. • • , • tjaP. : t . W.,;‘ ,:I•llT:,44midgeoast' POTTSVILLE. SATURDAY JUORNISG, DECEMBE ThaßostanJournai.-: Steamers...their Iva leause...Anthraette a. Spontaneous Comb , Professor Johnson. . 1 Our respected cotemprrary of the Boston I Nlfer, cantata JOarnsl, spesking _of Dr. Lardner's lectures in New- York, observes, w ith a sneer, that the Doc tin is Pall known to ( the American public as the gay Lothario who seduced IM e. Heaviside from her liege lord and borne, and ail the author of the lemons pre diction of the utter impracticability of ocean steam navigation. It does dot !come within our province to comment on the Doctor's private drake.; but, if we. r are not greatly mistaken, satisfactory explana tions can be made which! will place his prediction in s differentlight from that which it has hitherto been viewed in. As it' now . stanils, it certainly did no credit ,to his understanding ; for he must have knosid at the time, that in 1820, a small steamboat, called the Robert FultOn, was built in the city of New York. She was T . st employed oil the Long Island Sound , and aft rwards made a voyage to Charleston, S. C. From Charleston, she crossed the Atlantic, made a v4tage to St. Petersburg, stop ' ping at one of the southern ports of England, and then Mimed to New 'York. The Fulton not rea lizing the expectations 9f her owner, the engine was taken out of her, and put up on board of another - boat. We were in New York at the time of the arrival of the Fulton from St. Petersburg, and have seen her frequently. • This is the first case on record of a boat, propel. !led by steam power, crossing the Atlantic. This focuses "doubtless knoNt l in to Dr. Lardner ; and the, Mere practicability of e steamboat navigating the ocean,-of course, was demonstrated to him. It follows, then, that when the Doctor made his fa mous prediction, that the word " impracticable" Was made use of in a pecuniary sense ; that is, the ocean could not be navigated' by steamers, except ut a loss to their owners; and consequently the plan was "im practinable.' It is now more than I three years sink the "steam ship Sirius first crosised the Atlantic. Since that time, Sevetal lines of o' eatssteamships have - been es tablished, and thus far the result of their operations have been far from satisfactory to their owners. The lines have been kept Op. at an annual loss of thou sands of pounds to their proprietors,""and with a de creasing trade, and a want of confidence in them on the part of the travellingimblie, the whole scheme may be pronounced ‘, Impracticable," and will ever be so, without a change is Ensile in the management " of these vessels. I The original cost of a rhare in the 4 4 Great Western Steamship Company ". was £6O, which can nos be purchased at half that sum—X,4o. The greatest item in the expenses of an ocean or river steamer is her fife!. On board the ocean stea mers the fuel is doiibly expensive from the fact of occupying such a great space, which might be so profitably devoted to the stowage of freight. It is then unquestionably the duty se well as interest of all persons having the nitnagerneu l t of these steamships, to make use of only s u ch fuel as possesses the grea test amount of evaporative power, and will occupy the least space on board_ of their vessels.. Wei have already published the result of a series of scientific experiments, conduc ed with the greatest polsible care, which clearly tablish the superiority of An thracite over Bituintimus coal, as fuel for raising steam. It possesses 4 dwell greater amount of eva porative power, is a cheaper and cleaner coal, is less balky, and with properly constructed furnaces, the • combustion is sufficiently rapid. The comparative expense and value of Ithe two coals,-as fuel for steam purposes, have been fairly tested on board of sever al of the Hudson Riyer steamers ; and in every instance the vast sdperiori, of anthracite over its 'I rival has been ackhowledged. But a few years since, the use of anthracite on board of steamers was unknown; last year, the New York steamers alone used upzvarill. of FORTY THOUSAND TONS ; and next SatiOrl the amount required can not be less than from SIXTY TO EIGHTY THOUSAND TONS ! In the case of the 'Hudson River steamer Troy 7 probably the fastest host in our waters—tlie saving, by the adoption of anthracite for fuel, is stated tcrbe upwards of' FORTIY DOLLARS A DAY ; or . about EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS in a sea son of two hundred days. The still greater saving • on board of the ocean steamers can be read.ly imagi ned. 1 We said that dthre was a want of confidence in • the ocean steamers, On the part of the travelling pub lic. Such undoubtedly is the case. The last two steamers which frft our shores did tint carry out thirty passengera letween them. This circum stance would carry but tittle weight, if tlleris was a falling off in travelling ; - but we well know that we - veiling now is as great as it usually is at this season of the year. The confidence in the ocean steamers that has been lost con never be restored, unless they discontinue the use of their present highly der:ger ms fael—bituminous coal. The public not only expect, but dernshil it; and theinterest of the owners of those boats require it. , • The great liability of bituminous coal to ipontan eons combustion is snow universally acknowledged. It is no longer regarded assbugbeasio frighten the ' timid-or ignorant, or as a cloak to cover selfish and interested views. The great number of well authen ticated cases of bituminotis coal, igniting froth spon taneous combustion; and their startling nature, are • familiar to our readers ; and we cannot better close • this article than by diving the following letter which we received last week from Professor Johnson, 9f Philadelphia. 