The miners' journal, and Pottsville general advertiser. (Pottsville, Pa.) 1837-1869, May 13, 1843, Image 2

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POTTSVIItLE.
. -, SITURDAY MORNING, MAY 13,1843.
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Insurance.- . • - •
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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
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•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 , .
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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
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fpm! , 1.
S. Hollingsworth, cleat of the dotn-
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-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. .
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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..
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BattuMon' Paiado:
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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
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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
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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.:
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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..", , ' _ _' - ' '
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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
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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
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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!
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.• 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 -
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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
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• rhonio - Joso DaviA'harvis,*a citizen of New
ico, in:ajtcl about four weeks ego, frorn Sante
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INE
Tlfl
. -
%1 sorts of 3tenta:
corking! and Sekelect:
z Fivaz ACcroarerbfr,', Thorass — paner, aged
45 years. And one of the most scipected citizens
of Tamaqua, Was, iosbinteneeoaly • killed in , the
alines there on Thursday iast, by the fallio of
chute, upon hire: He has left a wife and' 8 chil
dren to•mourn hia sadden
The Eastern folksaro manufacturing flour
from potatoes. It is said to be 4 superior and
nutritious- article.
AsTocisurro.--Tha editor of the New York
Adrora bad hie pocket picked of 'ftcrenty-five dol
ly:1, a short.. tiaie ago.
Col. Janson:US to visit the New England states
Ahe month of August nest. - '
ft-,r •
The extraordinary matt "in fhiladelphia,was
convicted'as a reeeiver of 'stolen goods on 'Tues
day last..'
QThe leaves ambegioning to creep out from
the trees, as if they were no longer afraid. They're
not so green es to keep within door during such
weather. '' •
Gov. Morton, of 'Massachusetts, is at the Astor
House, New York.
The Hon. John Quincy Adams arrived at Bos
ton, on Saturday last, from Washington. '
The free masons of Tennessee, are erecting en
asylum for orphans of those belonging to the or
der.
Much property has been deslroyed by the re-
cent freshts in' Maine:
Moore, the poet, is writing a History of Ire
land.
The Milleri'es kavoapplied to have . their Tern,
ple, insured for seven years. 1
The North Branch Canal ivas expected to be
navigable at the close .of the lireek. ' i
The brickmakeis of 'Pittsburg have struck for
higher wages. • -
A she'd( of an earthquake, was felt at Yarmouth,
Nova Scotia, on the 18th ult. •
' The Governor of Maryland has refused to give
up Adana Horn, the Murderer. to the Governor j of
Ohio. If not coitvidted in Maryland, hal
sent to Ohio.
• Latimei, the re.nacca.y
lecidres at Lowell. I '•
• •
I
A man named Johnson, sepposed to bee watch
maker, and an Englishmen, died suddenly in Nevi
York on Friday last. .
A ;Miller Temple was dedicated in Boston on
Friday. A large atidipitce nitended.
. Six thousand dollars_ in Specie arrived in New
York on Saturday, from the Alba 4 Banks,
The tabinet, maker's shop of Mr. Alfred Cook,
Delaney street, New York, was destreyed by fire
on Saturday.
Good mercantile notes havd bc6n tsken in th
stree't at New York, at 4i per cent. per.annum.
General Gaines ban been assigned' to the corn.
mend. of the Third Military ' Department of the
Army.', His head-quarters be at St. Idol's,
Missouri.
• The fdlowingAtrst, given eta riremen's'fern
perance Supperitn Boston, is too good to bU lost:
By Rev. Edwin Thompson of Bedbarn : The
Firemen, When they, do their . duty, every one is
well . pleased; ,
exeeptthe fire---that is put out.
' Tire spacious building in RiehmOnd, known - as
Terilachern Hall, owned by Mr. Bossicu, was
destroyed by fire on' Thursday morning. •
The.MunCipalelemion at Syracuse,
Toesday last, resulted in a - complete triumph for
the Whigs. , ' , • - :
•
A sPurionsi;sue of $ 3 bills on the Canll Bank
at Albany, has been detected in New York.
The Baston papers mention that it is again re
ported & l it Sir Charles Begot is dead. • •
Among the recent deaths abroad, we notice the
following;--At Genoa, Lady Panriy . Erskine,
daughter ofitho late General CadWaladei of Penn
sylvania, andl i wifo •of Lord Erskine, British Min
ister at Munich, aged .SD. •
Three siight fires occurred in New York, during
Sunday and iMonday, and t.tvo on - Tue&day.
Governor Cleveland, in 'his message to the Leg
jstature of Gonnecticiat, recommends' the abolition
of capital punishment.
The dog catcher's are busy at their occupation
in Philadelphia. . • 9,
Miss Set%wick, 'the' authoress, has gone to Eu
rope.
