POT s SVILL Saturday allorainr„ allay Stn. • PARTICULAR NrcE TO DELINQUENTS. All subscribers whet remain indebted to the Miners' Journal for a longer period than one year, will be charged at the rate of 250 , per annum. %fter the let of July next, the commencement of another half year. On the comnaencemtnt of the nest volume, the Jout , 'nal will be enlarged o a double medium sheet, and payment from that period will be required in advance. 4140 - All'friends of the Miners Journal, and particu- Jarly our present sub' eribers, nre earnestly requested to use their exertions to increase the circulation of the ' Journal, firmly bchev nz that the advantages to be de rived from its in creased circulation will be mutual, as ' faeas regards the , in terms of thiacommunity, the sub scribers and the roprietor. Rea-Los - las Smolt Orrice.—The cry" of "proscrip tion for opinion's Sake" is already raised by the Globs, the Ilichmo4l.l Enquirer, the Evening Post ' And the Albany .Argus, and the small fry federal presses tnroragisont the country chime in really cho rus. The adosiniatlatiest is attacked by tl.ese scur rilous sheets in a style as fierce as it is virulent—as unrelenting as it is idisgraceful. They were taught a severe lesson laati fall, hut they suns determined not to profit in the bitter school of experience.-- '.Proscription for h,innion's sake," forsooth ! It le • tidiculoua—it is wOrse than ridiculeus—for the fed eral party to talk about proscription, and, more espe- Lisally, where none(e'xi-ts. Who, pray. first set the corrupt and corrociting example of removing from offf.le all those who entertained opposite politica vidyrs from him wlli had the disposal of the "spoils?" Andrew Jackson—ithe old boy himself. Who fol lowed in his footsteps? Th it cunning, crawling, -, thorough paced &imam:lee, Martin Van Herrn.-- The old Roman was scarcely seated ie the 'SVlrite House before a cii i an sweep was made of the office holders from Maine to Georgia i or, to nae rho polite parlance of the 4y. they were ssreformed'out of of , ice," and the duct fine of ..rotitian" thus uidield in all its original courtly. Sone were spared who had ,'the honesty and independence to think 'differently from Gen. Jackson. Neither age, past services in the field or eabitt, undoubfed capacity,, nor she strictest integrity, I were recommendations to execu tive fdvor. Men who had enj rayed the confidence of Waahington, .Isfterson; Madison, arid Monroe, at a moments warisingl,, were deprived of employment, and 'thrown upoP an uncharitable world without moan's Emil with Out resources. "Reform" did not stop here. -A sy4tem was introduced—which arriv ed. at its highest state of perfection under 'Ven Bu ' ren's administration--calculated to Rap the ve r y .foundations of oui republican institutions, We at, lode to the barter and sale of oflices at the disposal ..9rtim .F!rendent. r Offices then were only bestowed ton theXe who could produce substantial proofs that 'they had rendere:( impertant services to the party.-- They were held dui as - --incentives to political scav engers to renewal! exertions-4r order to strengthen and increase the power of the ts - dinieistration. The more luerativeioffices and foreign embassies were re served as bon'peibotalles for weinber,3 of Cungress ; and we have seen when an outraged constituency have set theiriseil of condemnation upon a faithless , representative] tii.,rit ho then became the special mark •of iieCutive laver, and was transformed Sometimes 'into a cabinet officer, frequently into a minister plenipotentiary, but more generally into an officer of the Post Offi4 or Treasury department. - • The tenure' b which these federal office holders held their eitnatOns was disgraceful to them as men and as Ameri4aiiS. In the larger cities and towns, a tax wag laid clpOn, their salaries, varying from ten to i l x fifteen per centr. per annum, for the purpose of trayirsig eleetion ering expenses; and besides their money, it wee peeled that they would devote a large portion iofitheir time to the furtherance of the .prlitical views Of; their , masters Our own exPeri enero' for the Vila's ten or eleven years- tells us how -faithfully the iierforinel their contrast. The ap *roach of an ;el lion was the signal to let loose up •on the people , :arms of Post masters and Custom house officent, h . sought by bribcrY, cajoling, and even. threats, 0, 1- ake the people (Aire to ' liemselves, false to their c i ntry, and false to those democratic principles whi. i alone can make us prosperous. *united and hap ri. e holders-, and their friends, to talk i r. '.ti is indeed - laughable. Who were , „? Were they not rermared with ' - *Mona cause I And yet'these of ' ,have I.)attebed on the people's money e years—raise op their hands, in he icipatirm of being removed, and cry it !"