U TERMS, OP• PUBLICATION, ,• 1 Cin th• e Cash System: , . . J The Miners' Journal will , after the tit of January ncr. oe published on the following terms and condi .tiorts: - . , . 4 , ... "I ' For one year, ... : ..., ...'....$ 2CO ' i Six months,. .....: :1 . .:: ... 100 ' 1 Three moinh;,..., ...........:'4. ...... :,.. 50 Payable semi-annually in advance by those whir re , side in the county—and annually-in advance by those ( who reside at a distance..: 1 - - llzr Ng palo , un7l be sent unless the subseriptkm tit pa id in aittrance. i Five dollars in advance will pa for three, years Isubscript ion. Kr Papera delivered by the Pot Rider will .be - charged 25 cents extra. : . • TO ADVERTISERS Adveitisernents not (*ceding a square of twelve lines will beelarged $ 1 for three insertions, and 50 ten t s f or o n e inse r tion. Fire lines or under. 25 cents for each insertion. Yearly advertisersmill be dealt with on the folloWing term!: o, One C01uMn....• -3 2 0 1 Two squares. .$lO —Three-fourths d0....15 One do. :.. Ilallcolumn,. ...... 12 I Business cards, 5 lines; 3 All aili : ertisements must be paid for in adv.ince un less an account is opened with the advertiser. E. The charge of Merchants will he $lO per nnnnm, :with the privilege of'keeping one advertisement not ' exceedinglone 'square' standing during the year and luserting a smaller tine in each paper. Those who occupy a larger space will he charged extra. Notices tor. Tavern Licence. $2, All noticeri for Meetings aril - proceedings cfmeet- I ngs not considered of general interest, and many oth. ' e er notices which have been inserted heretofore gra- Hiausly, with this exception pf Marriagh - s and aths will lie elia.gestas adiertiscnients. Nbtices tvhiels invitationsc evended m 'the frictids and relatives of the drceas 11, to attend the fu nem] will be charged as advertisements .POTTS VI LLE INSTIT Ul' E. IrVIE Whiter session of this institution corn ' la inenced lon October :25th, and will continue welve weeks exclusive oCtlie vocatinrf. It is _ earnestly requested that all having wards or chil. ren to enter, will do fn B.t the commencement 61 the session, as much of the success of the pu pils depend upon a prompt and judicious classifi ration. No allowance will hereafter he' Made for Sfemuce except in easerevtliprcitracted sickness. TEIii7IS. ' Plain English hranchtls, - $4 00 Higher 6 On 1 Classics , 13.0 U Stationary. C. W. PITMAN. A. B. Principal, N. R. Bookii will be furnished to the pnpil9 a the enstoinary prices when requested by the pat rents., . Onto •er 31. 25-=tf - T ETTER I ITCH! DR. LEIDVS CEILT:pitATP:D TF.TTET'AND ITCH OINTMENT 18 daily becoming more popular. Daily do numerous individuals Stop and inform the proprietor, ails great success in removing and curing the Teller and Itch. Numerous testimonialq might he' published of itscfficacy, but fur the eelieney felt by individuals having, their names published in cat/nen:ion with so loathsome u nd disagreeable affections. it may be used with perfect 'safety by young ar.d old, even uphn infanta, containing no mercu r%;, or other mineral substance.. Dr. N. 13. Lei dy prepares it himself, and knowing its-composi tion, most confidently recommends it as superior in any. other temerly..- fOr the Tetter and Itch. Prepared and sold at D r . Leides Realth Entpo. (.ign of the Golden .Eaglq rind Scrpents,) •1\1 , .. 19! NORTIII SECOND Street, heldw Vine. 'And also at WI LL M 'T. EP'I'IIG•S. Drug Store, Plottsville. Pi ice 26 Cents, n box. June 11l 2i INIAT MMUS.- A.. gentleman belonging m one "oft he most ancient' and wealthy Camil e. of this eity,•who must be well known to artmerous friends, having. since the year 1818 up.-to recently been bent nearly double, and Tor several rears confined to his lied, has been restored to good' health—has regained his natural erect posiion—and ht. gitiCred• his car riage, and now walks with ease !! We 4alieve this ti the gentleman's eiwn descriptiro as near as possi ble, usin there is no exag.oerrition in it.. We will give trignirers his addgevs. and doubtno hitl humane feel- Inge will excuse the liberty ; that any one tlttnitting. may, knew thesefacts though he reqUests 11;3 t nine may not act:near in print. Among other SIM11:11. in- Fiances, Mr. James G. Reynolds, 141 christie street, Iris heen restored, and will give perennul anal milers tif the Incho of, his case. Boil) were rheumatism, and contracted cords and sinews. flow has this been done,' tho Indian rezetable Elirer inter , nally and Awe Nerve and Bone Lintinrni exter- Toby —N. Y. eeiald, Jan. '2611811. Sold on/y, hy C ffifztock 4 , -Co, 71 Maide n Lane, And also by %V. T. Epting Clemens ti l'arvln, and I'S! C. NlaTtin. pruggistg. Pottsville, Schuylkill . `li---I v. Delaware and Raritan l'anal. rfilllE Delaware and' Raritan Canal will he n. Ii pened for veggelg drawing sic feet'wafer on thr 24ih %lurch Instant. The Tolls on Coal destined for New Yo - rlt will crrntg per ton through the. Canal. tin Coal drninrit for any place east of ❑ell Gate `al, cents r •I'en cents wilLbe remitted on cvrtry ton of (',al which has paid 30 cents toll unit which is re—hipped from the waters of the Raritan or Am boy thy to any place east of Bell Gate. .Stearn Towing from Philadelphia or Bristol to Nr.se York, 39 cents per ton fur coal: from ['hil edr nr Amboy, 25 cents. • Towing d vessel • through the Canal with four $lO two horses'm3,oo, r • . i 1. F. STOCKTON, Prasidc . nt. ()claw. re and Raritan Canal Curnpa i ny. March V , _ 14— - . , , LOOK MERE! TVS*, received and new oneniorr, n 1 . 1-ze nod " well assorted 'stock of new Fall end Winter goods ciriis.ing of ~ Dry Goods of eriry desdription, Groceries of all hinds; j . China, Gloss and (bri,ilwarr', Fur, Cloth, and Bair Seal CUps, Roots and Shoes, ' .0. Coats, Pantaloons, Vests, tfc: Koster, Salt, Fish, 4-e• • Which will be soli on the roost liberal•terms, and ,at very low prices or in exchange for cniintry firciducc, for which the highest price will he paid. SAMUEL HARTZ. Pottiiiille, No 1841. • COME AND SEE' " 10 ' 1P WIIP ON of Pottsville, would most re specffullv inform the Merchants of this, and the siornanning, vain:sea . ..that he has returned to the long cstiblisheil and extensive Wholesale., Dry Good Muse. of Atwood C Co.. No. id, Market St., south sde, between 2d and 3d, Philadelphia. where ho will ic pleased to exhibit to any twit rimy 'call. a large cad v2lendid assnrtment of Foreign and comeistic Pry G 'ads. at the usual terms and prices. 