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POTTSVILLE. 111
•SATURDAY Ma RNir G, OCTOB
DEiIOCRATIF NOMINATI
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HONEST .
f JOHN - BAIVIKS.
T,Oll, ARIUMBLT.
GEORG N. ECKERT,
conoxtn.
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,ANDIieVV MORTIMER,
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BER. -
JO ' 1 . 4 N, H. HILL,
ClOl,l iSRIOX Kt.
JACOB f MATTHEWS,
Tit teTO t OP Tilt POOR
GEOR 4E DEIBERT,
GGERTY, far 3 pear
JACOB KAERCHER, for 1 yea..
Tars-PEE:4.
CHAIMES WITMAN,
JOSEPH . HAMMER.
.G EMIG E N. Eck E itT.—The report that (..
Eckert has declined the democratic nomin
Assemldy is Ease and without the slightest
lion. 'He has AC(➢EPTED the nominali
we have every assiirallce that he will'-be else
The LonnfocoProsecuti
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turney of Schuyl cill C y--Port
travagance; {1,9 eznit:Ountlou Into
Straub's tleutocrhey ; .gekert anzl Ila
The Loecifoco Address to the democratic
of Schuylkill comity [is decidt dly one of the r
Huns documents of the day. It is assertion
(aft, and declamaroti without argument. I
cotnpared to !amens garment, for
coiripilatio'n of slanders which have graCed
umns of the locofiicia!papers of this stale (or
three years ; but, unlike the said garment, t
are not judiciousl4 aiTanged, neither are t
put together 'in a tvoikmanlike manner.
Although his rUldess, or "compilation," a osten
sibly the child of !rtunly fathers, the honor t!f pater
nity may Le colely c r laitned by the prosecuti g attor
ney 01 this county. fend we dire say no no will
have the hardihood to dispute the claim. lie has
Uvidently not consulpd his own understan ing or
Put hut a low estimabr on the intelligence o our cit
-imens, far a greater Tissue of absurdities wa never
published. A notieei of the most striking assages
may prove amusing,if not instructive.
The Democratic Whig party n succeede at the
last fill elections in gaining an apparent triumph,"
says the address. .."!Apparent," indeed ; it was
very apparent. TtA old hero of Tippecanoe cirri_
et! nineteen statrs out of t he twenty..six by
whelining maj pity. [ Not a vestige of loc.
apparently. was to seen. Its defunct car
partial ! , was buried! with apparent decenc
4th of March last. apparently, New
shy° in the North, and Alabama in the Sout
as the head and foot stone to mark the spa
Icicofocoism apparnftly expired in appare
nies
The land bill, as passed at the Extia Sc
Congre,s, is stigmatised as a high handed
measure—as an act giving away the public
without value received in retain). What pu
dulterated inansriptel! Does the Writer 'of
dress know the meshing of the word federal
practices are certa4 a beautiful exemplific
federalism, (vide pie+ warranto cases) but stil
inclined to belie eel that he 'has not a cl
of the true meaninglof the word. By the
of the Land Bill, th 4 rights of the old states ,
verted and protected) Party bad nothing to t
the question. 'rho ilemocrats and locofocosl
et ate were rghaLly•ititerested in the passage'
bill, and thereby sc, r aring to Pennsylvania h
ful portion of tho Public Dotnain. To L
Martin Van BUM') thought he could obtain t
of the Western statels by ceding to them tb
Lands +Vlitt,in their h ordes, which was the
property of the wh ile confederacy, and a
inch a course of paltry on the part of the
.government; and lie i found many in bin o
folio adopted the sante vi'ws. The design,'
er, could not be rnisiuken.. ;All lienist mei]
parties looked upon lit as a -,bri'+e to obtain t'
of the Western StatS in - favor of the philos
Kinderhook at the last mesidential.'electio
Prosecuting Attornrly Iran calculated °how , '
much qri the credulity and gullibility of our
if be supposes die can make any political cal
of fie+ Lanai Bill. ilt stands now as
_an r
monument of the lAisrb-+ln and patriotism of
ocrptic House of Be'preseidat Ives, a Ilemocr r
ate,; and a Democrane president.
Allusion is inadelto the o mighty revolu
Maine. Well, wh t does this' revolution
i',l Why, that at he last presidential elec
4einricraterof Maine E ridlcd over 45,000 v,,,te
this election they •or ly pulled sonic :15,01.10,
the supineness and ovally of our friends.
was 110 change of dpinion—no swelling u
enemy's ranks by desertion—but merely en
once 33 to the result of a local election. T
mighty revolution)' 11114 be effected in Pe
- nia, if the democrat of this state evince t
apathy as their brethren of Maine. The la
dentinlielection gavel i ug a clear and undisputi
ity of 353; and that[inpj,rity will be swelled
sands by the disaffei-tion in the Porter rar.k
our•friends but inerky do their duty—if I
end all depositc thei l f votes iii the ballot I'll
riming election. tf, from a ft eling of c
i ,
mreagth and securii,They fail to exercise t
.
est and nest impartrt right of an A merirai
j a he consequences 'nisi be on their own hear
have the p +wee nod the ability t ' raise the il
is banner in triumph over the Keystone st
we feel assured that[they lamb ran and WII
The comlnendati,lns so +liberally bestow
Governor Porter Las i the' Manner in whirl
conducted the afrait,i of state is all' fudge.
