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POTTSVILLE.
Systurday. Month, g, July 1:7
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far as regards the in teiesta of this community, the sub.
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our OWN AFFAIRS
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DtrlomPti WEActa, Esq. has consented to net as
Agent for the Miner's pournal at ,Minersville, to whom
all Bills for subscription can be paid. Our Bills for the
last two years are no in his possession—those inter.
sated had better call and discharge the same forthwith.
in order to save the agvanee in price. The 1311q.are all
made up to the first of January 1842. after which period
the Journal will be enlarged by the addition of another
column to each page, and the supscription from that peri
edwill invariably be iequired in advance
Tus Coax Titimfr. . 7 -An effort is now making,
through the columns of the Philadelphia Ledger, by
en unprincipled vagithond, to create an impression,
that there will be ad abundant supply of coal mined
this season ; expecting, no doubt, that by giving a
wide spread puhlicil to Eiis fabrications. he can in
duce purchasers to hold back, and thus cause a short
supply, which credit] st the same time favor his
'.villainous ipeculahonV 4 in coal. order, there
fore, to remove ady_ erroneous, impressions is hich
may have been ma,lp abroad, by this writer's gross
end wanton misstatements, annexed will be found a
.;robable supply of coal this year
rsupply and consumption of las
enables us to collect our,intor
•st correct and reliable sources :
I • 1841. 1840.
525,000 452,291
150,000 225 288
175,000 148;470
30.000 23,880
35,000. 15,505
table showing the p
' compared With the
year. Our poeitiou
motion from the me
Leckavrans,'
rinegr!lve,
905,000 865,41 1
r years, 50,000 150,000
flem'ng
he last year, 960,414 -
'increased itupprp from witk - ap.
I
ham, taut not , mor than sufficient to supply the in-
Creased demand in that quarter.
Thus it will be seen that the supply of coat .this
year wilt not be any greater than the consumption
of last year, unless there is a very brisk demand fur
the balance of lhe( season, which may increase the
supply to 93040010ns from the. above mentioned
regions. 1
Consumers can greatly aid the trade, and at. the
same time benefit tihemeelves, by laying in their Sup
plies of coal earl Yin the season. From various
causes, which we,ihave previously Oated, the price
of coal must 'ailvance during the coming winter, and ,
prudence rtould siaggest to the - consumers to em
brace the present opportunity of purchasing a supply:
of coal at. comparatively speaking, moderate prices.
Conaumption of
There will be a
Tut MeLron ''ssr..--ctur country is again to 'ae
thrown into a sta e of feverish excitement ocring to
the new turn which the - McLeod ease has token.
The derision andl opinion of the Supreme Court in
this case has beet received. All the Judges were
unanimous in t c decision, THAT McLEOD
7'IIERFORE„ DE REMANDED TO
TAKE MS TIRIAL IN THE ORDINARY
FORMS OF LAWN."
The "mince' . fjrl.l.coil, we understand, wil:
mediately sue a writ of error, and the cose ‘ will
he carried to thelCourt of Ervyre. If the Court of
ErwAliould aftirm the decision of the Supreme
Court. an appedi hes, and will be taken to the Su
preme Court of he United States ; and meantime,
e rule, on appi ication of the prisoner's counsel.
would dOubtlesslbe made by the Court of Errors to
stay proceeding's in the case, until a anal decision
could be had.
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We wait atir tivices from Washington pith great
anxiety. It is r iossib le, on hearing of the detention
of McLeod, that the British Minister may demand
his passport! eLtl leave the country immediately.
Esen if such shci l uld ho the case, we see no cause tor
alarm. lt.is nether the wish nor the interest of this
country or Gre t Britain' to proceed to hostilities.
John Bull may menace, and bluster, to be sure, but
he will find his Snatch in Brother Jonathan in every
respect, Ho CITI bully, brag, en.l fight with Mr.
Bull the best da,• ho ever silly. Who's afraid ? -
.CozonEssioisii..—Notwithstanding the d.ilapin
the organizationlof the House of Ibeproarintativeci, it
is considerably in advance of the. Senate in the de
spatch of busine i rs. On Monday last, the Lout Bill
passed the Hot/ by a vote of 124 to 73. The first
Section of the 818 authorises thePresidenttoborrow
on
on the credit of !he baited States, twelve millions of
•dollara, or so Witch thereof as in his opinion the ex
igencies elf the gl3vernment may require. A redeinp
lion of the outstanding Treasury notes may now .
shortly be expec i ted.