'March 12 EXCHANG E 1110 TE - CENTRE 'STEET, POTTSVILLE. NEARLY OirO ITE TUE TOWN HALL. ' • DAV D CLARK. • 11,14 SI2, ECTFULZY iraorinw his tripods and the • coniMunity in general, that he has taken the above - well known estab -4 lishment and; fitted it with new in fornitore andin the' best sty for 1 , _ _ • the accommodation of all those who ma ) favor him with their patronage. The above , !tilltilishment, is located in the centre -- of blsi: nrsr. There is nn Omnibus leaves s,he house ev e! y day tor'the Rail I'oad depot in time for tray elless to take the Cars for Philadelphia. - T. S. Good stabling attached, with attentive ost. hrs. April 16 16-0 AD3IIN ISTILVI 1012,S n Or CEs NOTIC Eie hereby given that Lettere Testa memory have been granted by the Register of Schuylkill county, to the sub- cribers, residing in . liranch Township, Schuylkill county, of the estate of Charles Robson, late ,of Branch Towil;. hip. AlLpersdhs indebted to said estate arehere., requpstea 'to make immediate payment, and' all persons having claims or demands against said estate v are requested to make the same known Wheat clay, to- , W r ILLIAM TZOBSON, Adip'r. 311‘,1111( ROBSON, Adm'ra. A pril 30 NEW DYI, 'Gr ESTABLISHMENT.% nytHE todreriber resnectthlly hoot !care to inform. H the citizens - Of Pottsville and vicinity that he Las removed hit 1)YINC; ESTABLISIIMENT, in ail its rations branches, from New York to Pottsvi in, where he intends to continue the business if he shoild meet the favor of the publierwhith he will do all in , q his power to, obtain. Ile resides in c-ENT E STREET, ceit doer ;*1 the GOLDEN. 1:11.(; F. nhere-all those thatlmay favor him with; call, ,111 meet with prompt attention. --- pßuvrEns, 11111,—h and l'hiladc,lp hit prices, fig 3.416.11 March 19,12-- B. VOL XVIII. It was the dead hour orate night. The room was a high wainscotted apartment, with furniture of a rich but antique pattern. The pale moonlight streaming through the curtained window, and struggling with the subdued - light of a candle pla ced in a c..rner, disclosed the6gure of a sick man extended on a bed, wrapped in an unquiet slum ber.his side sat a care.worn though still beautiful woman gazing anxiously on his face, and breathlessly awaiting thw:crisis of the fever— for it was now the ninth day since that strong man had been prostrated by the hSind of disease, and during all that time he had rayed. in an incessant delirium. He had at length dropped into on un quiet slumber, brokerrat first by starts and means, but during the last hour ho had Veen less rettless, and he now may as still as a sculptured statues His wife well knew that era Morning the crisis would he past. and she waited, with all a woman's affection, breathlessly for the event. Aye ! though few woman have been wronged as Emily Walpole had been , wronged; she stilt cherished her hus band's image, for he was, despite his errors, the laver of her youth. Few girls had been more admired than Emily Skvem. 13tit it was not'only the beauty of her features and the elegance of her form which drew around her a train of worshippers: her mind was one of no ordinary ca‘t, and the sweetness of her temper lent an ineffable charm to all she did. No one was so eagerly sought for at a ball or a pic nic as Emily Severn, anti at her parental fireside she was the universal favorite. ft.was long before she loved. She Was not to be misled by glitter or show. She could only bestoiv her affections where she, thought they were deserved, and it was not until Eihe met Edward Walpole that she learned to surrender her heart.. Edward yy n hen he became the husband of Etnily Severn, wits apparently all that a wo man could wish. AU WAS warm-hearted r of a no ble soul, kind; gentle, and ever ready to waive his own selfish gratification at the call of duty, But, alas I he had one weakness, he did not ad'from principle. His generous deeds were the offspring, of a warm heart rather than ola regulated intellect. As yet he bad never been placed in circumstances which severely tried his principles. But, above a year after, his marriage, be fell heir to the large 'property bf a maiden aunt, anti at once his whole style of lifb was altered. His accession of wealth brought him into contort with society in which hitherto he had never Mingled, where the polish of factitious politeness often .hides the most de praved morals, Above all, by abandoning fession, he condemned hi mselfte Comparative idle ness. Ho now began to be tortured by ennui, and sought any excitement to pass away the time. l'hc harpies who infest,society, and with the ap pearance of gentlemrn have the hiarts of fiends, now marked him for their prey; and hisopen and generous nature made him theiii' victim in a com paratively short ':pace of time; We shall not vac° his dOwn card ',regress. It is always a mel ancholy taut to mark the lapsd from virtue of a' noble and generous character, and how much more so when the heart of a wife is to, be broken by the dereliction from rectitude. 11—In Emily. saw the gradual abberdition of her hus band, and though she mourned die cause, no word of reproach escaped her lips, liu by 'eviery gentle Means . shii StrOSO to bring back tier husband to the paths of virtue. Dut a fatality seemed to have seized him.. 