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POTTSVILLE.
4 :IATIIRDAT NOIWIVO, DEC. 10, 1842.
Job Printing Office. 9
The subscriber has proaired the necessary type.
pre.sses• ate. and has attached a complete Job Print
,- mg Office to his Eitablisemcnt, where all kinds of
Cards. Pamphlets, Handbills. C hecks, Bilis ofLading.
1 dr.c4 will be printed at the very lowest rates, and at
; the shortest notice. Being determined to accommo
date the public at the very lowest rates, at home, he
re ipeetfulty solicits the patronage of the public.
Printing in different calms executed at a short notice
Card Press.
. A Card Press has been added to the establishment.
which will enable cis' to execute Cards, of almost ev•
. cry description, at very low rates
Important.
Let every citizen bear in mind, that it is not only his .
Interest, but his duty. to purchase every thing that he
mitt- home. By pursuing such a course, he encour
ages .the mechanical industry of his own neighbor
' bood. on which the prosperity of every town and city
mainly depends—and besides, every dollar paid out at
home forms a circulating medium, of which every
citizen derives more or less benefit, in the course of
trade: Every dollar paid for foreign manufactures pur
chased. abroad. is entirely lost to the region, goes to
enrich those' who de not contribute one cent to our
domestic institutions, and oppresses our own citizens.
'V. B. Pahner, Esq., No. 101, South Third
Street; Philadelphia, is authorised to act as Agent
to receive subscripticms and advertisements for
this paper.
Insurance.
The subscriber, Agent for one of the best Tnsur
once offices in Philadelfibia, is prepared to make in
surances on all descriptions of property. snob as
Houses, Mills. Stables, Goods, Furniture, &c.. &c.,
at the,Very lowest rates. B. BANNAN.
Tula hlessaor.--This document was received
oh Thursday evening, and not having sufficient
space , to give the paper at length in our columns,
we have furnished our subscribers resident in the
county with i n copy of it, as contained in the Na
tional For,.
The 14t singe is in itself unimpassioned and
free from violent sentiment throughout. The
leading,features of it are the following:
lie.congretulates the country upon the satis
factory condition of their relatioris abroad, and
strongly advocates the early settlement of all our
difficulties with Great Bittaiii, at the came time
nodding the peaceable- standing we maintain in
relation to the other powers of Europe.
Allusion is also made to our relations with
Texas and Mexico, and a correspondence with
reference to them is submitted.
' The President strongly urges a modification of
the Tariff, at the same time censuring the policy
of extravagant duties, and recommends the impo
sition of moderate discriminating duties.
. He also speaks of the condition of the Western
rivers, and recommends improvements to be made
in the navigation, as well as alterations In the
, proininent harbours of the Lakes.
In speaking of the state of the currency, he ad
vocates the Exchequer, as proposed at the last
session, with such alterations in the details
as Congress may think advisable to make. .
The only private recommendation alluded to in
the whole paper. is the recommendation to reim
burse General Jackson for, the fine impo , ed upon
him at the time of the attack upon Nee , Orleans
in 1815. •
In closing he pledges himself to co-operate and
unite with the Legislature upon all matters cal
culated to promote the public good.
We have thus given a hasty outline of the
points touched upon in the message. Our sub
scribers have all received the document and will
be enabled to judge of its merits for themselves.—
'We will furnish our naders with a more careful
review ofitin our next Journal.
DROWNLD.—On !Saturday atlarnoon last, a •e.
Pyttrorthy citizen of our Borough. named Charles
Gonfearr, wag accidentally drowned in'the lower
feoerioil of thc,Annbling Run Dams. The cir
coenstancea attending thie deplorable event are, as
near es we can ascertain, as follows:—The decea.
sed.whe was gunning,. shot a duck in the darn,
mid had broke° the ice to the spot in a small ca.
Aloe, for the purpose of seizing it. It is supposed
-that in leaning - OPC, to seize the bird, be capsized
the boat, and wee precipitated into the water;
this can only be conjecture, as no one saw the
occurrence. His disappearance was not noticed
until the next day, when search being made, hie
14t was discovered on the tee near the hole, and
hie gun found on the bank, from whence he had
8/44.,f r
G" . ritat effarts wets made, ineffectually, to mos.
ei his body, which was not found until the dam.
lrawn off by order of Mr. Thomas Mills, enabled
them to roach it on Tuesday morning.
coThuisday last ass a d. 4 full of comicalities
- and kept our risible muscles stretched from morn
big until night' The pavements during the day
were covered with ice, and we fairly tore our coat
laughing at the numerous mishaps of our unfortu
nate denizens.—Such slipping and sliding and
cetching at empty air, then the trial of strength
.between 'the scull bone and the pavement—the
Scrambling up and the gaping around in quest of
sp.ciatnra—the nice little anathemas 'when the
search - proved to be not in vain; all these made
tip a vsriety that was perfectly delicious. We
siainothing about ourself, but if one pavement in
this Own didn't catch it, our knuckles are no
evidence, that's all ! Truly has it been asserted
that, this world is full of ups and downs.
Mitimow J. At.r.xannsa..—The trial of Milton
J. Alexander. indicted fiw the murder of Mr. Lou
_4e,e, Is still progressing. His counsel were making
ST!IS tent •to prove him insane. The probabili•
.t *that, upon this ground, he will escape, as the
irridence of a number of persons, testifying to his
mange conduct on the journey from Loutsvdle to
Philadelphia, tends in a great degree . to confirm
the impteuian. His coatiCt, however; since the
COMMiSaiOII, of the act, being perfectly sane and
!tithing!, and the court basing admitted testimony
to establish that fact; it will be iliffizult to conj,c
inns what the result will he.
