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POTT VILLE.
.firaturdaij lif riling-, June 5.
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tial will be enlarged to la double medium sheet, and
paymetii from that period will he required in advance.
,No"" All friends of the Miners' Journal, and partien
laily.our present subscribers. are earnestly requested
to use their exertions to;increase the circulation the
Journal, firmly
. believint that theedvantages to be de
rived from its increased [circulatioa will , be mutual, as
far as regards the in tore is of this community , the sub
Scribers and the Proprie tor.
PRESIDENT ' S
P
Itra from this !office i
'President Tyler's
leading featuras may
;table - to the generatit
!the : most able Nlocuuit ,
:presented to dong,rers
Lege. A brief abstract of its,
of prove altogether, unaccep:
of our readers. it is by far
t of the kind that has been
fur•the last twelve years; arid
'lt is evident fmm the one 'that pervades the whole
'.message that john Ty or considers himself the Presi
dent of the whole pco .le and not of a faction•or par
ty. _ Not nailing the east of the merits of this mes
!sage. is its brevity, aril the straight-forward and imsi
fa
!nem-like manner in ' Inch the" great pOlitical qiips
itions of the day are tr teal and discussed: .
1 The President_ alfu es in a feeling mimicr to the
'death of his predecesstir, and recommends that Con
; grass should make so no provisions, for his family:
111. plainly intimates that he originally doubted. the
1 propriety of calling a;extra senior? of Congress. but
pleased so soon after is accession to the Presiden
tial chair to find hints ff surrounded by the immedi
ate representatives of e Peoitie. Our relations with
forma pm* are of - the most pacific character.--
Since 1776, the pops ation of the UnAed States has
increased fro,ln three to seventeen milhotr. The
President's viewr in , elation to the Tariff are dear
and cannot bo intake . He says: ..The act of the
11d March, 1833, co. monly called tha 'compromise
act, should not be altered except under urgent neces
eities, Which 'ore notlieved at this time to exist.'
'One year only remai s to complete the series of '
re-,
r t
ductiors provided for 'y
thatlaw, at which time pro
visions made by the fame law, and whiCh then will
be brought actively in aid of the manufacturing in- :
terests of Union, vvilOiot fail to produce the most
beneficial resuhs: Diader a system of discriminating .
duties imposed for''pirrpose of revenue, in unison
with the proviiiions of' existing laws, it-is to be ho
-;
pert that our 'policy Will, in the future, be fixed and
/ permanent, so as to avoid those constant flectuations
• which defeat the very objects they have in view."
' The public 4rOsury tis in a most lamentable condi
tion. There will lieit deficit on the Ist of Septem
ber 0f44,890,1100. In 'relation to a National Bank,
'the President is of opinion that'the people have de-
dila against inch art institution by the election of
Gen,-Jacksonlandr. Van Buren; aitil that they
Il , l ‘
' have most untinivoca ly placed their seal of condem
nation OD the Sub reasury scheme He recom
, mends the establishr4ent of a fiscal agent based upon
the sales of the public lands. He condemns the un
'limited creation of hanks by the several states. The
distribution ofthe ..p blic lands for the bene fi t of the
1
states is ' approved f, while the assumption of the
• : state debts by !Gong/ ss is condemned. The Presi
- dect is in favor of a s all standing army with a large
, regularly organised taff. Reference is made to the
defenceless state of,o r harbors and roadsteads. The
Navy should prote ct the coast, and the militia sup
f; ply the prate of an 'a y.. The necessity of building
steamships of war i alluded to. Great irregulari
ties have beep disco B red in th e disbursing agencies
of the war departm nt. The Post O ffi ce Depart
ment is in debt hlf a- million of dollars. It is
' theirglit a special ap aopriation by Congress will be
necessary to relic , : it of its difficulties. Recent
,
mends enactments .
or the suppression of' the slave
trade. Should the - ab Treasury law be repealed, a
i piece fur the public agey in the District of Coium
-1
r bin will be reipired.f,
- -To Counsrosorris.— , . Reflections on Death"
is inadmissable. r ot only have the mechanical
riles of poetry been set at utter defiance by the au
thor, but he seems t , think that spelling words cor
rectly is altogether eneath his notice. We know
it is much easier to ondemn than to create—to cri
leize than to write; and we trust, therefore, that the
~,author of the rtjee will find some consols
inlthe followin. fines of one of EnglanTs great
est poets : —l
'Tis hard to say, f greater want of skill
Appear in writing or in judging ill ;
But of thetwo, legs dangerous Is the offence
To tire OUT patie4e. than mislead our sense.
M
Some few, that but numbers err io this.
TEN censure wit nig fur ONE who writes amiss.
Rsrutexce.,—lt ;ices us.. couch pleasure to notice
the safe arrival in t is borough of the Rev, Mr. Mc •
Ginnis, aftCr an .ah- rice of seven months. The un
wearied exertions o' this truly estimable end worthy
divine in the:cause temperance were so gresi l as,
to enfeeble his heal h to such a degree as to render'
• voyage tojiuro.e necessary for its restoration. ,
The voyage was taken and we 'are floppy to add
with the most hone .cial results.
BG:S/NUSS CON
state' - are already
paa3ol at tlie late
burg; and "ri , e trua
beld-througtOut tb
ing to :boat) resolut.
Persons hating a
to the reatioterest:
it to Mr: K 1 nose,
the Central totim
pnblieity to the sen
0:7 Nextl wjek
wanner inihich tt
turn. Our)ato via
painted •wnh sec
which our radcre .
out for a rich treat
, .