'Ho was in a 'whirlpool from which he could notfextricate himself. He still loved his wife, and more than once, when'[ her lookseut him to the beart, - he made an effort to break loose from his associates; .but they alwayS found means to bring him back era long. Thus a year passed. His fortune-began to give way t i or he bad learnt to gamble. As his losses becaMe more frequent his thirst for cards became greate l r, until at length ho' grew sullen and desperate. llie was now a changed man. He no longer" fell compunction at the wrongs ho inflicted on his sweet wife, but if her sad looks touched his heart r all, they only stung him into undeserving reproaches. Ho was becrimingharsit and violent. Yet his poor wife en dured all in silence. No recrimination passed her lips. But in the solitude of her c ambler sh*shed many a bitter tear, and often,„at t e hqur ormid, night, when her husband was fa -awri in some downs company her prayers were , eartli ascending for bim. , 1 I - Two years, had now elapsed, and. the last one had been a year of bitter sorrow ,to Eiuity. At length her husband came hanie one night en al. moat ruined Man. Ho had. -beet! stripped - at the gambling table; of every 'tent of his property, over which he had arty control, and he was now in a state almost approaching -to midnias. Before morning he Was in , a bigh For days ho raved incessantl y of his ruin, cursing the wretch• ruby whom'fished been Plundered. Nine Jaya had passeil.and now the crises. waS Si hind, LOUIS TO • S • • , • ' , . - I. t . ..EMMENOMMOIMINI . ~. - . • . ... . .... .. . . , . .. . . )I .! S .Wiiic a MIL GP .) : SITETI ' GT aTO OUIL lIA.N 1111 AND - .ILIE Cl' ALL NATO= TO OUR OSE:A.NO PLEASURE - . .Da:,1r0111% TOO . "I WILL TEACH YOU TO ' , TWICE TIIT BOWL OF TUE Eitrilf, WAND BREW OUT 1 1 E031 TOE CATEENS OF lIIOONTAIN3, MET , . . . . . Ofilce_Lyrlesi.:No. S. you ; ask me fora paragon— !' - , 1%. eicture of perfection! •, • Ho drarest tihat cannot be - done, Without mature reflection: . l'ilv views may be distasteful too, To rainy who may lead them : tut knowmg truly they are true, .Hang me! if I wiitheed them. , So here's the beauty that I love, • The idol, which I kneel to; 'Arid shetild my muse uonward prove, ' fleinenther what I feel ; too ; Hereycs are bright .1444 star, • Iler mouth a ruby portal; And though the corners may be far Apart, yet I can court all. Het figure—Cods !ndw hive merengue. To chant its wavy ()wheel For though I've oft its praiseasunS. I never could without wine; I'll prove the classic mn'sen fool, Who says in vino peritas ; Ann show 'you how the modern school, Finds troth in a cold water glass. llcvlovely, , rounded, glowing, bust, , SiVells with the pride and strength' oflove; Beforeits beauties each hearti must Still, with the rapture "400 they move; ibier feet—ne'er can the emory hold ,Its PoWer,'neathiuch ponderous load. Of beauty—cast in natur s mould. What glorious things CO ca4sh a toad. And when she speaks-I;6h every heart ! Stilievery sense—lo hear the strain ; Or with its music yon will start, And may-be ne'er come back again ; Like to the soft melothoue tone, That summer's twiliahi vibrates tot When summer's bull frog clears his throat, And sings his song, his' i mate to woo. So is her voice—my thoughtsgtow wild— My pqn is palsied 'neatb the task, • Of thus pourtraying, name's child— •• • The light in which'my feelings bask ; Promethianzlike, I thin would warm • This beauty,with the heavenly firo; , And should I then describe the charm. The song would ne'er disgrace the lyre. From Grahain'tl 'klagrzine THE By AGNES S.IERSOL. POTT WEEKLY BY BEN4ANIIN BANNAN, POTTSVILLE, SCHUYKILIL COUNTY, PA. • The chink Struck twelve. .Aasound after sound rung out 'iiho stillness and died away in echoes; reverberating through the house, the sick tridti moved in sleep, until, when the last stroke was given. hs opened bir eyes and looked lan guidly and vacantly around,—llia gaze almost in stantly met the face of hi; wife. For a moment his recollectiota could be seen struggling in his countenance, rand at.length an expresSion of deep mental suffering settled his face. His wife had by this tidie risen and was now at his herbicide. She saw that the crisis was past, and as she had her hand in hi's, and felt rho moisture of the skin, she new that he would recover. Tears of joy gushed from her eyes and dropped on the sick man's face. Heavenly Father, r thank thee ! " she murmur ed at length, wher; her mUtion suffered her to speak, while the tears streamed faster and faster down her cheek; he is safe, ho will recover,' and though she Ceased speaking, her lips 'still moved in silent prayer, The sick man felt.the tears,on his face, he saw his wife's grateful emotion, he knew thrall° was even- now praying for him, and as ho recalled to mind the wrongs which he bad inflicted on that uncomplaining woman, his heart was melted with in him. There is no chastenitr like sickness; the most stony bosoms softens beneath it. Ho thought of the long days and nights during which he.must have been ill, and when his insulted and abused wjfe had watched anxiously at his bed-side. Oh! how he had brushed that noble , heart; and now this Wes her return! She prayed. for him who had wronged her. She shed tears of joy because her erring husband had been restored, tie it were, to life. These things rushed through his boSom and 'she strong man's eyes filled with tears. Emily—,dear Emily,'" said he, g I have been a villain, and can you forgive me I deserve it not at your hands—but can you, will you forgive a wretch like me.' Qb ! can I forgive you ?' sobbed the grateful wife, yes ! yes ! but too gladly. Bat it is not a gainst me you have sinned, it is against a good and righteous God.' I know it—l know it,' said the repentant hus band, land to His mercy I look. I cannot pray for myself, but oh ! Emily, pray fur me. He has saved me from the jaws;bf death.—Pray for me, dear Emily.' • The wife knelt at the bed-side, and While she husband, exhausted by his agitation, sank back with closed eyes on the pillow, she read the noble petition for the sick, from the book of Comthon Prayer. At times the sobs of Emily would almost choke her utterance, but the holy wordashe reed, had at length, a soothing effect bollr on her mind and that of her husband. When the prayer was over, she remained for several minutes kneeling, while her husband murmured atintervais his heart felt responses. At length she nisi, from the bed side. Her huSband •.7 ould again have spoken, to beseech once more her forgiveness. But with a glad feeling et her heart—a feeling such as she had not had for years—she enjoined silence on him, and set down again by his bed-side to watch. At length he fell again into a calm slumber, whilo the now happy wile watched at his bed-side until morning, breathing thanksgiving for her husband's recover•._ and Shedding tears of joy the while. When the .ick man awoke at daybreak, he was a changed being. Ho was now convalescent, he was more, ho was a repentant man.