CRIXOS.—The estahlitihnaent of the Phiia 'el.
phia Evening Courier haii been merged into that
Of the National Forum. The Courier was start.
ed under the superintendence of Winthrop At.
will during !he excitement previous to the late e
lection; and has gm* its commencement main.
taineo high and well deserved reputation. The
ForontiWill - now be enlarged, and the efforts of
buth establishments will be united in one. They
Will also issue an evening piper for those who
.Extrarra.—The Philadelphia papers
state that counterfeit five dollar bills on the Air
ners' Rank of Pottsville are to circulation. which
may be detected by the following marks
11991, dated Jame 4, 1812 ; pager and engraving
,badly executed, and on close examination easily
detected•i-the paper is thick and wants the same
reddish,cast as the genuine.
To. M IIRIMPONniirra.-- 1, Nydia" is entirely
too hard. uPan the young men. Uwe could only. ;
believe that.they were guilty of such en act NIP'
Pol!IY, we would not hesitate publishing it, for it
well written. By the bye, wes'nt you •
in a testis pinion when you wrote it—now do
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AsoTitsit Pasvroca' .-Pkation.—Gov. Porter
has again, in mockery of right and justice,,inter
posed the power of patdon . betireen the deserved
penalty of the law and its proper objats; e'er;
tieing such before - the _ trial, and whilst ig
norant, as he must have been, of the inuocence
or guilt of the parties. (The facts as stated in the
Huntingdon Journal, are as follows:
In November, 1841, it seems that the Grand
Jury of Huntingdon county presented three men
named Couts, Leas and McVitty, for conspiring
to influence electors to vote for John Bhaver, can
didate for Sheriff. The bill was sent up, and the
parties indicted. The trial was put off, from time
to time, on various' grounds, until the fifteenth
ult., when the meet:teed were called up for trial.
They appeared; hut instead of submitting the
case to a jury, they produced a full and uncon
ditional pardon froni Goy. Porter, in bar of the
indictment. They were at once discharged.
Thus has tho Euecutive set at naught: every
thing like justice, and under cover of his privilege
fairly mocked at law.,
B. BANNAN
Another case is mentioned in the Erie Chron
icle, and is that of two men (Moody and Quiggle)
who were tried and convicted of having passed
counterfeit money, knowing it to be such. The
evidence was conclusive, and the trial fair. They
were sentenced to three years imprisonment, and
after an incarceration of three or four hours a par
don was received, and they are now set loose up
on society. So much for the pardoning power
in Pennsylvania! let , the people look at it.
Where is the supremacy of the law, when its
sentence is thus let aside I What is justice
when its right arm is thus paralysed? and with•
out the strict and equitable administration of
both, where is the security of society?
THE BITER BlT.—The Picayune tells a laugh
able story of a hat chase which occurred to die
streets of New Orleans, a abort time since. On a
very windy day, Old Boreas in - one of his freaks
had ft'liciLly torn off some poor fellow's cosier, and
as he gave chase, dodging end pitching, hither
and thither, in vain attempts to grasp it, a j >fly
looking old fellow, with his bands on his side,
stood at the corner of the etreet, nearly bursting
! with merriment. Just then there came another
„blast which took the old joker's bat off also, and
away he went, nothing checked by the occurrence,
chasing and roaring with all his might. ~ We
could not suppress a. roar," said Pic. '• but instead
of clapping our bands on our sides, we kept firm
hold of our own top covering.
This story reminds us of a comical occurrence
we orce witnethed on one of the Philadelphia
wharves a short time ago. A loafer, coming un
der thei head of that species known as wharf rats,
was busily engaged in the absorbing occupation
of fishing, when another of the same genus, arm
ing himself with a long straw, slyly approached
him from behind, and commenced tickling his ear
with it. The 'poor fellow finding the flies very
had. pounded the ride of his head mbst unmerci
fully, vainly endeavoring IVdrive awe the perti
nacious insect, and all the while too uch inter
ested in his occupation to notice the ick. Whilst
his torment , r wasihus worryi um and making
significant-grins and signs to a aughing crowd of
tit t)
idlers, who had collected to vie the sport, an
other fellow provided also with a straw, stepped
quietly ue behtnd him, and comm aced the same
operation upon his ear, when he, never suspecting
the trick, battered away at his ' own head quite as
hard as the unsuspecting fisherman. This was
too much for the crowd, who broke out in one
loud yell of laughter, which showed the operators
on the wharf exactly how matters stood—we nev
er can forget the expression of No. One's counte
nance,l as be d iscovered how unwittingly he bad
been caught in a trap of his owe contrivance.
THE PRIZE PIOWEERB.-OD Friday,tit White
plains, the court pronounced sentence on James
Sullivan, two years in the State' prison ; John
McCiester. eight months in the county jail, and
a fine of $ 600 ; and George Kensect, four months
in the county jail, and a fine of $ 200.
A petition for
_the pardon of Sullivan was in
stantly drawn up. It appears to be a prevailing
opinion that Lilly's seconds were not so blamea
ble as those of McCoy.
On Friday last, several of the crack sportsmen
of Pottsville, started a fox in the Second Moun
tain, and after a spirited chase, succeeded in hold
log him. and taking him alive. As they passed
our office with hie jaws muzzled to restrain his ca
resses. poor Mons. Reynard looked quite chop fal
len with his defy t.