A.TrTifrisi.—We shall answer Anthrax's last cont.
raupication in thehiledelphkt Ledger _in Cue nes t
number of the Alit
er's Journal. The rod will to
'none the worse ; a :
for laying week in pickle.'
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Tat Miicisns'
61184)11Iva that it
Bank toaceopt of
j•Wo beg C
, don, for not; Etotici
ever, welt do the.
Vtinext,titcp on t
BVSI2IESII COX
be found the r05.,1
vention. Next w
the proceedinkniif:
alThs Come
nersville, trio laid!
religious servicce,i
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(*.Kurz or K
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best muffin Pot
5 .7
isiAoz.—We issued an ei•
sterday morning, containing
ENTION.—The people of this
cguainteil 'with the resolutiiins
siness Convention at Harris
county meetings will now be
• tsto fur the purpose of respond.
y statistical information relating
of Pennsylvania, should forward
I t Harrisburg, the Chairman of
I ttcc; fur, the purpose of giving
c, at an early a 'day as possible.
-e shall give atrit'eceunt of the
Relief Bill passed our Legisla
t to Harrisburg has made us tic
al-important and startling facts.
.tall have the benefit of: Look
hear from an unolt
'a the' intention of the Miners'
.o provisions of the Relief Bill.
. ,
putin—Cotone/ Wynkorp'e par
g his promotion•las! week. How
greeable, Colonel, when you take
e military ladder. Aro we quital
Etertex.-on, the fret page, Will
tioogysssed at the Business Coo
: -k we shall publish the shale of
the Convenlon 'entire.
Atone of St Poult.' Church, Mi
on Mowlay last With opproprisite
y Dish°ii.Oanfenlonk.
ntz, or soroo sach'nome; rolls the
i vine, It's not to he sneezed at;
Lori 'AND Sittcina.--It is atit painful task this
week to record what Scott wnuldtall an u . ower:ttne
tale." Take all ye young and fair oafs;
and daubtmoat . hen most sOma blight and 4inatn
Wing. -Itt:the spring time of life We,oreihoughtless
eadreonfiding. The world, then, with all its misery,
corrupflon and villainy, appeari arrayed in the most
seductive colon;,; and we indulge in the wildest via !
ions of happiness. A few shott years soon teach
us that Men and .things are not what . - they "seem._
;rice assumes tbe.garb of virtue; a villain prates, of
honor, and a sou% as scoundrel approaches woman,
the hist and best gift , of heaven, with winning spiech
and modest air, end talks of love and happiness,
and---she believes hitn! ,
Elizabeth Scott was employed as a domestic at
Mr.,Larish's public house, about twelve miles north
orPottsvillit. She was young, thoughtless and 'in
nocent; and possessed Lf more than an Ordinary share.
of personal charms. But, alas! her cornely looks I
proved her ultimate destruction. She was seen-and
admired some lour:Months since by a stage driver of
the name of Smith, who was in thoemp - 14 of Messrs'.
Pott. Shoener, Pinney, •'& 'Co. The : old Story is:
soon toh'. lie gained her affections; and then a
bandoned her._ 'For along timelthe could sc.arcely be
lieve that her pretended lover-could act the.part of a
cold blooded villain. Determined to , ascertain the
truth,she came to Pottsville on Montlay.f.st, and ob.
tamed a situation in the hotel of Geiss & Brother„
Here her vorst fears wero confirmed. Life no longer
possessed any charms for her, and in a moment of in.
Lunation and despair, she determined to put an end to
an existence that had already become a burthen to her.
On Thursday , morning last, she procured a4lose of'-ar
senic from one of the drUggists in the towtywhich she
swallowed. Her fib: conditioh was eon known to
the inmates of the house, and , every MIMt that skill
or prudence could suggest was resorted to in order
to counteract the deadly poison, but without avail.
She sunk very rapidly under its effects, and in tl_e
evening of the saine day she expired withdut a groan.
Hej last moments were soothed by the company of
the religious, and there is every reason to believe
that the crushed and wounded spiri(of poor Eliza
beth has gone to -tbosoirealms where the Mourner is
indeed comforted. Her destroyer still lives, but we
envy not his feelings when ho becomes acquainted
with her sad and untimely fate.
TliE STEAM PACKET IIiITANNIA.—We learn
by thepafiera s from St. JOhns4N. BO says the Bos
too Mercantile\Atlvertiser; - that the Britannia did run
ashore onolieriiassage to Halifax (rota this port; as
stated some days since.- In a thick fag she struck:
on the Siste4i, a cluster of rocks of! Sarnbro
near the entrance of the Harbor. She was imme
diately haelLed off, and proceeded to the wharf. The.
Britannia - was under charge . of a pilot at .the time.
She leaked considerably at the time, - until she was
lightened by taking out the coal ; and it was thought
she was nut materially injured, but it was deemed
improper to proceed on her voyage without over
hauling her bottorti. As she could not be repaired
at Halifax without being hove out, she was taken
round to St. Johns, Where the tides ebb and flow suf
ficiently to allow her to be repaired on Moils. She
arrived;at St. Johns on.tho 21st, and would-probably
remain bet a short thee, when she would
,proceed on
her voyage.
