harnshurg on the 25th May. The meeting was postponed, for various causes, until This evening, when it will be held at the Pennsylva nia Hall. 'We trust to see the meeting well attend ed, for it is high time that the mechanics, farmers, merchants and colliers of Schuylkill County should awake to a sense of their rights, and unite without reference to political differences and distinctions, upon such measures as ate lazily to bring about a return of the prosperity which they once enjoyed. It is with pleasure that we perceive that our state is fully alive to the itnPortance of this move. Meet ings have alresdyo been called-in several of the coun ties for the purpose of appointing delegates ; and out of the state the proposed Convention excites general interest. The result' of its deliberations will It, looked for with great anxiety both at home and abroad. Inlay ORE.—We understand that mining opera. tions have been commenced on the St. Clair tract, with the most flattering prospects.. Veins of 'Ore which were apart at the crop have been found to unite and form one solid mass of three feet of Iron Ore. In a cross section, in a cutting of forty feet. 10 feet of iron ore was found, varying in thickness. These veins cannot the same as the openings on Mt. Laffee tract, where 7 feet of OTC has been found in a space of 21 feet. The f illowing is an analyse:Co:lolre iron ore of the St Clair tract, which we find in the State Geologist's last Repint : Composition in 100 parts. Carbonate of Iron, 42. 38 Carbonate of Meguese, 3, 64 Per oxide of iron, 21, 32 Alumina, a trace Siltcia and insoluble matter 27, 63 5, 03 Water, Per cent. mattilic iron 34, 86. We learn with regret that the Rev. Mr. Hageny, of the Methodist Church of this borough, has been transferred to the St. George's Church. Philadelphia. We congratulate the members of the St. , George's Church on the great acquisition they hair made in the person of 'their new pastor. As a pulpit orator he is surpassed by few; and in the pri vate relations of life, his amiability, exemplary. con. duct r and true evaqgelicalpie i ty, endear him to all who have the pleasure of an acquaintance. The ReV. Mr. Barnes is the successor of the Rev. Mr Hagen) , in this place. Tat asnossrr Chasm YETZ—The ship St, Peters burg, Captain'Trask, cleared the port of Mobile on the; Bth inat.for Liverpool, has on board 2,961 bales of cotton, the total weight of which is 1,431,000 lbs. —the heaviest cargo, it is said, ever Shipped from any, port in the United States. a The Exploring ExpeAlition retto,hopie in May, 1842. Tile for)tonrt, . F31 . 7111N Mrs VllO3l ECHOPE,-.—The, stesOhip Ceti:mina arrived at Boston on Monday evening list from Liverpool, whence she sailed tin' the 4th instant. • , The niciteinent:in England about American at fairs had in a measure subsided. Of course, nothing liter froth Chbia. Teas con, tinne firm. Trade is in a lmguishing condition. The cotton market, -att the Int iiccounts, was inactive, -and' the prices have declined slightly. The Britannia steamer arrived out on the 31st of March, in fourteen days from Boston. The President steamer had not arrived on the 3d, having been out twenty-four days, while the packet ship Orpheus, which sailed from New York the same day, arrived on the Ist, and the Patrick Henry arrived in fifteen dayti. We find the following paragraph about the good old Great Western. Tea GREAT Wasxsax.—This steamer advertised to leave England on the -.lnd,"fer New York, Mit could - get no passengers; she then put u r fur Hali fax on the 3d;trut met with no better success. Just before the Colombia left. she had advertised to leave cm the Bth. Her ill lock will probably continue, as the Britannia - was to•ieave Liverpool for Boston on the:loth, and Cunanrs boats are rapidly driving all others Out 6f the'fiefil. Usrrcn §:ATEs.—The Times states that govern ment received despatches from Mr. Fox by the Brit annia steamer, end that these despatches leave no doubt of an amicable and immediate settlement be tween the United States and Great Britain,r.s far as regards the question of McLeod. Mr. Fox bad re deiced s communication to that effect from , the Amer ican government, couched in the most conciliatory language. We think, adds the' Times, that the pub lic mind may be at rest on this point. The Liverpool Mail, of April 3d, says—The un easy feeling existing relative to our relations with the United States has been a good deal diminished by the snivel of the Britannia. No idea oft the pos sibility of a war seems to be entertained in America, nor are there the smallest signs of any preparations to meet it. It is admitted that the states are de fenceless and there is every appearance that Mr. Fox is conducting his very delicate mission in such a way as to obtain satisfaction, not by injurious -threats,-but by friendly and respectful negotiation. Parliament was -still •in -session. 