- 1 ! r i , EMS gatur,do ;•10,4reting s slug. 7 StAßTilloip DISCLOSURES: . ..I . .l.lllkllNilT[ DANGER, OE '05130 , . •-,' BITUMINOUS poAL Olit BOARD OF '' ' ' -- ..- STEAMSHIPS. ---- • '1 J the : r f ' - • '—"--- ' , ' In e Miners.' otirnal, of the glivsuly. we pein tea out to.the pub% thetreat and imminent liana- Of using bitumiricius coal on WO Of 'ocean steamers. ' The - statement which' Cve made on this - icePortant, 'subject was copied F y nearly every paper published in the Atlantic citie l i , and freely linimadvcited upon. :The respectable coition of the 'press thought the ;dirges which Wo . rnatle had some foundation; and, :silt') events, that thematter Ought r be immediately investigited, although the first mind of alarm had bean_ publicly raised by' o paper published in the ve ry heart of the gicaf A nthracite coatregion of Penn. ~ sylvania. - I ' , I; - Ibliahinr ' a we.kneorto bel true. ~ 11 put_. ig-ivehtil 1 ''' -- f) tin to the liability Of bituminous coal to.spontane. Otis corabustion,:welwere aware that we were attack ing the prejudiced and the interested— = that our state ments would be reciived by many with incredulity -Abet out motives would be misconstrued—and i that ' we should be expo dto the sneers of the ignarant and thoughtless i ; b t, we freely confess, we did not expect that the ! via a 'of wrath, abuse, and•blaguard ism, would have been poured on our devoted head • with such unsparing hands—or, by such dirty ones. 'The attacks of ..he'N. Y. Herald and Philadelphia. ' Ledger are 'such es! might be expected from a prosti; wed end venrd press, r -ass, but the rude and ungenerous ' observations of theiN. Y. Courier and Enquirend' , . Boston Transcripti are widely at variance with that propriety ,of linguagefor which the conductors of aloes The haye kver plumed themselves. . I ' The Boston Trinscript afF-"cur great _surprise at the idea of n an editor of ((Country paper published • in the backside of Pennsylvania" presuniing tglnake knovin theldringeroita qualities of bituminous coal, and _ then hazarding an Opinion r-lative to the probable fate, of one steamship' ind the future fate of other steam ships. `The Trans6-ipt seems to forget that Pottsville is, in the centre of f ' the greatest . coal region on the -.- t , ' continent - of El menca ; that its population consists of . men fromiall partiof the world--men, %Vigo aro • re ' markabte for their intelligence and scientific acquire ., meats, and whese avocations are such as enable aim to beCome • the liestjudges of the peculiar nature and -,' - pro • pertieC of ecralk-., It is not at all wonderful That - - • the " obsclire" tonln - cd Pottsville. should have been the first is, argilsPublic attention to the immi ir - petit danger of tisi g bituminous coal on board of steam ships; but there would have been cause for • , i• . amazement if theinovelad first been made in New . York or Boston;"jbr we dare affirm, that there are not more than hal a dozen editors in either of those . cities thatican tell he difference between Anthracite 'arid bituminous co I. They may "know, the differ , ence between. til pi ce of coal and a brickbat, flora) • the fact that the eplor of one is black and the other ' . red; but f' g rthert4ei that their knowledge does not extend. And y, t qiese Penny-a-liners can teak glibly and flippantly aboett,coal and coal mines, and have the effrontery telcentradict the statements olperions svhose whale ti+ have been spent in the collieries of :England and itie United . States,- • - In, the article Ityli t ich we published, which has-cans . •ed rei r muclionoise -and given not a little offence •to many, wti made throe distinct statements.. , I at. That • bituminous coal waL liable. to spontaneous combing. ''., thin: :- 2d, I Thati the bituminous coal on board of 'ateainstiipa,, - while 4. sea, had been on fire from that coolie. ( . 3gl. Thtit t e steamsbip4resident hadpro \ , , . - ball/ bren y destra d by her fuel: triking I fire from. . spontaneous conga Lion. .Now 'we are, prepared to prove all that we; stated: The public can NO judge whether our state t ents aro absurd ana l ' have no foundation, in . truth or whether they are entitled to ,-- respectful Considenition. All that we demand is,' that the sulject t, Innried;ately and . thoMughly in . vestijated. . We 'ask nothing more.' ft can be soon - ;eicertainel rvitettier two are' playing upon the fears : of the publie, through venal or interested motives, hp; the circulation! o 'miserable and wicked inven _ -lions, or .nlie:therkeir sole view is to protect the tray , tiling community; from one of the most terrible and appalling_ dang . eisl thht can readily be conceived. - - Cause of . spoWrtneoris conksthin ,(:( Aiturni . view Coal. : -_,Bitninimus coal contains pyrites, Arid on being decemposo, this material furnishes • set , phate of iron (cePpt who ti is) with' the developement of 'heat.: It is, admitted by those he velmode the : proper inquiries , that if bituminous coal is placed in a heatedlsitu'ailon l . and while in' that state, water I. A Is freely eprinklcd o L erkilitis liable to spontaneous combustion. In order, partially to test this, let the reader take n stna4 qoanti7 of common Sulpha-, , upon whiclOsprinkla some iron filings.—This alone will produce s corribustion ; but if' water is 6, Whirl to the sulphur and iron filings, the process Al gombes. -, tion. will be greaq speeded. 