—He wept on the bosom of his wife, lind made resolutions of re formation which, after his recovery, through the blesaiing of God, he was enabled to fulfil. , The fortune of Walpole was mostly gnno, brit suffit lent remained from its wrecks, to allow , him the-comforts, though not the luxuries of life. He soon settled his affairs and removed 110 M his splen did mansion to a quiet cottago in a neighboring village. The only pang he felt. was at leaving the home which for so many years' had been the dwelling of the head of his family—the home where his uncle had died, and which had been lust only through his own folly. Neither. Walpole. nor his wife ever regretted their less of fortune; for both looked upon it as the means used by on over-ruling Providence to bring the husband lock to the path of rectitude ; and they referred to it therefore with feelings rather, of gratitudedhan of repining. In their quiet cottage, on the wreck of their wealth, they had been strangers in the days of their opulence. A family of lovely children sprung up around them, and it was ihe daily task of the parents to educate these young minds in the path of duty and recti tude. Oh! the happy hours which they enjoyed in that white, vine-embowcredtottage, With their children smiling arouno them, end the conscious ness of a well.regulatell life,. filling their hearts with peace. Years rolled by and the hair of Walpole began to Turn gray, while the brow of his,-sweet wife showed more than one 'wrinkle, but still their hap piness remained undiminished. AMERICAN - CrucniT.-1 he follosting is on ex: tract from o letter of the great poet WORDSWORTH to Bishop DOANE The proceedings of some of the States in your country, in money concerns, end the shock which is given to the credit of the State of , Pennsylvania have caused much Muhl° under our roof, ty the injury done to some of my most valuable tonnes. ions and friends. I am' not personally and direct ly a sufferer ; but my brOther, if the State of Penn sylvania should fail to hilfil its engagement, would lose almost all the little savings of_ his long and generous life. My daughter, through the perfidy of the State of Mississippi, has forfeited a sum; though but small in itself, largo fo; her means; ands, great pution of my most valued friends have to lament their misplaced confidence. Top. its of this kind are not pleasant to dwell upon, but the mom extensively the injury is chile 'known, the mom likely is it, that where any remains of integrity, honor, or even common humility exist, efforts will ha made to set and keep things right." . , ~ Ana TOI7 Issues') 1-=This question is freqUent . . lyasked . the public by the press, and, we presume, in many eases, it is tacitly answered: In the aftv. midst.: Thire are many, however, wheats heed. less, end, :ere:tbey are4aware, their property is destroyed by ON and then they repent of their le. misseess and ;neglect. In these tines, when the incendiary is Prowling about, it behooves all Om. possess property to - beve it insured` immediately, We daily read' of - cases Where individuals have looked at the libte-which;sioted Over their &et.' liege destroy' g the availie f year/ oftoit, and who, by the expense of tr few' ilollsta, might have felt the assiiance'that they would be amply renniner ated for their osii,•;—Dtri/g/ Chronietp, • "' • ' 'ULLE GENERAL ADVEIVITSER. i. .SATVRDAY MORNING, MAY 21, 1842 Correspondence of the United Stales Gazelle WASITINGTOS, May 6, 1842. New York Custom House Rogueries. J. R. Chandler, Esq.—l had only timo last night, to give yen a Homeopathic dose of the flow York Custoin Muse villainies, as disclosed by the Report of Mr. Poindciter; one of the Commission ers appointed to investigate that sink of corrup tion, just printed and, sent to members. I win now endeavor to gives you, in asuman spice as possible the substanco of soma 40 pages of this pr . ecious document. I stated in my last letter how a certain George A %Verson, public stmekeeper hail, in three year:,, received $94,430 92 for. cartage and labor, with out producing any vouchers to authorize the al lowance of this sum, or any other, besides a sala ry of $l5OO per annum, largct 4 fnms of money for attending trials at Baltimore and Philadelphia, coal taken from that belonging-to the Custom House, for his awn use. goods abstratted from the Public Stores, and the labor of men employed and paid by the government. I also told you heti this man charged government from two to jive dollars a load for carting goods, when merchants and others only paid from 31 1.4 to 50 cents per load, haul ed the same distance--eackpackage - hauled by hie cart being charged •as a load, though six, eight, or ten .. pckages were taken at a load. This is one of the frauds t practised upon the govern ment. i believe I also stated that, this honest George A. Wasson was continued by Mr. Genii, precisely as he bad been placed by Jesse Hoyt, that the same extravagant and f4uilulent charges for eartage and labor which had been sanctioned by Mr. Hoyt, were continued by Mr. Curtis, with a full knowledge on his part of the outrageous prices,charged. Believing your readers and the public general ly, will have been made sufficiently acquainted with the character of this Mr. Wasson, by the slight nblice I have taken of his transaction, I shall dismiss bim, to take up and look at The amount of money expended for stationary in Me various departments of the N. r Cus tom House. Namely 9 mciallis of 1838 $8,487 50 1839 L 17,780 87 1840 r 16,713 16 3 months