31 r.4lenae, en the •Iss instant, postponed his motion, ealling-for•the correspondence relating to the Carolineointil the arrival Of further news from America. The Dowager Dutchess of Marlborough died at her residence in Park Lane, in London, on the morn ing of the 2nd inbt. It is said that Don Miguel had consented to re nounce his claims to the throne of Portugal, on con dition that his titles and estates should be restored to him. CortatcTros.—We beg President Tyler's pardon, from the top of our head to the soles of our feet, for having murdered his wife in the most thoughtless manner, in conjunction with several other unfeeling members of the editorial corps. The fact is we sta ted last week that Mr. Tyler's wife died some years since and left a family of two sons. We really be lieved'that such was the case when we published this statement; and our mortification and astonish ment was great in the extreme, when we received authentic information last week that the President's lady was stilt, alive and the mother of eight ehil - dren. Mrs. Tyler, gem, is said to he in delicate health, but will nevertheless preside as the Mistress of the President's Mansion. She has two daughters, one is married to Mr. Jones, of Virginia, and the other is single, and not only single, but is voung and ex ceedingly beautiful. The White Rouse, next win ter, well be fairly overrun with the oeauty and fash ion of the'Capitol. The good old days of Madison, will be revived. Friox Hen eta or no.—The Harrisburg Intelligen cer of Tuesday says :--4-The Revenue Bill was yes terday reported to the Finance committee of the Senate, by the chairman, Mr Reed, who remarked in presenting it that he would to-day ask the serious consideration of the Senate upon the bill. The bill as reported' was not read, but will be printed and laid on the desks of the Senators to-d iy. We un derstand, however, that the amendments made by the committee refer principally-to matters of detail, none of the important features of the bill being strick en out, or materia.ly altered. It is to be hoped that the bill, in some shape or other, may get though both Houses at an early day, and be sent to. the Governor." Since the above was in type, we learn that Mr. dohnson't Ball has passed the Senate, and now only waits the signature of the Governor to become a law. BETIIOTRED N's. MOTIIT.II.—A singular and pain ful litigation, says the N. V. Commercial Advertiser, has recently been in progress at Boston ; one of which to all kindly hearts must cause regret, altho' none can Tail to sympathise with the feeling in Which it originatrd. The suit was in replevin—brought by .a mother to obtain poisession of 'a watch and portrait formerly belonging to her dead son. The thfendant was a young lady to whom the son was betrothed . ; and it was clearly.proved ...that the watch and 'picture had beer. given to her by the deceased just before embarking for the voyage on which he was' ost. The verdict was in favor of the betrothed ; lint one haxdly.k.lows whether post to rejoice with her, or grieve with the mother, at this issue of a con test for the sad memorials so highly prized and so eagerly• desired by them both. STArr. NTEtI.-Our State Printer, Mr,•lamea S. Wallace, deserves great creibt for the workman like manner in which ha has executed the public work. Hitherto the public documents have been printed in a style that would have led a stranger to suppobe that the typographical art was in a most sad state in Pennsylvania. Now, we are pleased to state, oar public documents are equal to the generali ty of toot work in point of typographical execution and the quality of paper made use of. There is no excuse for writing a bad "fist"— (or we have a most. e-xcellent professor of penman ship ainoeg us, a Mr. Husbands He has a happy knack of imparting instruction to his scholars; and we would advise all those who are ambitious of writing what is termed a "good hand," to place themselves under his tuition. c o. The Oswego N. Y. Whig ways the forward ers at that place contemplate establishing a daily line of freight schboners with the Ericsson propellor, be tween Oswego and Cleveland, during the next sea son. co- In consequence of, ill health, Mr. Chief Jus tice Taney declined the invitation of the