—rnen, wit.) were indebted for rations, in the first instance, to iii Lption, end have since 'claim& them 'which they have evinced in doing k r f the two former administrations. For these about proscrip their predecesa oat warning oil' fice holders, for the Ins: t4el iy horror, in ,a out .iprpscripti their 'presentfrsi trigue and Corr Ly the alarcity the duty, wotk Alter all, iC ;,,roa4al frool o I roscription," &c, is synonnnous with ce, thus far the proscrii trim business itnited, for only about 150 removals out of an army of twenty thousand r. Tyler haspuldished to the world lch he shall be governed in the ap,. Alec as well as removal;—and those late col-died approval of the unbiassed 1 of both parti ; and we have rit: knyit but that proper and sufficient; apparent to:President Tyler before' Ito remove au individual from offi,:n. tlas Been vtky lave tkenla toffits the rules by tv. poirttments to rules, have me and entightene the slightest fir; 11=81!Mi Tus Coat awe.--The Shainokin Coal Trait ijthe 25th ult. by the transpartation of h!NestLrn portion of the Danville and Cllmad to Sunbury. A:large increase mined at Shamokin this season. near be required ai Danville, and the ivris, to saliply the Iron Works Coca- Acr: 'co.nntenced on' coal over the , Pottsville Mit of coal mil be 'l5l all of which! surrounding to, ted in that gual The water w cal on the 26th from the Lack This region 130 to 170,00 P tom.. Very little i !any coal wall he shippsd from the regionlbefore the middle of July. The -sup ply will ho reg - lifited in a great measure by the time they comoicrice: business. . let into the Delatvard& Hudson Ca !ultimo, and the transportation of coal wana region commenced this week. I furnish this season a supply of from The Schuy ill Coal Trade will commence about ?the 17th inst. The supply fro:n this region will he tinffueneed in :.measure by thd demand in the early p ar t of the fsh Aping sPaaon, and the races obtained foi . the article r The great prostration of the Coal Ttide for o years, has crippled the resour ce.s'of our an almost ruinous extent; and tt is certai tout they obtain fair remuuerar ting price= ;ee l i n th e early part of the c sta.• ,non, a full coaj cannot be expected. As roe ,y reference to the abstract of will be seen that over and above of last year, near! FIFTEEN USAND DOLL is required ini.ssioners•to p y ilhts due on the Revert the epprel HUNDIII by the Pt pgr public.t i orl,4, c. •Notrrit ..tnr.ic.-.tfte tale which will be (mind oft -the tint tage. Dun't-tairo our word fur it, but read it. ( TT It is knotell t.hat. John l'eudleton, ire' been off red R foreign mission. Doubtful. , Can' /110.5:RAILS,--Theintrooucuon of cast iron rails in this region appears to have !excited very ge neral And deserved notice. The advantages which a rail road possesses, in every desirable quality, con. etructed of these rails, In place of the old fashioned wooden ones, must be apparent to ell who have made the necessary inquiries on the subject. A cast iron rail road costs but a trifle, comparatively speaking, more than one =awed wood and f4ed with *sought iron ;. and Its durability and solidity lit so much great et, as to enhance iti, said tenfold. j Let as examine into the respective costs of theie roads : Cost, per mite, of cast iron rail i a, suffi ciently strong to permit the tranisporta lion of a weight equal to thin tons over it, $28:50 Cost of wooden rails, faced with wrought iron, for the same distance, and of equal strength, ; The cost of laying down the road, sleepers, &c., nil be about the same on each road. The weight of the above cast iron rails is estimated at 34 lbs. to the yard, arid at a cost of $5O per ton. As we sail before, the great advantage of cast iron rails is their cheapness and durability. The wooden roads used in our mines require to be renewed every three years ; and the wrought iron with which they are faced, owing to the action of the water, which is greatly impregnated With sulphur, corrodes to such an extent, as to become almost Worthless. Of course this objection cannot be urged against case iron rails. The rails may occasionally break, but half of their original cast may be prottired . 144 - them in that state as pig metal. We understand that Messrs. Marshall & Co., the proprietors of the Furnace in ' this Borough, are casting a tail weighing only 25 lbs. to the yard, suit• able for drift roads, which will cost about $2OOO per mile. They have already received orders to a large amount from a number of our Colliers for these lighter rails, and but a short time will elapse before they . will be in general use in this region. Mr. Charles Lau ton, of this Borough, has intro duced rUso rails in his mines, and gives the most favorable accoult of their qualities. -He assures us that they are far superior to the wooden rails—can he laid down much easier—and that a horse can draw nearly &liable the draft ho formerly could over the wooden rails is ith their facings of wrought iron. FIRE AND LOS'S OF 1/IFE. - -- - The following BC count of a most destructive fire at New Orleans on the 23d oh. by nhich several lives were lost, we copy from the Bulletin About two o'clock yester day morning a fire broke out in the carriage estab lishment of Messrs. H, Beach & Co. No. 46 Royal street ; and so rapid was the progress of the flames, hat the buildings summoned to the scene. Mr. H. had a large stock or. hand, of w hid, no part was saved. But this loss