11 __.. POTTSVIItLE. . -, SITURDAY MORNING, MAY 13,1843. „ -- Insurance.- . • - • • Tho subscriber. Agentior One of the best Jostir-, 'wee offices in Philadelphia, is prepared to inake-in litiTances an all descriptions ef. propiny ouch as •Houses. Mills. Stables, Goods, Furniture, dm. &c., • at the very lowest rates. fi BANNAN. eq. Single copies of. the Miner:' Journal, can ...bepbtained Of Mr. MAY. Carr, N.. 85; Chesnut litreei 'l (National Forum office.) ver . r Saturday \ • - • •eveMcg,•cyhitu subscriptions and athertisoncnts -elso`vvill _be received: 1 'The military display on Wedapsday laet: was quite a spirited and brilliant affair. ;IslotWithstand- , ing the unpleasant state of the weather and the: cold ram which: fell during the day, seen_ COM , . I' patties were present on parade and 1y their ecolu'-; lions and drill well sustained the ieptitation of.our military. Alter the line was funned in the morn-`` ing, the Baltalion was marched•, to the parade ground on .Young's Hi 1, and waathere drawn up -in order to await the arrfrof of Brigadier Gdneral High fur whom an escort h.. 11 been sent. tlpon the appearanci, oPthe General and staff t).10, Artil lery fired the required salute; and he was received by the whole line with arms presented and aid' errs saluting. After the review the 'l3aualion tneved down-into the Borough with theGeneral - ' ' and staff at its head, and 'in that manner proceed- ed through the principal streets until they at hie quarters, hen- they-; again; passed in re. \ view, and, after °ming haw. beyor,d; dis 4nisscd, We cannot let this politic+ pass widiout advert ' iv lci the -appearance of Capt. Nagle's Company of 17dopentli.nf Blues v.ho Were on parade during : the eley with an ildlition utiforrn in the • - shapo,of a new and elegant eat). This cOrnpnyl is improving, rapidly in drill and 0 . overnents, and cleservet3 the encouragement and assistance of our citizens in their spirited unllertaking. It is com posed ehtireitof younghleat i anics, who; notcith standing the difficuly.dride4tnse attending the *tint, have succeeded in lequipping:thernsecres well and. aipropriately—our citizens- could do well by a \ling and encouraging them inileiren deavotir. - • The other corripacies areserWell , known among us {hat anything, we could ity in their praise would be'but a twice told ta e, so we close this paragiaph by saying that none of them ever ap peared to greater advantage than they did on Wr..doesday. :To'itris• Hain.—We celled in, a few nights ago, 'r 'upon Mr. Peter F.tMudey, who his taken MIS 'fine budding and established in it a. Temperance I Refectrny anr.Reading Room.: Are ,Were highly pidasetil with - sit iheAtrningements snd, from the patrona L gewhieb is ; .evidently extended to it, pre-,. diet a compiete success in. the trndertakint. The; Reading Room is admirably: fined up and well lighted—arange„of stands containing number of good' pspers, daily and ere.eklT,lsurround the room; and a large circular tablein he centre, covereq Kith' periodicals, lato.puhlicalkons, &c., all cam spire to induce - a visit tothe - eablishment. The proprietor is obliging, attentive'And intelligeni; and desorves to succeed irr this hi4few enterprise. The EscAarynms-r.