NOT B in.—Mier, the end of the world proph
et, owns a fine farm near White Hall, New York,
around,which he has put up aisolid and strung
brick wall. A person offered him $ 2,000 for o tt,
and not to take possesskon of it until after (813,
which the prophet reused, alledging that such an
offer, depending as it d,es upon a future event,
was nothing more than gambling. •
SPOILATION CLAIMS.- A meeting was called
at the Merchants Exchange in Philadelphia last
week, at call ch Le Mayor of the city presaled,
and re , olutions were adopted urging upon Con
gress, an early attent•on to the claims of our citi
zens for French spoilations committed previous
to 1800.
EVIDESCE POSITIVE.—As an evidence of Al
exander's insanity, it is said he paid a man he
was indebted to, whilst on board of the &combat,
one hundred and seventy-five dollars. The New
York Aurora now considers his insanity unques
tionable.
aiqt has been proposed, th'itt tt the thousand
dollars" bribery money sent to Sheriff Hart, be
given to Mrs. Colt for her support, and the edu
cation of her child. A good. -proposition and
ought to be acceded to.
ROBBING THE MAIL. -1 he AleXHlldrill Mail
was stolen from the mail cart in Baltimore, on
Wednesday, and its contents abstracted. The
pouch which contained it was afterwards found.
(El. ft appears that neither Webb or Marshall
have b'en indicted by the State of Delaware.—
The season for which is. that it is impossible to
determine the exact puettious they occupied during
the fight.
cr The Philadelphia Pennsylvanian, is now
issued on the cash principle. The rze of the pa
per is slightly reduced, and h is sold at twu cents
a number.
GYoaGI♦ SENATOD.—WiIIiam T. Colquitt
was eh•cted United Staves Senator on the 30th
ult„ in place of Mr. Cuthbert, whose term expires
on the 4th of March ensuing.'
Mr. Porter's speech on the part of the Com
monwealth, in the case of Alexander; occupied
nearly four hours in the delivery. It is spoken
of as an en:viten' production.
0 3. The weather has been quite mild for a few
days pad. On Thursday it rained and hailed in
cessantly, the walking in consequence was slip
pery and. treacherous.
Dm:mans Coscsas.--The whole number of
students in this institution was, by the last as
155. The Library contains Over 11,000
solumes.
hicEwen and Shee•will receive their sentence
to day, to which time thesentencing was adjourn
s! from lost l'uoaday.
Naw llooes.—The strtiat.:--This is anew
periodical for the Ladles, published id New York
by F. Risme. The enghvings ere in en entirely
new style, and :the work is, in appearance and
dress, one of the most elegant publications we
live ever seen .1 The terms are $3 per annum.
Specimen copies can be seen at our office, where
subscriptions to the work will be received. -
Sargent's Apw Mortall Maga z ine, —This is
the title or an entirely new publication, edited by
Epes Sargent, Tew York. The first number for
January, 1843, is before tisit contains two
splendid engrajvings and a plate of the fashions,
besides several well executed illusindons accom
panying a tale, called "Hints for a Heroine."—
Subscription price $3 per annum, or 2.5 . errata for
single numbers.
The Dollar Nagazine.--A few copies of this
excellent work complete for -the last year. have
been received and are for sale at this office—price
fay cents.
Letters qf Mary, Queen of Septa.--The letters
and documents connected with the personal his
tory of Queen Mary, with an introduction by
Agnes Strickland, is received, and a few copies
for sale at this ofEce.—Price twenty-five tents.
This work has excited general attention ; the his
tory of this beautiful and unfortunate monarch
has always been a subject of great interest to the
civilized world, and as these documents appear for
the first time they are doubly valuable.
Thier's French Revo/ution.--The Fifth nuns=
bar, of this excellont and , standard publication is
received. This work will be complete in sixteen
numbers, at twenty-five cents a number. For
sale at this office.
Roderick Randam.—A few copies of this pop
ular novel, by Smolicit, is received. Price twen
ty-five cents.
Oliver Twist.—This whole work complete in
one volume, has been received and is for sale at
this office. Price twenty-five cents.
Trts Nat onnons.---This is the title of an ex
cellent work, edited by Fredericka Bremen, end
translated by Mary Howitt. It is spoken of as a
capital production, price 181 cents, for sale at the
office of the Miners' Journal.
DE►TH or SIigRAPP 11401118111.—Mr. henry
Morris, Sheriff of Philadelphia, was suddenly at
tacked with a disease of the heart, on Friday last,
at the corner of Seventh and George street‘ and
died almost instantly. He had been suffering
from the disease for acme time, and although med-
ical aid was procured immediately, it all proved
ineffectyal.
The Sheriff's duties have devolved upon the
Coroner, Mn Breleford, who has since his succes
sion, appointed two deputy coronets fur the differ
ent district..
C•MPNELE ' II FOREIGN VIONTBLY MAGAZINE.
We have received this work for December and
can, after a careful perusal, bear witness to its ex
cellencies as one among the most valuable period
icols of the age. In addition to the present por
tion of English literature which it contains, the
publisher has mode arrangement for the selection
and translation of articles from the leading peri
odical publications of Germany end Frair ; and
proposes giving a fine engraved likeness of some
distinguished iudivid.ual in every other number.
Our brother of the Reading (in./tie is a rare
fellow. Ho descants upon sleighing like a philo
sopher, but the way he divulges all those little
vexations which bachelors are sometimes plagued
with, is perfectly shocking—hear bin ladies!
"Sleighing is a capital recreation—Provided
always:—Onelbas a pocket full of money—a
first rate horse—a handsome little slcigh—and a
lively, beautiful, fascinating and amiable crea.
ture to sit beside one; although the pretty dears
area little troublesome sometimes, when they
insist , on one's putting one's arms around.them
to keep them from falling out. where the roads
happen to be uneven.