44%,,_ - '", I Read Me folt!wip:.; cans tam bituminous coal • kas id= fire felomi SP ON7 A NEOUS C DMUS. 770 N, oniblcuid cf Mips, steamers, in coal pits, on • . wharree, and 1 coal yardy. • .t Mr. Richard trine, the Agent of the Great 'Wes . tern Steam Navigton Co., has thought. proper to N favor the New Yor public with a "Card;" in which 'he Makes the follo4ing stateThents- '7 During the thi , ty-eight''voyages. :she Great Western jhras epn e i)letcd•across the Atlantic , ncith eE 'nor th ,coal on board has ever been on fire, either by:Sposhaneous or aceidentil combos iron. • • As, to the dadge from spontaneous combustion of bituminous coalmn board ships at sea, it is prob ably enough to ierriind the pdblic that all the Brit= fah ateamere, on long-and short paSoages, use bins _minous coal, and ce such accident ever occurred to any one of thern, Iso. that Iva impart every year, into our various: pgts, from Europe and iNova Sm.; fie, hundreds of car:oes of bituroinouti coal, and that there is not n record a single instance of spontaneons coraht tion. These are pretty round assertions; but either Mr. Irvin is deeeived hi nself, or ho.is attempting to de ceive others. latter is most probably the case. He is the agent of ibe Great Western, is! interdict] in fter suceess;landqhinks, doubtless, Abet lie is do- , - ing.hie duty to heoawners by publishing Statements, wholly destitute of truth, fur the purpose of dedoying Passenger; and , tque swelling his commissions .. by risking the liVes iif l iri fellow creatures. : Mr. Irvin Sava that neitherlth6 ship nor the coal on board has .1i ii,'lNr Leen *on fir4y ispontarieous combustion. This • assertion ta utiqeMifiedly false, end Mr. Irvin knows that it.ss so. A Person . , formerly att. - ached" to: the : . Great Wetern, inlit subordinate ca p acity, Informs : . us that this steami t hiplas been twice on fire: In each rase the fire o;inated from the wood .work tof .• the ship" being lilac too near her funnel.... Now for - a ease Of`epontanectes combustion. We ere -told not long age by a gentlemen ' who came out passen ger in the 'Greatl m estern, that her fuel, had takerr fire an the voyag e fro' spentaneous . combustion; ,'. but, fortunately , the i lire was immediately discovered . '' yid. promptly extidguished. 1 This 'fact; he added; : was carefully cone . e led frOm; thepassengers:l The name and addrpss o , this gentleman wo ere notitelib• ' MI !~ erty to publish, bat the same its i betseezt by spplyi ing at oar office. The last pixagiaph-of the above !extract vrill:be . itsitirgetifullyitilthe : _rtaunteo this "article. • - . I, - *- - • Tits Ocaess Itramseures. Refuse proceeding.to este several easels where the bituminitua coal on board of the oriean steamers had taken fire from spontaneens!combisstion, it would be • as, well to infolin the reader where and bow!itte.(uel is kept on board the,' Atbsitticide'srners. boil& the Boston sue : Mir York line inf steamships the coal is stowed sway in' andiron bunkers, which are ?lota Lear the boilers—and in the cue of the Siti ut directly cirer_Ae There bunkers are frOm irvelre to tweiity.fonr feet in ! . depth, and several nin thct whole ;depth of :the visaed. The cOnfined 11 situation of the engines on board these steamships renders the,hetit to which the fuefikexposed intense! iri the extreme ; and to makcmatters still worse, the! fuel is ineitied ! in iron, in order flint the beat 861111,1 conducted to the coal with great e r deck, certaiutyi. aud - rapidity.' We have more than once examined the Great Western, the British Queen, the Sirius, the President, the Royal Williain; and the Liverpool„ from stern to stern, and foUnd this wood work, in the immediate neighborhood of the . engines,black and charred from Vreeke and the great s hent. The tops', of the bunkers are obliged to be left oped to afford light and air to those emploYed l in 'taking out the, deal, and era in such a situation that tyhon, the ves. • .• ships a sea," as it is termed,the water can come in contact with the coal. in rela Spontaneous CuMbustion ontOard.Weamships. l Tim Gass7 .WEircznsr.r--We have stated that the Great Western has been ori*re three • times--; tivic J , i,. iccitletwal causes, and once from epontat neon ' - ‘l , •. bastion of the bituminous coal. Me have_ t. at she has been on fire , tiaore frequently, but as our information does not comeifromdireef or reli able sources, we refrain from publiT.H hing mere rumarst - - I Tea BRITISH QVS.-.^-Mr.l._ , &passenger en.board the British Queen from Portsmouth to New Yoik, says that. during the voyagv, the bituminous 'Goal on board took fire from spontaneous comburtion and, futheirpore, he states, that (rm' his own eaperil ence and the testimony of others ,. he believes that NOT ONEfof the English Steamships ever crossed -the Atlantic:Without the bitumintaus coil on board la:. . king fire from spontaneous combustion 1 Mi.- 7 1 is a gentleman of great intelligett .v and strict veraer sty. His name wilt also be given up onpersonatair • I Plication at our office. • • Tea CsynErinsts,—The steamer Clydesdale. in , , thesear 18211, on her homeward"passage to Glasgow frog" Belfast; was &wavered to _lie . on fire. Fortrir ;natty, the steamer Eleifait was in sight, mide•for the burning vessel, and look off . her crew and pa* 'Sengers in safety: Two of the passengers were se : vele!: burned. In a short time after the timely ar e rival of the Belfast, the Clydesdale was burnt to 1 the water's - edge, and soon after monk in ninety feet water. At the time, ; it , was full i lr ascertained and • proved, that the destruction of t e plydesdale Wait owing to the' spontaneous combristion of her fuel- 1 . bituminous coal. I 1 Tut AILSA Qui:la.