The Fiscal Arid. Bauk Bill of Mr. Clay's is still
before the Senate. The Kentucky Senator la nasal]•
ed on all side in the shape of amendments to his
it i
hill. As s3on a he dii
rpoes of one amendment,
another springs pin its place. It is turnorcd that
the Bill will he laid on the table for the pres , . , lit, in
order to asdertaiin the temper and disposition Of -the
!louse on this v/itellV important subject. . -
MtsraKra.— 'here were ; snme very, funny mis
takes made in the toasts which appeared in our pa
per last week. 'Nobody, of course, is, to blame, as
'wet never read 4sats, although we ere fond of di ink
ing them—hems always in cold water ; and as for
our type mongers. they are always nut cf sort 4 e.'-
ter a national j4fica.ion. Whether they will even
tually be obliged to bear the burthen of blame, is a
matter of gravekleliberation. We plum to efleci,
and wish some iOther folks would be troubled that
way occasionallY. No reflections intended. ,
Trillsßs: 7 Th° coal dealers of Nett 1 nit; nit
please accepr+ thanks for the proMpt manner in
rilaich they halo settled their subscriptions to' the
Minors' Jeurnal. They are as fire sod as gentle
manly a body elf men as we ever had the pleasure
of being acquairited
';4t. the Ipresent writing—Friday morning—
Pennsylvania Hall and Mount Carbon Hotel is. pret
ty comfortably Oiled with Philadelphians. We knew
we could wake lup the quaker folks of the. quaker
city.
Tho. 3d 4uaiterty collection will l!e made in
Trinity Church to-knorrow forer n and - afternoon,
in aid of Sunda. Schools.
Goon.—The Honse of Representatives base been
compelled 1n iutept 'a -rule which restricts speakers to
one hour's smiting. This looks likes business.
935,000 1,015,414
bO,OOO
Mn. CLAT'II BANK 811.1.4 1 41/0 rumors are ID
various and contradictory relative to the ultimate pas
sage of Mr. Clay's Bonk Bill, that'it is almost impos
sible to , say what will be f its fate. The N. Y. Tri
bune—most excellent authority, by the way—holds
the following language
We regret the necessity which constrains us to
utate that, unless our • private advices:from Wash
ing mislead us—and we do not think such can he
the fact—tint DOOli OF TM BANE BILL 15 SEALED!
'lt is likely to be. defeated , in the Senate. and very
probably has been ere this. The deplorable differ
ente at opinion between certain eminent Whige re
garding the propriety of confiding to the Bank the
1 - untrammeled power of establishing Branches in the
Stalene-isthe rock on which 'we have split. Mr.
CLAY—an -a-mylargo portion of the Whigs con
cur with him—Cons_dders it the lesser evil to post.
.pone the creation of a Bank at present rather than
surrender for ever the powth&Congress to author.
iie Branches, and thus efficientW'regulate the Cur.
rency. On the other hand, Sir, Ancuttr-oI Va. will
not vote for any Bank Messrs. Raves and T"r..isssols
do not feel authorized, in view of the' political alit
tale and presumed wishes of their respective States,
to vole for a Bank with power to place its Branches
in hostile States : and Mr. MF.ItRICK of Md. is dis
inclined to vote for Mr. Clay's bill. So the very
,strong propability now is that it will never go to
the Howe.
We have said that we regret this : but, , if the
Whigs are true to themselves, it will prove but a
transient misfortune. Six or seven of the Loco-Fa.
en Senators most unequivocally misrepresent their
constituents —for instance, Perry Smith of Ct. Silas
Wright of N. Y. Mouton of Lou. Tappan and Allen
of Ohio, 4-c. These cannot hold out and hold on
for ever. But immediate relief is almost certain.
Itnnesseo is now represented in the Senate by one
chance-made: LocnFoco, who must evaporate as soon
as the Legidatute assembles in September. That
Legislature will almost certainly choose Two
straight-forward ' Bank Whigs; making a change
of three votes in the Senate. In other words, the
Senate will stand at the regular Session 31 to 21
instead 0f:29 to 22—sufficient to overbear all hair
splitting.
If the Bank is lost fur the present, we trust the
circumstance will only incite the Whigs to greater
unanmity and energy on other subjects. Let the
Land Bill, the Loan Bill, the General Bankrupt Bill ,
and the Repeal of the Sub-Treasury be carried
now, the Bank Bill will be pretty safe at the Regular*
Session. Whigs at Washington !—Whigs • every
where' let us differ where we Inus, but never
cease to be Winos, ar.d to harmonize as tar as possi
ble. To fall out by the way and break in pieces would
be treason to the Country and its dearest Interests.
And shall We so blast the hopes if our friends and
excite the contempt of our enemies I , Never !
NeVer!
For our own part, whatever relates to Penrisylva
nai, Its resources, beauties, prosperity or business
operations, we seize upon with avidity, when we
find any such details in our exchange papers. The
great difficulty is, journals in the interior are not
halt local enough. If they would tell the public all
about the peculiar features, resources, scenery, crops,
rivers, mines, forests, mineral and agricultural pro
ductions, &c., 4c., in their own immediate regions,
what en amount or important and interestin2 Intel
ligenc,e we could lay before . the world about Penn.
sylvania. Why don't they do it 7—Philadelphia
North American.