Ouvan Ocoscnoot., the talented and able
Washington Correspondent of the United States
Oazette, is already at his post and has commen
ced writing. We extract the following from his
letter of December 3d: •
Members have come in so numerously within
a day or two; that there is now a probability of
a quorum of the [louse, at least, being present
on Monday. It is more doubtful in regard to
the Senate, there being but seven members of
that body in the city to day at ode o'clock.
There is a Very marked improvement in the
appearacce sif the members sir.ce they left, their
countenances giving indications that they not
only come fresh froin the people, but fresh from
health giving hill•, or salubrious dales. It is
pleasant rogreet these "old familiar faces." and
pleasanter still to see those who but a few months
ago parted at daggers drawn with each other,
n'w .meeting as friends and grasping one another
cordially by the hand: their former political re-.
mown having subsided, and the more kindly feel
ing.. of our nature claiming and exercising pre,
dominance. But members have as yet had little
time to exchanye salutations, only as they cas.
flatly meet, their first and moat urgent business
being to look out lodgings and "locate" them
vises for the ssasion. In most case , t old messes
reunite end take quarters together. This is very
vigreeable, especially where members have their
wives with them, end is like a re-union of a tem
porarily dispersed family. In forming messes,
you must know , it ybu do not already, that due
care is taken not to mingle materials that must
necessarily disturb the harmony of the mess.
There are therefore Whig messes and Locofoco
messes, but none of an amalgamated or piebald
character. The old adago of, birds of a feather"
—applied here.
At the anniversary meeting of the Baltimore
Typographical Societyohe full wing toast was
drunk :
By IL E. Iluber.—The Ladies of Baltimore-.-
The fairest fount in the specimen book of nature,
may they stick Co the rule of domestic economy
when locked up in the chose of matrimony, and
when death shall have worked 0/ their mortal
form, may they be distributed in the great fount
case above.
'Mn. CLAT *r NATCHIL—The general com
mittee appointed for the purpase, have delegated
a sutrcommittre, consi4ting of the Hon. Samuel
Cotton, Mayor of the city. Dr. Andrew McCrea.
ry, and Capt. Win. J. Minor, to meet Mr. Clay
at the wharf, and conduct him in a carriage to
the lodgings prepared for him. At the hotel he
is to be addressed by F. Lee Claiborne, Esq.,
tendering hinz.llie hospitalities and congratula,
Lions of the people ofNatchez. A barbecue is to
be given, to which all parties are invited free of
expense. A suite of rooms critters Mr. Clay can
receive his friends, has been engiged, and the
beautiful, volunteer companies of the city are in
vited to participate in the festivities.
ANIrTiIER CANDIDATE.—At a large Locoroco
meeting, held at Fayette, Mo., Col. Thomas
Benton was formally nominated for the Presides
Cy in 1894.
The Express Car, with the Message, was
but two hours and thirty-five minutes in going
from Baltimore to Grey's Perry, in Philadelphia.
ESELISEI NOTES FOR EXTENSIVE EMULA
TION-Eh QUAALES QIITCHERS, Est.--This is
burlesque upon Buz's Notes, and, as near as we
can judge (tom a hut, perusal, is a well written
satire.
Mr. Porter's lecture before the Athenian
Institute was postponed until nest Tuesday, in
consequence of thatinclemency of the weather.
y, Mr. Nicholas, Biddle still, continues .his
eonespondenee in.the Enquirer..
THE:.-WN 111,$'i"--JOIIINAL
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The Stem, Packet t;olnmbia arrived at Dust°
et 3 o'cloction Tuesday morning, bringing with
her lateaoi F oterestingnewsfromEurope.Genehl
al Cass anitia family came as passengers, slim
Dr. Hagan
- the Vicksburg Sentinel.
The Li. pool Mail of the 19th contains a co l
PY of the 4etis law Jf Louisiana, concerning (red
blacks, witVievere comments, warning command
• 4 i
ers of vessels' to examine it.
',The Brit:mnia arrived at Liverpool on the 16t1i
Mr. WillOm Hone, the well known author of
the Every Book, died at Tottenham on Duni
day, Gib ricriember, aged sixty-three.
At the 14" aldinner at the Manakin House on
Lord Mays t :a Day, Mr. Everett; the American
Minister, wi t s present ... vie an -Invited guest, and
made a stPeah in reply la complimentary least.
The Qrsten end royal family have been on 4
visit 10 Darer, and to Widmer Castle.
A mortal:teem to GllCeDailing, is to be placed
on her realsius,at Bamburgh.
The cotto n trade has ciperlenced no change
since the arrival of the Acadia. The purchases
are princip a lly made by trade.
The corn trade it slightly improving, but there
is still great want of confidence.
Paris has been suited by an early winter., and
one of great seventy. For several days the ther
mometer ass far kelow freezing, end epprehen
oiong were iteginniag to be 'entertained as to the
supply of Net
The local news from France is very unintereat
ing. The pipers are discussing the different corn
mercial unities, which the Government have un
der consideration.
_LOU of the Comte: Ship Waterloo, bound for
Sydney-250 lives_lost.—By a letter from Cape
Horn, dated Aug. 29th, the particulars of the loss
of the Waterloo was received. On the 27th of
August, it blew a hasty gale, and the next morn'
ing-the wreck of the :Waterloo, and the Abercrom
brie, s splendid ship id the line, were seen upon
the breakers. We dire below an extract from the
letter. describing tbeOcene onboard the Waterloo.