—This steamer was totally destroyed by fire, While lying at the Wharf in the town of Ailsa Craig, : in Scotland, in 1827. After a thorough investigation. it was 4icertained that the destruction of thili steamer Wasowing to her fuel— T bituminous coal—iaking fire from { , spontaneous eom bunion. We believe there were, last. Spontaneous' t'omburtlion on board Sailing Ships: The reason Why more accidentill have nit happeml, ed to Vessels freighted with bitummoticoal, is, ow-! Mg to the great care with which lute dangerous anti-1 de has been stowed away. In most of the vessels, . arriving 'at Boston, New York, Charleston, and New Orleans, from Liver Pool, with bituminous coal on! board, it will be found that the coal has been taken i cot ballast, end that the Tesstis hem been ~likewisel loaded with salt, which is placed lover the coal. and! which prevenbs' the admission of atmospheric air.l But still we have innumerable well authenticated crises of spontaneous combustion of the bituminous coal on board of Spiting vessels. !The Collier's be-1 tween New Casa and London, and Sunderland and I London, have frequently been on fire from the spon taneous combustion of the coal. Ono instance, in particular, will. serve our- point.: A collier, about three years since, left Sunderland with a load oleos! for the Londowmarket. 'During the passage, she encopnieravery tempestuous Weather and made con siderable water. Recourse was had to thelpumps, and after great ;exertions, the vessel was free from water. But to the astonishment of the captain and crew, the coal had taken fire from SpontaneOus coin bustion. The fire with much difficulty was win- guished. Wo have been assured by respectable mioers from the place, that Sessels at Cape Breton 'have taken fire by the spontaneous combustion of the bitumin ous coil on b . oard. Thereoal, it will be recbllecied, is from the celebrated Sidney mines, and contains a large quantity of sulphur:. Vessels which base taken on band coal from the Coast . of South America, - have.: been 'frequently known - to take- fire from spontaneous combustion. The 'coal minci of South America are all bitumin ous. ' Spunfamous Conbustion in Coal Pits, In Coal 1 Yards, 4c., Zre. ' The Albion mines, near Picion, 'Nava Scotia; have beep more than once on fire from spontaneous combustiOn. At one time the river St. Johns was turned into the mines for the purpose of extinguish ing the fire. As might have been expected, as soon as the water was taken out, the fire was worse than it Was-before. Instead of one orf two 'places, spon taneous combustion had taken plaits in : lialf a dozen. In 4yreshire, Scotland, a coal pit hai been ott:dre *yards of fifty years. The fire ryes originally caus ed by spontaneous Combasticm. Mtn Pitts; in Chesterfield 'Founly, Vs., near Richmond, have been on fire frord.spontaneouscom. bastion, _ _ _ t'Blacit Heath Pitts, adjoining Mill's. base been on Ere from the same cause. IT is notorious that the bituminous coal heaps on the wharves at the city of Richmond, Va., have been repeatedly on fire froio spontaneous combustion. And in two instances, not onlyl the coal but the wharf was destroyed ,by fire._ 1 1 :ye appeal to our friends of the Richmond Compiler, Stir, and Wdig, to' substantiate this statement; I The Naval. Commissioners itato that hi more than one instance; fire otherwise nnacco r ' tinted' for, except by spontaneous combustion, haveltaken- place in•the United Statesiiiavy Yards, wherilargoguantities of bituminous co have been stored: • . • It has also been" stated,‘ but w 4 do not' vouch for its correctnessthat several - hundred tons'of blintz* , nous coal, belo ng ing to the PhiladelphieGas Works, took fire in that city some time since from ipontane (ins combustion. • 1 - ' Letts bring hitea few taxes t o New Yerkers. About *even or eight years *gn i , upwards of 400 tons of Nova Scotia coal took . fire; from ipontane ous combustion, in a coal yard on Ilubert Street, he. tween Washington and West Streets; and was total ly !destroyed:l The Albion Coal I Co's Yard in the city of Biooklin. we have 'been (old, has been_ on fie from the spontaneous combustion of the . Nova ScetiaCoal. A gentleman of Boston positiveif assures us that he linear' of several Willanthenticateil visa . or sPon famous comohastionCif Numinous 'coal In, that city., :7' THE- M1*00i4'40,..w.**ti....1--;:- - - - • -- • Still finder pry: ••,... .: : ,-.. - .The following letter .was id from. a 1 , 1014 icarmiptinitant in Philadelphia.- 'fleas a gentlenall Of great Worth, sue is 'held iti high (imitation for /4 . 1 4 __:. ' • learning nPuiseientific - attainminte : ., . ".•-, .",.'; To Tim Enyum Mime /0131,11it”_' - , '' • ..' ~: • Sui;--Yosir ortielein the Miners! .Tenrantnir_ i _/ . 