, The North American will please to make an ex
ception in our favor. We have sung the beauties
of Pottsville until we have become hoarse and awe
in the throat ; and, by reference to a file of the Mi
ners' Journal, it will he seen that the •mines, forests,
mineral and agricultural productions" of this region
have not been neglected. To be sure, our eolulats
are not garnished with the ,an number of local
crimes and casualties that the city journals can boast
of; but this should be a =tier of congratulation, not
of reproach.
HANDS 0711—For the last six months, we have
been in the habit, in each nurnker , of our paper, of
fiirnishing our readers with some scores of short
articles, under the head of All Sorts of Items."
Now, those articles may have been good, had, or in
different ; but in nearly every instance they were
original, and not sciasorized. We thus publicly
father the little reip'onsibtlities, and trust the respec
table scissor editors throughout the state will keep
their hands eff, or else give us credit for what is justly
our due. We have been robbed .long enough, both
at home and abroad, and we shall now commence a
regular crusade against these petit larceney thieves.
)•ens Tai acre r.—we have before noticed
this sterling journal, and would again recommend it
to the patronage of our friends. It is:one of the beat,
if not the very best, democratic Whig papers publish.
ed in the United 'States. Apart from its high politi
cal-character, its columns are enriched pith a great
variety of light, entertaining matter, besides contain
ing the current domestic and foreign news of the day,
which ii procured at the earliest possible period.
Tho Tribune is mailed every day to country subscri
bers at the Ipw price o:: per annum. Subscriptions
received at this office.
Tug DirrsiteNcr..—Otir tavern keepers are rub
bing their hands with jly at the prospect of the
speedy completion of the Railroad which is to con
nect this town with Philadelphia, and well they may.
.rn the place of the arrival of three daily stoges from
below, we shall see a locomotive, with a train of cars
filled with passengers, making tracks every day fir
Pottsville with a perfect looseness. " Asa matter
of course, travellers from northern Pennsylvania w ill
have to debouthe at this point. Trunks and band
boxes! but there will be bug) , times for the publi
cans, anti the sinners, too.
Tea eztanasirto.v.—Atifor as heard .finm, the
celebration of the glorious *urth" this year has
been attended with fewer accidents than usual.
However, we witnessed a most dreadful spectacle in
New York on this auspicious day. After the troops
had been reviewed on tho Battery by Governor
Setvaid, we discovered lying on the grass of this
beautiful promenade, upwards of ninety seven men;
fourteen women, three girls, and four boys, all, all
shot in the neck. It Ic iked like a field of
bottle, for the r, old angers" were strewed about in all
directions and in all shapes. N.Vhat a firti for a
Father Vathew.
W e shell give a description next week of one
of the best finished steam engines ever manufactured
in the State. It is from the establishment of our
friend pommy, and in size, finish, and workmanship,
stands A No. lin Schuylkill County. Pottsville is
a great plum We have the best steam engines, the
beat coal, the best iron, the most enterprising citizens,
the handsomest c• catty, the fleetest horses, the ugli
est dogs, and the most beautiful gals in all creation.
It can't be disputed. It's as clear as mud.
TowaJtam..—Our Town Hall is emerging—not
from dust and ashes—but from din and mortar. In
other words, it is in the rapid course of completion.
Who oils Poltsville is not going ahead ? After a
quiet snooze of—we forget how many Calendar
m on ths—she has taken a fresh start, and can't be
stopped until she becomes whet nature has painted
her out to be, the Sheffield of America. Put that
intoryciiir pipe and smoke it.
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t o: , Thera is more 'life, activity and bustle in the
good town of Pottsville in one day than in any in
land town in the United States in a month. Fact.
We ought to know something about these matters,
as it hes-been our good fortune to have visited eve
ry' state in this great confederacy.
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Frusr Pice.-oiir firm page is garnished with
a variety of well written articles—light, entertaining,
and useful. Read them, if youihumor jump. that
way.
THE MINERS' JOURNAL.
rai TOR TUZ PZIPLE.—it may be laid down as a
settled and general rule; that the mawkish sentimen
tality of the present cli4 denotes an unsound state
both of mind and body. We never knew a regu
lar, downright sentimental Miss that was not thin,
scraggy, ugly, or was troubled with the dyspepsia.
A fine, bouncing, healthy, industrious girl, is never
afflicted with an overstock of sentiment. She can
feel, for real woes, but imaginary ones cannot ruf
fle her spirits. She has neither time nor inclination
to indulge in such nonsense. The mysticisms, twat
tle, Star-gazing, and all that sort of fudge, of the But.
wet school, is lost upon her. A broom or a scrub
bing brush has more attractions for her than a coin
pleie set of• Byron's works., That's t h e girl for our
mohey. They make first rate mothers for young dem
ocrets.