.. . t
governor read it, he. .Itist have laughed in lu
Praise undeserved.is t the most cutting specis
tire. In this instanqe. however, the text w
rally suited to the cMninentator, and the co
tor to the text ; ond t rwo doubt not the era
our worthy executio will be in proportiot
zeal of the prosecuting attorney. If the forr
elected, the latter mOriinfely hope that hi
draft .on thu State 'treasury fur $5OO will
.noted.
After a nioiit laruio and impotent defen
gross and wanton exya , —tgance of Porter's
tration, the gentle voha of the detnotrary 0
kill county is gently !solicited In favor ofi2el
the Candatte far +etnbly. We are pia
that in this case it friot do to exercise i
pielerences, for—ala4k iind alas !—if `such
-ces are exerctred, ilia gallant Cvlonera s
will To reduced to a iorporani guard ;—and
more, that h`e is the nqnsinated candidate o
Iv. It would stein frorti ;Ain. that in this
prank have nothing.to do with the selection
repres:ntatitres the nro saved that trout)]
laudable 'Worts of a clique or party.
The Prosecuting Attorney stands security for the
pore democracy of protege—the would be repre
sentative of Schuylkill county. He is pronounced
an unadulterated democrat, witho' t stain or blemish
—nursed in a hickory cradle, an reared in such •
manner.as to go the .. whole 'hog." bristles, Porter,
state tax, previous pardons, the bribe, and all. What
arrant humliuggery ! Col. Straub a democrat and
George N. Eckert a federalist! I! The raw head
and bloody bones of federalism are invoked to defeat
Eckert and Danko, men whose!principles--vrhose
interests, hopes, and wishes, are identified with the
working classes of this country. Not your silk stock
ing gentry, who dress in purple and fins linen, who
ride about in sashes imported from England, and
who sip their charbpagne and madeira out of Eng.
lish cut glasses; but the men who earn their living
by the sweat of their brows—the Simon Pores them
selves—the stout hearted and heart fisted yeoman
ry of the country,
MI
Col. Straub a democrat ! In the name o all that
s gond and great, how and when has he proved the
principles be now so warmly professes on the eve of
an election By what public or private act of his
life has.he shown himself the friend of the demo
crats of `Schuylkill county, whose suffrages he - now
so humbly solicits! How long has he lived among
them Is he acqnainted even' with their interests 7
Has he ttny thing in common with them Does he
follow aiiy business? Who is he, what is be, that
he should thrust himself forward as a candidate to
represent one of the greatest counties in Pennsylva
nia 7 We do not hold to the e kith with
out vrorks. The delegated la , sovereign
people should never be con 'angers—
should never be conferred on ; te princi
ples have- not been tested by it ordeal.
For our own part, we view with suspicion and dis
tiust the noisy mouthed professions of candidates for
office ; and fever give them credit for honesty and
patriotism in advance. We deal altogether on the
cash principle.
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Col. Straub a democrat ! Coin-eted with his
democracy, can there be an association of ideas more
ridicuhus Is he not the open and unblushing ad
vocate of the iniquitous Sub ; treasury scheme 1 Did
not his speeches in favor of that odious law subject
him to the ridicule, scorn and contempt of every work
ing roan in this region 1 Is he not opposed to high
wages for labor Is he not in favor of reducing
the condition of the workiOg classes of this country
to the same pitiable and lamentable state as the work
ing classes of Europe 1 Is he not in favor of reduc
ing the wages of the American laborer to NINE
CENTS a day ? Is he not in favor of that system
which Gov. Porter has pursued, which has brought
so much misery and distress on.this state—which
has swelled the State debt up to nearly FORTY
MILLIONS of doll.irs—ond which will shortly
overrun the State With TAX . GATHERERS? Is
he not the friend of Porter ° , notwithstanding be is
fhoding the State with an irredeemable shin plaster
currency, la all intents and purposes: that may be
looked upon as mere rags, so far as their "real val
ue are concerned. A democrat, forsooth! Had the
Colonel, flourished in the days of Adams and Jeffer
son, be would have been considered a rank federal
ist----a black cockade federalist, one regularly died in
the wool, and sufficiently rabid to defy all hopes of
conversion.