The passengers have addressed a coMplimentary
etler to Captain Cleland, not only exonerating him
rem all blame in this affair, hat praising his conduct
n high terms,
AX OLD ADD a YOUNG viLLArs.—The New
Orleans Louisiana Advertiser, of April 19, speaks of
the long haired son of a distinguished el-bank presi
dent as having been sent to Europe by his father to
prevent his marriage with the daughter of on old rev
olutionary officer, a girl of seventeen, whom the
pampered young man had seduced and ruined, but
wboor the seducer was willing to maim -to avoid ret
ribulion. But the Advertiser says..." Witirindignant
brow and fiery eye, the father forbade his son to do
justice to the ruined girl on pain of disinheriting him.
The craven hearted youth obeyed, and the deserted
victicri was hooted from society by the clique who
bowed their necks to the wealth of tier betrayer's
father:!
On! Sumner Lincoln Fairfield, creed:awned au
thor and genteel cheat, was en• Tombed in Philade!
phia on Thursday ; having been found dead
drank in the etreet.—Richniond Star.
You are all iiong,-CorPoral. Fairfield is a man
of fine talents, and has written many beautiful things.
It is the wife 'of the poet—lhe black-eyed gypsey—
that is the genteel cheat. For years past she has
been levy i ngconlibutions on the public—from Maine
to Georgia—and.poor Sumner hai been forced from
necessity to share the spoilit with her. Dtd you ever
see Mrs. Fairfield When weltnew her she was
eztrtwelypretty—but that's .4 long time ago."
Nor so San.--Corpural Streeter, of the
Rich
mend Star, is an „incorrigible wag. Like the a fat
Knight," ho ie not only *witty hi.uself, -but is the
cause of wit in others. Such scamps are scarce and
they should be preserved without pickling. Here is
the Corporal's last: '
Mother—why does .Pa call you honey?'
Becanse, my dear, he loves me.'
No, Ma, that Isn't it.'
, It -isn't& What isit-,thenl.'
'I know.'
. Welt, what is it 1 '
' , Why it's because ycu have got' so much' comb
in your head—that's why. .
4 He ! he! he !—Tom you're a strange child.'
Ilanianre trtraunti-- : •1 hey have a pretty actress in
New Orleans, named Calve or Calf, we dont know
which. The editors there seem to have a very
brotherly 'sort of affection fur her.rititii. Star.
The name it pronounced Cal-ray.-to rhyme with
f ay. Mik-Calve is a sweet,' beautiful, charming,
fascinating, angelic creature, and has a voice
'that' rivals the niglitingeles's fur its clear, neeludioua;
ei:very tones. She has all the hecessary requisites
and perquisites, Corporal, to captivate Alm fancies of
the yourig,aideat and fiery:
tier lender age, her form divinely fair,
Her easy motion, herattractive air,
- -Her sweet behaviour, her enchanting face,
lice moving softness, and majestic grace.
1 :0-;A:t Messrs. Larrton's storeiCentrortreet; can
be found some of the best fine cut tobacco that ever
was pat, in a man's mouth. It is coanufactured by
the lair end fat Mei. Miller of ISiew York, and has
performed More cures than Brandretb's Pills. Cabe.
should be taken to keep it moist, and it maybe is.
iken s freely both before and after meals. It's a medi
cine we' often chews for .our friends. ' •
• N. .Y. Afttmon„—lf ion have taste and possess
such a thing as a' ' s 5 bill, the former can be tested
and the latter expended by subscribing to the N. Y.
Mirror . .Capital paper. .VVS,havesaid so before
and will say so again. Thc;•nrnber for ?tiny 29th,
embellished with an elegant: tteel engraving.
Too roan or .1..tar0.-1' i man named -Cahn
WindsorSoule, who has a wife., end child as Mont.:
Me.,-recently:nuutied a young-lady at Bridge
water, Vt., by the-some of. Lamb, after representing
to her and her friends that he was-en unmarried man.
Poor Lamb ! she has a Soule.ivithotit alaut
Awrvr.!—The lady of the Russian . minister—
who, by the by, was a 'Miss Williams of Baltimore
—bas presented her Linea lord With a-brice of bab.
bya. Whet is phe coming -two!
TILE MINERS! JIVILTRN4.I4,
TOIIVION ,Diziiri.""One of the most ridiculo ~ efea-„
tures in the character , of the] American people. the
avidity with ridrich 'they lime upon every thlng
the shape of ;foreign rrewB;, _ Domestic news,-Inte
domesticMenufactureij iilooked upon as altOgethei
inferior the imported article. If this Obncartinia
istiont, foreign =via is ridiculous, bow gnach tiaoreri ,
diculoue is the Manner in which that specieS•otire
telligence is served up m our eastern newsmen': If
the British Queen were
"ito arrlve at New . Mock too
morrow, her news would be bashe d s up for Mt: ri
pen of that city, for the ens ng day, something after
this fashion.'
HIGHLY IMI~.jOR ' ANTOI
Arrival rf the British Queen—lnterestingcsrpsatian .
of Queen Victoria—Prince Albert's satisfaction
thereal-41re lawa—The" Vharilsts in •
arms—Bold ituebery hq a•Pritisli Nobkrnan—'
London Fashions—Aaarnpt on' the IT e'of Louis
Philippe—Succassful
A f fairs of Spain, Holland,dtaly, Lapland, Bus;
eia, Turkey, 4rc.,./fi., L , sides many other, things.
The British Queen arri l ed at this port from Ports
mouth yesterday afternoon. Ab.mt two o'clock, P.
M., she was seen darting-through the placit. waters
of our majestic bay with j all he force of a young
airrhquAe," and rthe _ rapidity of chain liihtning.