of 1811 Y 8,7:1 69 Total in just 3 years, $51,703 22 Average, $17,234 42 a year. Comparative prices of stationary under Jena Hoyt and Edw. Curtis, and the market value in the city of New York, as shown by the testimony of David Felt, en old and respectable stationer. Articles. Prices under Uuder Market Hoyt. Curtis. Value. Cash Book, $2O 011 4 quires Bond Book, $l5 $l2 $6 Impost Book $6B ' 853 019 50 15 Quires., ( Masters oath, t $l2 pr. ream, $l2 to 811 07 2on a sheet.. ( per ream. pr ream. Several other books same prices. Abstract j SlOO to 9114 none $47 50 paper. c per ream. per ream. Abstract do. j $7O per ream: $BO per $l5 inferior, ( ream. pr ream. Abstract do. j $lO per ream. $ll smaller size. I, . per ream. Pencils per gross, $l5 to 828, $l5 to 912, Sa 00 Tape per gross, $l2lO 818, 812 $6 50 Wafers per lb. $1 72 $1 50 60 Watt peril), 81 75 81 50 .75 Sand, $3 to 83 50, 82 per 12i eta. per peek. peck. per peck. These comparative statements aro made from the vouchers furnished to the Commissioners by the Auditor of the Custom House. They were made, not in consideration of the amount of ex penditure, but to exhibit a fair specimen of every other expenditure, great and email, in the Custom house, for a series of years past. There was expended, for books, stationary, and printing, during the last quarter 'of Mr. floyt's Collectorship, including 20 days which Mr. Mot gsn was in office. and a few days before the se cond quarter, the following sums for the subjoined articles: For Blank Books, • $1,577 00 Steel pens and a few quint, 1,322 50 Lead pencils; 618 00 Foolscap and poet paper, ' 415 75 Report and envelope paper, 503 88 Letter paper, = 293 50 Drawing paper, 50 00 Tar, 846 00! Wafers end wax, 449 00! Sand, 32 00! Ulanks, 2,435 00 Knives,l6l 00! - - • Ink, .156 00! Sundries, 116 57 EMS t•This enormous sum," says Mr. Poindexter, "stands charged on the bpoks of the Custom house in the short space of three months, of which $5,- 416.11 were debited to the collector's' and store keepers offices, in which there were employed err. enty-nine clerks; making an average of $287,77 pet annum for stationary for each person attached to these offices. There'were'during this (planer, one hundred and thirty-six reams of fools cap and letter paper ordered and supplied for the use of the Gaston House, which forme a part of the ag. grogate sum - us above stated.. It is evident that so large an amount of stationary could not have been required for any legitimate purpose connect• ed with the business of the several departments of the Custom House, to be used in tho short apace of three months, and therefore, the greater portion of the'articles purchased must have passed into the hands of Mr. Curtis, who succeeded to the of fice of Collector about the close of that quarter, or hove been fraudulently abstracted from the Cus tom House, of which no evidence was given to the Commissioners,: but in the accounts and vouchers rendered by Mi. Curtis in the second quarter of the same Year, being the first quarter after he became. collector, there is charged, for dis bursements in the purchase-of stationary ordered and received.hy him for the collector's office alone $1;753,75;_ . for the appraisers $118,50; for the Storekeeper $203,83; for • inspectors $24,50; for the itorefie Maslttngton street $20,56, making, in the whole, the grand total of $t0,942,90 for the stationary Moir, during. one-half of the year ism" ".• - : - PM° single item of steel pita ana quills;_ of the latter of which hot few -were Ordered, end theWoie seareeli Worth mentioning, stnounted; . ()oriel the three years of Mr: Ifoit'e lion of the tustoni House to the sdoi of $6,25 5 .• 161 ! The price . of there pens, tinned in the bills rendered anti rid by Mr; Hop, ranged from -.... . ... i . . . . . . . • .'' ' ' . ' . . .• • ..... ~ . . . . , .. . . . . . . . •••••• . , . .., -.. . . - .. . . . .. 1' .-- ....- - . , . ... . . ' . . . . - _ . . the minimum of nine !Jul re per gross, to, the maximum of twenty.two ollars per gross, the larger portion being of the over class, which am in general rise for clerks, both mercantile and Tho depositions of Eivul Felt, E. J. Eno, and. Josiah Hayden, who are largo, dealers in tho I t% article of steel pens, are_ ref s wed to. to show the standard price per gross of the descriptions used at the Custom House. I purchased in boxes, which is the most convenient mode of supplying clerks, (the cards being eo.irely uselese,) it will be seen that the first class of Qillet's' Magnum Boom pens, or pens of canal qOality, could be supplied in the New York market, at four dollars. fifty cents per gross on the Card, or one half that sum in boxes ;'and what i; denominated 'scour. mercial pens," at two dollar per groins on the card or $1 20 in boxes. Tokin! the average of these pricey, and considering that 19-20tlis of the pens supplied to the Custom House are of the latter class, it will appear, that, al these rates the sum appropriated by Mr. 'Hoyt. While he remained in office would have supplied the enormous quantity of 422,237 pens, making an average of' 144,079 per annum; to be distributed among about ono hundred clerks who are constantly employed in writing, or an average of shim' 1500 pens each . per annum." • • The report states that Mti, Eno, offered to sup ply Mr.. Hoyt such pens as he paid $9 per gross for, at $1 50 per gross ; but ho declined the offer so decid-dly, as to prevent a repetition of it. - '.lt may be asked why particular individuals are allowed and paid at rates ranging from $2 to $22 per gross, for pens, for the use of the Custom House, where an offer to sapply like articles et the moderate price of $1 50 per gross is contemp tuously rejected anti shunned ? The undersigned refers to the volume of eVidence taken by the Commissioners to demonstrate the fact, which, in the absence of clear proof, might well bo doubted, that this and numerous other) cases of favouritism, so gross and palpable that [ 'none can mistake it, had their origin in a 'systembf fraud on the pub lic Treasury to promote the interests