1111LADELPESIA, NIA?. 30, 1841. Editor of the Mine l rs Anima/. Dila Sta :J,-You. doubtless recollect that a few weeks since I furnished a statement, relative to BOW observations on the temperature iponraneous ly excited in a body of Sidney bituminous coal, at Lowell, ifass.; anti that I afterwards mentioned, that the process had - been arrested by shovelling over the heap. It apPe+s, however, that the whole mass was not thrown over, and that a part, probably left because it was notitheil much, if at all heated, has since undergone eintaneous combustion. My pre vious observations were Made about the 22d of Sep tember, and, according to the following extract of .a letter from Dr. Dana, the-combustion occurred, on. the 14th inst., 53 Maya after. Lowett. N0v.22. 1841. Deka SIR :+•:9,1 !Sand:V.. ol e .14th init., the over seer of onr yard perceived thewunell of burning coal near our pile of slack Sydney, which I had Began to overhaul when you loft me. I removed all but about 10 feet near est the pile of coarse Sydney. Oa going Co that small beep. eztei ding thel width of the shed, [ 15 or 20 feet] and of the depth you saw, [Sot 9 feet] a portion in the centre was found too hot to touch, and on shoving down a little with the font; a place' about the size of a hat was on fire. The man says, had be thrown on shavings, they would' have blazed. ed It had all' the ppearance of coal going out. It hisswhen' water was thrown. On Several feet around this spot were so hnt as to hiss when spit upon; and the coalht the place where the appear ance of " coal going oat " was obsented, could no more be touched, the overseer. told .11e, than a red hot iron. I bad been laid up a 4 home for some days, or he proba , bly, would-have.ealled zee. . But that the coal was in ac tual combuition, there can be nodoubt, especially when 1111 r I F rjeartiner...The Ocean t of success, and the nd Bituminous Coat.. stion—m letter from you.rellect that the overseer was. led to it by the smellor burning.—Where this fire occurred wasin the untouched' part of the pile whose temperature yotimeasured when ere. • • With greatregard your - , - friend and servant. SAMUEL L. DANA. Prof. Johnson, Philadelphia. ! . I way add that I have in my cabinet some samples of Sydney coal,.proeured in . New Yntk - about five months ago, which, though , placed on a shelf in-a -dry room, have already developed so much of their -pyrites into sulphate of iron, as to be already falling into powderand to exhibit the effloresced salt at all the' seams, or natural partings of the ccalj I may also mention, _that I have in my possession a lump of almost pure pyrites taken from a block of coal un der one of the sheds on the wharf :of thb British Steamers at Boston. I should.leel some,teluctance to admit that, with such facts, on board one 6auld feel entirely free from apprehensions of spOntaneous combustion—or could wholly divest himself of the , ideas which the _occurrence of scenes of has on our own coast, and on the lakes, has tended to impress with fearful vividness upon the recollec tion. remain very respectfully your ob't servant, WALTER R. JOHNSON, TUE •PnEsrnxsT'S MLSBSOE.—The President's message was delivered to Congress at 12 o'clock on Tuesday. We made such arrangenients last week as enabled • us to furnish it to our subscribers in Pat vine on the Wednesday evening following, in an "extra" form. As a literary ,piece of composition, the message is. decidedly inferior. lo any .of the pre ceding ones; but what it lacklyi style, perspecuity; force, and elegance, it makes np in matter. Mr. Tyler evidently wishes to disarm Opposition, and seems anxious, by a straightforward, yet conciliating course, to heat'the • breaches that have taken plus° in ,the ranks of his friends. On the whole, we think the message will give general satisfaction. An ab• stract of its leading features will not prove altoge -sther uninteresting even to 'those who have read the message at length. It commences by alluding to the case of Melon. der McLeod, and the satisfactory result of that case, Some change in the law should be' ate& touching cases of this character. Our gorerAment, by our institutions, le charged with the maintenance of peace, and the preservation of amicable, relations with the nations of the earth, and ought to possess, without question, all the proper means for maintain ing the one and preserving the other. j The release of Col. Grogan by the Canadian government, who was abducted from Vermont; was an act not more due to .the rights of the 'United States 'than to its own regard for justice. Uncompromising language is made use of while speaking of the destruction of the steamer Caroline. No atonement has been made for the public wrong done to the