24th July, respecting the Spontaneous: enul4nnunu of Bituminous coal. used for (del on bard the At lanced Stcam.packets, and the consequsedanger to the lives of passengers therein; is well timed. and &mend* the serious attention 'o 'the public: end especially these who intend to to ri passage in those vessels to'Engiatid:. , Although e • fact is Certain that Bituminous Coal. when in 'pass. will often, in- _ flame'crithout the isid of culinary fire, yet as very many persons niey be ignorant of it. 1 think it a duty to supptirt Our position, by referring yap ti! the. Archives of Useful Knototedgi, by Da. lliuus, o rthiladelOhm,' vid..3. p. 161,1 and to Professcir Sit.unin'il , tirnal, vol. 33. pp: 147. 199. and 200, in both of which 'works ii,everalleases are recorded by Da. Mitsint of spontaneoua combustion of bitu minous coal in cellars and in yar ds. As,no possible danger can arise from the moulage of Anthntelle Coal on ship board, no other ought to be used. , lii-: deed,l deem it an affair of iio imuch importances t 1 think the use of any otheri cal on ship board OUGHT TO Be PROHIBITE 1 BY LAW. - ' ' -- - t -- Yours, &c. i July 4010841: - 77gc Loss of the Pr• Tho human mind cannot con , or 8 1110T8 npp a lling sade_ thin noble.steathlbhip bffire io the deep: filled w j ith the fair and b. karn - and the wealthy, the gay a seeking the plcainres and etc lend. and the enterprising traders calls of their thrifty yet venture frieghted, too with the hopes friends and-relatione Such a the imagination - as it is hopel shudder as we see the devounngl the devoted ship in one blaze--d and across theyards, all conquer as we hear the frantic shrieks of • when the reality of their alined° in all ita force end floor—and•f l ell the pride of hWih, moaning fate, till compelled to cut thernsel deep to escape the flames. There is every reason to suppoSe that the ill fated President was destroyed by fire, produced as we verily believe; by the 8 PONTANPO US COMB 118: 'PION of .her fuel—bituminous [Coal. To be sure, i this is mere supposition, but that eupposition will be borne out by the stronges t emu stands' evidence. It will be recollected that the las accounts relative to the probable fate of the President is contained in s ;i the statement of a captain ofn, vessel lately arrived at the Port of New Wean.. 4 H Says that in a longitude-Wecer itude and orget the right fig ares—he fell in with a very large wreck, supposed to be that otla steamship, burnt lo Me water's edge. The captain giveranch a description of the wreck ts to leave nedoubt in the mind of*, reader but that it was the wreck of the Prviide4 Now, we wish this statement compared with the published testat). ny of Captain Cole, of the ship 9rphetts, on his ea amination before Mr. Buchanan, The British. 'consul ,at New York.: • Caption Cole, wit believe, imiled in company With the President, and was last seen \ bi him. He Reps that when belest saw her, it was blowing a gale of wind. The Bieamship wis lobo ring heavily in the trough of the sea, and shipping water by hogsheads at a time. Snch being the case, is it not natural to suppose that! epo nta com bustion took place from the heated coal on)board of the vessel being thoroughly dren'ebed with'Water— and, more especially, when we find a wreck, cone s • ponding to the-stre and descripticin of what might be supposed was the President's, Parra to the Water's edge ? • . - !' Bitnminoue and Anthracite Coals. In our next papa, we /hall pi.esent . our. readers with an analysis of the different kinds of bituminous • and anthracite costa, and their pe c uliar properties for ' ^ • steam, with the view of testing their compar- raising ative value anil safety for steam-Oginen. INPOILTAiIT I,ho bate Cou:11 of Quarter SetUdons at Onvigaburg, p boatman weacon• victed of an asaauh and battery pon a locktender on the Schuylkill Navigation. 0 pronouncing sew , tence, Judge Parsons remarked, t. at he looked upon all canals in the light of comm .n highways—that locktenders were placed in theii• situations for the purpose of facilitating the passage of .14ats; and that if they neglected Weir duty, the Fompany in whose employ they might be, was liable to prosecution for damages. Also, that boatmeia had no rigl tto open, or in any manner disturb the locks, unde the pen. ally of a fine: . thou Fnxtoirrso-rDuring:the last week, freights have risen, frinn this place to Philidelphis, to $1 45, and even as high as $ , l 50 has been asked. This must be productive of the most in'junous consequen ces to the coal trails. There rebut a certain num ber of boats on the canal, and th eir numbers cannot be sufficiently increased If you 'should pay double the present rates of freight. . . • A OTIIIIACIT Coss.—The River and Sound steam boats of New York consumed 'Upwards of 40,000 tons of Anthracite coal last yeari t In less than five years they will consume two hundred thousand , tons. What will be the price of anthiscite coal lands in 1846? No estimate can be placfd upon the increas ed demand ofunthracito coal for years to come. " : • DESTIISTIM-Mr. C. C. Witham,. of Philadel phia, whose skill as a dentist is s i r favorably known to our eitiiens, arrived in our,,bo nue) last 'week, on_ a profeisional visit. -Ho will rernoin another week. i f Those who may be in want of teeth, or a ffl icted with bad ones, should give him call at the Penn sylvania Hall. Tuemns.—We are indebted to the Hon. John Serge ant fora number of publi! documents. Our thanks are also due to !oho •Whtte. Esq:, for a copy of Dr. - .Fyfe's treatise on the' evaporative, power of different kinds , of coal. We hiern that this work has -been published at Mr. White's expense, solely for-gratuitous circulation. _ . Tux "&uric Diet.