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It is true, that the Colonel is more than an aver
age specimen of a Porter democrat. If ho had not
been weaned so suddenly, he might have been a
Canal Commissioner by this time. He received his
first lessons in democraFp-when he was a private
contractor on the State works, and no doubt is per
fectly conversant with the system of getting money
Out of the State Treasury, on the non quid pro quo
plan. If he has not improved his opportunities, it
is not the Nth of his instructors.
sion of
federal
domain
e, un--
the ad
? his
,anon of
Mr. Hub'ey, the President of the Canal Board, has
lately been on a visit to thts borough, and, doubt
less, takes a lively interest in the Colonel's success.
If he is elected, his vote may be of so much impor
tance to, the Canal Cominissionere, as to warrant
them again to take him into their employ ; and the
example of Senator Headley 's fat contracts may have
such an effect on the Colonel as to make .him a most
admirable representative—not of Schuylkill. county,
but of th'e Canal Commissioners. The example of
Senator Headley should not be too strictly imitated.
There are certain dark transactions in that gentle
man's life, which it would be nut only prudent but
decent to shun.
we are
ar idea
paimig,e
ere as
of this
of that
r right-
'1 0 jure,
ie vote.
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general
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how ev
of all
To Orn REA DEAS.--Until the election is over, a
large pinion of our paper must necessarily he devo
ted to political subjects, to the exclusion of oar usti
al miscellaneous matter, We are now fairly in the
heat, bustle and turmoil of the Gubernatorial contest,
and until the battle is lost or won, it is not to be ex
period that we ran keep up with the current news
ot the day.
be vote ,
opher of
o. The
her too
citizen;
.ital out
Induring
a Dem
; tic Sen-
To ns REMEMHEnr.p.—ltemember that Banks
and Eckert have proved themselves the friends of the
mechanic, farmer and laboring man, of all times and
on all occasions. They are the warm and strong
advocates of such a Tariff as; will protect the AMER
ICAN WORKINGMAN front the ruinous effects
of FOREIGN COM PETITION.
ton" in
amount
ion the
• and at
TUE " BETTER T I MES. " --During the last presi
dential campaign, the friends of Harrison promised
better times" in case the .4 old Hero" vas elected.
He was elected. Have not the times improved! Are
not our miners and laborers receiving lii4her %vines
ihati they did last year under Van, Llureii's dynasty.
Is not the.farmer obtaining a higliCr price for his pro
ducts
Ring to
There
of the
indiffer-
ie same
n )len
'le same
Is IT NOT h.) OW :State is literally flooded
with worthless raga. *Specie calibot be obtained
without the most ruinous sacrillcg-a. Is it not sr,
fellow citizens? Elect David H. Porter; and the
currency will remain in the same deranged state for
the next iltre^eara.
7st prv,o
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to thou
s land if
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CovrmAs-r.--In (Jerks county, where Judge
13aliks lives and is known, the desertion in. the Por
ter ranks in his favor is beyond precedent. In Ilur•.-
tington county, Go.yernor Porterd home, the Inca°.
efIS have not sufficient strength tvi get. up o ticket.
Keep it before the people,
',
CH Zen,
, 4. They
MEE
tc, and
a upon
E RALLYING C r: , .--Banke and Reform,
Banks and the One Term Principle, Banks and a
Protective Tariff, 'Books and Economy in the ex
penditure of the public money, Banks and no Pre-
VICIUS Pardons, Barks and no Vetoes, and Banks
and a Constitutional currency.
he has
If the
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ti of sa-
LEE
memo
itude of
to ,the
A gr ESTI 0 N.—Uun you vote tipr such a man as
Governor Porter after his abuse of the pardoning
power—alter letting loose upon society the abandon
ed and reckless inmates of our pripous and peniten
tia;ics?
rIZEIZI
illegal
bo duly
To Co antsroN the present politi
cal campaign is over, correspondents 'nest have pa
ti6ce. Their favors will be attended to at an early
•
day.
l e of the
dmitais-
Sehm
Strom it,
nly told
I dividual
• nleren-
Aug you Assgssmi ?—This is 'the lest Jay. If
you are not asbesscil, you havp not a moment to
loose. See to it before it ib too late.
'pportere
further
the par
-3lter the
Id their
by the
THE MADISONIAN.—The title orthe daily Wash
ington Ntadi,soniun -is to be changed to ‘. The Con
stitutional." itooh !
Onio.—Forty four steamboatev!ere built in Ohio
last year.
Spontaneous Ccrminudion of Bituminous Coal
Bashes' and the Great Western...
Another British Steamship on are—A letter
from Professor Johnson.
The' following citd wee published in the N. Y.
Commercial Advertiser of the 22d ultimo, end has
since been pretty extensively copied into the eastern
papers :
Great Western. 20th September, 1841. To the
editors of the Commercial Advertiser : Gentle
men My attention has been called to an article
in the Pottsville Miners' Journal' of the 7th of
August last, reply to which is entirely unnecessary.