of selected partisans, who could be relied on for efficient ser vices in popular elections. • The conclusion is stronglyl enforced by the mass . of evidence taken in relation' to the existence of a Custom House tax, regularly levied and paid, in advance of elections fur city officers, for Gover nor and Representatives in the State Legislature, (or members for Congress, and for President and Vico President of the United States, during the whole period of the two preceding administra tions of the Federal Government. This tar was graduate'd on a scale corresponding with the salary received by ear.h• officer and the importance of the pending election, and a refusal to pay it, was immediately followed by removal from office. It will also.be seen, by the report of tbe survey or and other evidence, that 9umeroua officers of the Customs were absent from duty, either by the empress permission of the Collector or with out censure from that officer, for weeks and months prior to elections, for no other purpose than to in fluence voters, and lend their aid to the success of candidates favorable to the party in power, while their aularie; es office 4 of the Government, suffered no • diminutio4 in consequence of their abience from duty. Mortifying as it is, to be oh conduct in a high and respo; Government—conduct which grace upon tho country, thol that duty leaves him no alter. acts stated 'ara established t. ny which to every impartial elusive. \\ The same system of wast seen in every article falling tion of stationary." During years of official service there: mous sum 0r526,157 14, o 752 38 per annum, for bla, be seen by the table above could be supplied at $l9 50,1 Some that are worth only $1 —those charged at $l5 are I.' In the bills rendered by O'l article 'of writing sand is cb from $3, to $3 50 per pack, even higher : when it was in aition ,Of David Felt, that he taken by the bushel at l2} c cents per bushel; and if tokei at 25 cents; and at these eats profit would be 200 per cent. °During Mr. Hoyt's tirne paid for writing sand, the suns it the customary rates, wo 404 i bushels. It appears; too, that Mr. strict .paper, or blue laid En whreh is charged in O'Berr' $8,721 69 rom $lOO to $144, ( one ti dollars!) per ream, Its value from $3O to $47 .60 per r paper," which is worth VS at from $7O to $BO per ream $ll, at $4O per ream The Commissioner Males for the Custom House were hand by certain (aimed in opportunity of purchasing yen lean than those mention Ite, and who of course, mad The system of favoritism, the public interest and fair d extended to the must violen who earned the favor by t hand from which they meet i s Is ll ass aiwrer.—The eery important and much mooted question as effect of Attachments of the property of bankrUp priorto theinstitti.; tion of proceedings in ban ruptcy, was decided 1 by Judge Story on Saturd y, lin opinion of great length ,• in which he discussed the wholesubject with .his usual abdlt d clearness. The result to Which he came as, that.such attach- ments would not hold the property, but Would; in effect, 'be dissolved by the proceedings in bank rnptcy.--Thia decision is considered of More im portance by legal gentlemen, - than any which ie . likely to arise under .the 13:tualtrtipt Law,, and in some of the States,.it will Make a vast difference in the effects of bankrupts. Bogen Mer. /QUI: Emir Cz.ay. r —This dititinguiabed statesman i t was escorted into Leiingto , Ey., end from thence 'to his' reeideticii at Ashlan d_ 'by a large procession of ladles and gentlemen. i lr, Clay rode in a - ba_ 'tench° drawn by, four' gray ' horses._`. , Every de. rnonstratton of leapt:et attd esteem ` were shown him by his klloVit citizens of Lexington, mid his neipbore of Ashland, iliged to expose such 'risible officer of the reflect so much die ; Commission states ati,e, and that the I a chain of testimo mind must be con- teful extravagance is !rider the &nomina -1 Mr. Hoyt's three r was paid the enor an average of $ 8,- k books'- • As will given, books which are charged at $6B. , are chefged at $2O led $11; and so on. Herr nod others, the Feed at the rate of and in some cases 1 proof by the dope lropplied the same, if ;cats per peck, or 50 6 by tha single peck, • ho stater; that his 3 yeare, them was of $202 38, which, Id havo purchased : opt purchased t. ab. glieth imperial" ruled hill at the rato of !oared and forty-four iug to New York, « Impost-book r p er ream is charged 4 and denuny, worth that all tbs . stipplies umithed at second , ididuals who had an a articles at prices e• as their market wal l. an enormous profit. leo inconsistent with • cling, was uniformly political partisans, Mt...devotion to the ed it." • . R OLDSCHOOL. OLIY The Sommer Birds. Sweet warblers of the sunny hours, • 6 ' For ever on tbe wing— - • I love, them, ar I lave the flowers.. The sunlight and the spring. • They tome likepleasant memories, • In Sunritner•tijoyous time. And sing their gushing melodic. As I would singe rhyme. In the green end quiet. places - Where the golden sunlight tails, We sit with smiling faces, To list their silver calls, And when their holy anthems Come pealing through the sir, Our hearts leap forth to meet them, With a blessing and a prayer. Amid the enorning's fragrant dew— Amid the mist, of even— They warble on as if they drew Their music detail from . heaven. - Bow sweetly sounds each mellow note. Beneath the moon's pale rev, When dying' zephyrs rise and float, Like lovers' sighs, away Like shadowy spiritescen at eve, Among the tombs they glide : Where sweet pale forms, for which we grieve, Lie sleeping aide by side. • Theo break with song and solemn hush Where peace reclines her head, And link their lays with mournful thoughts That cluster round the dead. For never can my soul forget The loved of other years; Their memories fill my spirit yet— . I've kept them green with tears; And their singing greets my , heart at times, As In the days of yore-, Though their music, end their lowliness, • Is o'er—for ever o'er, And ellen, when the mournful night Comes with a low, sweet