was nothing in comparison with' the value of the lives of several human beings who perish ed in the flames. Mr, Beach, Mr. ?,t. S. Clark, Mr. Eliot!. W. Beach, (both relatives of Mr. H. Beach,) and Mr. lys. slave Sam. All lodged in the upper story, and were asleep when the fire broke out. Mr. B. himself, although sick at the time, succeeded in escaping to the roof of an adjoining house, whence he was taken • down ; but the Oiler persons, either were suffocated by the smoke, or being bewildered, did not follow him and perished. The origin of the fire is not known—we are as sured there had been no fire in the lower_ part of the building for some weeks. The fire then communicated to the next building, occupied by'Hsgedorn & Cramer, importers of Ger man dry goods, Holland Gin, &c. which was also destroyed, with nearly the Whole of its valuable con tents. ,! The loss of Messrs. Bedch & Co. including the building, of which they were the proprietors, was 50,000—upon which theie was an insurance for $ 40,000. The loss of Messrs. H. & C. was probably much more ; and their insurance is stated thus : In the Merchants' iniurance Company $ 20.000; Louisia na State $ 10,000 ; Orleans Theatre $ 10,000 ; Sun Office London, $ 15, 000; and in Hamburg $ 7,600, DAMAGE;♦ EIY TUE LATE FRESHET—We leant that about $OO,OOO will repair the damages the Schuyl kill Navigation sustained by the great freshet last winter. The repairs on the Lehigh Canal will cost about $300,000 before anti coal can be passed on the ca nal; and about $150,000 more will be required to make the canal as. permanent as it was before the freshet. So trifling were the damages sustained by the R6tling Ratl Road by this freshet, that the regular travelling was not suspended a single day. TIIE Ecte - rioNs.—The reault of the late election in Virginia is indeed gratifying. The Demoratie Whigs have a majority of two in each branch of the Legislature. The Congressional delegation stands ten democrats to ten locofoc is and one independent. This is a clear gain of two members. In old Kentucky we have maintained our wonted Ellpremary: The Congressional delegation will atai.d the tame as last year-11 to 2. A hill has passed the Legislature providing fir the election of Canal Commissioners by the peo ple after IEI2. The state is divided into five 'dis tricts, and each district to be entitled to elect one. Canal Commissioner. Another bill has also passed the Legislature pro viding, for the election of County,Treasurers by the people A DJOCALNED.—The Legislature adjourned on Tuesday night Idst, after transacting more business than had ever bean disposed of by any previous Le gishitpro. Almost the very last Ming done by the Legiilature before adjourning, was im net of condem nation on the course pursued by Gov. Porter, in the panne of the Relief Bill, in which, we are happy to adtl; both democrats and logo focos united. Friday next is the day recommended 'by the President as a day of fasting and prayer, for the hea vy affliction brought on the nation by the death of General Harrison. In another column will be found the services to be used in the Episcopal churches thretighout the state. Similar services will be used in the churches of the several religious denomina- lions. ' eCt It is worthy of record to notice the unseason• able tvCather with which we were favored on Sunday tast e , May 2nd. On that day we had two snow storms and a hail storm, and during , the night ice fanned in many places three quarters of an inch in thickness. On the following morning the thermom vex marked 27 degrees above -zero. ry. There tire at !cast a dozen candidates for the Spea;kership of the House of Representatives of the itextlatingresm. The Hon Caleb Cushing, of Mas- Sachnsetts, is the moat prominent csmtlate. The Great Western left New York on Sat 'talky last. Bhe took out one hunJred passengers, lief/idea a valuable freight and several thousand letters. V!Fro No. 8.-- . -Tho bill making appropriations for money due the contractors on the Gettysburg Road, has, been VRTORD by Gov. Porter. GU. Can our fries de of the N. 0. Picayune in- Iforni us of the whereabouts of George Wilkins Ken- Ras he gone into a Mete of retiracy PASSAGE OF REVENUE BILL. ADJOURN NEST OF THE ISM EILATCII3.--It affoitis' us high gratification to announce that the Revenue Bill has become the law of the laud in spite of Gov ernor Porter's previous ,veto—two•thirds of both branches of the Legislature having voted therefor.