United States by this invasion of her ter ritory, so wholly irreconcilable with her rights as an independent power. No matter for what use the Caroline was intended, it does not alter the state of the question. The detention and, search of our ves sels on the coast of Africa, by British cruizers, will not be submitted to. A demand 'will be made upon the British Government for any hisses that may have been sustained. Our grivernment nos the , first to, raise its Voice against the iniquitous slave trade. The Boundary Question still remains in data quo, The President hopes that in the course of the session to be able to announce some further. degree of progress towards the settlement of this much vex ed question. Quite a complimefitaty notice is ta ken of Texas—that retreat , of the S r veartwouters. The stereotype expression about 1 the speedy ter mination of the Florida war is made use of. Col. Worth and his gallant little army are spoken of in terms of eulogy. Some sensible remarks made about our Indian tribes and 4heir intercourse with the whites. The sixth census, or enumeration-of the inhabi-* tants of the United States, has been taken. It ex hibits a grand total of 17,069,03 1 ; making an in. crease of 4,202,646 inhabitants, and showing a gain in a ratio exceeding 323 per cent., fur the last ten Sears. The Presi lent's views on the Tariff Question will be received with great favor by tbe - friends of the Protective System. He recommends the imposi tion of discriminating duties. • Ditfizmlty experienced in disposing of the $12,. 000,000 lotto. ,_54,500,000 only taken. No at tempts have been made to dispose of it in the foreign market. If a longer time . be granted to the loan, it could be disposed of, The expenditures for the presebi fiscal year will amount to $32.025,070, leaving a:deficit to be pro vided for on the Ist of January noir, of about $627,- 557. Alludes to the modern (I) invention of furnish ing a paper circulating medium, in the place of gold and silver. Speaks of the suspenSion of specie pay ments by the banks, and expreeses a desire that every. institution, not possessing: the means of re sumption. ail! follow the example of the lute United States Bank of Pennsylvania, and go into liquids tion. Mention is made of the claims of some of our citizens in Spain, Brazil, and other governments. Expected shortly to be brought to a satisfactory set tlement.' A fiscal agent, free from any l nstitutional objec 7 tioris, is spoken of. If Congress requires it, the Sec. retary of the Treasury is prepared to submit the plan of one to them: When submitted, there will be perceiv'ed in it a plan arrit , mh+ry of the existing law inrelation to the Treasury]Department—sub ordinate in all respects to the Will of Congress di rectly, and : the will of the people indirectly—self sustainini, should it be found in practice to realize its promises in theory, and repealable at the pleasure of Congress. It proposes by :effectual restraints, and by invoking the true spirit of our institutions, to separate the purse from the sword : or more prop erly to spi'mak,, denies any other control.to the Presi dent over the spirits who - may;tie selected to carry it into execution, but what may ho indispensably necessary to secure the fidelity a such agents ; and, by wise regulations, keeps plaiwiy apart, from each, other, private and public funds. It contemplates the establishment of a Board 'ofl Control, at the Seat of Government, with agencies at prominent trim mercial points, or wherever el - Congress rect; for the safe-keeping and disbursement of the public moneys, and a substitutlon, tit the option of the public creditor, of Treasury/notes in hen of gold and silver. It proposes to Itn?it the issues to an a mount nobto exceed $ 15,000,Q00—without the ex- I press sanction of the legislatiil l e power. It also au. thorises the receipt : of individual dspbsits of gold and silver to a limited amount until the granting certifi cates of deposit, divided into Such sums as may be called foi by the depositors. ft g proceedie stfit fur ther, and'authorises thelpurchase and-sale of Do mestic Bills and Drafts, yestiti on a real and sub stantial basis, payable at or haiing but a short time to run, and drawnonplaces not less than one "hundred miles apart—which authority, except in so far as may be necessary ,for Government purßses exclusively, is only to be exerted.upon the express condition; That its exorcise shall not be prohibited by the State in which the ageticy is situated. Tho President expresses whope that no state-will repudiate its own paper F4eigt) creditoni hould not take any alarm. . Alas*" they hasie 'too - tench cause. Out lattifications kept in. ortlei, and a very strong recommendation in likv , cir..of aug , "menting the force of our gallant Navy 'ltecontinende ptirchaiting the rigt4;iri railroads .on the great - mail route. - The a xeeutive has' too- much power: Public Of- Ewers should not - be removed .for any , cause but mat. practice. " :rt'respect•to the eppointicig power, - noth log should bo- left to distretion..which may safely-be regulated by l aw.lt is of high; importance to re strain the stimulus et personal interests in 'public elections. I . , . =I Congress should contribute towards the expense of en efficient police for Washington. • No mention is made of the one term principle. However, we Should not expect too much.