1 cannot, however, allow that. portion of it which
relates to the Great Western to pass without the
most decided and unqualified contradiction. Mr.
Irwin, the agent, was quite correct in stating that
"daring the thirty eight voyages ( now forty-one )
the Great Western has completed across the Atlan
tic, neither the ship nor the coal 'on board has ever
been on fire, either by , spontaneous or accid , ntal
combustion." The statement by a person for
merly attached to the Great Western, in a subordi
nate capacity," as well as that of " a gentleman
who came out passenger in the Great 'Pr estern"
- asserrto be entirely false and without the slightest
foundation. I am, gentlemen, your obedient ser
vant. JAM ES 110 SK EN. •
This is certainly a flat contradiction ; but contra
dictions or assertions; no matter how strong or pos
itive the language may be in which they are couch
ed, ore neither arguments nor prods; and we much
mistake the intelligence of the American public if
the mere ip'se dixit of even such a respectable gen
tleman as Captain James Hoskeu will carry math
weight with it.
Our traders, doubtless, recollect that we stated
that the bituminous coal on bosrd of the Great Wes
tern had been several times ignited from spontaneouS
combustion, and that the names of our informants
would be given up on-personal application at our of
fice. Our informants are men of high character and
Standing, and their veracity has never before been
called in question. Captain Hosken 'May pro
nounce any or all the statements which we have
published false, in whole or in part, but will he be
believed? We think not.
Captain Hosken does not deny that bituminous
coal is liable to spontaneous combustion—does not,
deny that the fuel on board of the different Atlantic
Steamships has frequently ignited from that cause—
does not question the truth of the innumerable cases
which we have published, where bituminous coal
had spontaneously ignited in nearly every situation
and under a variety of circumstances; but intimates
that all this may be very true, but no accident of the
kind has ever occurred on board of the Great Wes
tern. He would have the public to suppose that the
Western is built in such a peculiar manner, is con
structed of such peculiar materials, is so ably officer
ed and manned, and its internal arrangements so per
fect, that the very laws of nature are suspended, in
order that bituminous coal may be used on board,
as fuel for raising steam, with perfect impunity.
That bituminous coal is liable to spontaneous coma
bustion, no honest or intelligent man now denies.
The fact is established beyond cavil or dispute.
The causes which produce this combustion have
been given by us in such an intelligible manner as
will be comprehended by the meanest understanding ;
and as all our positions have bees fortified by the
strongest testimony, it is no longer a matter of sur
prise that conviction has so generally followed a pe
rusal of our statements. if the fuel on board of the
Atlantic steamships has spontaneously ignited—it
may happen again—it may happen on every pas
sage which they make. That it has happened, we
have such recorded testimony as cannot be disputed ;
that it will happen again, and probably be attended
with the most appalling circumstances, we have,too
much reason to fear.
Captains of steamships may publish statements
destitute of truth, or even the color of truth, agents
may endorse and industriously circulate them, but
the public can no longer be bamboozled, deceived or
trifled with. They are now fully aware of the Immi
nent danger to which they have been and are still
exposed. This is not mere assertion. Look at the
marine records of the New York and Boston news
papers for the last six weeks. It is notorious that
travelling on the English steamships has fallen off
more than FIFTY PER CENT. Not later than
last week, the Caledonia left Boston for Liverpool
with only NINETEEN passengers; and we are
assured by a gentleman engaged in the New Yurk
and Liverpool trade, that the packet sailing vessels
were never better patronized by passengers than they
have been for the last eight or ten weeks. In Eng
land, where the dangerous properties of bituminous
coal are not so generally known as in this country,
they look upon their steamships as the safest and
most speedy mode of conveyance, and, conrequently,
while their steamships leave our ports with but few
passengers, they return with nearly every birth tic
copi,d.
The issue between Captain nosken and the Mi
ner's Journal will be left, as wo t.ke it, to a discrim
inating public to decide. We said that the bitumin
ous coal on board the Great Western had frequently
been on fire from spontaneous combustion, and gave
what we believed, and still befieve, good authority for
the assertion. This is flatly contradicted by Capt.
H. Now, we ask, in a spirit of candor, whose lea.
timony is to be believed, passengers whose interests
'cannot he directly or indirectly promoted by bearing
Ifake witness, or the mere word of a Captain Who
has so much at stake in the matter in question ?