—The Haiti Rill has been in troduced into the House of Representatives. A mo tion. has been made to take it out of committee yes terday. The Washington leiter l f writers assert that it, is probable that John Tyler will sew! it. Doubtful Doe: on' Cosx.,-An effort was made in the House of Representatives last Week to remove the duty on foreign,Coal: The motsm was loin without a dissenting voice.; • The next move should be to increase the duty on coal: ROLLING MILL.--Pottsville le deadealy one of the best-flares in the United Stales for the location of a rolling null.. Capitalists could not invest their money to better advantage; Shan hive ote ? • - Lanes Bustsass.—The r ec e i ptsit on the Mine Hill arid Schuylkill . Haven Rai!load, daring the lot month t for tolls, were upwards of eight thousand dol los. • !WWII Mtreenn.—We base receive the Au gust number of this entensining lints worL the beet number issued. ' • . . On Tuesday last, the t tiacnneter &canon iminkpd an bigit.as 87; in die • EWE basilic:wee thinks that thlkindicip. ran araidad, by , thelrote' in the House on esinnieyt -weafieciairnos - to the intention Of' that Iforiee'..tri. thusupon, - thir'SeniteNi bill tot the 'eatabrtalintant, ih conformity to the Constitution, of a 1 0 0 filisystao o f BankruPtcy• -;‘• The number of emigrants which hare -arrived •at Queble: toe the year ending the l7th inst.; was 2 Se fat; name parionaat year 18,21 M—increase in 1E41.091.; About four. bandied dollars hairs been rabral in Richtitend;Va, antrsicinity, far the pusengerlisand . from the William Brown, now in that city': The,Busquehanni. Division of the New Yolk and Erie Railroad; 117, Utiles, is iri a high state of for• warditess, and "wil bi4eadf.- the to receive _ • care.- mist extensive l eonspliacy among the blacks of Eastern Louisana, to rise and ;murder the whites, has just been discovered sod I happily frustrated, Several white men are implicated in this diabolical p10t.., The iingleadirs have' beewxnested and are in jail: A short shift and i speedy exit from this world awaits dient.• '' Cobol toll* jiirie i r York during the tkira amok in t 53,772.. - • . r; . rM Sam'Swartwout,-the great absquatulator, is daily expected, at New Ynrk from Liverpool. Mere is Prentica'S /asn—What would a National bank be Worth without the pikwer to„establish bran chee !--Just about es much as a pump without $ spout, 6 knife witb4at a blade, a musket without a lock, pen without ink, or a stove withoutluel.- , , • A valuable Coal mine has been discovered in Tut= key. . . 'dye a more awful • , he . destrueuen of a .idst- of the mighty • sinews, the high d adventurous spit !dement of a foreign obeying the distant ma piranha ; and d blessings of their ne is as 'terribli to Lord Canterbury ! ii .is thought will succeed Lord SydenhaM, as goveinal General of Canada. The money stole ! from ' the Jacksonville (III.) Branch Bank has hien nearly all recovered. Some of tiwo Nei) York 'packet ships begin to ar rive with fall impo rtations of dry goods. for die fall sales. 4s l in reality. We ;lelemrut wrapping erring up the masts ing and resistless 1!, omen and children ri bursts upon them sten to the men, in and bewailing their ices into the watery • The Hon. Charles F. Mitchell, the forger, has been-admitted to baii in New York. Fancy Blaster lakes her departure this day from New Y . ork in the Great Western. During her yeti sojourn in this couritry; the has cleared upwards of $ 100,000. There hest been MD great mass meetings in N. York. One ip favur of a National Bank and the other opposed to it.l • - The interest due r i m Our Slate debt on the let of August last Was promptly paid. It is said by many that Congress will not adjourn before the commencament of Bspfembei. From all parts of the country we bear the '.most cheering mounts of the spread of temperance prin ciples. • We are glaJ to hcar that Charles H. Delano, of New York, is lecturing against the use of intoxica ting drinks. He wit formerly a burning end a shining light." •I. Wn..rs TO Blair/?—We receive the Sunday Mincury about once; in four weeks; whereas; the At las •comekto us with commendable punctuality. By the way, in the lestjAtlas we find the following hor rible lines: - The dance was q'er. each ; gallant bow'd Unto his partner fair; And to a Beat trim 'mong the crowd. let l her with tender care. 'rhea anded roend was cooling ice. • Jellies of various hues. • Cake,, fruits and so forth in a trice,- . For each sweet girl to choose. I press'd Maries hand, and said. My love, what will you take? Blanc Mane. hie cream, or lemonade. Or jelly with al cake f • • Orelse perhaps some sangaree; - What shall I order in f ti "The deuce taketall such trash," said she, "I'll take a oLass or GIN!" Thanks to the efforts of the trailers, we have no Marisa io our good borough. .Men, women and children ere all temlierats. I • PAT Dax.—Batuttlayia a busy tad a bustling day *Pottsville. his ;pay day, and the "needful" has to be forked over to the miners and laborers to the tune 'of titiusinds. ;AIL large business. as might ', be expected, is done in thelborrowing line, end some times the faces of the borrowers become frightfully elongated towards -the close of bank hours. We have often been compelled to shin" it—for we were poor once, gentle reader—and have made the singti lar discoiery that ,when cne "attempts to make 'a "raise" among one's friends, the said friends, by some unaccountabht coincidence, are all "extreme ly sorry" end "extremely short." It can't be did. When of a frjend I wish to borrow A little-cash—to hear him , say, !