tune, And sets a star on every height, And one beside the moon— When not a sound of wind or wave The holy stillness mars, I leek above, and strive to trace Their dwellings in the stars. The birds ! the birds of summer hours They bring a gosh - of glee, To the child among the fragrant flowers— To the sailor on the sea. We hear their thrilling voices • In their swift and airy flight, And the 'inmost heart rejoices With a calm and pure delight. In the stillnecs of the starlight hour, When I em with the dead, Oh ! may they flutter 'mid the flowers That blossom o'er my head, And pour their songs of gladness forth In one melodious strain, O'er lips whose broken melody . Shall never sing again. We make the following extracts from Mrs. ourney's new end valuable work on the mental Cul ture and formation of Female character : Suffer me to say to those who are in the fair blossom of their being, that they ere unsafe while they neglect the guidance of religion. Seek her, sweet friends; with prayrr, amid the hush and ho liness of morn, and at eve recall the day's deeds, and measure them by her standard, and weigh its words and thoughts in her equal balance. Make that religion, which regulates the heirt, a constant companion. It has bun an error tc; sup pose it should be reserved for the more highei and trying exigencies of life, Though able to sustain under the greatest extremity, it is equally willing to walk in the humblest paths. Itit 'mar a bright er robe ow the . Sabbath, it is still ginledfor the ser vice of every day, and ready to take its station by thcirsido, who invoke its aid--It is like a thread of gold, which may be continually wound Jot () the web of life. If its clew be laid aside, except on Sundays, or reasons of prayer, it will be difficult to resume. It may •be either so entangled, or hie ken, or tarnished, that the tissue will be unfit for heaven," "Religion need not be disjointed from the in nocent pleestwes of life. Its prCivince is to height en happiness, as well to sustain toil, or to sancti fy affliction. To confine it to seasons of lonely meditations, or disrobe it of its angel smile, is a monastic error. Give it place by the hearth-stone, and - in the walk among the flowers, w here . heart answers to heart. Let it have part in the mole that cheers, the domestic circle, and in the fond in tercourse of sisterly and fratenial love. • • • • • • • 44 And now,.if I have urgently or diffusedly in cited the young to the pursuit of the most excel lent, most enduring science, it is because in the book of divine truth, I have seen the pledge of Omnipotence, that those who „ seek early shall find it ;" because I have believed, that in the do cility of their happy season, there was an aptitude fdr be rudiments which time and change might take away." Haimledge a Knowledge opens sources of delightful con templation for domestic retirement: This renders it a peculiar protection to . the young: In their fondness for promiscuous society, they are often in danger of forming indiscreet associations, or rash attachments. Knowledge makes home pleas ant, and seltcouratunion no solitude. a VVben I am alone, it talks with me, so that I have no need to go abroad, and solicit amusement frcini others," said the philosopher Antistheties. This lineament of knowledge, strongty'recommends it to our own sex, my dear youing, friends. : For home is our province--!-and it Wont, imperative duty to strive to render it agreeable; and , as we are never more disposed to he amiable, than when re aro happy we shall probably best succeed in imparting filici ty, when we most enjoy it ourselves." liidassl74 Those of our sax, who have been distinguish ed, by . energy in- the domestic department, are usually exemplary for their improvement of the early hours of the dog. • A knowledge of those 'pursuits which promote the comfort and order of a householkthonld 'be woven with classical, edu cation. It may be so mingled as to relieve rather . thari °hairnet intellectual Mauro. 1 haVe never heard any young bay. deny in words, the excellence of industry end tics)" beaten many,, who have put forth vigorous efforts for the , improvement of their most_ precious season of life. But I have seen no elm of people, among whom a more eliichmt system of industry end economy of time was established. then the agricultural pop ulation of New England. Their possessions are not stacierttly large to allow Waste Of any descrip tion. Ilenceosvery article seems to be carefully estimated.ind applied to Haired use. Their mode of life, is as filterable to cheerfulness end heath, ai it it eminent in indusiry. The farmer, rising with the isten, attends to those einployminta which are necessary for the i I 1 comfort s:tribe family, and proceed* early with bte sons or ,assiStinte; to their depanrnent of daily re. bor. The binds enliven them-with their Fong, ant( the larnbigambol,:while the patient di reisiksibi deep.furrow, or the gietn is committed to the es• `l, or the tell grass humbled beneath tharsthe, or the stately' earn freed from theintruitionid weeds. —Pitting mike are: proppitiolied . to the yoUrigest ones theft nolised insy be idle: In the interior of the house, an equal ditigenco prevaite, • The elder daUglisere ukka *Otitis part with the mother, in every domestic toil. •No Ittr: vent is there, to create auspicious feelings, oi a di:: Aided interest. No key grates in the, lock, I'o4 all are as .biethren. The children, who are too small to be useful. proceed to school. kindlY , leading the little one; who can scarlet; walks Perhaps tho aged grand-mother, a welcome and honored intimate; amuses the ruddy infant, that she ;may release a stronger handler : toil: ' The sound of the wheel, end the vigorous strokes of the loom, are heard. The fleece of the'. sheep is wrought up, amid the cheerful song of sisters. Remembering that the fabrics which they produce, will grui4,_thoso whom they love, front the blast of, winter; the-bloom depends on their cheek with 'the pleasing consciousness of useful iodustry."l al trust that no young lady, hoviever Oleieted