citizens of Baltimore to pronounce a funeral oration upon the death of Can. Harrison. (O. We are requested to state that the 2d, quer tedy collection svill.be made in. Trinity Church to morrow, in aid of the Convention and Bishop's Funds. rcy. The citizens of Boston done honor to the memory of the late President by a funeral proiessien and an oration, on Tuesday last. • i oz - A Discourse will be delivered on the death of Gen. W. H. aiastsoN, at the Univetsilist Church, on Sunday (to-morrow) trionituo. ' I' ALL soars' OF ITEMS. About 200 Florida Indians left-New Orleans on the 4th inst. for West Aikansts. The PittsburOatette of the 15th inst:says— #llte rivers centitue io fine ;otter and sio.-Aboats arrive and depart in quick succession." We regret to learn that in consequence of the del icate state of Lieheslth.loseph C.Neal,'Esq , editor of the -Pennsylvanian, is on his way in Europe, where he will spend sonic time. - The Chesnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, will be opened in May with an operatic company. The. Mexicans again talk invading Texas. It will all end in mike. The Bangor Whig says that a fine lot of Bird's- Eye Maple has been brought to that place during the past winter for shipment to England, where the wood is said to be much admired. The Neptune fat:mance Company of Boston have declared • a semi-annual. dividend of ten per cent.— Pretty fair. Sleighing was excellent at Wilkesbarre at the ast accounts. Hail balmy spring! The Democrats have reduced' the locofoco major- ity in the city of New Yofk from 1000 to 400. It is our painful duty to announce the' death tf Richard Houghton, Esq. the editor of the Boston Atlas. His loss will be greatly felt and sincerely deplored. Bowyer. the New York Police officer, has return ed from his chase -after Mitchell, the forger. He said he caught somebody, but'hu was not the real Simon Pure. Dow, Jr., Of the N. Y. Sunday Mercury, has col lected his "patent sermons" ai.d published them in pamphlet form. Thew sermons are emphatically Jul genesis—foll of bathos and pathos, good sense, sentimentality, philosophy and poetry. Put down our name for a copy, Dow. Trust! Eh? Willis Gaylord Clark is about to vacate the edito rial chair, in cot sequence of ill health. His paper, the Philadelphia Gazette, is advertised for sale. It is considered a prosperous concern. Fanny Elssler'a late benefit at New Orleans yielded $BOOO. She has discovered the philosopher's stone and no mistake. Can any of our Gotham friends infoim us whether the New York Democrat is defunct, or slice and kicking Don't answer in a hurry. Cincinnati—the city of Poikers—is looking up. Her-annual exports are estimated at $9;000,000. The Virginia elections took.place'last Thursday. Thirteen thdusand barrels of Wheat flour were in spected in Baltimore last week. Braham is singing at Augusta, Georgia. The Democratic whip of the Baltimore districts have nominated John P. Kennedy and Alexander Randall. for Congress. The water was to he let into the North Branch of the Pennsylvania Canal on Saturday last. 191 new buildings were erected in Albany, N. Y. during 1840—worth $311,850. Little Miss Davenport _played Richard 111 at St. Louis lately. She wore 'Kean's hat. We are not informed whose breeches she wore. The Sunday Mercury says there is something touching—deeply -touching and thrilling—and we might even say disagreeable, in the question---..Wi1l you pay this-bill, sir On the proud and exhilerating Royal Birth 'Day of Quren Victoria, it is said that permission will be given to Prince Albert to choose his own dinner ! Glorious privilege ! Queen Victoria is quite . aelighted at the idea of a Prince of Wales, and Lord Melbourne is said to have observed that her Majesty is already quite full of it. A grandson of General Harrison is also a grand er n of General Pike one of the best and bravest of ficers this country ever had. The N. Y. Trumpet says that Gen. Pike is bane.! at Sackeus Harbor end that no stone marks his grave ! Streeter gives the following new definition of Fast-day: ...Fast-Day'—so called •because of its being a day on which people generally get .tight.''' The Philadelphia Standard has been merged into the North American. We cannot well spare the services of Mr. Gtnnd in the lace of an approaching political campaign. The funeral ceremonies in Philadelphia on Tues day last, commemorative of the death of Gen. Har rison, were grand and imposing. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, the procession was at least two miles long. There are not less than three hundred thousand office seekers in various parts of this coon' ry. A sad commentary on the hardness of the times. Is it not a novelty to see two women' pass each other in the street without each turning round to see what the other had onl A milkman should always live near a good aping of water. The reason is obvious. The N. Y. Atlas says—.•Tbe Boston Custom House is very like our town. Tim Post says of those anxious to get a birth in it, that there are 'about forty in-specious, and four hundred Ex-pec tors." I wish I lived in Turkey," mid a fading beauty with.a sigh. W hy, we asked r Because I should stand a chance of being one of the wives of a Turk, and it is better to have a husband among a score o ladies, than none at all. These has not been a &to) of rain in .14issoari. during the whole minter„and only about four inches of snow altogether. We would not mind swopping climates, and would be trilling to give something v,to boot" to make it an object. The Hon. Alexander H. Everett has been appoint ed President of Jefferson College, St. James's Par ish, Louisiana, and has accepted the appointment. The Rhode Island election t iok place on Wed nesday last. The two splendid Steam-ships, built at New York fur the Spanish Government, were to sail from that cite for Havanna this weak. Major Noah has be nominated to the New York State Senate for a Judgeship. Jonathan Roberts, the new Collector of Philadel phis, entered - upon the duties of his office last Wed nesdep. A Baptist Cleraman, named king Grimell, was recently killed at Cincinnati by violence in conse quence of offence taken at his remarks. The U. S. Gazette says that a friend who Counted the people in the funeral procession in that city, on Tuesday last, counted 19,180. The National Gazette bee received* fourth letter from Mr. Biddle. It will be shortly published. • A successful forgery has been committed on the Lafayette Bat, Cincinnati—amount $13,000. Mr l Wood, the Comedian, is preparing a work on the American Drama. The Brig Maid Adhel arrived at Baltimore on Tuesday from Rio de Jeneiro, in charge of Lieuten ant Oona of the U S Navy. Nine of her crew, viz—the let and 24l mates, 6 sailors and- a Porto gurgle boy., were sent home in bar on a,charge of PRESIDINIT TILNA.--SiIICE Mr. Tyr's seuession to the office of Prevideit, his reply to Committee of the Harrisburg Convention, communicating to him his nomination to the Office of Vice President, i s very naturally bnitight up for review. Annexed is the reply : WlLLuxseuno, Va.,Dee. 18, 1839 GiSTLEMIN—The nomination whieh, its the Of °gins of the late Harrisburg Convention, you have comnfunicated to me 'is accepted, with a Sensibility trettly- - augmented by the tact that, whilst ins a re sult In no'wriy contemplated by me, it was attended with the• thattniinous concurrence of that enlightened and patriotic body. To have my name associated with that •of the eminent patriot who is pat in nom ination for" the first office is of itself regarded by ma as no ordinary honor. His long and faithful services to the country, at the council board and in the field, have won for him a distinguished name in- history, and furnish the surest guaranty that, should he be elevated by the popular voice to the chief executive office, his administration of government affairs will be just, prudent and wise. With the constitution for his guide, and the good of his cmiKtry his only aim, I doubt not his exertions would be exclusively directed to uphold the 'one and advance the other. 'rhe'friend and supporter of 'Jarerson, of Madison, and of Monroe, and an immediate descendant Of in Signer of the Declaration of Independence, can 'be none other than true to the early republican creed and the the devoted advocate of free printiples and of popular rights. I have the honor to 15e, gentlemen, your most obe -dient servadt, JOHN TYLER. The reference in this le ter by name to Jefferson, Monroe, and Madison, furnishes a key to the allusion, made by the President in bis late Address, to "the Fathers of the Republican school," of whom he says that Gen. Harrison (as well as himself) had been e friend and supporter. TUG $60,000 Bust sess.—The following resole• lion, in relation to " the issue " between the Cashier of the Barks County Bank, and the President of the Board of .Canal Commissioners, was offered in the Senate on the 16th inst., by Mr. Strohm, and was adopted. Resolced, That the Committee on Internal IM provements to whom was committed the communi cation from the Canal Commissioners, in reply to a resolution of the Senate relative to the Berks Coun ty Bank, he and the same is hereby authorised to send for such persons and papers as i in the opinion of the said committee may be necessary to elucidate the circumstances connected with the transaction La which the said communication-has- reference. 