• SEFIVILILILL NAVIOATION.-40N AND.WOODEN BOAT3.—The following is on i , xtraetof a letter, re". eeived by a gentleman of this boroUgh, from a coi• respondent in Englarid, extensively engaged in the iron business. The - advantages of iron over wooden boats are Strikingly segorth: o We think that iron is likely to remain stationa ry for some time ; and now is a most favorahle tim - for executing an order; as prices ore lower than for a long time past. Unless the Schuylkill Navigation Company enlarge their canal to suit boats of 100 tons buithen, and adopt iron instead of wood, for the material for their boats, they will not be able to of, fer the least competition with the Reading Railroad Company," when their rood sliall•he carried up to Port Carbon. An Iron boat badly treated by con stantly carrying coal and pig non, will last in this country 30 or 40 years; whilst I am told that your coal boats will not last over 5 years. An iron boat, of the same outside dimensions as a wooden boat, will carry 30 tons, whilst the wooden one will carry only 25 tons—large boats in the same proportion. An iron boat or many years age will draw the same water as the first day she was launched ; whilst a wooden boat, by imbibing the water, will draw sev eral inches more water, at the end of six or eight months, than on the day she was launched. These are important considerations in favor of iron over wooden boats." =I ... Mill THE MINERS' JOURNAL. LONDON, Oct. 14,,,1841 FAILVIIE of RAILROADS.—Mr. Charles Ellet, Civil Engineer, has lately published every interesting pamphlet on the Causes which have conduced to • the failure of many Railroads in the United States." To us his suggestions appear to be judicious arid worthy of serious consideration. Mr. Ellet is in fn.: . vor of constructing a road with refoence to the pro- . bable amount of business to be done ou it. He ea, that such a road in ordinary cases would cost from one to two thousand dollars a mile, instead of twen ty thousand ; that the engines to be used would cost five or six hundred dollars a piece, instead of six or seven thousand ; and cars, for two hundred dollars, in the place of twelve hundred, and so on. It is too true that many of our - railroads have been constructed on too great and costly a scale—more with reference to what - the trade and vavel will be di ring the next century than at the present time; and hence the failure of about one third of our railroad companies. CONG RESSI ON A L PROCEEDINGS.—Congress met on Monday last. There was a quorum in both hou ses. The old rules and orders will be observed for the present in the Morse. On Tuesday, the Presi dent's Message . MIA received. That portion of it alluding to the proposed Fiscal Agent,' drew forth the ire of the redoubtable Col. Benton. Ile; pre flounced the, whole scheme a high handed Tory one ; and said that it out-Hamilloned Hartilton, the father of the Federal Bank. The session pro mises to be interesting and important in the highest degree. • The I tidies' Book for December. F. L. Godey. Pub lisher, Philadelphia. Three dollars, per annum The Ladies' Book for December is a most splen• did number, both as regards its literary contents and the embellishments. The colored, engravings of the monthly fashions alone are worth the price of the work. Some of the must talented ladies in the• country are among its contributors. The Ladies' Book can boast of a circulation of Forty Thousand ! The publisher promises great improvements—if such a thing is possible—for the next volume, commenc ing in 1842. Subscriptions received at this office. The work will I e delivered by us to subscribers here, free of postage. The Musical Magazine. Three dollars, per annum .Codey and McMichael, Publishers, Philadelphia. The Musical Magazine, a work of quite a novel character, will he shortly issued by the above pub- Ushers. A number will be published every. month, - containing fourteen pages of the lamst and most pop. ular pieces of music. The plan is a most excellent one, and apart from its economy, recommends itself to every one, desirous of procuring, in an elegant form, an extensive yet choke collection of musical pieces. Subscriptions received at this office. Littell's Museum of Foreign Literature. D, Littell &Co Publishers, Philadelphia. Six dollars. per annacn. One of the most sterling publiOation of the day. It contains the spirit of the different British Maga zines and Reviews. It is pUblished monthly,- and each number contains over one hundred pages; equal to three large octavo volumes in the course of one year. Subscriptions received nt this office. To CORRESPONDEsr.—A correspondent requests US to call the attention of the proper authorities to the dangerous situation of the building lately occu pied by John C. Offermsn, Esq. The building should be immediately pulled down. The Borough undoubtedly can be held liable in case damage should result from its downfall. Mezzofauii " will appear next week. OVA OPINION CONFIRTIED.