Nut many days since, we were placed via a via
inn stage coach to a singular speci nen of lovely wo
man. She was apparently on the shady side of thir
ty,;and _so thin and waspish in appearance, that
Ate might have readily been taken for a daughter of
Calvta,4dson in a state of decline. Her eyes look
ed like rottergooseberries. and her face had as mud.
expression as a atmsh is supposed to possess. Her
head was scantily Ornamented with " byacinthine
locks," and as the skull Witavlsible in several places,
she reminded you of a mangy She condescen
ded to notice us by asking, in a 'lisping tone of
voice, if we were fond of .4 pastoral poetry - 2-'4,
4 , No, ma'am," we replied, we are not partial
spoon victuals."
4 , Shocking taste. Now, there's Shenstone. I
doat upon him, I live upon him. What a tender,
susceptible heart he must have bad ! You remem
ber those lines commencing with,
Ye shepherds come list to my lay
And leave off tending your sheep,
They have nothing to do but to away,
1, nothing to do but to weep.
:Can there be any thing more pathetic and effec
ting ? Aid then, again, how true is this sentiment
of Shenstone's—
For be ne'er can he true, she averred.
That would rob a poor bird of its young,
And I loved her the more when I heard,
Such tenderness fall from her tongue
How long sbo would have continued to favor us
With these eleg mt extracts," it ; is impossible
to say ; but foitunately for us, she hid not fairly got
under way, before the stage stopped to change horses,
and making our escape as soon as possible, we were
enabled to obtain •,seat on the box with the driver,
and to avoid the lover of pastoral poetry for the ba
lance of our journey.
" said a Buss Snip to us the other day, as
he was measuring our lean, lank limbs for a pair of
breeches, I formerly belonged to a Debating So
ciety in Philadelphia."
0 You ought to cut those things now. " we re
plied.
Very true, sir. But when I was a member of
that Society, a question was proposed whether--
open your legs a trifle more, sir—a tailor was an ar
tist, or a mechanic, or a—a—a "
:4 cabbage is the word."
r• No Sir," he replied rather contemptuously," Pro
fessional character, is what I intended. "
Well, how was it decided I '
fter a spirited debate, the members of the Sri
ciety were of an unanimous opinion that a taller was
you like your pants full in the seat I—an ar-
MN
i.A most liberal and enlightened decision, and wor
thy of the spirit of the nineteenth century—of the
age we liva tn. Oat of compliment to your profett
sion,-Mr. Artist, the present ego should be called the
cabb-age.— Good morning,"
"Good morning."
Nearly 200 strangers arrived at the Phenix Hotel
Wilkesharre, during two days of last week.—Penn
Inquirer.
We can beat that. A little stranger made his ap
pearance in Pottsville at two o'clock yesterday morn
ing, and the way he has bawled ever since is a cau
tion to sucklings. If o coming events cast their
shadows hefore," we should say our town will short
ly be crowded with strangers. Alas, for the good
old days of King Herod !
Lead temperate, sober, and virtuous lives, pay your
debts, eschew the society of the abandoned and cor
rupt, earn your bread by the sweat of your brows
and not by chicanery, cunning, or cheating, attend
strictly to our religious duties, if you are married,:
love, cherish and protect the partner of your bosom,
and wallop your children %hen the deserve it, and
above all, subscribe to the Miners' Journal, and de
pend upon it, your chances of happiness in this world
will be greatly increased.
Tux HONE SQUADTION,—The National latelli
gencer says The bill reported from the Naval
Committee of the House of Representatives, for the
support of a Home Squadron of ships of vier, ifio
poses to provide, for that purpose, for the pay, sub
sistence, ropuirs, &c., of two frigates, two sloops,
two man veeseia; and two armed steamers, to be em
pLyed as a Horns Squadron."
Tua TIMIS IY Porrsvim.r..—Money is getting
plentier—stiff upper lips are once more in fashi.n—
labor. is high—boats are scarce—vegetables are dear
7 -cherries cheap—dysentery is all the roge—rum is
fell—cold water is in greiit demand—the men look
cheerful, and the gals—God bless 'em—look as pre
ty,,fas bewitching, as tempting, as lovely, and as fas
citiating as ever. May their shadows never be less!
STOR3I.—We had a sharp thunder and lightning
storm in our neighborhood on Wednesday morning
last. A Mrs. Beckman, !adding near the Bulra
Head Tavern, on the Mineravillo road, was struck
by the electric fluid. Medical aid was immediately
procured, and by the application of proper remedies,
we aro happy to add, she was soon restored to con
sciousness, and is now rapidly recovering.
Bs earisrvt..-01 a fine, moonlight night, you
may frequently sec any number of young and love
ly girls, with their beaux, , 4 sighing like furnaces, "
v.ending their way towards Tumbling Run. Be
careful, dears, and don't stay out too late. You may
catch cold, sperting those thin slippers and light
dresses.
Tax Bnyrtsit STY•ITEILL—Ttio Britannia will
leave Boston this day for Halifax and Liverpool.
The Caledonia was to leave Liverpool on the 4th,
and msy he expected to arrive at Boston about Mon
day next. Tho Acadia will leave Liverpool on the
20th. The Great Western was to leave Bristol for
New York, on the 14th.