Our London and Liverpool papers are to the even
ing of the 1451 h ulL''
Her netts is superlativ
portant and intensely e.
cease, and the ordinary ai
of our fellow•cil;zens sro
has berm properly salted]
swallowedlya gaping a'
Read and perbcud.
Our commercial advic
ter. Cotton has fell a fe
no.use•talking•about the
&nuke.
The repeal of the co'
hoax. It is anted that Lo
when le' made the prop .1
We quote litiChigan
share: This is an 'evide
well for American sem'
,
Little Queen Vic is se
situation, t•Coming ev .
fore." .
Prince Albert has exp eased his entire satisfaction
at the prospect - of his little girl, the princess royal,
having a playmate so s e en. A vote of thanks is
about to be passed by Parliament to the Prince.
The .Chartists Ire aOin op in arms. They've
iivowad a Now to eat•eveliy British nobleman in and
1: 1
out of the kingdom Avithbut salt. Serve ' em right.
The .Duke of Devons ire is -now in prison, on a.
charge of having stole a wallet, co. taining three
,shillings sterling, from sailer in the gallery of Co
vent Garden theatre. uring his confinement, his
sister; Lady Thiiigembe , intends to take in washing,
in order to support her If and brother.
The summer fashion have oppcarcd. The gen.
demon wear coats, v is, and pantaloons, and the
ladies frocks. Boots and shoes are much worn. So,
also, are hate, with-and without crowns. Shirts are
likewise the rage. With the poorer claims, both
ends of the shirt are visible to the naked eye.
Another attempt t he been made on the life of
Louis Philippe. As, the assassin pilled the trigger
of his pistol, his majesty dodged, and thus saved his
life at the expense of his left whisker. It is said that
Louis now can dodge fire better than any 'coon in
all Kentucky.
A new' French danseuse, Mlle. Ragout, is turning
the heads of the Parisinns. ,Her perambulators are
faultless, aq she leaps ;farther and higher than a race
horse.
• ,
The affairs of Spain l ate in a distiacted etate.
The gin in Holland appears to be as good as ever.
Italy has not changed her natural position, and
the Italians love for the fine arts and sauSages have
not abatedin.the leapt,
Several cool nights have been experienced in Lap
land.
The CircassiSns hair° given the Russians another
licking. . .
The Sultan of Tu e.y has made'a reduction in
the number of .the fai inmates of his:Harem. He
has now only 3217 l ives.
AL
!ETTER rtio!ti M LEOD.—The New York Tri-
I :
bune states that Mr.. lexander McLeod has publish
ed a ktter in the li ottish Journal, explaining his
connection with the d struction of the Caroline, said
detailing some of the rocedings had on his trial at
Lockport. ft contain nothing which ,has not been
published—MeLeoi mien over having boasted that
ho was at the burnin of the Caroline, and was the
murderer of Durfree says that when first arrested at
Lockport, and discha ged through a mistake in the
indictment, he offere voluntarily to attend at the
Court with his while ses whenever the 4'rpsecuting
Attorney might choo a and proVe his 'innocence ;
and declares that as hinder Sheriff of Niagara Dis
trict, it was his duty and interest to present an in
vasion of Canada. I e says, moreover, that it is !Ong
i ci
since I e incurred the islike of the patric4s, and that
i i
they have puniihed h m far more severrily than the
public ale aware. . e promises hereafter to make
known sundry other. attire which. hair) provoked
patnotic virulence ag inst him,
II azzinalranuao
paragraph in The U.
• Peunsylvania,,bas
within her own boson
greatness, among wh
prominent. The Co,
and Schuylkill coun:i
been familiar to us til
are . bringing •tlao min,
counties into competiti
Among the numerol
the State, viz-the Tid
ware Canals, within th
boat loads of Batumi. , us Coal from the mountains
about Hollidaphurg. In conversing With the cap
tains of those boats, w : learn that they wore only ten
Jaye in coming from .t at_placti to this city. and that
they.derice a Tamura sting 'compensation from the .
business. They complain. however, that the toll
ii ,
both on tbo Tidetvatc and Chesapeake Canal is en
tirely too high and dii roportionate to tbe'value and
.bulls of the articles, `aa.compared with ;Wheat and
other produce. ,1
fry The Guard .Ba k of Philadelphia will not ac-
Cept of the provisions f the Relief Bill—so , say the
Directors, but, will th be sustained by the stock
holders !
SioNs.-Thero is a
:door is the following
Knell,* Maid,
Glentni anti, the alleged • pipe le
by the akin °flits teeth. The jury at. ,
demning to 6.for acquittal.
ni.The .proceeding
Convention ie very_ g
Paper•
• an> Miss . Spriag . io
Tuesday I . ast.• -
Tho Legishato
session.
market.
htlit
York market. Qb,
ly and auwageronsly im
citing. Vegetation will
d extraordinary avocations
ped, until the sal news
and
,peppered and 'ben
td -ati admiring Multitude.
i s are ofd gloomy' charac
!, and as fur 'baccy, there's
eed, for it will all end in
n laws turns out to be a
rd John Russell was corned
omon.
tate Fives at nine-pence a
improvement, an'd . speaks
ies.
.td to be in an interesting
nts cast their shadows be-
oAi ' We find the following
Gazette :
long been known , to possess
all the elements of wealth and
:ch her mineral rdsources are
I 'and I;on urinal of Lehigh
a have, from their proximity,
I; but internal intprovements
ral products of the Western
on.
a arrivals from the interior of
t i grat r , Chesapeakv, and Dela
!! last day or two, aro five large
apbbler in London, over whose
•
otice.:
wzd Meer dead
es' escaped,
6-fur cin-
.. of the Harrisbtirg Business'
nerally copied in the Eastern
.k a parting kiss o
utiaraer
1.
of New Hs.opstori is now id
Ade its appearance in the Near
* plate it clatit 4 j3rowns ;
.