—We have frequently given it as our opinion that the. Philadelphia Inqui rer, was decidedly one of the bebt family newspapers in the state. Since we saw the short but flattering notice of the Miners' Journal, in last Tuesday's In quirer, that opinion hoe been fUlly and most inconti nently confirmed. GOOD Recvzswoe... l -Secretary Upshur says that officers of the Navy must not publn.h. either in newspapers, pamphlets, or handbills, any disrespect ful or offensive matter relative 'to transactions of a private nature, between clificerr, or between officers and citizens. If they dri,they'll catch it—that's all. CHICIIRN TntErss !--All :ye who ore feeding and fattening poultry, to be slaughtered on the holy days, look out The coops of several of our citizens have lately been robbed of their valuable contents, by some miserablo,sneaking vagabonds. DON ' T FOOGET the Railroad Meeting at the Pennsy Isania Hail, this evening. .We expect to see a strong turn out of our' citizens. Such an epoch in the history of tho Cosl Region should he celebrated with great rejoicingi. EXTIIIOI/DIVAIIT Exertiss.—The President's Message was brought to New York in the extraor dinary short time of nine hours and three 'nitrides! —the quickest trip on record in the United Sillies. Dean.—The Philadelphia papers of the Bth inst. notice the death of . .ft. - H. M6rria , EN., tin vtd awl highly respectable member of the Board of Btokens of that city. W.I/ITI7CO 1 TillAGETlT.—tpes Serge4ntfcir For rest, the trigei.lisa: :RatzeoKoJanisis_i4.7 o pening of She Railroad =At a meeting -of,the -, citizens' of the Coal . Region , convened at the Penneyl4niti : Rail, on the 6tb in pursUance of public notice; JACOB SHEAFR; Reg., wes called to the Chair, end Llemrair's Biii NAN ,: appointed Secretary. ' After - the object of the Meeting had beerf stated by the Chairman; die assemblage was addressed by,„l. R. CAMPBELL, Esq., who, in a very eloquent and forcible manner, set forth the immense - advantages likely to accrue to this great and growing region by the completion of the Pottsville and:philadelphia Railroad. When, on mo tion, it was . • - - • Resorszn, 'That the citizens of the Coal Region tender a Public Dinncr and Ball to the President, I Directors:and Officers of the Reading Railroad Com lissorszn, That the following persons be a com mittee, whose duty it shall be to extend an invitation to the President, Directors, and Officers of said Com pany, to partake of the hospitalities of the citizens of the region, to wit: L. C. Dougherty, Geo. IL Potts, D. R. Bennett, • Andrew B. White, Marcus G. Herber, F. Pomroy, James Tagged, ' Benjamin Haywood, Dr. G. G. Palmer, T. J. Baird, '1 Aquilla Bolton, F. B. Nichols, Dr. G. N. Eckert, Hurd Patterson, Charles Lawton, John F. Carter, Charles Ellet, On motion, it was RESOLVED, That when this meeting adjourn, it adjourn to meet again at the Pennsylvania Hall, on Saturday evening, 11th inst., at 7 o'clock. T. ARRIVAL OF TilY ACADIA AND TUE BABY ! The steamship Acadia arrived at Boston from Liver pool, on Tuesday last. She brings fifteen days la ter intelligence. Queen Victorta.has given birth to a Prince. Ae the ladies say, both mother and child aro .o doing as well as might be expected." Wherever the news was received, the bells were set ringing, and cannon fired ; and at the theatres—for this interesting event took place a little after supper time—the audiences rose and gave three times three, " with cries of God save the Queen. " The Queen will not nurse the young prince ; the wife of a Mr. Brough—not the singer—has been for tunate enough to obtain the situaiion cif wet nurse to her majesty. Queen Dowager Adelaide is distressingly in. John Shaw Leigh has been appointed to the of. ficeuf Mayor of Liverpool.' Daniel teConnel has received £ 100 es o contri• billion from the Repeal Association of Pittsburg, 17. S. Trade is still dull.. change in the cotton market. Great distress in the manufacturing districts of England. - • The Continental intelligence not worth publish- ORR STREETS lost week—Tuesday and Wednes day in particular—were thronged, jammed, closed up, with market waggons, with the produce of the surrounding country. Turkies and geese, old cocks and old hens, young chickens and middle aged ducks, full grown porkers and sucking pigs, to say nothing of the trimmings, were in great demand, and com manded fair prices. Our friend Geis. must take en entire square, if he wishes to accommodate all his customers. Pottsville is a great place. BP.w•UE OF COVSTERFEITEL—Four persona were arrested in Reading last week, and committed to pri son, for passing counterfeit notes on the Miners Bank of Pottsville. The, notes, all of which are of the denomination of $5, are calculated to deceive. They ore Made payable to J. White and J. Lyon, dated June It, 1841, and August let, 1840, and 1841, letter F. The impression on each end of the note is faint, and the signatures are not good. NOT FL ENTETITAINMENT.—See the advertise. ment of the Deaf Mutes. The entertainment takes place Mb, evening, at the Town Hall. The novel mode of expresvion, by which deaf mutes aic enabled to make themselves understood, must be highly in teresting to most people. SHIPMENTS os COAL.—The total amount of coal shipped by the Little Schuylkill Coal Co.. this sea son, according to the statement of the agent, Mr. George Wiggan, is 41,085 tons.. The shipments from the Lehigh mines, up to the 2nd list., amount to 139,457 tons. •FANIIIOISABT E A BRUUDITT.