It would he an insult to Capt Hosken's under
standing to suppose that he disbelieved that bitumin
ous coal was liable to ignite from the cause before
mentioned ; but lest he may have some doubts on
the subject, we shall give him a case in point. As
the Csittain may not place the most implicit confi
dence in Yankee statements, this time we give as our
authority the redoubled organ of tl:e great tory par
ty of England—the London Titres. The following
is an extract from that paper, of August sth, of the
present year. The accident must have occurred
rt,heri Capt. Hoskeit himself was in England:
FIRE ON BOAR! THE BUCIIE , R SUTHERLAND
STEAM-. 1111..—Un Tuesday n;glit, at I I o'cioeS, the
large steam-shin Duchess of Sutherland arrived nt
her moorings off Si. Katharine's, from Aberdeen,
with 100 passet.gers. and a large and valuable car
go, consisting of 174 oxen, a number of sheep, about
50 torts of dead meat, 300 boxes of Salmon, about
.500 barrels of herrings, for the Lmidon market, and
a great quantity of manufactured goods. The cat
tle were landed the same night. Yesterday morn
ing, soon alter 6 o'clock, the crew and labourers
commenced discharging the cargo into the lighters
arid barges alongside. A few minutes afterwards
the people were alarmed at a dense body of smoke
ascending from the engine -room, and it was soon
ascertained that the vessel was on fire. No time
was lost in manning the hand engine on board, and
a stream of water was discharged into the after
larboard coal bunker, where the fire was raging.—
The flames, however. were not subdued until port
of the deck was cut away, and a great quantity of
water was thrown below. The people on board ex
erted themselves in a most praiseworthy manner to
subdue the flames, which at one limethreatcned the
destruction of this magnificent ship and her cargo.
The damage done was inconsiderable—a few bar
rels of herrings, and tic inside skin of the vessel,
were scorched, and some injury done by the water,
but not to any amount worth naming. The fire
was caused by the igr ition of the coals in the bun.
ker by the heat of the firrnaces during the voyage.
This is'decidedly one of the strongest cases which
we have adduced to show the great danger of using
bituminous coal on hoard of stean.ships, even when
on short roynges. From the above it will he seen,
that notwithstanding the coal was stowed away in
bunkers (as in the case of the Great Western) spon
taneous combustion was produced, owing to the great
THE MINERS' JOURNAL.
beat which the fuel was exposed to during the voy
age.
since the above was in type, We have received the
following letter from Professor Johnson, of Philadel
phia. It will be read with great interest :
To the Editor of the Miners' Journal.
LOW ra.t, Mmes. Sept. 23, 1841
In the conduct of every inquiry into physical laws,
truth is of more consequenco than victory, and facts
more convincieg than syllogisms. tinder this im
pression I will barely relate whet has this morning
fallen under my notice in connexion with the sub
ject of bituminous coal and anthracite.
The Merrimack Company, one of the largest
manufacturing corporations in this city, has occa
sion in order to supply heat to its dye house, bleach
ing and print-works, to use .a large amount of steam,
and for its production., they employ from 7 to 10,000
to of coal eitLer bituminous or anthracite, per en-
EEO
About five weeks ago, they laid in a stock of
230 tons of Sydney coal (bituminous) in the state of
ir slack," that is, fine coal and dust; fit to be mixed
with the dust of anthracite, under a steam holler,
and burned with a fire blower. Last evening, the
chemist of the establishment, Dr. Samuel L. Dana,
was called to notice a pretty rapid evolution of steam
from the heap, and immediately brought his ther
mometer to try the temperature of the mass. On
digging about 18 inches below the surface, this was
found to be 138 degrees, Fahrenheit. He invited '
me this morning to look at it, when our applying the
thermometer at about the same depth, the tempera
ture was found to be 150 degrees, and about one foot
lower, it was 160; thus increasing rapidly on going
deeper beneath the surface. Wherever the heap
was opened a little, the ate& was given off so copi
ously as to fill the upper part of the shed in which
it is lying. This coal was token in as dry as it
came from the mine, and as the shed is perfectly new
and free from leaks, there is no reason to suppose
that it has been moistened by any other means than
that which has developed the heat and evaporated
what hygrometric water the coal may; have imbibed
from the atmosphere, or contained as an original
constituent. I should not be surprised to learn that
spontaneous combustion takes place in this heap, if
not already commenced ; and Should the process not
be arrested, by throwing over the coal with shovels, I
have very little doubt that it will occur.
In the present instance, the bursting out of fire
here can do little more than burn down the shed in
which it is placed, and even that can be4uevented if
duly watched, as the admirable arrangements of the
compary enables them by a system of hose and fire
plugs, to direct at pleasure within one minute on any
part of the establishment, streams of water urged by
10 enormous water wheels, with an aggregate force
of not less than 1200 horses. I hope they will let
the process go on, and I have expressed this wish to
the superintendent. After making the observation
on the temperature of the heap of bituminous slack,
we went to a still larger heap of anthracite dust, had
a hole opened, and tried its temperature, but found
nothing above that of atmospheric air. Should I
hear more of this matter, as I expect to do, I will ap
prise you of the result. Dr. Dana stated to me that
a quantity of Sydney coal in large lumps, taken Into
the establishment about a year ago, had in less than
6 months, fallen almost entirely into slack, indicating
the same kind of Chemical action which is now go
ing on in this heap. Hut as among the large pieces
'the cold air could circulate more freely than among
fine coal, no actual combustion then took place.