-;-- 'We glean the following particulars fn.m the cones pondence of the U. S. Gazette. As soon as the morning business had been gone through with, (reports from the Committee on Ac counts, occupying some time) the Revenue Bill, which was re-considered last itight end 'postponed, came up again upon its 6nal passage, and was lost a second time, fur 'want of a constitujional majority the yeas being 60, the nays 25. Means. Boal,-Doug las, Fenton, Gillis, Horton, Lusk, and Snyder, de clining to vote, cn, as it is technically called, "dodg ing" the question, and Messrs. Church and Weaver voting for it. The Senate having returned the modified Reven ue Bill, which passed the House yesterday, with in formation that the-Senate had passed the same with amendments ; the House concu'rred, and the bill was sent to the Governor. About 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Mr, Huleman, seconded by Mr. Gamble, moved a re consideration of the lost Revenue Bill, and the same was carried in the affirmative. The bill being then the third time before the House, on its kcal passage, as a can didate for the constitutional majanty, Messrs:Hong las, Huleman, Wright, and Gamble, severally cane out in a patriotic and independent manner, declaring their determination to forego their party ..principles," and impelled by the imperious necessity el the case, to vote for the lnal passage of the bill. • Mr. Penniman sounded the war cry of the party, and made a bold attempt, by bolding up the terrors of party proscription, to whip those gentlemen ism the traces, but their (feriae of duty triumphed over all other considerations, and they recorded their votes in favor of the bill, and it passed by the constitutional majority. Difference, $9OO The Revenue Bill has, therefore become a law, notwithstanding the veto of the Governor. Of course he wilt retain in his breeches pocket, or some other place, the modified bill that was sent him this morn ing, as the two arc nearly the same. The to autho• ize the people to elect Notaries Public,- passer) in both Houses finally. Also, the bill to quthorize suits to be brought upon the official bond of Daniel Sturgeon. lte State Trea surer, for the recovery of the . s2ooo counsel fees paid b:r him on the warrant of the Governor, con trary to law, to James M. Porter and Ovid F. John- Eton A Fill was introduced by Mr. Flenniken, author izing the Governor, in order to precept the possibili ty of a failure to meet the interest on the loan falling due in August, to call on the Banks under their charters, for the necessary sum, in case the other means provided shah a❑ fail. The same passed, and was sent to the Governor, A unat.imous vote of thanks, on the motion of Mr. Hill, was tendered to Mr. Crabb, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, fa the very able, im partial, courteous, and gentlemanly manner, in which he discharged the arduous duties of that office: And I will add, that a better merited compliment has not been paid in these halls lately. A vote of thanks was also tendered to Mr. Ewing, Speaker of the &mai., and each Speaker delivered a short but appropriate valedictory to those over whom he had presided ; after which, The usual mes sages having passed between the Governor end the Legislature, and between the two branches— At 11 o'clock, P. M., the Legislature adjourned, sine die, with becoming decorum, and much recip rocal,good feeling among the members. Eighty-five members answered to their navies on the adjourn ment. Tui: TEN-ra Vvro.—Keep it before the people that the "Revenue Bill" was vetoed by Gov, Porter, making the TENTH of the series. On Saturday last he favored 'the Legislature with his Veto Mes sage containing what he is pleased to call his reasons for refusing to sign the Bill. Ho says he is aware how much distress will ho brought upon the people by its non-enactment, and then shadows Girth the kind of Relief Bill which he is willing to sign. It will be seen by reference to another column that in spite of the Governor's veto, the Revenue Bill has become the law of the land. Usr - rim STATES BANK.—We learn from the North American that the meeting at the U. S. Bank at Philadelphia on \ I uesday laSt, was one of rather exciting interest, and the crowd of Stockholders wns as great as ever: The discussions were animated, end the Directors evince a determination to do every thing capable of being done, to resuscitate the insti tution. Mr. Lippincot read to the meeting a statement %hieli he had prepared in reply to Mr. Bi&De's fa mons letters. He denies the charzes made, against hint by Mr. 'Biddle. TII E NEw Yortu.'Tar:lPET.—We are glad to hear that this spirited and original paper is at last firmly established in public favor. Genius, wit, industry, enterprise, invelty; must make , headway in spite of all opposition—aeparate or conthiced. The Tr um . pet is published, and owned, we beliej,e, by four practical prli!t;rs—just the men to make - a newspa. per Ea. Will they take the advice of a friend and make the Trumpet a /et& less Fpicey Boxes.—Did you ever hear of the Paixhan guns and the Paixhan bombs—it makes our flesh creep only to think of them. On the ti r ig page will be found an interesting account of these infernal ma chines. Read it, and I .ll'rs.General Gaines'i•horrors of war" will then sink into insignificance—if there is such a thing as an insign ificant,horror. The line ship Pennsylvanian, lately fitted out at Norfolk, is abundantly provided with these terrible engines of Ourr;i:vAt. Porta r.