B°n" TBOilDallie""Ttle . following
ireitation.t9ok rain. in oar office not many days
since., oa . r.,Payil *sit certainty a twang! tFay
talking nianitniners.
Oda
• 'oBpcolc aolii• •- - • •
he the &glut to thrausport palicepgers from the.
ovild to . unthri l lo
'Yes! ;•
_ .
•;What•nd 60' be Other charging to bringme wife
and eleven cildher out from Quanes county, Ire
land!" , . ! • .
ti
'How, old
. 84 the children I'
. -
'The coghlest. is four years, come Michaelmas Ego.
, Wheig.l -that beats•mo.'
s
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, And o does your masther somrtimefs, I'm tbink
_
ing: . ,
Pat. He has got such a par
tiality fin 0114 beats. that he only licks my chops,
noic' • • - . ! • • ,
yvhativd.be afther charging -me
'Sixteen dollars for the old woman, and nine•dol•
Isis a piecefaithe children' •
. One hundred and fourdollars, by dithers feud
be chaper for; me to get another wife in this cam"
tiny, and savelthe $104.'
Gin the lin! Pat. You'd be jugged' for ten
• -
years at least,:if you'd marry agaie.'
, De you call this a fray counthry—where . fraydiat
and aiquality -flourishes like our own gram shamrock.
Blood and aigbrs! I am fray now, abure, and aiquil
to the task of iraising up eleven more childher, God
be praised ! and rale demycrats they •should be.'
•What,.in another four years ?'
•Ov coarse!
•Yuu Irishmen, certainly, are a very industrious
race.of men. : But you should not think of marrying
again, Pat. You •should have better principles.'
'Fait, it's another and a betther half that ud be
more to my liking. Besides, didn't 1 at pathern of
a pathriot, Patrick Von Buren, say that your • sober
second thoughts' should be attinded to, and hadn't
I a drop too much when I married the owld woman
ay entitle salt says r
.The drop then must have been in your eye, or
you might have forseen the consequences. But your
sober second thoughts have coma too late, Pat. You
are done for, :and you'll be did for, if you go a biga
matisingr-that's all'
'Be ,dad, f believe the gossoon is right. -
A SMOCKING MOMENT ON , AL Ilsimictim—We
clip the following korn the Norfolk Beacon :
tt As the extra -train was on its way dawn .from
Suffolk a feat days ego,.the .passangcre:were.starded
by the unearthly:screech of the engine pipe ; and
several heads were : protruded through the windows
in a thrice see:what sort of an animal was on the'
track, whoa instantly a panic el.out was sent forth
from both sides of the car, 0 stop ! stop ! there is
a man on the rail ! he will be run over .! he will be
crushed to death ! '—as if the engineer, (an attentive
and careful man) was not ore the look out. Sure
enough, there was a man sealed on the rails three
or four hundred yards in advance, witU his head
bent forward over his knees, perhaps in a sPnd
sleep—or perhaps some devotee of Juggernaut,' pre
pared for his horrid sacrifice ! A sensation of pain
ful anxiety seized on the passengers--and the shouts
to" stop the! engine ! " became more vehement and
wild as the impossibility of stopping U. in time to
save the of the miserable fool who had placed
himself in the way appeared to the m to be more and
more apparent. Slowly, though surely, however, the
speed of the' train abated, until it afforded .an ripper
, tunity to.tate. sturdy 'firemen to leap from their perch,
who seized the torpid wretch and dragged him from
his perilous
. seat. Then it was that the terror, which
but a pigment before had been so strikingly manifes
ted by the passengers, became changed t 3 as Iftely a
feeling of rage and indignation against the same ob
ject—and mingled 'shouts were sent forth from the
car to the two firemen, of Duck him in the ditch!
duck himletbeat him welt! him, he de
serves to be thrashed? " The man was a strapping
negro felloW, upwards of six feet high, and black as
a mourning coach. When roused to a sense of con
sciousness, ho set up an idiotical laugh, a sure sign
that he was stupifical by liquor, when he threw him
self thus in.the jaws of death, The two firemen
could not spare time either to 'duck' or 'thrash' him ;
so, taking leave of him with a brace of hearty kicks
a piece, they sprang upon the tender, and the engine
again swept on at the height of its speed. AU this
passed in about as brief a space of time as it would
take - to read this account of it.
SWATAIIA COAL REGION _The following com
munication respecting the Swatara 'Coal Region op
pared in the U. S. Gazette of Tuesday last
Several gentlemen, who were appointed to exam
ine tho Schuylkill and Pine-Grove, coal region, have
retutned, and give a very favorable exposition of that
part lying; between tho head %%titers of the Swatara
and Gratsiown.
They took with them an engineer, and several per- ,
sons acqdainted with the country. They express
rir.-.ch surprise that the'best and most profitable an
thracite coal in Pennsylvania is not yet Opened—that:
region between the Little Swatara mid thallium
.Valley - Company, the Beer Valley the Good Spring
Creek,' add the' northeast part of the William's Val
leyli,e Companies — ar'd are t a heaviest coal lands in
The Statil The former will quire a railroad to the
Pennsylvania Canal, at Blbburg, about twenty
miles, which the engineer ys will be easily made,
and would be of itself very. ood stock.