The formation of sulphuric acid from the sulphur in
the coal or in the' pyrites, and itS combination either
with iron or with water, may account, on known
chemical principles, for a very large developement of
heat, and if not conducted away, this may amount
to enough fee actual combustion. A very high tem
perature is already existing in the interior of this
mass, which probably has a depth of 9 or 10 feet,
a length of 60 or 80, and a breadth of . perhaps 15 or
20.
I am, very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
WALTER R. JOHNSON.
Tile TessTur.--The theatre closed in a very
sudden and unexpected manner last week, in conse
quence of several desertions in the corps (Iran:clique.
In this dilemma, the indefatigable manager immedi
,.ately Proceeded to Philadelphia, beat up a sufficient
number of recruits, and arrived in Pottsville in time
to re open the theatre on Monday evening last. Da
ring the week the houses have been good, both as
regards numbers and respectability, and the perfor
mances of a superior character. By reNience to the
advertisement on the next page, it wiWfe seen that
the entertainments provided for this evening are rich
and varied.
Dni.Anrt-r. Murinv.a.—Another most diabolical
murder was committed in New York last week.
Mr. Samuel Adams, a highly respectable printer of
that city, was murdered by a cold blooded villain,
named J. C. Colt, a profsssor of book keeping, and
brother to the celebrated gun and pistol maker of
that on me. The murder was committed in the sec.
and story of the large granite building, on the cor
ner of Chamber Street and Broadway, and occurred
in the middle of•the day, while hundreds of persons
were passing within a few feet of the place where
the diabolical deed was committed. Colt is now in
prison.
A MAGNANIMOUS Acr.—The New York'Com
mercial states that the Hon. Jolts GTILIG,,of Can
andaigua, has resigned his seat in Congress as a
member from the county of Ontario. Mr. GREIG, it
will be remembered, was elected to Congress last
spring, to supply the vacancy occasioned by the re
signatimi of MR. GRANGER, on his appointment to
the Mike of Post Master General. Now that cir
cumstances have brought Mr. GRANGER back again
among his constituents, as a private citizen, Mr.
Gayto has determined to give those constituents an
opportunity of sending Mr. Gs t•Gsit, who was
their first choice, back again to the House of Rep
resentatives.
ANOTHER ATTL'OT.-It is said that President
Tyler has agreed upon a plan of a National Bank
which he will submit to C.'ngress in December, if
desired or permitted. Of course he will be permit
ted. Too glad of the chance.
SPORTING.—Bird shooting on the picturesque
marshes bordering on the Delaware is now all the
rage with the cockney sportsmen of Philadelphia.
The •• reed" and rail" birds have suffered some.
Htotur 131POUTANT.—The Prince de Joinville
wears a moustache of fearful dimensions, smokes se_
gars in the streets, and always gives the girls when
he meets 'em, an Irish look i. e. between a wink
and a stare.
AcrteTv.u.—Joseph R. Ingersoll, Esq., has accep
ted the nomination of Representative to Congress,
from Philadelphia, in the place of William B. Reed,
who declined the nomination.
Cosa. Hons.—Daniel Webster is on a visit to
his down east friends, i► is expected that be will
be absent from Washington about three weeks.
NIGGI:11 STATISTICB.—There lird 47,1E154 free
blacks in this state. In Maryland, 62,820.
McLs:cm—There is a cloud of reporters in Utica,
on purpose to report McLeod's ttiaL
call Sorts of 3tcuts.
Our new postmaster, John T. Werner, Esq., en
tered upon the duties of his office yesterday morn
ing. We team that Mr. Weiner has' disposed of
his newspaper establishment—the Democratic Free
P,ess—to Mr. J. P. Bertran, ■ gentleman admirably
qualified for the arduous task he has undertakon.
We sincerely wish him success.
The papers are teeming with war rumps; Don't
put much faith in them.
A young man has been arrested in 'Albany charged
with the murder of Mary Rogers;,the cigar girl.
Col. Worth says the Florida War has ended.
The Seminoles appear to entertain a different opin
ion.
Four officers have committed suicide in Florida
since the commencement of the campaign. No
wonder.
The murder of Adams by Colt has produced a
most wonderful sensation in New York. Nearly all
of the penny papers of that city have published por
traits of the murderer.
The Southern papers are raising the cry of a
~ short crop "of cotton. Old tune.
The Governor of New York has issued a procla
mation exhorting the patriots to keep the peace.
A large number of immigrants have lately arri
ved at New York and Boston.