-At the bull given by Mrs. Dr. Mott, of New York, to the Prince de Joinville, at a cost 0f42500, supper was served up at half past three o'clock in the morning! Shades of Van Twiller and Stuyvesant, only think of it ! Exesorrrotra.-9-In less than thirty hours after the delivery of the President's Message to both hou ses of Congress, it was furnished to all ! .of our sub. scribers in Pottsville, in an extra form. This is in- deed a locomotive age. _ DIXON D. LEtvis, the rat bey that was killed by the newspapers, is a candidate for a seat in the U. S. Senate, vacated by Mr. Clay of Alabama. A man more capable than Lewis to fill the vacant seat, could not be found. • " SnORT Stssiows."—Thar should be the rally ing cry of the democracy. O ur ‘ - legislators talk much, transact but little real business, and spend more of the people's money than necessity requires: Door 174T0 Alit. I.r.ra's stare and took at some of his hats—the ne plus ultra. if you have aV in your pocket, you will not he satisfied .with merely looking at them. RETutusEn.--Dan Hill, from hie up country tour. He can be found 91 the old stand, dispensing the good things of this life, et his usual low- charges. NorlcE.—We have - ken authoriseci to state that the water will not be drawn off the Schuylkill Canal before the 18th inst. Wier A BEAUTIFUL apparition crossed our path, and spattend us with mud, on Tuesday last. Could she have been a stranger 1 GOOD.—The poling men of Lancaster, Erie coup ty, N. Y., have formed an 4. Anti• Tight Lacing So ciety." OPPRESSI-VELY W AIIM.•-•ThO weather at New Orleans, on. he 24th ult. lo this meridian, it is cool, yet comfortable.; THE RxeowrEns of New York propasegiving dinner to Hoz, Mr. Dickens. , A most excellent idea. Sraerarat complains sadly of the colic. We pity you, Corporal, from the bottom Of our stomach. TasrrassEs.—lt is said thai Tennessee will pro teed forthwith to choose her senators. - Do YOU yAlt7.l—Clubs aro now made out o Old Chips! Orn pniErrn WALLACE says that tight lacing is an abominable praitice. Of course it - . • Tag ,Nowrit Axanicis notices in advance o fin cents, per ton e for Letifil, , O6e), in' Phifedelphia: Iftti.ran.Atiarsitti owes you "one Rl~l (111 Sotto of aunts New Tear `is ; rind whim. it does strive, any quiptitt'of nevi, -leeves will , be tried over. Good .molutfbMs Will bp made:to . be brohen; and promisee,' freely given, to be 'violated. - - The flirt in tends to be more staid—the drunkard more temper ate—the politician More honest—the idle more in dostrbies—and the roue, seeing and feeling the evils of.his:ways: resolves o lead-a more chute and cir• cumvpect life. •-• Although you are a young man, deem it no dis grace td :be called ot thought modest. Modesty is a jewel—a gema diamond of the first water. Pity it i 8 s 0 scarce. In cooking ventsori, Mr. Harrisburg Telegraph, we never pat wine in the chaffing dish. It is the last place vie -think of pinting the generous juice of the grape. By the - way that bashaw's tail you speak of, must be long, indeed, if be could generally sit on it. It gives us much!pleasure to state that the Rev. Mr. Miller has commenced his Wednesday evening lectures, in the Episcopal Church. Ti3ey are calcu lated to do much gond. The Methodists number 3,000,000, end the Cath ohm' 800,000 in the United States. Reinhardt, now under sentence of death, for the. murder of Christ, at' Healing, managed to effect his escape from jail last week. Pursuit was immediate ly given, and the wretched man was soon retaken. He was severely wounded with buckshot, by one of his pursuers, before he was recaptured. It is' said that Mr. Dorrance, who recently retired from the U. S. Hotel, Philadelphia, has cleared with. in' a few_Years, $ 250,000. Like a good many say sos, doubtless. Never was there a greater mistake than to sup pose woman--virtuous, lovely woman—looked with forgiving eyes upon the eccentricities of the Don Juana of this world, and other kagabonds of that school. It is a libel upon, the sell end none but the infamous and depraved could think so. Natchez, Mississippi, is flourishing like a green bay tree. In spite of fires, tornadoes, and epidem ics; she is increasing in population and wealth. We hear a great deal about making laws for our political happiness ; but not a word is said about our social happitaes'a. Railroads, canals, tumpikes, magnificent public buildings, wise and just laws, are all very fine things ; but let us pay more attention to the present, corn more for the promotion of those good, old fashit ned comforts, which are now lost sight of, and think less about politics and money, and sitch rubbish. An editor's_is a dog's life. Like the actor, his reputation is his tread and butter; and like the ac tor, too, he looks for the applause of a fickle public, as an incentive to , exertion. Domestic happiness, from the nature of his pursuits, he is debarred from ; and when night has thrown her sable mantle round a sleeping world—when ,all is hushed and quiet— when the wicked cease from troubling, and the wea ry are at rest—there he sits in his sanctum, pouring over o exchanges, " or soiling foolscap by the quire, the yellow and sickly light from a '.dipped six." scarcely enabling him to see the productions of his tortured brain. 