-:--A - erieeiing of the military county was, 1ej,41 at, the Infantry / Armo i rly on 'Wednesday after the brnade for 'tit l e' ,-,purpose of making airangements relative to the: , proposed Encampment at this place.' One or two; addresses *ere delivered, and the properspirit was 'manifested on the nal of those present. k com mittee of 01TMers Was mpPointed for the purpose .:ortixing upon an,' ppeoptiatesite, and also acoth : rattteelo ascertain thi.eost and procure the ne cessary funds.'the meeting then adjournelL;to. , meet at the saine.Atco on Wednesday next, thert -aml there to heat,:theieliorts of the committeix.. Quite a difficulty occurred on Wednesday at' the Phiiadelphia„Court of Quarter Sessions be -tweeri"Judge Jones and lice - :Grand Jury. His IPTior.administered to theM,'what they consider . --ed an unwarrantable rebuliOr the non perform= anco of their duties, and inthriated •his intention :to discharge them. Whereupon the Jury read a formal protest againSt 'the ?ticlion of the Court which was read by both biles. and Parsons, when • the former very unterimoniously discharged them. The Jury refused to be aseharied and ;ictired to •-their room to consider further upou the business .ft trj-The weather Which was rainy and disagree ! able on .Thursday morning, , brightened pp in the i - -nfternoon, and the sun;shone out pleasantly end .cvarmly, notwiths'anding our Paragraph upon mormlight,"which woe already in type. We heard a number, of ours , l343lng Jam dardies;" (as 'Corporal Streeter calls them") complaining 21 their jilt inch in having Wednesday fur a pyade, instead or, Thursday. • (*— They have'h3d a4ovel kind. of Olytpi ad at the table race , The celebra• led 'Otto Motty rode the two wildest horses in the sityagainst anything" that could brought into eompetittan with him, stn4'distaneing all, The ;deseription of iteceene utsiiven in the New Or leans Pielytinl 4195r5.--NV few •« Tae de '73ottrbon7 lowa which are decidedly the most beautifil,as well,aa the most popular:of all the family of nuce.':;.They blnorn from June to'Oc tober; th‘ose of our eitizenS who are fond of such thing would 6 %you to call and view them. cs- , . .. We tried htird yesterday. morning to write an srtele .upOri),maierMl lque.s . tion, and gave up in de pair 7 .-`erstso Whill ,e loquaCious interloper ly at work wagging his tongue b oar sane , fpm! , 1. S. Hollingsworth, cleat of the dotn- C - -7non ou• - diI.,Of The cry,' died suddenly ori Wedneatl,6 , e•ening Whilst Falling at R. Harrier's llph Od - street pear Arch, It was calls. ed by applesy. - . i• ' Jr. Col:y:6 is sti , k. !Muting in PlAhnlEiihii. iip in rnennerism,theWan d. rg, fheponienas, ant inexpTicables involve() . in the science of nnirnal attriietion. . - utssor..—Tba Presbytnriau churr:h Ist Nor. 'rietoa•n, was, entered on Thursday night fat by" -sontievwjetzcd reonns4el and robbed of n valuable ,Lille. rho friends oi hope discovered a numh,sr of i'lecal votes zero n• • isinst biro at his cite:ion ;It ieyntlirstoodin Vir• gittia that the seat will be Contested. ot•AlttibscriptOti itapci rot .the relief pf .Stnairs' tcnotr and trdEnwelt.'m mother, •is circulating at 'New Vice have heard it eiimpitined task tta pos se:4.es cara.on the Rail aro. not kept qu.te ai cieszilas they might he-L—hnta tail? :YpiterOay was a gloriiiOs (13y--iotry'woVtim bled-so - Ociut tho weather qn IVe4nci3ayi 6utiw - 0 caughtis cold, eibd cauldtt't•help it, t 3a etitnated tliat nearly twoillomind, 'persons Iltaiero;freatztt the militia , paroie in ljavcn on TtiOs!lay' las.. . • , BattuMon' Paiado: • Repwcieintem.. • A great opher once observed that the safe ty end prosperity of a Republic consisted in the virtue of thei mass. Crivurleashave rolled_ past , since its utterance and still the oracle remains ,unchanged and tivnity eshiblislied as evil.