The hatches were now opened, and the con•
victs rushed upon 4'e:l. The sea was now ma
king a clean breach; over her. Immediately on
the convicts arrivink on deck, abbut fifty jumped
overboard; about ifeen or tweiity gained 04
shore; and the reirOder were drowned. The
cries of the poor wreLhee on deck were now heart
breaking. Each s as it . made a breach over
the unfortunate ve .1, carried a dozen or so We
the water, who of , rse were drowned. Thou.
ii,
sands of people wenton the beach, but could not
render the least °salience. Ohl it was a dreadful
eight. There, withii a stone throw, lay 2 or 300
beings drowued beree uur eyes,
Soldiers' wives Ire seen clasping their little
ones to their bosom;' n agony. One woman was
holding on with oa. hand to a piece of plank,
with the other she hid, pressed to her bosom, a
little infant; her efts were piteous. At last a
sea came and was*. the woman and little one off
They were seen n riore. The water wan now
full of the struggli ' and the dead. A boat was
employed to pica all it could. It could not
approach the wrc on account of the heavy
sea.
A man embrace ate wife and little one, then
jomPed intothe b log surf. He soon rose again.
I could repeat hu reds of similar occurrences;
suffice it to say, hiii one hour and a half of the
Waterloo strikin ' ,. .cot a particle of her was to be
seen. She had ll' ally gone to pieces; and hor.
rible to relate. o a 330 souls, 250 have_met a
watery grave."
PIIILANTriao
in the borough 0
der of the Tem.:
the purpose of d.' )
the destitute po.•A
ing vrinter. A
dertaking could ;ct be entered into • such a desire,
does credit to.t4e society front whence it .prang,
end most sincerity do we hope that they will be
enabled to do tptLh good in the work they have
chosen.
Gt.ass W sirsirco sirs—The very ingenious dis
covery of working glass into a substance resemb
ling the rickey silk, is now being brought into
very general operation, and in various ways, such
as gentlemen's waistcoats and stocks, ladies dres
ses, and many other articles of decorations, in
the Most splendid- patterns. It is superior even
to silk, in flexibility and softness, and the dura
bility of it, a point, however of no consideration
with the hoist ion among whom at present it ex
clusively is, as a Maier of course, vastly superior.
In process of time, when the manufacture has
arrived at a more perfect state, and all its little
aefects remedied, and all its wastings discovered,
it will, in probability, come within the reach of
most classes of society, but at present, its cost is
its only drawback. The magnficence of its ap
pearance is quite remarkable, and when used in
any considerable gam:ally, such as window cur
tains, &c., it should be seen before a just appre-
Midler of its richness and elegsnce can be enter
tained.
ADV•NTAGES or BRFaIIENDING A NEIOBIIOII.
—ln 1811, George Wilson, of Biddick. West
moreland, says a late English paper, emigrated to
North America, having previously borrowed 20s.
from Thomas Robsin, a neighbor, to assist him in
effecting that object, under a promise to remember
him if he had it in his power. Robson was then
a banksman; hut he has lately NW employed.
pumping water in Casson pit. A feWil , aya since,
he received a letter horn the executors of Wilson,
appnsing him that he bad recently died at PUla.
delphia, United States, and bequeathed him mon
ey and property to the value of about £7OOO !
The party who his reaped this ample return for
his generosity is now abotit seventy years of age ;
but, about a year ago he married a female now
not more than forty.
A man named David DJugiass was executed a
few days since at Lockport, N. Y. Just before'
he was launched into eternity, he asked for a drink
of water. After drinking a little he said to his
attendant,
George, if I bad never drunk any thing stron
ger than this, I should never have come to the gal
lows. Thousands and tens of thousands have
been brought to an untimely end by strong drink.
George, take warning from me. Now, while you
are young, employ the means of grace."
The confession of the now dead culprit should
have its influence upon the living. Let him
who thinketh be stendeth take heed lest he fall."
The New Haven Register, in speaking of
Dickens, has the following, which gives much
truth in s email compass:
Wno Cassel—Some of the editorief fraternity
are quite wrathy at Bez's American Notes."
What's the use I To be sure, be has said some
foolish things, and much that is untrue about our
country—but be bee ale) said a good many clever
!hinge; and se the whole costa only / a Milling,
cheap ea dirt, we ought not to grumble. He bad
but little capital upon which to issue his °notes,"
end it is not to be expected that 114 should be
Worth much—just about a shilling. We wonder
he did not set us down as a nation oti maniacs—
for he was everywhere received and nested with
conduct bordering on insanity. •
Cotronsss.—xo qutgurn in the,ll3enate on
Tuesday." The Rouse; had entered ihla business
with I.l.3.ntembentA
FRANCZ
—A town meeting wes.ealied
itmersville last evening, by or
ince Society of that i i plitce, for
sing means to assist artitl relieve
it that district daring ) the enati-
ore noble and praiseworthy' un-
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THE PUNISHMENT Of DEATH VIIITUALLT A•
HOLISHID tN Vsamoar.—By the following from
the Montpelier Vermont Watchman of last Satur
day, it appears that the bill to abolish in offset the
Punishment of Death, though once defeated, as
we some time since stated, has finally become a
law. We iejoico that VERMONT has been the
first to take this important step. The Watchman
says :
0 The present Legislature of Vermont has pas
sed au act abolishtng capital punishment and sub
stituting therefore imprisonment during life in the
Penitentiary, unless the Governor shall, after one
year, issue a warrant directing the criminal to be
executed. This bill has received the signature' of
the Governor of this State, and Ina consequently
become the law of the Commonwealth. We re
gard this measure as the moat important one per
fected by our Legislature during its present see
sten. It is a measure that receives our hearty ap
probation. We consider it as a virtual abolition
of capital punishment, and as such believe the ex
periment is well worthy of a fair trial by the peo
ple of this State. We know that many theories
which appear beautiful, and seem to promise great
and good results, work badly when carried into
practice. We say, give this law a fair trial, and
if it turns out that crimes increase in nor land,
and that the lives of our citizens are leas secure
than under the old law, then, we say, repeal tt;
but at present we entertain no fears of the result.