- Pee none to day—but on to.morroto— • Is worse than tf he'd told me nay. _ Lrvixo re, Iran VlTztr.--3'he Cincinnati Gazette of Ake 0 . 34 inst. observes :. Our market:: are now well supplied with green corn at 0/ cent! per dozen, .blackberries at 5 cents per quart, tomato. of 25 cents 'per dozen, egg plants _at 12i Cents each, butter at 15 cents -per ppund.• eggs at 10 cents per dozen, honey at 18/ cents per pound, and new potatoen, cueumberi fr cabbage?, cymlings, and so forth, in great abundance *trait prices. cO. All those who have in any way, shape, or manner, violated in itrifled with the majesty of the law, repent and repent in time; for ifyim are brought before in4ge Parsoiis you will have to' suffer some. Take care, ye sinners. Jammu Ctherawr.—By reference to our weekly tables, it will be seen thatthelsehigh Company have commenced their regular shipments of coal; and by this ihne - n 'nUmber of their boats have probably reached Philadelphia. cr,Cur market isebundantly supplied with apples end'pears. They average half an inch in diameter, are very green, and are ge hard as a brickbat and al sour as an old maid.. -Fitch intp 'em ,boys! First rate for. Cholera militia! . Tez COTTON Cioe.4l letter-from Yea. Orleans says, eat 'should the weather prove fivorabit, the yield will amount to 2,000,000 of bales, end per haps to i 2,300;000 • ' • Locoroco -Osesoinacr.—T4 beef:mi l a, at their late meeting at Orerigabing, paned a eas a iag an di a . appMving of the one term opted). In perfect keep ineviith their professions and practice:a: Drinker& are dnepetately given to :srevnras bab . ite.—/Y. 0. Piedynee. True, friend Kendall; end their rum-in ationg of a morning are not unfrequentlyfilled with . ANT.IIII.IICITE undeintand that the . steams frigate built ate New York for the RUssian gov erment will use Anthracite Coat for fuel. wall • YALLING •OFF 1...47. 8. Bank notes are at a discount of l 8 per cent in Philadelphia. Anntvzu.—Greeoougfee statue of :Waohiogfon hacorrived at the ■eat, of goverpment. o'. Treasury pole e,30086.. 1::•T E kr °wounding , the lst , ME STILL LATER mon 'ENGLAND. 1 , The. I , 3 testohiP Actrikii-.loi!ed at Boston from Liverpool lasi Isfoptlitytut, vitothiglionon aates to , the_2oiit : o . .laly.: She bryiga six days later into*? .genen thin that:hist Western's. • ' , ' Anton,' the Ina of pessespni by the Acadia, we police the name of BAXIIIL SWASTWOVT, of $1; 400,000' notoriety, who is prepaied to rove that he' is as innocent ss a lamb. andlhat he is whiter wish hhnielf to the public'. satisfaction'. - The news is not importaet. The =Tide art ceadancy of the Torten is assures, by the returns re rifted since the departure of the Great Western. Their majority in the House of Commons will be about seventy. • • - .Tliere is much uneasiness manifested in France, end though the riots in Toulouse are put down, it is evident that the spirit by which they wore raised; is entirely operative. -THE NEW PARLIAMENT. • ' nstinsus immense. .Englund and .IVales. 'Conservative members returned op to last night, . Liberal Double Teturns, -Totalmembers for Englarid and Wales .500 Conservative members returned up to dm morning, - - 19 Liberal; do 30 Returns not yet received, 4 Total members for Scotland, 53 - Ireland. Conservative members returned up to this ra9rning s 44 Liberal do , 59 Reti;4ne not yet received, 2 105 Total members of the Rouse of Commons. 658 ' Total Conservatives returned, 368 Total Liberals returned, • . 282 Total Conae:vative gainl"lito this morning, pp, Liberal do. 37 - 'Total Conservative gain, forty-five votee, equiva lent to ninety on a division, (is compared 'with the list Parliament.) • THE MINISTRY i : The following is given as the probable composi tion ofihe.new Mahar) , : First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the , Exchequer—Sir Robert Peel. Secretary fur thO Home Department—Earl of .i!sb erdeen. -. Sepetary for the Foreign Depa , imeit--Duke of Wellington. Secretary for the Colonial Affeire7Loni Stanley: Lord-Chancellor—Lord Lyndhurst. . ' I First Lord of the Admiralty—Sir James Graham.' . President of the Councitt—Lord Melville. President of the Board of Contrul—Lord Ellepo rough. , Lon/ Privy Seal—Lord Wbarncliffe. . Preside4of the Board of Trade—Lord Ashburn ham. Paymaster of the Forces—Sir Edward Knatchbull: Duchy of Lancaster—Earl de Gray. Secretary at War—Mr. Herriee. postmaster Getieral—Duke of Buckingham. Speaker of the House of Commons— Mr. G . out. burn. Lord Steward—Earl of Roden. . Lord Chamberlain—Earl of Liverpool. koord Lieutenant of Ireland--Earl of Haddington. ni Chancellor of Ireland—:-Sir Edward Sugden. Sekletary of Ireland—Lord Francis Egertt IL Maker General of Ordnance—Sir Henry Hard ing?. Master of the Mint—Sir George Clerk. Vice President of the Boartof Trade—Lord Ban don. . . Attorney General—Sir Frederkk Pollock. • Solicitor Gt neral—Sir . William Follett. Lord Advocate—Sir Williain Rae. Solicitor General for Scotland—Mr. 