'I his hourly, daily, weekly demand on his brain—his irregular hours fur eating and sleeping—the usual excitement incidental to his pro fession—all tend to prostrate his, physical energies, in a greater or less degree. If some editors are fit patterns for the rising generation, is it a matter for wonder that many of the fraternity have been held up ae examples to warn the young and Inez perienc.'d The measles is said to prevail to a contiderable extent in Stockbridge, Mass. Marry n girl and not Ater money bags. There is some excuse for a yoUng lady being influenced by pecuniary motives, in selecting a partner for life ; for a man, none. Impulse is o dangerous. monitor—an unsafe coon senor. Hearken not to her advice or suggestions If you do, ten to one you'll put your foot into it. Can there be anything more ridiculous than to see four couples—supposed to be rational, and of sound mine—going through a cotillion, and keeping time to the scrapings of catgut If a man or wo man, boy or girl, is delighted, excited, inflated, or intoxicated, we could forgive his or her unmeaning caperings ; but this standing up, in sober mood, bow ing—curtseying—crossing over—back again—and squeezing your partner's hand, passeth our poor un derstanding.. Half the world is crazed, or the world is half crazed. Oh, the vanity of these theatres, balls, parties, soi rees, and misealled festive meetings, of all aorta and descriptions ! They afraid no real pleasure, although they may excitement ; hut it is the excitement of champaigne, without the inspiration. Solituee, at times, is not only useful but absolute-, ly necessary. You should retire frequently from the glare, glitter and artificialities of this life, and con template man as he really is, or what he should be ; not as a mere money making machine, but as be longing to the highest and noblest order of beings— an immortal—placed in this probationary world to be purged and purified. These self conimunings will teach you to put a proper estimate upon the transi tory pleasures of this transitory existence, and better fit you to play your part in the great drama of life, with advantage to yourself and others. . It is currently reported that Col. Johnson has laid in a great supply of venison for the next fortnight's consumption. Look out, ye gourmands and epi• cures! That letter has been received. We are, indeed, in luck! TLie hits been Court week at Orwigaburg. The town is crowded with lawyers and litigants, and the hotels are reaping a good harvest. Mahantango is a pleasant street to promenade with ladies. Wish the repairs were finished. Corporal Streeter, it is impossible to refresh you in the manner you speak of. Our good nature is proveitial. An improvement certainly could be made in the crossings of several of our streets. Whiit a bustling look Centre iwreet wears some. times on a Saturday evening. The side walks lined with people and the stores crowded with customers! Ours is indeed a fickle climate. At the preseht writing there is every indieation of a second edition of Indian summer. The President's Message is spoken of quite favor ably by the newspapers. The steamer Savannah has been lot on bar park sage from New York to Charleston. It is thought no lives have been lost. The Romney (Va.) , lntelligencer contains en ac , courqof a most disgraceful and barbarous outrage at that place. , A mon and woman were both taken, stripped, tarred and feathered, end the fethale rode on a rail. - -Several of the laeofoco papers aro out against the nomination of Van Buren for the next Presidency. The Vice President of Texas was formerly a boat man on the N. Y. Erie Canal. The 'citizens of. Richmond, Va., ore -about giving publie)lirtner to Aft. :Stevenson. _ • The. N. Y..."§tandard think,' the tocoraco party cannot support r!eskaoni Tyler's Edina of a "riscal EMI : Omni Anyica.--Suilabk fur the. . COVVOT any other Regius.--in a tim=ed company. never *tan a discLaaion ors religions or-political nature. In walking with n lady in public, her opinion of -you Will not be in the least enhanced. if your emot e . naneerwears a perpetual and unmeaning smirk or grin, or if you keep danting - around her like a monkey. A coosequential strut, or a inincing,gait, might ba avoided with advantage." If you are but a newly married pMr—just caught —the i dining room, Pluto', Or 'stage coach, is not e proper place for your billing and cooing. It is sorry oggrairating to old bachelors. Avbid debt and dirt, rum and theumatism. Each and all can be sUcces:ifully shunned. Do not enter the room suddenly where you know thereis a young gentleman and lady sitting, busily engaged in fanning &flame. Never ask a guest to take wine and rake, as you have got plenty in the house, without proving your sincerity by bringing forth the articles. If pour sister, while tenderly engaged in a tender conversation with her sweetheart, _requests you to bring hero glass of water from the adjoining room, you can start on the errand, but you need not re.. turn: Your absence will not be missed. Your dress should be influenced by your business and age—More particularly the latter. AtUttondress , ed lamb fashion is not generally admired. Never be induced to drink an immoderate quanii., ty, for fear of loosing the character of being