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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
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The ft
The F
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The Field;
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Territories.
The Reverend Clergy
FAI L 11F.111E119.'
pcn, Mei. Graham.
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" er ' er ' Bearer of the - Th'a. - S. Ridgway,t Wm. Audenried, r h arl. ILJ 316 Samuel Silly man,
Burd Patterzon.
Charleg Christ,
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r Samuel Morris.
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Join Shi
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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.
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'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.
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Citizens
WILLIAM F, -
Chief Marshal.
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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
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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.