'Duncan McNeill. • =I - There appearito be some doubt whether Sir Ra. bert Peel soil/. propose a speaker, as Mr. Lefevre is on the whole a popular and a pleasant enough person. But the feeling of the party - decidedly is, that Mr. Boulburn should be appointed to that office, to the exclusion of a Whig candidate. A Torras jinx sinuntazn.— Our exchange pa ,. pers for the last , month have been filled with ac counts of violence committed on the persons of fe males. ' The following, which we copy from the N. Y. Tribune, will be read with painful interest: A HORRIBLE MORDER.--00 Sunday morning week. Miss Cecilia Rogers, (who formerly attend ediohn Anderson's Tobacco Store in Broadway. and was known as The beautiful Cigar Girl,Tleft her home, 126 tVassau.st , for a walk and at the corner of Theatre Alley she was met and acco , ted bye young man, apparently an acquaintance, with whom she proceeded toward Barclay-st. is if for an excursion to Hoboken. Nothing farther wart heard of her that day by her friends: and alarmed by her non.epkaraiice, they advertised for her in ;rues ' day's papers. "Still nothing wee seen or heard of ' her tilt Wednesday, when Mr. H. G. Luther and two other gentlemen,who were passing the Sybil's . Cave, near Castle P oint, Hoboken in- a sail-boat, were shocked by the sight of, the body , of a young 'female in 'the water. They brought it rishore,, a Coroner's Inquest was summoned, and it was pro ved to be the body of Miss Rogers, and it was evi dent that she had been horribly outraged and mur dered l , The Inquest returned a verdict of Murder -by some person•or persons unknown,. e Understand that the "deceased. was a young Iwoman'of good character, and was soon to hive -been married to a worthy riling man of this city. It is added that suspicion nits on a -young man who has absected himself _from the City since the unirder was committed. _ Poor Cecilia! We knew her well. The last time we received our worth" from her fair bands, we little thought we should so soon be called upon to record her terrible end trigie end. She was indeed betiutiful,`and as good natured and oldigineal 'lie was lovely in appearance. %TAM FRIGATX..—'rwo steam frigates are short" ly to be twill for the Home Squadron. It is the in. tendon, we understand. of Mews Haywood, and Snyder and Mr. B. Pomroy. of this borough, to ett deavor to obt.sin the contract for the Engine's. Right. Their work. will compare with that of any estab. lishment in 'the United States. . , a The nunibor of vessers (exclusive of schooners a nd sloops) es present belonging to the port iof Phil is HI, viz ships, 27 Gorgon, 41 brigs,' and 34 brigantines; 8011IITIXIIILL NAYIGATIOX Co.--The Direetene of the Schuylkill Navigation Company have - declared a dividend of three per cent for the het six months. • emetic— The S.Nrcus -will open next Friday. Outlet and Delavan'i equestrian corps is said to unrivalled in the baited Statev. Can there be a more humiliating alght than amen beastlyintoxieated 7—N. Y. Tribune.. Yes; Lovely woman in a state of inebriatiOn. al. OUT hotels are mill filled with etranient—= principally. from New York and Ahiladelpttia;=' :. We hen antreopy_ . of littephett's Central America tiR ..0011*-10.iN.g7677 =I EMI 305 93 Scoiktnd •Vosos Vicroari: Aso _Pantos Itzszirr.—Tbo following aketth of tberperomal appearance of ED& lood'o - Queere.oo4 h er I ltrse doubtlen prove interesting to our lidy_readero._ le from the pen of Mr. Stacey G. Potts. for many yeoman e d. the Tentork EMPoriam: But what of the Queen. you will say, and how does she lock? So natural is - curiosity about one so ,young. and the accidental heir to such a fortune. A lady too! -Well,-I Wilt first tell you how eh, does eat look 7 She does not ;look like any one of the thousand portralts.l have seen ..of her. Pilot. ;era may, call them resemblances, bat they art not like her: Sully's.isS finer picture, but toomagnifi. Cent* The London'tietiati hive made , numberks s attempts—the windowsarefull of prints—the slo. dios of busts, and the museums and,bazirtra of w et Strums: but Warty ere curious enough tq know how she does look, .they must come to London, as have done, and take a good lung look et her. She was '22 last May--but ebedoes not appear so els. She ie. a little,' delicate, fait facedgirl, with very light blue eyes, and glossy 'PIN hair smoothly .dressed ofT her forehead--heeteeth do not show a s in her portraits: though sopfrose‘ they do a little when. her taco is at rest. I should call her rather pretty—there is a decided expression or gentle, in. nocent, girlish sweetness in her 'countenance , just such.it lace es' ono nho looks on it may well re. member .for a day—and - pray that it may, never be clouded with the pares and splende.l misery or a station such as hers. do not know that tiers is a crown of thorns: bet I thoright, and perhaps she thou; ht. as ; She - looked 'quickly and 'anxiously about her on the - crowd, of the mad end wicked attempt, 'not long since triad near that. very spot, to a , sa a . Altaic her and her husband, by a boy or eighteen "Prince Albert ii;decidedly a handsome young man:and though he !wears the , abominable 'oasis. ehios which almoid brutalize• the faces of three fourths of the fashiOnablet here, ho appears to be e modes', unassuming, quiet; family kind of a p er _ some: He keep .htenself entirely. clear of the • politics of the day, and is never spoken of by any one etcept as the Queen's husband." TRADE .0N I'HE SCIjOYLKILL.