—We wish some of our fair correspondents would furnish us with a few pieces of original po try—no nonrense or twattle—hut ver ses that have a dash of sentiment and humor about them. fn return, we promise them our best thank 4, most eloquently expressed, and, in Ono season, nose gays as large as ctabbages. Is it a bargain I Mr. Biddle, in his sixth letter to the Hon. Mr. Clayton, of Delaware, completely refutes the charge ?Web hes been sio frequently brought against him in reference to the much tafked of sun of $'618,000. co- A Vi'estern editor complaina most bitterly of the brethern of the press with whom he exchanges. He says they steed his attitles and then lead them. Poor davit! ccy Some hundred removals of • weighers and in. specials have been Made in the Philadelphia, Boston and New York Custom Houses. (Ow Mr. Nathan Sargent, of Philadelphia, ha* been appointed Superintendant of Government Lands in Florida. More than 10,000 barrels of wheat flour, and 800 Wads of tobacco, were inspected in Baltimore last week. The Secretary of State left 'Washington a few I days ago, and will be absent two weeks, on pivota l business. TILE MINERS' JOURNAL. lisuntstuano, May 4, 1841. Borough Election. The following is the reellecf The Borough - eine (ion held on Monday last : CHIEF BURGESS. •Daniel Klapp, Jacob Reed, COUNCIL •w gd s iv i j a h r E ro d m : B Mortimer, rtldiagnner% *Francis 3. Patvini Samuel Huntainger. Scattering, TOWN CLERK *FAward Owen Fogy. •195 Wdliarn Pollock, 110 I.IIOH CONSTABLE. •Samuel Heffner, Daniel IL Leib, 193 - SCHOO'L DIRECTORS. 'Robert Woodside, 225 *Charles Loeser , - 2:21 'Andrew Mortimer, for one year 222 Strange N. Palmer, George Heisler, John Seitz, Scattering, DITOR'S •Nathan Cleaver, 1/39 •William Mortimer, jr. . 189 •Benjamin W. Cumming, f 187 Scattering, 1 SUPERVISORS. f •John Strauch, 272 •William Yost,' 171 Jacob Kline, 169 Scattering, - 1 *Elected. AnsTrtscr or THE REVENUE 13114.—F0r the ac commodation of those who have not leisure to peruse the whole of the Revenue, or Relief Bill, as it is more generally termed, we annex the following ab stract of its prominent features, ft is copied from the Harrisburg Reporter : §l. Authorises the governor to negotiate a loan fora 3,100,000, in certificates of $ 100. ' 2. Banks to subscribe to it, and then issue 1, 2 and $ 5 notes to the utnount of subscription. '§ 3. Wter a holder has 9 100. he may prescnt_it, arid obtain aveerttficate. • '§ 4. Banks to receive an interest of one per cent for their trouble. § 5. Bunks complying with the law to be cleared from tax on dividends. § 6. Bank charters to be forfeited, if they do nut ernaply with the law. § 7. Bank iSS,CB graduated in proportion to cap ital,. 4'B. Banks may receive and reissue time notes. § 9. 10. Levies further. taxes on occupations and on storekeepers' by classes _ § 11. Banks may fund debt, except U. States Bank. .. § 12. Banks may issue small notes, on comply. ing with the provisions 'of the section. § 13. Banks when they leave notes in the Lands of the Auditor General, shall nut pay inteiest, o: receive' compensatmn. 1) 14. Appropriations. .... Common Schools, $ 330,000 Higher Institutions, 45,000 Pensions, 60,000 Repairs of Public Works 400,000 [ 8,500 for repairing dam across West Branch at Lewisburg.] Debts, for repairs before Nov: 1840, 268,003 Orphans' Asylum and House of Refuge e 7,000 leaf and Dumb Asylum, 16,400 Bald Eagle . navigation guarantee, 10.000 Dsriville and Pottsville do 15,009 Monongahela navigation company, 70,000 State Ltbrary debts, 529 42 Damage fund, 50,000 Premiums on Silk, ' 6,000 541 i litta, 20,000 n E pane of Government, 350,000 Luck.keepers and Collectors, Ate. 60,000 . Tempornry Loan, '1'5,000 Nicholson Court, 1,500 Debts on Shenango line, 250,011 83 Connaut line, 261,386 OS North Branch, 513,714 92 W ioconiso, z, 94,837 :28 Inclined Plane, Columbia, 6660 00 Reservoirs. 50,000 Ropes for Portage road, ,17,P51 Superintendent of public grounds, 600 Debts on Sinnemalioning, 1,206 Repairs on Delaware, 60,000 Locomotives, '7,500 'Oasis! Comtnissioners and new work, 25,000 Geological survey, Relaying N. track Cul. R. R $ 2,775,532 50 Enginaer corps hert.after not to cort annually over $ 20.000. § 15. Money may not be diverted from ita apeetal object of appropriation. § 16. Governor to provide for earryirlg law into effect. §l7. tanks not to pay over six per cent, Interest, and law of last yen and pro‘Usions,ex cepiing hank ,oIU.S ion of the law. 18. 19. 20. 21. 'rovisions respect ing the mode of wir U. States. § 2.5. Proxies of 60 days standing may vote. § 26. 27. Banks not accepting to be cirtilel - lat: of A r ,,ii 1840. § 28. 29. Banks accepting to notify Governor of it. Secretary ofCommonwealth to notify banks of he passage of the act. Pater. OF FAtims.—The fulloWing items, from the Poughkeepsie Telegraph, show that the hardness of the times do not much affect the price of land in Dutchcss County :--On the 2d ultimo the farm of Mr. Tobias Teller, in Red Hook, was sold at auc tion by a Master in Chancery. It contains 421 acres of choice land lying next to the town of Red Hook It was purchased by Alderman Chamberlain, of New York. for $ 34.182, being $ 81 an acre. Mr. Richard S, Duds, of the town of Clinton, has recently disposed of Wis farm, consisting of 105 acres, at a fraction leas tha i $ 80 an acre. On &tun`lay last, the Georovitle farm, the prop (iffy of the late Major Reich, lying about two miles from the village, was sold at auction for $ b,OOO. contains 125 acree, about 18 of which are untiro ductice. A Frac AT HOLLIULTABURG.