The Williams Valley Company have their outlet
ut Pino Grove. They
,have but three miles and a
half of railroad to.make, which is now under contract
to connect with a road to the Canal Basin.
Iron ore has also been found in abundance in this
coal mou'ntain. Immediate arrangements are to be
made to contract for a railroad to what is called the
Wikcouisco Canal, at hfillsburg, which is row-near
ly - fittiShed. .
THE BcIIOOL3IASTER A a IIOAD.--The following no
tice MIS: left, on Monday last, atAhe-Coroner's office,
New York
To . .the Corner. .1 .
'New Yourke May 27th, tB4l. the Corner
Will Salle send Waurd to 640 Grenwhich st if you
cant a Croat; a Man that was lost on.Saturdy Night
22d Inst a Bought 31. years of Eage a Bought 5 feet
7 miles with a Blew Round a Boughtfand a 'White
Over Halls lett his wife and Three Small Children
iu•.Gteate Distress N. we arc a treacle this Man was
Dround
• Pleitsc• l if You Herr Cult at 640 Ore ehwich.st.
the last:act tvd heard that a -Man seen him Coming
at the corner of King and west be twcen 10 11 o'-
clock.
Suturns.—The New York, Tribiate states that a
Mrs. Maskill, No. 216 IMeecker street, where she
kept a thread and needle stOre, corm:rimed suicide on
Tuesday night. She had been deserted by her hus
band about a month ago, and was in great distress
of Sint "on accaunt of it. ' •
.
itE~'BIIIc%EST. 'The Philadelphia railrodd line
left 'Philadelphia on 'Monday -.Evening last at 5 o'.
Clock, and atrived at NewYe,rit at ten o'clock, be
in 'the quickest trip ever made on , the road. A largo
number of passengers, was brought on.
Estr4nozn.—The Rational Gazette is enlarged
to tho 'size of the - U.S. Gazette. It is one of the ve
ry best papers published in, the Union..
iNo less than six suicides in' Now York last
!seek. j.
rg.02% ova Co n E•4•1 , o ri xi a j
• WASPIEGTON, 3urto 18!, 1841.
Thy seat of gevernittOnt pnce.more *ears ;aiook
srpOtjvity and liustle..:Btrangeto, members : of Con
greasiind officeibudiers, are &Wring into the city
everyr day. The hotels and:boarilin.; houscs are a
gain filled to their utmost capacity, and landlords' fa-
Sees leek smiling at the prospect of a short and profit
able season. he weather is insufferably warm, and
the:eh:Rids of &St which sweep thrdugh rennsylva
nia'Avenue, render the task of walking- in that fa
vorite prom sale anything but comfortable or. agree-
able. l ' The warm weather wall have one good effect.
Bustaceiwill be'done, and done promptly; and, the
public, during 'this session at least, will not be in
flicted with speeches to Bunkum."
The &Jura met, pursuant ,to the proclamation
of the late Preident, on Monday last. Only eight
men berg. were absent. 'I hey at:journed until the
nex day, no message having been received trona tile
1,
House of Representatives.
Tie, House of Representatives was called to order
at .Ici'clock on Monday by Mr. Garland, the clerk..
Two, hundred and twenty seven niembers answered
to their names. On motion of Mr. Hunt, of New
York, the menthe's [goaded to the organization of
the [House by the election -of a Speaker, viva voce.
This was opposed by Mr. Lewis Williams, bu)..Mr.
Hunt's motion finally prevailed by a vote of 154 to
66. i The cotes were counted and it appeared that
Mr: Jour( WRITE, of Kentucky, was duly elected.
The vote stood as follows
Dieee.% - ssary to a choice,
John White , received,
john W. Jones,
Henry A. Wise,
Joseph Lawrence,
. Scattering, i
Mr: Triple of Kentucky, and Gen: of Penn
syly' auia, conducted Mr. White to the chair. ' After
the ; new Speaker had made a brief and pertinent ad.
dress, the members were sWurn in. One incident
I must not omit to mention] When the six Jersey
members came up to the clerks table to take the cus
tomary oath, applause, ‘, not loud but deep,"
,was
heard in the gallery, This almost excusable breach
of decorum %as instantly ;checked by the Speaker.
Afterithe memuers had been sworn in, the House
proceeded to the election .of a clerk. Three unsuc
cesSful ballots were takts, and on the fuurth, MAT-
TnEw S T . CL A IU Cx.tunxi was declared duly elect
ed.; A strong effort was made by the democratic por-
don of the New England delegation to elect F. 0. J.
Smith, of Maine, a vcry estimable gentleman, and
who contributed not a little during the last campaign
to overthrow the former corrupt administration ; hut
believe on the whole Mr. Clarke's election cannot
but prove satisfactory. Courteous, rpular, in his
manners, every way qualified to the duties of his sta
tion, and last but not least, a victim to loco foco pro
scription.
both houses met again to day, when the Presi
dent's message was read. It is a capital document,
and appears to give satisfaction to both friends and
foes. You will have received-it ere this and can best
judge of its merits. ,
A caucus was held by the democratic members of
Congress on Friday last, for the purpose of agreeing
upon such - measures as will most likely facilitate bus
iness during the present Session. They are deter
mined if possible to prevent a repetition Of 'those long
winded speeches that have been inflicted on the tnem
bars during every previous session of Congress. A
certain amount of business has to be done, and must
be done, and the sooner it is disposed of the better
it will be for all parties. Mr. Allen, of Ohio, in the '
Senate to day endeavored to retard business by offer
ing a resolution, the stun and substance of which was,
that Mr. Tyler should be addressed us the Vice Pres
ident and not as Chief Magistrate. The locofoco
Senator from Ohio and his resolution, I am happy to
add, were promptly put down by a decisive vote..