Tin BETTER CVIIIIERCY.—There is a gentle.
mat (1) in this town •vho is the fairest specimen of
what they loky fokeys would call the o eonstitution
al currency, " that we everchipt our eyes on: Ho
circulates pretty freely through the borough, end
has more laves m his face than brains in his head.
"' COAL IN NEW I'o/M.—Schuylkill coal is selling
rOm the bests at the present time in New York.
from $6 to $7 per ton. The best quality of red ash
coal is retailing froni the yards as high as $8 per
ton.
e t /WC/LlNG.—Within the last two weeks we have
heard of two cases of attempting to violate the per
sons of females our immediate neighborhood.
The particulars are unfit for publication.
Dr. Dyott has been didcbarged from debt ander
the insolvent laws of this State.
Brawn viler !—The canting locofoco editor of the
N. Y. Journal of Commerce ,has seen fit to cliff in
question the motives which have actuated Col. Webb,
the fearless and independent editor of the Courier &
Enquirer, in condemning certain measures of the
Administration. The Colunel thus belabors the low
vagabond, and both democrats and locofocos must ad
mit, that the chastisement is as severe, as it is just.
But says the Journal, "appoint the Editor of the
"Courier 4- Enquirer to the N. Y. Post Office, and
" we will guarantee that there' shall be no trouble
" from that quarter." We verily believe that in this
instance, the Editors wrote what they thought.
Doubtless they judge from what would .be their
course under such circumstances; and it cannot be
supposed that they can either imagine or appreciate
what would be the conduct of men who are differ.
may constituted from themselves. A worthless,
grovelling fellow, who makes religion a traee, and
traffics in it as a merchant would in rum, sugar and
molasses—a canting Hypocrite, who could rise
from his knees at the conclusion of his family de
votions, and withlthe name of the great Jehovah on
his lips, and the feelings of devils!incarnato In his
heart, inflict a ahow in the face upon a dependent
female relation—;o not the individual to whom we
would look for example in motels. nor is lie calcula
ted fo judge of what would be the conduct of honest
and honorable men in any situation in life. He
would naturally judge others by himself—a very
good rule in general—but one which the Journal ed
itor should only resort to. when forming an estimate
of the feelings and principles of an inmate of a
penitentiary, nr of a wretch condemned to expiate
his crimes upon a gallows. An honest or an hon.
orable editor holding an office, would be more scru
pulnusly particular in pointing out the errors of the
administration from whom he had received his ap.
pointmCnithan if not thus connected with' it, lest
his silence Might be attributed to his apprehension
of losing his plate.
EXPE7II3IIiNTS e 9 Alt-7zitaz CoAz.—A writer in
the Pennsylvanian" saye - tliat a number of enterpri
sing citizens and companies orPhiladelphia have de
termined to cause a series of triaii-on the heating
powers of Bituminous and Anthracite Gelds, to be
performed with all the precaution which so impor
tant a question demands. Ho then alludes to the
difference in composition, character, and peculiar ac
tion between anthracite and bituminous coals, and
concludes as follows
The subject of economy of heat for domestic
purposes has already engaged a large share of at
tention from our scientific citizens, from the days
of Rumford to our own times. and they have more
than once turned attention to the important question
to which we have referred. We hope to see this
question fully investigated. Steam navigation for
both commercial and naval purposes requires this re
search to be forthwith executed. All our domestic
consumption of coal will soon sink into insignifi
cance by the side of the immense quantities required
for the arts and for navigation. Hence, though not
unmindfulAif - fireside comforts, we wculd say that
the heatidg power of coal for these great purposes is
of infinitely more consequence to our mining and
transporting interests, Be well as to consumers of coal,
than all the stoves, grates and chimney-throats in the
country.
"While foreigners are srikirg to urge intense a
mong us their hituminous coals, it is fitting that
Pennsylvania should make known her own resources
in the same article as well as in those of Anthra-
MS
Hounr ze.—We have scarcely ever rend of a more
horrible end murderous affair than the following
which we find in the Peru (Illinois) Gazette, of June
23d. No punishment car. be too severe for such a
cold blooded villain :
A murderous affair, by a man named Hondorf,
took place one day last week, at Georgetown, Kane
Co., the details of which are as follows ; Hondort a
week before, had a quarrel and beat hie wife with
a club, but was prevented by a neighbor from kill
ing her, which lie declared was his purpose.
He was arrested Saturday, and on Monday was
under examination before two Justices of the peace,
in the school house : while his wife was giving evi.
dente, he ruse from his seat, walked up to her with a
smile on his face,
and whispered in her ear—" you
shall never speak again :" attempted to stab her in
the heart with a dirk knife, which be held concealed
in his sleeve—he had some difficulty in getting the
knife froml his sleeve, she screamed and ran for
ward—when he holding to her shawl with his left
hand, stabbed her in the back,,inflicting a wound
four inches deep, which it is thought by her physi.
clang, would probably prove mortal.