- Rest irig pur opinion upon that express:on,we call safe ly assert oil it our noble fabric- ail endrire i4t•eval -With time itself. Tru-t tothe people—C. , utidein the judgement of those who sustain, enjoy, and suffer, and we have a dependence that wall tent melt away: , The mass may err for : a lime, experence,- bringing with it khe consepiencel, of that error, will correct the, mistake and retedy • the evil—Demagogues, with their conning. finely woven schemes of ilmbition,maysucceed in blind ing the. community for:. a period; but, like !the tempest which Blooms and 'mutters for a while, the awakening fruit the deltision will leave ri se rener, sky arid a; puier'latmcsphere behind. Trost the people and all will beWell—seek not to bully, flatter, or cajole ! lei ell, appeals to the pophlar sense be restethupon strong, calma and clear ras on—address arguments to the sense'and nell to the feclingstruth needs but little comment, when spread out clearly before the public eye accompli:hr,inore with its silent qe.e',than:a!hthe vapourings of, high wrought eloquence; ;or 'the wheedling Ciro] is of cunning sophistry: • We hold n. strong and abiding dependence on the gocol' -sense and honest, faithful intention of the maes— a dependence, which time and an age of Contra. diclions could scarcely shake, and would lye 3vil• Ihng, no matter how , vital or important. the issue, to trust the final decision "to their united .og mem. There has been, and there stil exists :a ileire, on the part of some who seek to Inflame the pi'ib lie mind, io carry 'their Ain't with inipttuesity, in de midst of eicitenitnt. There is rnanifeste' in .04s:course a fear that the people' may pau ' antl il reflect before they join in .the halloo. The ime beginning to understanil this system and no al wept look for the wolf before they run at the c for help. Empty Words and noisy nothings are firsng thesejTect rapidly; and the lesson of dear b# ht ~xperience siands out in startling characters he ore the mental visions of those who have heretofore been the willing dupes of demagogueisrn. The_ ivarning votee , ,of ' that unanswerable nioni or, is •-; seldomdisiegarded, and thus, time, brdeveloiping, l l and laying bare a principle to *the mass, ployes A its utility irt: an argument, comp reed to vilalch precious Speculation would ho foe iSh - and in Me j, plete,because the moral sense of the comtnunity is n , always.right. We close this artit with theliinc- d i tation whiCh preceded it, • and mild havti the_ menanrah'e words eng,raven in 'the marnory, ai lidy . I n) are in the heart, of every Arnolican -. , i I. The safety of a Republic , consists in the' r . tue of the mass." ' ~ • , i j SMILES There is a powerful magic in ilia oy ous gleam -of. a beautiful eUuntenanco-- an pressible charm in the brightening glitter and Spar kle of a fine' face, which breaks upon oneit'd, 'a beam of glorious mud:dn . & .thrOugh gorgeouily tinted cloud. The heart and soul at such/ ino _manta sneak out through this beantiful,itatcrp l reiCr; and all, acknowledging the attraction, feel happy 'neath its magnetic influence. I SMiles are tije suc cessful champions of the lovely,and when tfrought into the lists to contest with Other enentieii to tier sovereignty, attain a complete triumph,) and with a sweep whichmo• other qtiality can possess carry all opposition before them. Some sentimental, ladkadaisacal writers insist that tears era the most powerful weapons of the gentle sex—oat on 'the slander'! who Would compare' in point of impill ilie.influence wry face, ;,blotched eyes, and snivelling whine, with the joyous and bewitching 'outbreak of a fascinating sunny smile' :Orle might just as well prefer 'darkness to noon-day I — . clouds and a hurricane to sunshine' and zephyr. We will have no such musty risertiodpalzned on us for truth, and , we call those unmanly and weak, who would for a moment succumb to the sophistry.