'Proposals have been made for etirrYlrrg fhelrinit Commercial Mail, from New York to Boston, in such a manner that it will arrive in Boston twelve hours sooner than it now does.— U. S. Gazelle. There must be some mistake in this, friend Chan dler: The Mail is now carded from New 'York to Boston in about sixteen hours; and in order to gain twelve hours, the Commercial Mall 'must.be carried at the rate of fifty males an hour, or thereawey—a speed not often attained in this country by steam. boats or on railroads. W•9ASN AND Mtn Cssai..—Ample provisions has been made by the Legislature for the completion of this important work, and nothing is now wanting but energy on the part of those entrusted with Its management, to secure its finish Within one yetir from this time. It should be a source of gratifica tion to those immediately interested in this import ant improvement, to know that not a voirte was rais ed against it in either branch of the Legislature, but all agreed in the propriety of completing it in the shortest time passible.—Ohio paper. Nonxn BEND.—In an account of the late fire at North Bend, Gen. Taylor thus wntea: "We are indebted to the activity and noble exer- Lions of Irishmen for the preservation of our house. They not only gave the alarm, but worked, as I ne ver saw, men work before. They deservii 3 the high est praise, as they have the warmest gratitude of the family and myself, for their genercnis.aid." ti The Rev. Mr. Miller, of the Episcopal Church, delivered last Suuday afternoon a most excellent discourse on the duties of the married life, and was listened to by a full and an attentive congregation. Such a aiscciurse should be printed and extensively circulated. It should be 'reed by the -old and the young—the married and the TnEvraicar...—Burtofilhas become the Lessee Of the splendid National Opera House, Now York. Forrest Is playing at the Park theatre in that city—be is to be succeeded by Fanny Elssler herself. Riehings is to be Stage manager ofthe Chesnut theatre, Phil adelphia. Mrs. Fiftwilliam is still at the South, coining money. FIRE .cr WILLI! NISPO nr.—The flouri.hing town of Williamsport, Lycoming County, was visited by a most destructive fire on Saturday evening lasi. Mr. Hall's hotel, several fine dwelling houses, stables. &c , were destroyed. Loss about $40,000. Partly insured. c o. We have been indebted to Mr. Wallace. of the Harrisburg Telegraph, for a number of valuable public documents, since the session of the Legisla ture. We a - e rather tardy in returning thanks, but we trust they will not be the less acceptable on that account. • - RIiAtING R►t'6 Rein.—We understand that the contractors for carrying the mall between Philadel phia and Reading, have made the necessary ariiinge manta with the Reading Railroad Company to carry the mails over their tailroad. 'NATIONAL B A IM.-A special meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of New York has been call.. ed for the purpose of appointing a commi tee to pre pare a petition .to Congress 'for the incorporation of a Diagonal Bank. This is a gacul movemezt. cr-y. We are authorized to state that •Daniel -H. Leib has yielded to the request of a large number of the citizens of Pottsville, to become n Candidate for the office of High Constable at the_ ensuing May election. al. , Martin Van Boren, it is 'Oil), is fitting up his residence at Kinderhook in the most princely style of ektravagance. And yet this is the man who has been called a plain, simple old fashioned democratic republican. Oh ! oh ! ADJOURNMENT OF TELE LEGISLATURE.-BOLII branches of the Legislature have determined to ad journ on Tuesday next. The very best thing they could do. -- "Massa, ono ob your oxen's dead—todder too. I was 'braid to tell you of 'ern be at once, 'fraid you couldn't bore it. 0 :7 The Philadelphia Ledger atiyilitit "Schuylkill Canal is open for navigation. This is a mistake. The Canal is open onTy as rai as !leading. FLORIDA.—Fifty-fciar guns mere firm! at St. Au gustine on the announcement of the appointment of Richard K. Call, as Governor of Florida. al. The Steamship Acadia left Batton last week, for Liverpool with lots of letters,lots of freight, arid lots otpassengers. laC Gonna Farais and tbe.nototions Santa Anna ate candidates for the &diet magistracy .of Mexico.
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