a good fellow." If you are dining out, en famille, be sure to votice, caress, fondle, and kiss, all the sons end daughters of your host, under iwelve years of age ; and permit the little, interesting vagabonds, to pull you about, &PIM over you, and soil your clothes; and, although youpay be smothering with rage, smile benevolent ly on 'cm all. Be on the beat of terms svithyour landlady. -Re member she has it in her power to starve you, and canjeoparcl your health-tiy putting damp sheets au you'? bed. Under no circumstance, and in no situation, be guilty of a mean action. It is not incumbent on you to chuck under the chin, the bar or chambermaid, although she may be both young and pretty. Recollect, that she can and will presume on your familiarities, and place you frequently in awkward and disagreeable situations. If you are desperately enamored of a pretty face, be sure to see it at the breakfast table. This remedy has been often taken with success. If you would not wish to be thought utterly, hope. lessly, andirreclaimably abandoned and depraved— beyond the pale of society—pay your Printer's Bill ! MAN HWY BY A Doo.—On Saturday morning week, in Chester township. Burlington Co., N. J., o man named William Wilson vies killed by a dog in a most singular and melancholy manner. It seems he had applied to his neighbor, Samuel Ward, for the use of a dog for the purpose of hunting, and after ob'aining him was on his. we y from the prem ises; near the gateway he stopped for the purpose of earesbing the animal, in order to get him to follow, at the same time wending with his left bend over the muzzle of his fowling piece, which wee loaded and cocked. The dog jumping up, caught his toot against the trigger, discharging the piece, the con tents of which passed through hie hand, his left jaw and eye, and taking away a portioned his head, causing his death a short time afterward. ANOTHER DEFALCATION !—The Teller of the Eagle Bank of Boston, in connection with George F. Cook & Co., Brokers or that city, have ahstrat ted funds of thatinstitution to the tune of forty thousand dollars! When will there be en end to these rascplitiest THE LAND Anwin&t.—ln•the case of the Uni ted States versus James Reeside, the jury have re turned a verdict of 188,496 06 in favor of the great n land Adritiral. " A fellow must be loci y. indeed. if he has but justice done him, now a dep. STAnTrintro !—The Philadelphia gazette says.of the adult deaths in that city last week, 18 oat of 41 were by consumption. Nearly one half r Think of that, ye criminal fathers and mother& who •re rearing your children up on the lap of indulgence. A RICR COUNTIM—The average crop of Indiao corn in Illinois, this season, _are estimate•l at forty bushels to the acre. That's ibe couujry for a poor man! A rich soil. yielding good crops and fever and ague in the greatest abundance. WE HOPE TO SEE the imported fashion of paying New Year visits generally adopted in Pottsville. 'lt is an excellent custom—promotes social' intercourse —and engenders good, kind feeling. What, say you, folks 1 A Mn. B. F. HALL. ET knows a thing or two: He says that without the aid of reporter, and news papers, nine-tenths of our great men would he very little ones, in the public eye, if it could see them et alt POTTSV 1 tLy. ,ATII EN I AN ; IN STITUTS.--Leot Thursday's debate, at the To? Hall, went off with much spirit, ; Not only good' s peaking, but sound logic might have been heard. The Institute r - pt,p erly Managed, must go ahead. INTEMPERANCE AND DEATIf.-A soldier named William Dougherty, stationed at Fort Adams. near Newport, It. 1., on Monday night last, miserably per ished in thersnow. 'stern), while returning to. the. Fort from Newport, in a etate of intoxication.. ConnEeTtos.—ln nur notice of the death of ITr. John Watkins, the W. 0. of 0. r. woa designated as the N. 0. of 0. F. It was a typographical error. and ue need nut add, purely of en accidental nature. Tug HOME LEAGUE.—We shall allude to the Marie League in our next.: Would our friend Gree ley be kind enough to eentrita a copy of the ..Cunitt- Lotion," &c. • BERNSTT, Of the Herald, will shortly publish ti new medical journal, to be called the u Lancet." II will be the organ of the new, medical school of New York. TUE ESLAUGEMIKNT.--01113 01Id all of our dces changea," who have favorably noticed tho enlarge ment of the Miners' Journal, will please except ow thanks. Nuf Ced. C.tuoux.—Two, persons were arrested in our borough this week, charged with uttering counterfeit notes no the Miners' Bank. They• were fully com mitted. TAKE NoTicc.—No attention i% ill be paid to ,communications—except of a literary character—lf the name', of the authors do not accompany them. At 01.0 STons..—Tbe Louistena elopement. now going the rounds, is an old story- - We published, it weeks ego- A NONI.I)IKNT is about to be': pteithret iti litich mood, Va., to the memory oC Biettop)lloope. SoLuTiole of the Biographical Enigma its ogs lest number : Christopher Columbus. - " New "Bioronrt 'bee over. three hondrett rquatA rigged vessels engnged in-the:T/OWe trade. WKATII.I,II. he now called Cab Lain . . weather. , Ter.-13 Airl 711E1 .41 fl mill ' l44k,feji.o* snh .04 ; g_tykency...l better ik •
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