--Away with the dOlorous, say we, and despite Morinonisea, and every Cnbcr kind of ism, give us laughter, 44 day, and sweet suony•amiles ! • - I ATTEMPT' TO ' ASSASIZCATF ,MATOTI. of PUILADE PIII/.—An himself A. ddlphns tialemia, attempted to .011 Mayor Set4t, 'on 1 . day last, by Shooting at him with' a pistol. appears that the fellow wanted his Honor io assist him in establishing a school for the !linguae ges, and, becoming quite insolent in hie importit. nitres, the Mayor rose to leave the roma, when he discharged the pistol et liim. Fortunately no in• jury, was inflicted, the ball only grazing the baCk in, its mange. The man was immediately arrels :ted,'and committed to [moon. lie iesuppoiedio be insane. • SHIP MAN 4xincexto,..--.-The papers caw that this men has bei:l3 arrested in Indians, by some peremis who foltOweil him from Terre .Haute.4- Since his arrest lb ha& written to his wife, in, which hisays tat he is at large,,and is waiting. for a steamboat tO•convey him home.,'-The • 'ey,'which lie had taken with him, wail given up' to his captor. The whole afTair of his arrest and relea4 ?roma strange complexion ; and the pa pers seem to be in doubt' as to the facie. C&nlNaT.--It is now ascertained that Mt. 1 Webster his resigned his" place in the Cabinet: Hugh S. Legare„ , ittorney General of the Milted States, is appointed to he acting : Secretary of State for the present Caleb Cushing of 'Massachusetts is appointed °Minister and Commissioner-to China- in the plaCe of Edward Everett who declines the appointment. Moan •ExTsamilirvrons.÷lllrd William W Hubbell)if Philadelphia has invented a new sots of "eiplokFtvs ball which he palls a thunderbolt; that explodes after being skit from a cannon any time within 71 minuted; ' They were pro Fen upon ,a target which WAG anchorclinthe.Deliware below the Nary Yard, and Were found to be every way diaboliCal enough. • " , nkt The.Nesr Yolk Aurora states tipon go'id authority, that.. Richard i'.llibinson, tho murderer ' of EllenJewtett, is now living in -'Texas; ana is en gaged in mercontile business, with the fleas of t,Btalso, IV:glace & C.). ft algu states „Lim his rep- Wation.there is at 'gaud as that of Tain.s gener ally are. • • ' :to . ~'1 .o....The.Pie'sitlorit and-Cabinet - hare been invi ted to wend the celebratfon of the il fi raker Hill Monurnent, on the t7th of June. ' It is sUpposert, by s,me that " - the take that oppor. trinity of making au electioneering tour through the Zara: Ptolemai, the Italian whoMtenaPcd to assasai 7 na'e'the Mayor of Philadelphia, endeaveured to commit suicide the Faire nrht,. When ered he was insensible and was recovered with, great difficulty. • • cr,y , Ono of the St i ,,iLouis papers state that the city of Caito,at the mouth of the Ohio, war.. coin, pistol) , submerged at the last tes. When the stej . ...mbest, - bringing the news erne by the spot mlthing, was seen of it: , 1- th Qat. Thomas .4:11' Maryja .d - has Raished n icier justifyild his ' has scriMmag c t • -,sith hisfather-indatic , hinr father-in-, and promising ' Ifurth r: dk • lope meats on that score. '1 ' . • • . • , lit The ateemboat ''Forest waa No` vlovvr by the steamboat Pulaski, in the Allegheny r,i49 on I Friday week; and a number of persons were scald- ed Owl otherwise severely, injured.: ~.:.t . ~~x .. ~v;. ~,.tiz ~.~tr i= EMBit ISM Simms 43 • Po . ' LA nEs.raTA.- - Tha. new Seem. Lary of War, James : Madison Potter, has made 'a long 3frulavit, in which ho Bays that Wm. A. Por ter, when admitted to the Easton bar, was not ik resident there, but was fdositted by sireciaPprivi-• iege. The Easton Argus 'quotes this ponfon of the affidavit, and after stalopinr, the whole of it as falsehood, says: • .