NEw Gaorro.—A discovery has been recent
ly made at Hestia, which will odd another to the
picturesque attractions of Corsica, an island, by
the way, amid whose rarely-visited solitudes the
traveller who wearies on the trodden highways of
the European Continent might find, with but
slight divergence, fresh fields and pastures new.'
This is a grotto of stalactites. •It would be diffi
cult,' says the writer, • to find any where else, in
• apace so small, (thought the grotto is nearly 45
metres in length by 8 to 10 in width,) points of
view more numerous, or.forms more varied. Pi
lasters, columns, great and small, whirls, statues,
rich draperies of matchless whiteness and transpa
rency, stretch away, presenting, at every turn and
winding, fresh combinations and new perspec
tives.' It was by accident that this grotto was
discovered; it is iu the neighborhood of a magnifi
cent cascade. To this paragraph we add, not in
appropriately, that the excavations making et
Prime, and in its heighborhood, have yielded val
uable results, Beneath the solitary Tower of Ban
Giusto, a temple has bee , discovered, many parts
of which are in perfectpervation, together with
a head of Jupiter, and .111.. t of Juno, but both
mutilated.
Fitts IN ME Moon.—A writer in the Phila
delphia Inquirer denies the fact mentioned in the
New Bedford Mercury, that the volcanoes of the
moon could be seen blazing. The writer survey.
ed the appearance indicated, with a powerful tele
scope, at the High. School Observatory. The ap-
pearance be ascribes to another cause. The
mountains in the moon, he says, after examining
them at the times specified, were just enjoying
heir sunrise—it was not•yet sunrise at the base
o. the peaks, and those illuminated aides of the
'mountains, doping, as stated in the account, pre
tented the appearance of bright gfeams of light on
a dark field, viz ; the unenlightened base of the
mountains.
As some laborers wererdigging a cellar in How.
andstreet, Boston,-the other thy; one of their
r.
enmities discovered a lirge amine' of money, near
ly a thousand dollars. The owner to the ettatecleims
it, as does the . fornser Garner. The finder still
hangs on to it, and will not tell the exact amount
found. - Aiatv-soitovvilt volubly . ensue..
2tll sorts of Jtents.
(Original and Selected.).
" Shepherd," said a imitimental young lady,
who fancied herself a heroine in the golden
groves of Acadia, 'Shepherd,' said she to a rustic,
who was tending acme sheep, • why have you
nt,t got your pipe with you r , Bekase, ma'am,
I ha'nt gotten no backy.
Passengers reached New York on Friday night.
who were two days coming from Albany.
It is stated that Missouri has increased in pop
ulation of late more rapidly than any other sec
tion of the Union. •
A rooster was recently dogged in Connecticut
for crowing on Sunday.
Ttg r' North River is open to within 15 miles of
Hudson.'
The steamboat Iris, was recently sunk at Ed
i
dyy . le, on the Cumberland.
Samuel Patterion. Tailor, of Baltimore,
died ery suddenly on Sunday.
Ten or twelve of the principal buildings in the
heart of the town of Griffiin, Geo., were destroy
ed by fire on the 25th ult.
Mr. McDuffie, it is thought, will be elected U.
S. Senator from South Carolina.
31i. John Dukeheart, died very suddenly in
Baltimore on Sunday.
There is a man m Buckingham County, Va.,
who has a wife who weighs 379 pounda!--iThun
der !
Ninety-four lons of poultry were taken to Bos
ton Market from Rhode Island about thanksgiv
ing time.
The expense of the journey from New York to
Cincinooli, Ohio, is $25 12i and the tints requi
red just four days.
Dr. Abraham Miller, fir many years Mayor of
Winchester, Va., died in that town, a few days
since.
The rivers at Pittsburg were closed by ice on
Friday.
Upwards of 12,000 barrels of Flour were in
spected in Baltimore last week.
The Fire Department of Boston was called out
during the last month, nineteen times.
Thomas Peters, an old resident of Vigo county.
Ind., was drowned on the 20th ult., while attemp
ting to cross the Wabash on the ice, which broke
under him.
Col. Morriesett, Whig, hes been elected to the
Alabama House of Representatives, in place of
Col Puryear, deceased.
A widow woman at Bangor, Me., recently com
mitted suicide by tukiog arsenic—ori account of
her poverty.
There were nine weddings in the little town of
Ware, Mass., on thursday week.
SLUM' MIBTAKE.-A Deacon, not remarkable
for good eyesight, once in giving out a Psalm for
the congregation to sing, when ho came to the
lines :
The Eastern sages shall come in, With mes•
anges, of grace," put the audience into a roar of
laughter, by calling out, in a loud voice,
" The Eastern Stages shall come in, With sau
sages and grcase.".
A mm named Dmiel Smith, a native of Scot
land, died In New Yotk, ou Sunday, oged 103
ECM
A man was recently tarred and feathered in Im
disna, when the feathers took root and grew, sonic
of them to an enormous length ; so that now he
spreads a tail like a peacock..
Why is a dance like beer I,Ans". Because it iy
made up of hops.
A travelling merchant, alias a pedlar, asked an
itinerant poulterer the price of a pair of fowls.--
1. Five shillings, sir," r• fit my dear country,!my
darling, you might buy them for sixpence a pace."