--'fho Register of Wednesday last says : "On Thursday evening last, about 7 o'clock, the startling cry of fire 4 . fire ! again put the people of our town in commotion, and it was not long ere the scene at action sowed a . force 'pre. sent highly creditable to our citizens. The fire orig inated in-the tailor shop of Mr. Moorehojse, whi h, with the shoemaker shop of Mr. P. Dougherty, was entirely c , 4nsumed or destroyed. The store and dwelling of Mr. McCormick, and the :Dwelling of Mr. J. B. Frampton, narrowly escaped;deatruction, having caught from the falling ember's. Neither, hbwever, strto - incd much damage." A astscs or Mr ro.--The last case of absence of mind is thus related in the New York Trumpet : An intimate acquaintance of ours walked into an oys- ter cellar the other day, and ate a dozen and a half of Princes Bata. Ho never discovered his miss-take till he found he bad no money to pay for them. .Fork tip,' said the oyster man. 'That's what I've been doink with the oysters.' •Shell out.' •oh' that's what you've' beer. doing.' •Well, pay.' 'Couldn't think of such a tbing.' •0. P. IL' Tur. Fa.ssi.en MA3I.L. - --4he N. O. Bee says— . The seats in the French Theatre, for the perform ance this evening, brought enormous prices—even exceeding those paid at the St. Charles. The two boxes in the dress circle containing six seats, brought thirty-six dollars each. The other boxes having bat four seats, were 'knocked off at 24, 25, 2t, 30, and 32 dollars. The parquette seats averaged four dollars each. EiTERSSTING TO TIM Lanyss.—We rec, ived the following communication some twelve days ago, and would have inserted kin our lost n u mber—eoe had not forgotten it : DCAII Mn. Enrien.—Ll i know that you aye 'good natured—from report only—or else I would not two .le you with these few lines. I want to speak to you about your paper. The Journal is all very well in its way—grre, gay, light, entertaining ond useful— but will there is a 'something wantittg to complete the picture. You don't appear to care two straws about tho ladies, or rather you don't cater for their amusement. We want to know What is going on in the gay world. For instance, why don't you pub lish the Ladies' Fashions as they appear every month. If this is not attended to--a regular report of the fashions, 1 mean— you shall near again from 200 195 345 343 213 131 To hgar is to obey, Jemitna—by the way what a lovely name you have got for silks and eating. We will put on our best looks and put on a clear shirt— brush up our hair and brush up our ideas—carry a smooth lace and carry v smooth tongue, for the pur pose of having a delightful gossip with the ladies ev ery 'ss ear through the columns of the Miners' Jour nal. We 8110 shine upon them with a lustre which our boots have lately acquired—we procure our Blacking at Martin's. The monthly Fashions must and shall no: be overlooked, To . 6110 W • that we are in earnest, fair Jemima, annexed yOu will find the fashions of unfoshionci,Ve people for :fay. 104 3.- 102 ICI hion.sr No Datss.—A turbin of coamon'T:gured cotton, arranged a/a domestrque. A dark, nine pen ny calico wrapper, to fit close behind. A orooinstick, to he carried in the right hand--the left to be anew, : cumbered. By way of ornaments, a duster and a bunch of keys may be worn. 'Scrubbing brushes and dish-cloths may be used, as substitutes to broom sticks and dusters ; but then the dress should be carefully gathered and tied up in a knot behind, so as to clear the dress if the wea.er should take a kneel ing posture. As for the style of wearing the hair, the first thing in the morning to be done, is to care fully wash the face with good soap and clean water. 'rben comb the hair with acomb, and brush it %.% tih a brush, and afterwards arrange the locks and curls as fancy or caprice may suggest. White cotton stockings, without holes, are all the rage. , I gaze into thy face, once more, As by thy side I kneel, I see—the hole I saw before In yo it white stocking-heel: Avrt:n...tooN,DnEss.—A clean frock, at d a clean fact, wreathed in smiles. Hair perfectly plain and free from fat and grease. Spit curls hive gone out of vogue.. EVENING DRESS.—Saveas afternoon. If young men are plenty, the •wreathed in smiles," may be occasionally exchanged for pouting with great effect. Ot course, the hps and teeth must be unexceptiona ble, in ordor to undertake this experiment e. ill any prospect of success: A WESTERN LOVE LETT - ED.—Did : 3 , OU ever sce a regular, genuine love letter, from a western gal—one who can run faster, ride harder, and leap higher than any of our degenerate young men this side of the Alleghenies ! If you never enjoyed that felicity, read the following, for it is of the right sort : April the 2th 1000—eight hundred and 39 nine. Mr DEER HENRI--I embrace this opporchunity to let you knough as how I tun had a spell of the Rigor, and I hope theas few lines may find you en joying the SUMO God's Blesin ! Wy dont you only rite I sweate line to tell sufferin Kathrun all about her sweet Henry. Oh my sweet henry--my turkle dove—rriy pidging—my deer, deer henry--how my poor sole is longing for your sweate voice—l think I hear him singing yauky•doedle as he kums from his plough now. Mary melden has got a baby ! Oh my henry do cum out and let's get marrud. So no more at present, but remain your loving To my sweet henry P. 9.