• - "The pitting of our eburt commenced on Men day, the 18th day bt April, 1842. -William- A: 'Porter came to Easton about the middle of the week, and ori F riday, , the 2'2d, (manliness were appointed, and On SatUrday, the;23d, be woe ad mitted and sworn in, and on Siindriy,' 24th. or 25th, be again leftfor . Phtladelphia, as we be. heve. • Bat mark the material statement. in his anxiety to ezeulpate...hint ~trop_. -the- -charge of 'smuggling his nephew in, contrary to the rules of court, the Secretary swears ,to this previous conversation .Witti .Judge Banks, and that the Judge assented to, it, and in doing so, be has, to use a homely expression;•got "out of the pan in. to the tire." ~Judge Banks utterlydenies having had any such conversation with him, and will so testify whenever he is called upon, although he will not volunteer any newspaper statement upon the subject. And to settle themarter beyond all 'dispute ; the records, tho newspapers, the whole bar and witnesses by the dozen, will prove that Judge Banks was NOT in Easton until Wim.rsio A. PORTCR teas offered, examined, sworn in and admitted.. In cOnseipienoe - Of the illness of his daughter, be'did not come on to court during the first week, but arrived. hero fur the first time on Sunday, the 24th, and instead of being in Easton previous (to Mr. Porter's atimiesion, 4cl give . , his assent to it, was at Ins. residence, in_tbe-burougb of Reading, some r 53 Miles 0ff..", , ' _ _' - ' ' ~ ,I HOW, the llondrable Secretary will work him. self out of tbis difficulty, is a puzzle to us. The above s atement Of the "Argus '', bears the impress of truth, and doubtlessly can be proven beyond the shadawl of cavil; whilst tbe affidavit of the Secre tary is directly' opposite, and cannott-bomisunder `. tooth .It is a• nice issue and 'Must eventuate in dosing the lie 'somewhere. .: I r ;-. ' SANTA FE. excitement is e isting. on the Western Boiddy, in consequence o the Murder and robbery of ono Charvis, a Mez. is n trader, whosOeipcoach to theiettlethenta had bee announced. The facts conne'cfed with the . out age, were as futtow;: • ' . . . . . or MisOuri ' accomperiied by- 20 men. He with'•him a large sum of' money, and took two re.ons with 'a number of mules. During, his our ey fifteen of his men deserted him, and retur. ed to Santa Fe, owing th the severity of the wen• her according.-to the confession of., Mason, ha via reached the little Arkansas, tibnut 240 lire from Independence, 'having with him five rv.Ei ter' ittaparty was, thereassailed ond plun !red Charvis'being shot by' McDaniel'ond Ma- In to \ wkiom the task was assigned by lot; Ma on,,says the -servants were 'driven back to New i se iiir- d e Mexiee,• and that $32,000 we're obtained in gold and silver. The 'accomplices whose- names he gave _up were,• Mithntel of Clay county, two men named, Searcy, end one tailed 'Harris, residence not known, oni - Dr. Prefontaine. ofWestport, Mo. Then Men were part of a company •of 15 or 20 which left "Independence wider the command of McDaniel abont the let ON for the Arkansas, to join; Col. Waroeld. Col. W. was, when Mason left, et thti Little Arkansas With 45 men; waiting to intercept n company of traders who were expec t d to lave Seinta Fe about the let instant. Mcins PonsOnstvorts.