Why don't you rem ain in your own dear coun
try, then I" so we have no sixpence, my
jewel."
The Rev. Theo ore Parker lays, • We are a
grave and very sotjer people; we have no nation
al amusement, exCept banking and the credit aye-
tem."
A young men writing the history of his life
says he early ran away from his father, as he dis
covered he wee only hie uncle.
Dr. Beadel, wen last week tried before the Dial
ed Ststes District Court in Pittsburg, for coining
and passing counterfeit cows, has been convicted.
.Ir. Legere, the Attorney General of the Gene
ral Government, is lying very ill in Washington.
Some of the papers speak of a coolness between
France and England. Very likely. There is
generally a sharp breeze in A i he English Channel.
Play fair and pay fare, and when you go to
pray don't go to prey. Steel your hearts against
temptation and don't steal.
A noble heart, like the sun, shuweth its great
est countenance in its loWest estate.
I'm a victim to an artificial sta!te of society."
ss tho monkey said when they pet uowsers on
him.
Beef is selling in Lexington. Ky. market at two
cents a pound.
ALAAmirc.—A large whiskered, fierce look
ing gentleman entered the Sanctum yesterday,
with a big cudgel in his hand. -When fairly in,
he looked at us sternly for a moment, and then
succeeded the following startling conversation :
"Is this the Star office!"
" Yes sir."
." Are you the editor ?"
Yes sir."
," Can I speak with you, sir ?"
" Yes sir, walk around."
The stranger came forward, and when within
, three feet of our person, took his big stick firmly
in the right hand. This was an ,alarming indi
cation, and we took a hurried survey of Ina fire
place, to discover the precise location of the po
ker. But the precaution was needless; he only
shifted it to put it under his left arm. He how
ever thrust his right hand into his left coat tail,
—a motion which renewed the glance in the di
rection of the poker —an& after securing some
thing there, he hesitated a moment, seemed to
reflect, then knitting his brows sternly, as though
resolved upon some desperate deed, he looked us
keenly in the cye for a moment, and then drew
forth his red pocket book and said—
.. I wish to subscribe to your Mammoth, Sir."
Imagine what a relief:—The reaction was so
great, that we endeavored to burst into a torrent
of tears, to keep up the senkiment and romance
of the'thing—but it was no go—a broad grin took
placid possession of, and beamed upon our phiz,
like the rich rays of a settingsun, or tbeezpanded
jaw of a busy nut cracker. Enough—name
was entered—money paid,. and peace once more
entered our pensive buzzim—it did.—Richmond
Star.
MAKING A Itstss.—Tbe very last case of rai
sing the wind is that of an Irishman; who walked
into* grocer's store, 's short time since. sod seeing
the owner busy, he seized a large cheese from a
pile that was near him, and clapping it on his
bead.. asked the owner if he did not want to boy
* cheese. No, said the unconscious store keeper.
,Well says Pat. I must try-somewhere else then,
aud marched off with' the cheese to his head.—
The man discovered his loss in a low minutes,
but Pat was too spry for him, und ,Suzcceded . in
making good his eszepe,-
Locorocursx •Sti iutr Startll.—Wo 100 k OC.
casion lately to reenok, that the Whigs were rel.
dy to -settle the Presideutial question on prinii
pies—to nominate their man with clearly samara
purposes.. And we said this in reply to the Psno
sylvanian, which declared, without avowing
whet principles it would go for,) that at 4 a
4eurse would be adopted.
We have before us row/ the Mobile Tribune,
Which contains a letter from Tuscaloosa, the cap.
ital of Alabama, whore the Legislature is now in
session. We cattail a portion of the epistle, bar.
ing a direct bearingupou the subject to ;which wo
refer; nrum.
4 ‘ TURCLLOOSA; Nov. 3, 1842.
It gives me great pleasure to learn the alacri
ty with which you cuter Into the support of the
noble Carolinian. I am heart and hand in the
good 'cense, and have not been back Ward to saying
so. In my opinion, the integrity and success of
the Democratic party depend open the nomination
of Mr. Calhoun. Any other selection will doom
us, as we Gave too much been, to the dynasty of
dullness, or leave us to the melancholy resort of
rallying Lathe standard al a beaten leader. The
nomination of Mr. Van Buren would leave us io
the identical condition we wale in the contest o
1840-•-in data quo, ante bellum. How spirit.
less arid unenthusiastic would such a struggie be
upon our part ! Give use leader who,, by bialn:
tellectual greatness, his mural iitdiriJtiahty ern ri:
cite some embusfaam—can make the pulse beat
quicker when his name is} mentioned. Such a
man is Mr. Colhoun—a man to be proud of 1 . 7 -
Though I differ from him as to Nullification, yet
I feel now that 'his failings leaned to virtue's side:
We of the South must take care of ourselves.—
We have u4n to do so. What did the Norther?:
horse achieve in the last race, but upon our p a .(
of the track? The coming contest is to be tine
in which the vital principles and interests of the
South-will be at sluice. Shall we be true to our.
selves, or shall we again, through over.cautiom
ness, compromise and throw away our vantage
ground I In such things cowardice betray. worn
than treason. I woull: rather be beaten under the
standard of such a man as Mr. Calhoun, battling
fur the old hen.ditary principles—our boort:toll
gods—than to win • booth's' fight undefanother
leader. But if Mr. C. is nominated, we cannot be
beaten. Count your fingers, and see."
'The principles of Mr, Calhoun are, then, those ,
which are to be sustained by the Locolocos ; end
the antagonist's principles must const.tute the
ground of action fur the WLigs.