Love ♦SD SVICIDE.—We copy the following from
the Philadelphia Ledger of the 9th inst
"A very horrible affair was discovered this morn
ing. A person fishing in the Schuylkill at Arch
street wharf caught his hook in the dress of a fe
male, and with assistance succeeded in drawing it
to the shore, when it was ascertained that she was
securely tied by the wrist to the arm of a man by a
silk handkerchief ! They are both young, the girl
apparently not over 19, and the man 25. The dread
ful act it is supposed was committed last evening,
and was probably produced by a cross of love. They
are as yet unknown, but their dress and appearance
indicate that they have moved in 'respectable soci
ety. What renders it more conclusive that it is a
case of self-destruction is that each of them had in
their pockets a pistol loaded and capped."
Since the aboye was in typo, it has been ascer
tained that both the man and girl were most aban
doned characters. The female ,was known by the
name of Eliza Ferrell, a lady of the pave. Her com
panion was called o Chester county George," a low
gambler.
SZIIVED ns r stoat.—The Pennsylvania Inquirer
of Wednesday says.— , . We learn that an unpleas
ant affair occurred at Congress Hall, Cape May, on
Monday afternoon. Our informant states that a
number of gentlemen were conversing in one corner
of the room on financial reattere, when a stranger to
several of the party volunteered some remarks, and
concluded by denouncing the American nation as a
nation of thieves and robbers. This gross libel upon
the country was indignantly repelled by a gentle
man from Philadelphia, when from words, the two
proceeded to blows ; and the volunteer above allu
ded to, was severely dealt with. The excitement
upon the subject was so great, that the offender was
induced to leave the Island, and returned to the city
yesterday morning.-
Gt3rznAL BANRIMPT LAW,—Tho friends of a
Genet al Bankrupt Law are forwarding their petitions
to Congress by tho bushel. Judging from the tenor
of the Special Message which the President sent to
the Houso of Representatives on this subject, we
ghoul() say that John Tyler was in favor of the pas
sage of such a General Bankrupt Law as would in
clude corporations as well as individuals,
ccf We had the inespressible gratification of sha
king our reverend friend of the Sunday Mercury by
the hand a few days ego. His personal appearance
is very much improved, and we should ray his con
gregation is rapidly increasing. The old gentleman
still stick, to gin and water, cold and without sugar.
TEM SA IIIIATIL—To morrow is the holy Sabbath
Cast aside the vanities and wickedness of this life,
and in a pure and contrite spirit, assemble in the
temples of the most High, and offer .tp thanks for
the manifold blessings which a banificent Creator has
vouchsafed to you.
(Icy. The _U. S. Gazette, of Tuesday last, contains
one of the most pathetic sketches we hose read for
many a day. It resembles one of those erratic gush
es of feeling for which Sterne is so remarkable. It
is from the pen of our friend Chandler, and if our
limits permitted, we should copy the article entire.
Misstsm—Last week's Sunday Mercury.
ALL SORTS Or 'TENS.
The estimated cost .of the Groton Water Works
is sixteen millions of donate. Will it ever pay ?
Burton's complimentary benefit in the city of
Gotham came Off last week. The house crowded
from tho pit to the Shakspeareo Receipts, $ 1600.
The personal appearance of the famous or infa
mous James Gordon Bennett ie the very reverse of
what a stranger would expect. Heis tall, thin, quite
grey, cock-eyed, and has a severe cast of countenance,
Ho generally wears a black frock, pants and vests,
and would readily pass for a divine of the old school .
.
He is on the verge of fifty , and ) et his young, beau
tiful and blooming wife is not more than twenty.
Prentice's last.—The Globe'says that such pat
riotism' as 'Mr. Clay's will not answer. " True
enough. It will not answer, for t it can't be ques
tioned.
We have had some scorching hot days last week.
The Thermometer has ranged as high as 92, in the
shade.
The Boston Post very appropriately puts rum ac.
cidents under the head of " Temperance Lectures."
During these squally times, the following caution
should be strictly observed---it is old hot good :
Never lend to gala or fellers,
Parasols or Umbrellas.
One of the Directors of the V. S. Bank, Mr. AyreA
has protested against ►he famous Biddle suit for $7OO
-
The tolls on the New York Canals have greatly
increased this yeah What a contrast to the State
of our internal improvements.
Col. Worth is prosecuting the Florida War with
uncommon vigor and spirit. He has not seen the
enemy as yet, but it was reported in Savannah that
he entertained strong hopes of catching a squaw be
fore long.
44 Ten thousand a year," although a very reada-,
We book, is only remarkable for being a gross carica
ture. The author's fawning upon the aristocracy of
England is sickening in the extreme.
We chased up the following story in the columns
of the'Sht.day Atlas—its positively shocking:
44 Whorre,brush are you cleaning your teeth with,
Bill ? " aske4l..a 'queer one' of a lad in a store the
other day. 44 It'eryou-s, I expect," said the boy,
rather sheepishly, 44 but I shan't hurt it." 44 Well,
be sure you put it back where you got it, for I clean
ed my toe-nails with it yesterday, and I want to keep
it for, that Vurpose hereafter."