—TheGreenville(Tenti ) Miscellany °Oho , 12th ult., says:--.. On Sunday night last, 'about eight o'clock, there was seen in t`ie weinern sky a luminous_ ball, in appear (Tie, wo feet in circumference, constantly emit wig small meteorsfrom • one or 'the other side Of appeared is 6riglltheia to outrival the pial. • luminary of der. On its first appearanoe it was stationary tie or two minutes; then, as quick as thought it else apparently thirty feet, and paused. —then fell to the point from whence it started, and continued to perform this Motion for about, fifteen' Then it• moved horizontally about the ilame'disiance, and for nearly the same space of ti me. At length it assumed its ,first position; then rose nein perpendicularly about twelve feet, and remained et:Mimi:tat stationary, contintfing to groW leas forme hour end a quarter, when it in. tirely disappeared." The movements 'of the wondrous body .as de. kcribed in the abot parsgraph, are exactly such as kite with a lan ern, or an illuminated balloon would make; and yet this affair is limited about as another of•the many'wonderful signs °ldle times. Moeamour, &c.-.—The popers.alsroad secure U 3 that we are l enjoying all the luxuries and beau flea of moonlight nights—tha r t we era revelling, in the midst of ' that delightful period when balmy SpiiWg zephyrs and the pale light of the o modest Queen" - fill the heart with beautiful emotions, and the feelings of gals and boys into all sorts of love and nonsense.i, AS far as we are coneerned,. e' acituo r wledge haiing seen the mooq once o toiee, and there we stop—os for the zephyrs they have visited us, along with Scotch mists, -- --oc: caeiunal heavy 'showers of cold chilling 'rain, and have been' productive of more coughs than iighs, more whecztng colds than affectionate murmur , hags.: Such weather is really intolerable, - and it is Most'absurd to reprdach a' man withlieing mal content at. it. The idei of chattering ;with 41d in l the middle of May, and being forced to indite yoUr growlings - by the side'of a blazing slave, is enough to make ono tarn Millerita. The New Orb:lane picayune given the following under the caption of a battle cry . ," l 4'.), G. flat tle,:editor of the Caddo Gaieties, lately curve across . it :copy of the «Midnight Uponievhich he s was coaverted to 3fillerism, 'and 'con:me:need cry ing as fottows t-- The Lord deliver tuaram wallops and trumps, fciur.focied 'ficaSts that ertiwl over the mountains, and lnngfegged blue ihinia,tbai fly upjAnCl down tbe creek and bolter p.youk!" ' ! , We overheard. , Moses" !ell .!.Simon " the oth c,r Jay whilst speaking of a late ttetanyrnotis tle, that it reminded him of the al fotint of type irt- the office. . . • . -• • j Why so?" sahlSiencrp ,4 Because thenA boa ither case;'! an • I - iweres . • . : ; . 1 1?-The Hon. -Ellis Loomis; 'narrowly ! escaped being drowned a:short time since at Milton whilst crossing some deep water in a canoe. :The boat npset,and.hod not prompt aid been •Tagered he f would have perishe.d. . ' , -; ,c- • • Corporal Streeter [Arras that a clergyinan ..darea East," is lecturing on . A - nimal Magnetism: !and explains the miracles of the sckipture.s by ma , son of the influence ufettimal mestnelisra! ! ! •• • , • 'I • .• Thai hare an Extra 7hafer " in 'Nei York.— Rich. Star. And an extraordinary one in Richmond. Milk sold at Motitereido,Februari2fat,,ai el per quart.—&x. paper., To opiti pal& afier paying inch pri4e for it, oukifbe a-fair subject- for grief, d 2 - - ozy , Another piratical vessel haa licen l scen off the Baharni Hanks--oar Navy soon have something to;t1o. . • IP. A Jot of big bobos bey° been foundin Mis souri, ,They bevobeen:bought.up to.stacis some European Museum. or,l. 'Wonder *lather the four young- bachelors have accepted that ...call n lrori out losiely corret. p2nderita y.l ~.• 1-11 - 7-OW AFI e"it i . • rhonio - Joso DaviA'harvis,*a citizen of New ico, in:ajtcl about four weeks ego, frorn Sante IEII ,N,F,Ip - * it , ,.,A'i# , ', r.1.'4'.. ,- ii. , ..-.-'t ,,,, ' '.',,,--,--,-?,- - : -. .zi , : '-' 7,,,,, ewrz.m . : - .4:mpftlVP.4 , 4fe-rt-TT , : N-zr,41:3 , .. , 7-..,..T--il