The proceedings of your Business Convention at
Harrisburg have been received in this city, and are
spoken of in terms of warm commendation by Ellen
of all parties. Mr. Clay is very much pleased with
the course pursued by the Convention in relation to
.the distribution of the public lands—his favorite moas-
Fe ! One or two Philadelphia papers, I see, regard
this Convention as a failure. It is not so regarded
here. The Philadelphians it is true, Oisgraciall them
selves by not being represented in so important a
Convention, but probably it is better as it is. We
have now the views of the people of the State of
Pennsylvania, clearly and unequivocally capressej,
on what should be the future policy of that Comnion
wealth and the federal government. They are the
views of the farmers and the working men of Penn
sylvania—the bone and muscle of the t. Keystone
State "—and not those of destructives, demagogues;
and unprincipled politicians. Coming from such a
source, they will have their weight on the present de
liberations of Congress. On the whole, I far one
am .pleased that Philadelphia was unrepresented in'
the Business Convention.
My sheet, you see, is quite full. Nest weeliq hope
to send you a more interesting letter.
lFtnar Psoc.—,Our first and last pages this week
contain more than, their usual variety. Three cep
ital pieces of poetry, two excellent stories in their
way, (couldn't have written better ones ourself) a
laorrid tragedy, a thiilling suicide, two first rate acci
dents, &c. &c. .6 for further Particulars, see small
hills." An account of the second and labt day's pro
ceedings of the Business Convention in this State,
and a proposed convention in Virginia of the Iron.
Masters of that state, will be found on the first page.
1 tr f The following. crabbed, crooked, shameful sto
iry, is by the poet Crabbe. He ought to be a,hamed
of it:
Secrets with girls. like loaded guns with boys,
Arc never valued till they make a noise :
To show how trusted, they their powers display,
To,show how worthy, they their trust betray
Like pence in children's iiockets, secrets lie
lu female bosoms, they must burn or fly.
Tun CAIIISET.--A Washington correspondent
(says— , ' Secretary Badger has taken the late resi
'deuce of Gov. Woodbury. Mr. Web,ster resides on
Capital Hill. Mr. Bell occupies the fernier resi
dence of the French Minister, Mr. Ewing they say,
is next neighbour to Mr. Bell. I have not heard yet,
where the Attorney General has taken up his resi
'deuce." .
DWI have commenced this week publishingnur
regular shipments. The report in another column,
eMbracce all the coal shipped from this region up to
Friday evening, with the exception of the shipments
for the Little Schuylktll•region, which we have nut
Yet received.
Corgarcnrren.--St. James Church — , Schuylkill
Haven, ,was consecrated on Sunday' l a st by. Bishop
Onderdonk. la the afternoon, ho preached a most
excellent ,discourse at Minersville.
,; 4 4,10 discovery has yet been made of the per
petrators of the greet rubbery of the Frederick Batik,
Md. Folks sometimes rob themselves. -Queer
werld vie live iu.
A PHA/CM—The cam now leave Phila phis for
Reading at half past five o'clock, A. 31 in .place of
half past seven , o'clock. A. M. as forma ly. This is
pot only P change bad,on tinproverneth.
( t.3.The Floritla Indians base resumed their sum
iner amusement of tomahawking • awl scalping the
ihites:of that territory.
Disraucvivs. FirisH The National Theatre in s
ins.—The New Y.orle r National theatre, onkel' the
most magnificient edifices of the kind in the coon- •
.
try. w'atrdestroyed, by on Friday-morning last .
,
'The toss catmeelin less than $100,000... 'WO glean
•
from the.N.-V,Jourrial of Commerco and Sunday
Mercury the following particulars :
The efforts of incendiaries , to destroy this costly
structure, have at lain been successful. 'On Friday
evening it was set on fire in eight dif f erent_ places,
but by timely.cliscoVery thellatnes were extinguish.
ed. This morning,;( Saturday J about (Meek, it
was againCliscervered to be on fire, which proceeded
from the stage Mid t seenery."Pho efforts of - the fire
men to extinguish tit' flames were unavailing, and
the building was, entirely destroyed.
The 'fiist alarm was given about a to 7, and
when Mr. nusaell rushed out of ins room to make
his way tovrirdsthe stage, -he was driven back by
the beat and smoke coming from the flies"and paint
room, vvhereit is thought the fire ormicatcd—among
the paint pots where it was kindled, in the neigh
bofhood of game coMbuslible matter, put there , for
the most hellish of purposes. Ho then flew back to
his loom, wrapped- his wife up in the bed clothes,
and carried her out: By 'this time every ,part of
the building wan filled with flame and smoke.
Quickly the alarm reached one of the 'brothels
ofltiliaßrown's, al amens pander to licentiousness,
ITho - 'se 'girls' and 'company' were presently seen
running about in the• most distracted manner the
latter wishing they were any where but there, and
the former more anxious to save their finery than
their souls. In this attempt a wretched girl, known
by the name of Margaret, who had been ' imported
for this market' from Philadelphia, but a day or
two since, lost her life in.the most shocking man
ner.—When the cry of fire first reached her she
was in the upper part of the house, from which she
quickly hurried to the ground floor, where atm
found the the other 'girls and the head partertss,
in a state of confusion worse confounded. She be
thought her of her property, and said she would re
turn and get some of hers. Ifer fallen sisters at
tempted to dissuade her, but in vain—she ascended
the stairs.