The editor or the Cleveland (Ohio) Herald, in
a notice of a patent lard lamp, thus indulges in s
retrospect of the olden time:
In our log cabin boyhood, the luxury of a lard
lamp was amenities indulged in, but usually win
ter evenings were whiled away in poring over, for
the thousandth time, the few books and papers of
forest life, by the brilliant light of shag•hicke ga
thers,: for every day use." It was only on ex
traordinary occasions that the lard tamp graced
the three-legged centre table ! Then the lamp
itself! a bit of cotton cloth tied over a button, sod
set into an old saucer or tin cup! More ilium,
4alic families used a sort of hanging lota p forind
by smithy, provided witb a nozzle to lay the 'sick
in, a lid on bingos, a wire pick, and a few small
links of chain by which to suspend it from some
crack in the log walls! These last were well ed•
apted to light the roars of light-wood revelry—
the glorious huskings, yuihinge, bussing hies,
French fours; reels, and scainper•downs, that the
young and old enjoyed with such unalloyed zest
a d good fellow-ship in the o new country." A•
as ! that with the old fashioned lamps, old fash
ioned simplicity and innocent recreations should
have so generally gotii) out of fashion.
Ins POWER Or Tut PHESIL—In rho year 17.7.:.
the wages of a laboring man were just three half
pence per day ; and et the same period, the Irmo
of a Bible fairly written out was 130 cal/pg.--
Of course a common laborer in Moe day', c o uld
not have procured a Bible with less than the io
iire earnings of thirteen years.' Nato, a b. 31.11-
WI printed copy of the same book can be pur
chased with the earnings of one day!
Take another slew of the subject. An online.
ry clerk cannot make a fair manuscript copy of
the Bible in less than three monfha ! Wit a
common printing press, work egoisalent to !mut
ing a copy of the whole Bible. can be done in bra
minutes ; and with a steam press of the most im
proved construction, the nate 'Work can be done
in three minutes.
Ramer Norm—They have s species of *shin
plaster in Pennsylvania, whiLls goes by this name.
ft is not redeemable in specie, and has no tissd
value, It has, of late, been rapidly depreciating,
but we believe basses in some cases at fifty or sil
ty cents on the dollar— T perhaps more. This cur
rency, we perceiVe, is ~ creeping into this eastern
counties of this State.
So much for destroying our own currency. It
is easy to pull down systems, but bard to build up
better. Our own Banks, that bare always redeem
ed their paper in gold and silver, are ezpiring, and
this trash. furnished br the Bank reformers of
other States, is timing (it to supply its place.—
Columbur ( o. ) Jour.
To A vole DISEASE AND ATTAIN DEALT!! N.W
IN TOE POWER OF EVERY ONE.—Dr. Benjamin Bran
ded/is Vegeta ble Universal Pella, introduced into the
United:mates. 18th May. 1835.—There his never beta
an instance of these celebrated Vegetable Universat
Pills not giving relief, nod perseverance in old, obsh•
nitecases. is sure of making a cure provided nature
ie not ei tirely exhausted, In consequence of the
plcaaanthessof they operation, They are uniccreally
used in every section of this wide eitended country
where they are made known, and are fast superseding
every other preparation of profes.ied similar import..
Upwards of fourteen thousand cases have been certi
fied as cared solely from their use since the introduc•
tion of thena into the United States, thus establishing
the fact beyond all doubt, mat the BrandrethVrgeta
ble Unieer4u/ Pins cure the (apparently) most oppo
site disease by the one simple act of continually eve
oaring the bowels with them, until the disease gives
way; therefore, whatever may be said of the theory.
the utility of the practice is now beyond all doubt.
Purchase in Pottsville, of ‘Vm. Mortimer Jr,. and
of the agents published in another part of this paper.
Our Market,
COMLECTCD WEEKLY. POTTSVILL& Dec. 10,12.
I.Vbear Flour, pr BGI $5OO Bacon, per lb. 6}
Rye do cwt. 1,75 Pork, •'
Wheat. bshl 90 Hams,
" 50 jPotatoes, bush' 33
" 50 11 . 1 niter, ton 4,50
33 ma,. 15.00
10 ITir d, 15851 2,50
It)e,
Corn,
o.t a.
EI
loz .0 Timothy a.,
ib 12i Clover ••
$Fe.
Butter,
A stated Meeting of Pulaski Lodge. No. 216, wJ
be held at the Hall, on Monday eve aim:, Dec. 12111
1812, at 7 a 'clock P. M. Punctual attendance is te
quested of all the members.
Dee. 10th, ;842.
itJ" ATHENIAN INSTITUTE LECI'URES
Inconsequence of the inclemency of the weather•
Mr. John Porter's lecture before the. members of the
Institute and the public, was postponed until Tser
slay evening, at 7 o'clock. Subject, Eduction.
Room corner of Centre and Maliantango streets•
Tickets to the course $l.OO admitting one Gentle
man and two ladies. Single eVePilla ticket l2i cow ,
to be had at the door on the evening of the Lecture.
CHAS LEW, Sccey•
December 10.
GROCERIEbII GROCERIES!!
Java, Rio, &quire, and other Coffees.
Portu Rico, SL Croix, and New Orleans SUP r '
imperial, Young Upon, Gunpowder, Sousa
ong, and Pouchung Teas.
Sugar Rouse, and Syrup Molasses.
Sperm Oil and Compton Oil. •
Rice, Barley, &arch, and,a general assortmen t
of spices. For sale, very low by
TROUTMAN &.."611.,LIMAN. •
Pottsville, December 10,
ICE