— . I he number or re,. sets, ( says the North. American of Monday l am) arriving of the Schuylkill_ front of the city, i ) „ been usually large effete. Within the last three days, ending on Saturday, they amounted to oae hundred and thirty five, brigs, schooners and sloop, The Coal trade hits caused this rapid increas e of business, and it is-gratifying to see the activity and bustle which is daily manifested along the wham, in loading vessels with the "Block Diamonds" o f Schuylkill county. The coal trade -was ma fdirh commenced this season until the middle. of May, s i nce which period, the receipts from the Schuyihill region alone amounted to about 190,000 tons. W e estimate the quantity of coal which will be received by the Schuylkill Canal alone this season at fiv e hundred and twenty-five. thousand-lens, which at thtipiesent wholesale , prices, say five dollars and a quarter per ton, will yield the handsome sum ditto millions sever hundred and fifiy.six thousand tab hundred analfifty dollars, • Hone Snusnao*,—The HOO3O squadron Bill, vrhich has passed the - Senate and the Home of R e p, sentatives, is in the following vrards:- Be it enacted by the Senate'dnd House of Repre sentatives of the United States of , America in Con. gists assembled, That for the pay ; and subsistence, increase and repairs, medicines and contingent en. penies,, of two Frigates, two aloopi.two small ves sels, and two armed Steamers, to be einployed.ss home squadron; the sum of seven hundred and eighty nine thousand three hundred and ten dollar' is hereby appropriated, to be paid out ofany money to the Treasury not Otherwile appropriated. To Orrice - 1-Itrza:rens.—. , Tally!ho ! Hark, for. ward!"-The Post Office at lota, Florida, is minus a Postmaster, the late incumbent, weary- of official responsibilities, having resigned . and sloped, though without suspicion of haiing Swartivouted with the public moneys. For the information of applicants, the St. Joseph Times states that the gross profits of the office fc r the last qnerter, amount to the sum of $2,87,1 cents. The duties are light, the postmaster being required 'to sit up only four nights in the week to receive end assort the mails. which arrive between the hours of one end four, A. M. N: B.—Lights to, be purcbesed out of the profits of theoffice. EPITI.PO ON • Krrrea.—For sweetness, truth, pathos. and keen sensibility, the following Epitaph on a Kitten has not its equal in our language : Here Bee, by death smitten, A hapless young kitten. To moulder OW3S , in the duet: Oh, had it lived longer, • It might have been stronger And died somerGhat older. we_titurt. Had it grown up to cat.hood, Then many a rat would Have mourned in the deepest of wo : Let the curtain be drawn to, We hope it has gone to That land to which other cats go. The following, says an exchange paper, is a style otaisputing which has not yet wholly gone out of .. A. Supposing I had a ship at sea— , B: 13 -- ticy,ou have .nn,ship at sea. A. Welli - aupposing I had a ship at sea— B. (warmly.) I tell you, "you have no ship at sea. A: But suPPOIIIISO AO at ml:—. B. (mad as fury.) You fio, you 41—d rascal, You have no ship. et sea. : - There is a lady in thi(city so anxious to get mar ried. that she won't 'l;4 anything single—Rich mond Star. There is a young lady in these! , digging "a match for her. We took a Walk with the charming crea litre the other evening,'—it was a beautiful moonlight night—and by way of making ourself as interesting as possible to the little angel, and tO prevent the con venation from flagging; we asked her in a promis cuous sort of manner, if she ever cleaned her nails!" Never do each a thing, was her sweet and unaffected reply; 1 always pare them." ?lie coal trade of Schuylkill county. amounts to 22,006 tons weekly, which brirgs back money, says the Mincer' Journal, equal lo 60,000. This must - enrich that- region rapidly. Unless it costs more outlay than is returned.—Milkesbarre AdrOcate. A very-sagacious observation, Mr. Advocate. If $ 60.000 is returned Co this region every Week, in the shape of miners' and laborers wages, any blind man can see fiat the region is enriched. It is supposed thdt; when Shakspeare ,said. If 'twere done. then 'twere well it were dor e quickly " --ha was giving directions 'for cooking. a beet steak. Boa.. max Ephraim says not in—he was . Alluding to the payment ofprinters' bills.--Riehmond Star. Both wrong. The - Swan of Avon t! eiridently alluded to some • poor devil trying to set a barikdia count. • . " Gen. Jackson'i health is improving. The old General ought , to last till ho hislaished a eentOry at . • We subscribe to the . - above. if for'no other reason *an to let the is Ohl Boy" see how long it will.take to restore tbelountry to the same palmy, end pros perous state as it was.when he found it in 1829. AmminsTrow.—Accerding to.an set passetb y the last Legislatur,there is to be on alteration made in the days of holding COurt in. this eontity. The I)ecem tier term of the Coqrle. or Schuylkill county will hereafter be held•mi the first and second Mondays in December. The Court of Common Pleas will an on the first MondaY, and on the second Monday, the Court of Quarter. Damian*. _ etThe-ReSenue- Bill has passed' the' House of Repreitintatiees.- `lt propoieseo increase the duties on ee!eral articles impirted into thlsiountry,tind to impsise,dotiea on °then now, admitted free.
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