Tyhrise is a word now getting into general use
Francis J. Grund, of Philadelphia, has been ap
pointed U. S. Consul for Bremen. Excellent ap
pointment. Fat birth. 6 , Oh, those ramparts."
There is a lady in this borough who is so modest
that she won't touch or taste bear meat for any con
sideration.
No lady ever captivated a gentleman by advoca
ting atheistical principles.
Never smoke in the streets. It is a practice equal
ly disreputable and offensive.
Learn to say no. It will save you any quantity
of trouble and money in the course of your weary
pilgrimage through this world..
Drinking and carousing may be very manly and
very amusing, and all that sort of thing; but the
character of being " a good fellow " is too- frequently
acquired at the expense of your purse, reputation
and health.
If you attempt to talk too fine—to make an im
mense impression by tbe profundity of your remarks
—ten to one you n put your foot into it." We
speak from sad experience.
Our friend Wallace is on a visit to our borough to
see his old friends and acquaintances. The old gen
tleman is in excellent health and spirits and does
not appear to have suffered the least fatigue from his
journey.
The first Court Marshal in Schuylkill county was
held last week. We may shortly give the particu
lars.
Heavy fall of rain nn Wednesday morning last.
Regular, old fashioned soaker. Talking of a fall,
puts us in mind of Autumn. Here we are in the
beginning of October, the thermometer down to 60
(Fahrenheit, of course) and cool, blustering winds.
The trees are half robbed' of their green breeches,
and t'other half, shaking in the wind.
It is now pretty well understood that if It was not
for the bolts, Jobn Tyler would have signed the sec
ond bank bill. From the late writbings of Profit, of
Indiana, we should judge he must have caught the
same disease.
Mahantango street is now undergoing great im
provements ; and householders on that street should
avail themselves of the present opportunity to em
bellish that thoroughfare, by planting trees in front
of their dwellings, before the pavements are laid.
We understand that Mr. Robert Smith, of this bor
ough, will procure and plant some of our most bean
tiful forest trees, at an expense only of fifty cents
each.
We understand that Mr. J. M. Crosland's new
steam canal boat will make an experimental trip in
the course of ten or twelve days. A number of our
operators, with characteristic liberality, intend mak
ing a present to Mr. Crosland of a boat load of coal,
in order to defray the expenses which he has incur
red in constructing his boat. We trust the exam
ple will not be lost on our neighbors of Port Carbon
and Schuylkill Haven.
The receipts at Mrs Maeder's benefit at New York
amounted to $2OOO. 0 humbuggery
McLeod's trial was to have taken place on
Thursday last.
The Hon. Nicholas Brown, of Providence, R. Li
is dead.
An American citizen, named Col. Crogan, has
been captured at St. Albans, Vt., by a piny from
Canada, and forcibly taken aiross the lines. Caus
ed great excitement.
Lieut Thayer, of the U. S. Dragoons, lately com
mitted suicide.
The Mansion House at Vicksburg has been de
stroyed by fire.
Lynching is still fashionable in Texas.
' What beautiful moonlight nights last week. We
love to look at the gals by moonlight. Can't tell 'em
from angels then.
A clear conscience and a clean shirt are very de
sirahle things.
Col. Green says that he lately saw nine martyrs
at a steak. Shocking !
A country editor says his sweetheart's lips are as
sweet as molasses. He must love lasses.
97 deaths in Philadelphia last wei.k.
We once saw ar. actress play Lady Macbeth in
pantalettes.
.I , lmrs Gordon Bennett's eyes were evidently pla
ced in his head to watch his nose. This may ac
count fur his squinting.
How soon family difficulties are settled by the
death of a relative. Good, kind leering is restored.
All is forgotten—all forgiven. While the survivors
dwell upon the virtues of the deceased, and deplore
the emancipation of the departed spirit from its clay
tenement, they feel and know in its full reality the
uncertain tenure of life--the vanity of all earthly
things, and the utter absurdity of harboring resent
ment, no matter how great apparently the provoca
tion.
The Missouri Argus has come out in favor of Van
Buren for the Presidency.
The Prince de Joinville was received with eery
mask of respect during his short stay in Philadelphia.
The Commercial Bank of New York has made a
smash. The notes will undoubtedly be redeemed ;
but, alas ! for the poor igockhuldera.
Agreeable, to bow to a person and no notice taken
of your salute.
Girls who don't mend their stockings ought to be
darned in a heap.
The Episcopal church is the best organized place
of worship ►n our borough.
There is to be a grand barbecue given to Henry
Clay in Lexington, Kentucky, on the 7th of October.
The population of South Carolina is 595,439•
The whites only number 259,002.
Lehigh Sixes, 1845, is selling in Philadelphia at
50—par. 100.
Schuylkill Coal Trade.