—Part settitund. Jeem Blasleet has raised a house, and Sally does live so snug, but she files him sumtimes when he's a little over. My sweet henry let us keep house, and if you (us me I wont whip you indeed, nor I wont look at nobody else, so I wont. daddy says as how I must get marrud, bekase I've let it run on too long already. eo no more at present. K. A. T. P. S.—Part third. J 0.200 52,130 my pen ib bad, my ink is pale, my luv to you shall never fate, for henry is my own true my dear, my Duck, my TurkleDue. so no more at present. K. A. Titor.x. P. B.—Noty Beny—Mother's ded and Robert has the fever. so r.o more at present from your loving, K4Tunr.7:l To my near benry over the Nallyganees, in the Pennstivenny State, A HOGG ISIS LE.—We have heard recently of a nornher of gardens in this Borough, that have imffered a • few " by the depredations of trespassing hogs. We sympathize with tho sufferers—but they should recollect human nature is one thing and hog nature another, Pigs will be pigs—there is no use disputing it. Hovvever, the owners of these eccen tric swine should be made responsible fur their pranks. While on the subject of interloping hogs, the follow ing correspondence may not be considered altogether out of plate : 'Mr. Thompson's compliments to Mr. Buggins and requests he will in future prevent his rlCers from trespassing on his grounds.' 'Buggins' compliments to Mr. Thompson and re quests that in fu'. :c he will not spell pigs with two 01.11 S: AMr. Thomson begs to request that Mr. Huggins will add the letter rc to the last word in the note just received, so as to represent Mr. Huggins' cite and family:" .Mr. llnggins returns Mr. Thompson's note UN"- OPF.S F.D. The impertinence it coutteinsia only equal led by its Vulgarity.' AF INTEREVIING coxaa 11,--Dow,, Jr., says he once say a country boy standing opposite his lather's barn, very particularly engaged in trying to insult the echo of his own voice—as follows : Boy. Halo, old snizer ! what d'ye think :of the weather I Echo. The weather ? Boy. Yee, the weather—is it going to rain I Echo. Going to rain. Boy. I thought so. How'a your ma 1 Echo. Your ma ! Boy. No, not my ma, but your ma Echo. Your Ma I Boy. I guess you re deaf. Shan't I speak louder? Echo. Speak louder. Boy. Well then—a hog is a hog, and so are you. Echo. So are yotl. Boy. So am Echo. So am I. 'There, darn it,' Bald the boy, tnrning fur home, we're quits now. I know'd I'd ketch him in the eend,' Cr The Mormons have made a number of prose lytes at Preston, and in other manufacturit:g towns in England. Several hundred of them have recently immigrated to this country, and have a:ready arrived at Nauvos, Illinois, the grand rallying! point of the Latter Day &inter. LADIES FASHIONS FOR MAY, 1841 KATIIIIL - 5 A TILDEX voy Lute U , oi:v itniN cc.—ln Lempriero's Biog raphical - Dictionary, published in this country, with additions by Eleazor Lord, is the following article : Jolin Tyler, Governor of Virginia, was elected in 180 S. He Was one of the leading revolutionary characters of Virginia ; was many years a member of tho house of delegutes, and in 1781 succeeded Mr. Benjamin Harrison as speaker. After being Gover nor. he was" Judge of the District Court of the Unit ed Stater; for Virginia, and died at his seat in Charles county, January - bib, 'lBl3. He was simple in his manners, distil:lo4l'o . lor the uprightness and fidel ity with which he discharged his official dutieri, and enjoyed in an uncommon degree The esteem and con fiderke of his felloW-ciazens." The Benjamin Harrison here spoken of was the father of William Henry Harrison, the late President of the United States, and the John Tyler above men tioned, we take it, was the father of the present Prei ident Tyler. It is a singular circumstance, that President Tyler's fatter should have succeeded Pre sident Harrison's father in the effice of speaker of the House of Delegates in Virginia, and that his son, President Tyler, should succeed the son of Benja min Harrison in the office of chief magistrate of the nation. Jaxiws En front L Lluons.—We find the following des etiption of the multifarious duties of a country edit or, in a Mississippi paper : As a specimen of the various employments of st country editor, we give, in part, the duties that in volved upon us In one week, to wit : attending in the practical duties of the office. and the editorial de partment—furnishing divers persons with exchange newspapers—nut sing. wife and family, owing to sick. nets—carrying mortar to the mason building our cistern—working in the garden—going otter cow and calf—chopping and hauling wood—feeding horses and hogs—hunting liens' eggs—sweeping out the church—endeavoring to pay and collect debts, &c. &c., in fact, being editor, printer, propri etor, house-keeper, snit devil. Such being the life of a country editor, is it possil.le that he can supply his paper with that variety of natter which should at all times make it interesting to its readers ? We answer no. But some one asks, what lesson have you for doing all these things yoUreelf ? The first of reasons—want of means to employ others.