Our Danville friends are out of their wits on see
ing a, few canal boats •at their wharves. If they
should pay a visit to Pottsville, they could not pos
sibly 'survive the shock.
Our Politicians ore all at loggeihedda about ab
stractions constructions. It is impossible to tell
what course ihship of State will take, until the
scum is removed s from the surface of the political wa
ters.
Doctor McNeven, the riend and companion of the
lamented Emmet, recentli'died in New York at an
advanced age.
The Rothschild', Hopes, end Cher foreign credi
tors, have asked the interference of th s e President for
the payment of State bonds, stocks, & Can't be
done,
The crops generally speaking througho the
country are in a most promising condition.
Upwards of ten thousand strangers are at all tnnel
in the city of New York.
Trinity Church might he made one of the neatest
looking buildings in the bor6ugbf by the judicious
expenditure of a few hundred dollars. Shall it be
done
During the last ten years, goods to the amount o
$150,000,000 have been imported from France.
Widows are dreadfully slandered now-a-days. If
they happen to be young and good looking, and are
lively withal, it is immediately insinuated that the
dear souls are setting their caps for a second hus
band.
What's in the wind Three fourths of the pas
sengers that have arrived in our borough, during the
last week, were ladies, with interesting little 'pledges'
n their arms
Very queer maids in the South. The N. 0. Pic
ayune is frequently returning thanks to the “Maid
of Kentucky" and the "Maid of Orleans" for favors
received
Our Anthra ite Furnace is getting ,on famously.
Folks are just commencing to discover that Pottsville
after all ie the place for the location of anthracite
ron works
The Mormons are increasing rapidly. They are
to hold a Camp Meeting near Trenton, N. J., on
the 24th inst.
Misa Margaret Emmet, only seventeen years old,
and about to bo married, wu drowned a few days
since, near Harper's Ferry. Poor girl !
Fears were entertained that New Orleans would
be visited with a severe epidemic this season.
More lynching in Illinois. Two horse thieves
were lately shot in the most summary manner.
The Ba'r'nstable Patriot said this :--A man who
had married a Jewess, shortly afterwards joined the
temperance society, end never dared to kiss his wife
from that day, because he considered himself prohib
ited by the pledge from meddling with Jitv-lips.
York. Cumberland, and Lancaster counties have
been lately visited with a severe hail storm.
It costs Uncle Sam $128,000 a year to keep up
the Military School at West Point.
119,481 hogsheads of tobacco were exported from
the United States during the last year.
Our friend, Dan Hill,has some very excellent pick•
led oysters on hand. He has also some very good
brandy, still better gin, and the bent kind of ale.—
But, after all, you had better stick to cold water, and
avoid elation, inflation, and intoxication. As Cicero
observes, " getting fuddled is not what it is cracked
up to be•" As ho was a rum 'un, he ought to
have known.
GLUT?. srreeTiorr.--Wcopy the following from
the St.. Louie Pennant. Irk our short and weary pit
grimagc through this wicked world, wo have rarely
met with a more striking and affecting instance of
grate affection .
The ladies, God bless them ! are a tender•hearted
race, surd enough ! Not long since a fair lady,
with a bloody nose and bunged eye. a jewel from the
Emerald Isle—called upon one of our magistrates,
and made complaint that , her lord and master had
beaten her moat dreadfully. A warrant was
promptly issued, and the brute, being unable to pro
cure bail, was installed in a well grated apartment
in a certain hotel in Chesnut street. What was
the surprise of the officer, however, next morning
about day-light, to find the tender and afflicted wife
kissing her husband through the grate, and endeav
oring to administer spiritual comfort to him in the
shape of a bottle of whiskey !
• "0 the love of woman
It is a lovely and a fearful thing."
Goon BCSINSBB.—The original capital (says the
Poughkeepsie Eagle s ) of the Syracuse and Utica
Railroad Company was $ 900,000; in 1839 cars were
put on the track, since which time it has from its earn
ings increased its capital to $ I ,ooo,ooo—made two
dividends of 4 per cent, and w pay another divi
dend of 4 per cent. on the: Ist of August, prinimo--
making l in all 37 per 936 t, of nett earnings in 25
months.
RINAINI OF GEN. Hsastraos.—We cop the fol
lowing from the Cincinnati Daily Gazet ~ of July
Bth. ' ‘1
..Our citizens, yesterday morning, rendered their
last honors`to the earthly remains of their late friend
and fellow-citizen, William Henry Hart+. The
hearse which bore the body from the residence of
Cot Taylor to the steamboat that conveiyed it to
North Bend, was preceded by the companj of Dra
goons, and the several military companies which ar
rived from the Louisville Encampment in time to
join tbo procession, and followed by •relairgra and
personal friends of the deceased, by the Committee
which bad brought it from Washington, the Com
mittee of Fogy which had been appointed to make
arrangements for the Obsequies, the Chi , Council,
Officers end aoldiete' of the Late War. ladges and
Officers of the Supreme and Common !lees Courts,
members of the Bar, Odd Fellows, Firemen, other
Association,, and large numlers of citizent in an in
dividual capacity.