REMARKS
The shipments this week amount to 24,461 tons.
Total this season, 398,949 tons. To the Same p e .
riot lost year, 309,872 tons. Excess in favor ! ,of
1841, 89.077 tons.
We regret to notice another advance in the prke
of heights this week. We quote to Philadelphia at
$2,00; to New York. $3,75. Vvery advance in the
price of freight hoe the tendency to lessen the profits
of the operator end dealer. This tact will he fully
corroborated by the eiperience of any person en
gaged in the trade.
The demand for Anthracite coal is still very brie
in New York and Philadelphia, and the holders are
firm at the rates last quoted by us.
Up to the 24th of September, the receipts at Phil-
adelphia from the Lehigh mines were 96,358 tons.
There is still a great demand for coal vessels at
Philadelphia, and freights could be readily obtained
for a very large number. The arrival s in the Schuyl
kill during the last week have been very
Freights to Boston and Salem, $2,00 ; to ProvidenCe,
$1,623 ; to New York, $1,371.
A part of the railroad iron for the Reading Rini
road has arrived at Philadelphia. As an instance;of
extraordinary despatch, it might be mentioned that
to twenty four hours after the arrival of the ship at
the wharf at Philadelphia, rips ards of Harken ti , 71:1
of the rails were laid on the road. The eompahy
are pushing on their great work with the ut
rapidity
Shipments of Coal for the week ending on Thq
day evening last.
Shipped by
Delaware Coal Co.
Milnes & Spencer,
Bell & Bolton,
S Heilner & Son,
Milnes & Haywood,
G Bast,
Bennet & Taylor,
Hill & Canner,
Geo. H Potts,
Miller & Haggerty,
Georee Payne,
J Pinkerton,
Charles Lawton,
S S Reese & Co.
Sillymati
F J Parvin,
C. Ashley, & Co.
Charles Ellet,
Silly man & Evans,
Taylor &. Clayton.
Union Collieries,
!kw's, Baber & Co
R. Kear,
C. He Forest,
Thomas Mania,
Potts & Hannan,
Hugh Kinsley,
G Thompson,
A. Heebner,
W. H, Johns,
R. Adams
Sundry Shippers,
444
Per last report 7,160
7,601 398,949
Shipments to same period last year 309,872.
PRICE OF FREIGIFI'S
From Pottsville to Philadelphia,
From Pottsville to New York
LITTLE SCHUYLKILL COAL TRADE
For the week ending on Thursday last
Sept. 24. Sportsman,
Caroline,
25 John Tyler,
•• Royal,
Wilmington,
• Only Son,
R. Richert,
27 J. Robinholt,
• French Creek,
28 Tioga,
29 Windsor Furnace,
o Alex. H. Peacock,
Sarah Jane,
30 Daniel George,
Wm. Obsnshine,
John Hancock,
S'ulanah,
SOLD
27 Torpedo,
18 Boats,
263 Per last report
-'2BI Boats ,
J. & R. Carter,
8 Boats this week, ;400'
139 do Per last report 7138
—14,7
-- 7838
James Taggart,
6 Boats this week 310
107 do Per last report 5442 j ?
—ll3 552
541 Boole,
LED 11 (DAL TRADE
Despatched lrom Mauch Chunk for the week ending
—September 2lst.lBll—
L. Coal & Nay Co
B. Meadow Co,
Hazleton Co.
Sugar Loaf Co. 22
TOTAL SHIPMENTS.
L .Coal & Nay. Co. 520
B. Meadow Co. 146
Hazleton Co. 118
Sugar Loaf Go. 76
SHAMOKIN COAL TRADE
11,711
To Sept. 23,
DELA WAR & HUDSON COAL TRA OF:
Shipments forthe week ending Sept. 18, 5,400
Total, 1 32,40 Q
MOUNT CARBON RAIL ROAD.
The nmovnt of Coal transported on this road 'up
to Thursday evening last, is 3468 tons
Per last report 62,908
Total 66.4 76
NATHAN CLEAVER, Ciilketor
MINE HILL dr SCIIUYLRILL
RAIL nom)
The amount of Coal transported on this road :up
to Thursday evening last, is 10.792 18
Per last report 173,718 13
Total 184,511 11
WM. NEWELL Collector
81l i.L CREEK RAILROAD.
The amount of Coal transported on this road up
to Thursday evening last, is 1,949 •tuna
Per last report 37,539
Tot al 39,486
GEO. HADMlT,Ponector
Boats. • To ,
67 35
27 14
25 IS
24 1
20 1
17 .
16 . -
15
'I
10
10
10
22,840
378.109
52 , 1
32
32 1
56
39
901
13202 I
Tons.
-IT3
Total tons, 27,093
Boats
96
Tons.
4514
163]
1793
932
2-5,24 2.6
78
Fife 77
40311
46,38