— Could o e collect what is justly ours, the case weal be different, for °money makes the mare go.'' Ova Coast - AT Psn ts 4-A Southern correspen dent refers to the death of our late Consul at Paris, and the appointment of his successor, in the follow ing toms "in one of your late papers I saw a no tice of the death or our good friend, Mr. Brent, the late Consul of the United States at Paris. What a kind hearted, excellent old man he was! We, who were so much with him in Paris, arc well aware ho'w he was respected and beloved by all who knew him. But though we may mourn for the loss of a f;iend, his place as Consul is admirably well supplied by the appointment, which t see announced, of Loren zo Draper to that station. I hove known Mr. Dra per for more than twenty years, and can freely give evidence to his great moral worth and good qualifi cations. His private character is irrepioachable ; and his talents for business and habits of application, such as will enable hint to discharge the duties of his office to the entire satisfaction of the government A better aiipointment'could not have been made." PURTHEII PARTICULARS OF VIE Sr. Louis Muit nin —The remains of Mr. Baker have been discov ered in the ruins. The body was found near the vault in the banking room. A deep gash was found on the breast, which leaves no,,doubt of hie having perished with vtolence, The vault of Mr. Pettuc, in which there was a large amnurt of Money and many valuable papers, has been opened and not a dollar of money or a single paper had been touched, The funeral ceremonies of these unfortunate young men were of a solemn and impressive character.— The citizens of St. Louis testified their respect for the deceased by almost universally attending the fu neral. All the fire companies and military joined the processik;n, AWFTI: ACCIDENT AT PIIILADELPRIA.LOD Sat urday morning, (says the Phila6lphia Ni,rth Amer ican.) between 10 and 12 o'clock, while the work men were employed in taking down the Bethel Church. in Sixth Street, near Lombard, the welt the south side fell out, carrs ins with it all the work men amidst the ruins, and burying two or three frame tenements adjoining. None of the workmen were killed, but all cm re or less injured ; one of them having an arm broken in two places and anoth er severely cut on the head and fact; Among those thus wounded were John W. Riier, James Needly, John Trull, John Moreon, and Robert Thompson. They were al' conveyed to the Hospital. NEW CENSUi.—Ttie Mat t isonin gives the nerr Census of 1840, compiled from the records at Wash ington. The population of New York is 2.428,921 —Pennsylvania 1,724,022—0hi0 I,sl9,467—Vir giuia 1,239,791. No other State e3ceeds a million. The total population of the LT. States now exceeds 17,100,1572 ! A few counties are still wanting in some States to make the grand total complete, but in the four States above named, the population nam ed is correct. • ALCMNIOICS SALTS.—The body of Gen. Wayne who died 30 or 40 years ago; at Erie. Po., and was buried near the. Lake, was recently disinterred, and removed by his son, and was found to be in a very perfect state of preservation. Those who had known Gen. Wayne, recognized his features at once. Tag extraordinary preservation is accounted fur in Silli man's Journal, by the fact, that the body had been buried in argillaccous soil, strongly impregnated with a solution of Alum. A SCEEN tv AngAssAs.—The following is strict• ly true. We believe it—that's enough; besides, thi; N. 0. Picayune endorses it--that's more: Holton, boy ! Ho!lca, yourself. Can I get breakfast hare I I don't reckon as how you can. Why not I Father's away, mother drunk, the baby's got the measles, and I don't care a il—n MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.-L't Wm. B. Lyne, of the U. 8. Navy, while on duty on board of the U. S. Ship Pennsyrvania, during the middle , watch on Thursday night, fell from the fore chains overboard and was drowned, His body was dragged for on yesterday and found. L't Lyne was on accomplished officer, and leaves a wife and child and numerous friends to lament hia untimely fate. -__-- , 2 -__ cicj- It is said that a National Bank is now a pop ular measure in the Old Dominion. Glad to. heart It is about time for Virginia to awaken to a amuse or her true interests. She has been humbugged long enough by a Witte of miserable politicians. az r We would call the attention of our readers to the advertisement of Mr. Thomas, writing master, which will be found in another column. A number of specimens of his Penmanship may be seen at this office. SHAD were aelhng in the Now York market fast week for $32 per htin4r al.—Richmond Star. 'Dewitt that. We despise shad. Corporal. Shad ows *vaunt!
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