her ',station, ' , will conceive that a knowledge of what , appertains to the soperintendence of a farm. ly, can derogate from her dignity."' •• • • • • • a NO. 21. The young ladies of the present generation seem to pass in review before •me, 'with all .their privileges, and in all their ghee and beauty. thinks their hands are upon the ark of titer emus. try. Let them not feel that they have only I d ' seek embellishment, to afp from the honey cups of life, of to glitter like the meteor of a eumitten eve. For as surely as the safely turd prosperity of a nation' depend on the virtue of its people, they, who reign in the retreatslvbere man (urns for his comfort, who have power over the marble ! ery whichstamps_ou the infant mind its.eharar t tor of good or evil, are responsible, to a fearful ea. tent, for that safety and prosperity." , - I have ever thought it deairable that young la dies should make themselves mistresses of some, attainment, either in art to seienee7 by which they might secure a subsistence, should they be , reduced to poverty. Sudden and entire reverses are not uncommon in the history of affluence.---.. To sustain them without the means of lessening the evils of dependence, when health aqintelleet . are at our command, is adding helplessness to our own affliction, and increasing the burden of others. When the illustrious Henry Laurens, by the for tune of our war of Revolution, was held a prison-_ er in the Tower of London, he wrote, to his two daughters, who had been nurtured in all the ten-' demess, and luxury of Carolinian wealth It is , my duty to warn you to prepare for the trial- of earning your daily bread by your daily labor.-3 Fear not servitude ; encounter it if it shall be ne.. cessary, with the spirit becoming a woman of an honest and pions heart; one who has been neither fashionably nor airectedly religious." The 11C- . complished Madame de Geniis pronounced 'her self to be in possession of thirty trades, or varie ties of occupation, by which she could, if fleece sary, obtain a livelihood." Reader, a Word L. What did Loco Focoism bequeath to the coun try ! • Mr. Van Buren left ci's a bankrupt treasury. , He left the public interests every where itbau'-; Ho left us•without a currency. , He left us a debt of . fifteen million., • He lett ue the North Eastern end North West-. ern Territorial question—though of yesrstturati.ua' —unsettled. He left the Carolina question unsettled. He I- ft us the questi in of thoi Right of Heare unsettled. The Compromise Act he left us at the Yeer of its conclusion, and treasury notes in lieu ly revenue action. _44 And with all these difficulties, foreign ettif mesa; piled imountain high' upon the slnitaldFrs of the new administration, the whigs • are asked fur the promised refi.rm ! Suppose, friend reader, that in the gent , rosity of your confidence, you had employed ari tinWer-, thy overseer upon your farm. That you,hdd con fided in htm for years, trusting in his promises.— Suppase this overseer to have suffered your land, to run wild, to have destroyed pier timber, to havei levelled your buildings to the ground, have ts l. fired your orchard, to have killed your hors, to have run you thousands of dollars in deli, and that, under such circumaiances, he bad hem 'dip. charged by you and a anoceeant appointeilin his steed. In this state of case, while the newly "en; gaged superintendent of you prtmires gra! busy in planning the reparation of these iejories,limag ine that the, villainous wretch 'who had enlisd them all, were to come upon your gre s', and with, a grin on his face, ask' the fiillcwi gi gam dons Why dors not the corn grow 9pon that land which I suffered to run wild ? ' i Why is there no cash coming from millsy . foe the timber which I destroyed I Wh y are not the house's erected in the steeeer those I burned &ran Why have you no horses here,' to supply !hi places of those which I killed I • Why is there no return -from orchard 'that I fired Why have you not paid the thousands of Id tars, to the amount of which I : tun you irt,de Don't you think, in this state of case, that 'tel -1 therchurth nor state affairs could,present yeti from knocking the rascaldown • There is a true picture of loco focoism. Twelve years has it ravaged and laid waste every interest,. undoing in an hour, that %%bleb for yenta at tax ed the virtue end without' of the Nation; and, now, we, who are groaning beneath its eitormi. ties, are insultingly asked—Why, have )on not •built up what tee have torn down. 7 -/ridiana Journal. Engrion judge recently decide( thst if a man attempts to kiss a woman againather will, she has a right to bite off, his nose, ittancy, so leads her. The decision wee made on e recent. trial at the Middleiei sessioni. &brief ribstraci of the case we find in the Boston Mail. By their, eceoent it appears that Thomas Saverland, the prosecutor, stated,lb4 the day after Christmas, be c:aein the taproom, where the defendant, Car. ohne Newton, and her sister 'Who bed cools hod Birmingham wereiprestmt. The letter jokingly observed that she had promised her sweetheart Oat, no man should kij . ether while absent„—lt .heing holiday time, Sairepandeerisidered this a chellenge; and caught (phi 6fheiandltiesed her. The young motion took it es a joke, and her stater. the ,de.. fendlint, said„ehe would like as littfe of that kind of fen , se be pleased. Saverland told her if _she was angry, he would kiss her VIM; he then tried to do it, and they both fell ter the ground, Ou rising, the woman lunch .bim ; be again tried tti kiss her; end !nibs =AI she hit off-his nose, which shesit out of bar mouth. the ectionitias kronglit reeetrer,damsges• for the leis of his now. ThvJdetandani said he had no besineits kiss bei .she wanted kitting she bad) band to kiss her, a bitter looking man ,t4in e'a'st the pritiecittrir the web jeriifirdi in 'het savage act, is above. /e 4 the sale - of opintoue tignoes; to be , granted at Portion(/ ' Mains for the l ineal& • Y"r• • - " • • Domestic -Employments.- SI
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