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At this moment a report was heard, it came groin'
the interior of the theatre, and the back wall which
rose above the bibtlfel some twenty feet, was been
to shake. It fell upon the roof with a tremendous
crash, bearing it in and crushing with it the skull
of that miserable prostitute.
When her body was found, yesterday morning
about II o'clock, it was all doubted up and charred
by the fire, and it !mike , , to use the langcage of an
observer, like a piece of baked meat! It was taken
to one of the lower rooms, an inquest Mid, antra
verdict returned in accordance witli these facts.
. The work of destruction after the in rd
the ro of, eas speedy in its operation. TM, theatrl•
was gutted, the. fire reached the French Church,
and one damage was done to it by that clement
and by water. One br two other buildings in
Franklin street were also damaged , but not to any
very great extent : and a frameboilding in the rear
of the theatre was destroyed.
MAGNANIMITT.WC cut the fullotl in g from ilia.
New York Express
The District Aitort.ey, Mr. Whiting,. (luring tha
trial of Glentworth, did an act of justice te a 'limbo
of highly respectable l individuals, that does him great
credit. It ha; been rung in the columns of the
Globe, and almost every Loco Foco print that Messrs.
Moses H. Grinnell, H. M. Blatchford, Simeon Dra -
per, jr. and . R. C. Wetmore, were pipe layers of dis-
tinguished character,, and leaders in what they alle
ged to be the Wentworth frauds t and so often had
-the - slander been repeated, that many no doubt • be
lieved there were some grounds for the charge. 'l'he
charge now i 4 most triumphantly put at rest, The
District Attorney has, in open Court, and with a full
knots ledge of the facts, dune these gentlemen ample
justice, declaring their entire innocence, and that
there never has been ally ground to believe thatthey
had any participation in what is termed the Glent
worth frauds. ,
A ITOINTMENTF.—•The following appointments
have been made by .the U. S. Marshal for the pas
tern District of Pennsylvania :
John Fonderernith, 'of Lancaster, to be Decuty
Marshal for the counties of Chester and Lanciniter.
James A. 'Thompson, of Gettysburg, to be Deputy
Marshal for the counties of York, Adams, and ,Frunk
lin.
leVilliam Allison, of Harrisburg, to be Deputy Mar
steal for the counties of Dauphin, Lebanon, Cumber
land and Perry.
Jonathan Greth, of Raading, to be Deputy Mar
shal for the counties of Belks, Lehigh,, and Schuyl
kill.
Francis Y. Dawes, of Easton, to be Dcputy Mar
shal fur the countits of Northampton, Monroe, nkc,
and Wayne.
ANTHRACITE COAL POW STEAMiIOATS.- We are
gratified, says the Philadelphia Ingtiirer, to learn that
the steamboat John Jay, now successfully towing
boats from the Delaware and Chesapeake Canal to
this city, has.been Using twelve cords of wood to
',Make a trip down and up, oi - three and a half tons of
Lehigh 'coal, making the trip, if with wood, cost the
;48 00
17 37A
stint of
Or if with Lehig,h coal,
Thus making °MI Pennsylvania staplo cost for
this steamboat but abOut one•third that of wood.
CANADLS NEWS.—Lord Sydenharn appears to
have recovered from the serious illness with whiz:, ho
has been afflicted, as we see by the Montreal papers
that he left that city on the iritK instant fur Kings
ton, the scat of Government of the United Provin
ces. His Excellency left Montreal amidst a whole
shower of military and civic eclat ; the commander
of the force, Sir Richard Jackson and his William
as well as a great body of citizens basing as
sembled to do him honor.
1. F. K
The Birth Day of .Great Britain's short and flit
queen was brai/fitly noticed at Montreal on the 2'2d
instant. The troops were out and roviewud by the
commander-in-chief rind Major General Clitherow,
accompanied by their respective stairs. The fillip,
of which there were an 'unusual number in port, we, e
decorated with ovary divasity of flags, &c. Se.e.
blv EMI! wimp Tnos.—Corporal Suede - says that
an editor - 6i not worth a cent who does nut know how
to make a fool of himself at least rix times.por week
The Corporal is right, We are troubled that way
as many times in a single day and feel aft the hem:
for it.
cc: 7 , since the (veiling of navigation, our star,-
keepers haire received, what they Jong wanted,
fresh supply of gbods . The girls can new bel,( t
Borne of the most beautiful patterns imaginable for
their summer dieSses.
Dar.Abrut..—A man-committed suicide at tbe.
Alms House, in Roxburi, on Monday last, by roc•
ning a broom stick down his throat ten inches, and
died 'shortly affertvards from its effects. llc was
foreigner, and radially deranged.
President's Message reached
Philadelphia at half past Zvo o'clock on -Tuesilsy
evening last.
i r ir. Governor Porter has signed tile-hill cnactel
by the last Legislature, providing for the election of
County Treasurers by the people. ,
MM=I
GI.. Mr. Attorney General Crittenden, with hi'
&mill, has returned 'to Washington from his visit to
Kentticky. •
(o`. Bishops boane and Meade have taken p' , .
sage in the steamship Caledonia for:England.
o The who set fire to the National the .
atre, N. Y., haS been discovered.
ccr The Ohio River is in
. goOd booting order