•
The procession moved, to solemn music from the
residence of Col. Taylor to the steamboat' Raritan,
which lay at the foot of Main street ; anal& pave
ments, and doors and windows of houses, for the
whole of this distance, were crowded with p ersons ,
numbering doubtless from 18,04 1 0 to 20 1 ,000, oh Q
had assembled to have a last look, as it (passed, of
-the coffin which inclosed the body of the venerated
dead.
The boat left the wharf fur the Bend eboot I 0 •.
clock, bearing with the remains the Committees, the
detachment of the United States Marines; and role.
fives of the deceased. By special invitaion, the•Reir.
John T. Brooks went down, to perform the funeral
service of tho Church of England at the tomb.
Tux AIII.—The following is a very pretty trills.
Who is the father of the bantling lel more than
we can tell :
The air is a bachelor—merry and free.
He roves at hie pleasure, o'er land and o'er 'sea,
He ruffles the lakes, and he kisses the flow Or.
And he sleeps when he lists in a jeasamintl bower.
He gives to the cheek of the maiden its blo om.
He tastes their warm ki saes, and breathes leir perfume
But truant like ellen the.sweeta that be sip
Are lavished next moment on lovelier lips:
FonmrnAnt.E. 7 -The armament of thel U. S. Ship
Delaware, ready for sea at Norfolk, is stated to con
sist of thirty 32e, 28 I4,ng 425, 26 421 b. j carronades,
and 8 ?exhale annihilators. Totsl92 Ouos—none
less than 32 pounders. The way the Pelawara can
talk, u the Wolverines say, is perfectli ridiculous
At a meeting of the Catholic Total, Abstinence
Society of Pc'ittsville, held in the Desament of St
Patrick's • Church, on. the 12th instant. JAMES
CREANE was appointed Chairman, abd PATRICK
Dr ?ix, Secretary.
It was unanimously Resolved. That the thanks of
this Society are due to Capt. Wynko l ep, and his
Company, to Capt. Dean, and his Company, to Capt.
Dorainger, and his Company, and the; citizens who
escorted us in procession on the sth instant.
That the thanks of this Society are due to Col. T.
J. Baird and J. C. Neville, for their spirited addreises
and exertions in behalf of the Society on that day.
That the thanks of this Society are due to John
White, Esq., for the free use of his Park, and hu
generous provision of refreshments for the Society,
the same day.
Resolved, That these proceedings be published in
the Miners' Journal and Pottsville Emporium.
JAMES CREANE, President.
PATRICK DerNis, Secretary.
uly 12th, 1841.
DIED.
In this Bor* gh, on the 10th instant, at the rek•
deuce of her Gra father, Ssissn Asss, daughter
of Sanaucl and Reb, ca • Ann Gillingham, aged 5
years,
g -sa
. .
I I ..••••••= o ..eam Ai
Schuylkill Coal Tl,:k‘a
Shipments of Coal for the week en'
day evening last.
Shipped by
Delaware Coal Co.
Milnes & Spencer,
S Heilner &Son;
G Bast,
Milner & Haywood,
Bell & Bolton,
Charles Lawttin,
Geo H Potts,
Miller & Haggerty,
Bennet & Taylor,
J F Parvin,
C Ashley & Co.,
George Payne,
Jam - es -Downey, ;
S S Reeve & Co.
Charles Elle,.
Hews & Baber,
SiHyman &. Nice,
Union Collieries,
Thomas Morris,
C. B. Deforest,
Hill & Carmer,
J Pinkerton,
Prior & Jenkins,
Taylor & Clayton,
Thompson & Penman,
Sundry Shippers,
435
Per lost report 2411
Shipments to same period last veer 152,878
Price of Freights.
From Pottsville to Philadelphia,
From Pottsville to New York
LITTLE SCHUYLKILL COAL TRADE
For the week ending on Thursdayi last.
Tons.
53
54
56
55
62
54
64
52
65
54
56
52
July 9th: Champion,
10 Mary Wilson,
Ann Thompson,
.. Thistle,
• Washington,
Jefferson Day,
12 Wm. Wallace, .
13 • British Wesel,
• John Robinhoit,
14 Lark,
15 1. Barracks,
.. Wm. Creasman,
12 Boats, Tons.!
82 Per lest report I
—94 Boats
J. & R. Carter,
8 Boats this week,
51 do Per last report
—59
James Taggart, 1
8 Boats this week 1
42 do Per lost report 1
—46
201 Boats.
II
~.~
'ing 031, urs.
Fi
Tom Ca
3277
1861
1508
1383
I
221
216
3600
69 1
23,147
130,327
2,846
153,474
$1 35
$3 10
647
4312
4959
415
2646
3061
310
2140
Ell/1
Total . tone, 10470