Attorney General I,!egave has returned to Wash
ington from his visit ip Charleston, S. C. : •
A steamboat from the Upprr Lakes arrived a
Detroit on the ist inetaut, being the first arrive
this nason from that /Neuter. ' '
SOreral barges with Coal have orrivedqtGiorgo,
town from 'CumberlaMi by the chesape3ke and
Ohio Canal,
-A canal boat arrived at Cleaveianil on the Ist
instant from Pittsburg--the first arnval this
MOM
An iron canal boat, with Ericsson's propelkr
is now in the course.otconstruction‘ at Richmond
It is intended td ply on I,,be James River Canal
and will he ready by the middle of June..
The new loan of the State,of New York of
$300,000, haa been taken by the Dank of New
York, at n premitun of a fraction Over 6} per cent;
$ 150,000 being token at 6.4loprerniuna and $ 150,
000 at 6.65. • •
At Wheeting,m Thursday, the Ohio River had
17 feet of water in the Channel, acid 'wee
At Pittsburg, on the same day, there wore ten
feet of water in the channel.
The Concert atthe Town Hall, on Saturday
test, was rather bdrighing - number of
persons wete disappointed with the result.
$17,366 in specie were received at New Or
leans, from Vera Cruz, on, the Ist instont •
A Court Martial, (or - the trill of Lieutenant'
Scott, of the 'll, S. Inrentry, convenced at the
Military Barracks, at New Orleans, on , the Ist
inst. The nature of the charges had hot r tran!-
pired.
The first stearnbOit arrivals of the season at Erie
fr'oin Detroit, took place on the 30th ult.
RILTXISTION,ROII X I EMILTING SOCIETtE9,--The
Louisville JoUrnal 'proposes the following vies-•
tion : • I
Ought. not the witia of the Siamese twins to
be indicted for•marrying a qicsdrupecil •
,
A grand. Regatttt by women is -to takes lilacs at
Venice on Vint:sth of May.
Major General - Ilea warCunder trial by Court
Martial at ,St Lotiis on the 26th tilt.'
A
A clerk nalAc4 Graham, ia.,now under trial at
Staunton, (Va) charged with haying purloined
a papkage'of notes from the mail.
A Hartford paper ;announces tho,prescot .as the
locust year. • •
St. Mary'e; chdrch, -Alharay, -was entered and
robbed a night or two ago.
• The Lancaster Intalligencet states that'thehail
storsa.oLthe 28th did much damage in that county.
youragler, named Paueade,..comMitted sui
cide a ahortli me tinca in. AlcDonaiigh. cauniy,
linois,bccaus6 a . young' lady had' ife,jectad his ad:
Jdureur3l, es.
One rotlht of
h
igi the
papers t l i l ictofsi,d n elatili the.
- a l-C sa4s ma d e e r. .' B '
•
EIMI
ME
.. ;,
•
A Itltituarrsie Ezscr,resn t i —llenjarnat - P.
White ma executed at BataVia, New York, list
'seek, for the murder . of his father—rjoicing with
fiendisli.satisinctien to the last in the dreadful par
, ricrde. On trial, his coonseliarged Insanity iit
defence; but he ridiculed thii-defenee and wrgio
'outeiplielations of all the circumstances on which
the:argument was based with an aPptirently
est and sinceredesire tolconVirtee the Conit and
Jury that' the pretence of insanity* was merely a
device op the part of the lawyers. • He confessed
the crime, and soughtio justify it; and even du
:ringthe last hOur of his existence,he declan4 with
perfect coolness, that if his father afire living• he
would yeti kill him if possible:_ _While in'prison
he write Out'a tiketchinf hle — lifer 4 ihd ' his' dying
speech, Which he read on the scaffold with the 'M
inot ittaifferenni. Throughout. hit' life he was
zetilonsin his prifession of atheism, ind up to the
moment of hie death declered 'his hatred to Chris
'tianity. 1 1 ,Duriog his confinement, previous to his
:exeention, he consented that church f ervice should
he held in his cell, as be said he liked to hear the
ladies sing; end at the request of a ralative he per-,
mitted a clergyetten in pray with bine, on the sear
fold ; but during the prayer ;he em p loyed himself ,
in exeminina the construction .of the scaffold, the
adjustment's'' , the rope, &c. His f,,onduct.seems
to us to hove been, from first to 14 perfectly in
explicable. on any of ihe ordinary prlnciples of ha.
man nature: If he cops fame, it : laras , a , species
of iasanity - tao - Sangereus be let leose op,on . '
so
ciety!'
Lrrr. isn o GnAsnt.—
,By the brig La Grange, Capt. Burp wo have had
.advicei from Rio Grande to :h 4th of i'tfarch.
Weere:m . tich indebted to Mr: J. von, let officer
of the brig, for the news.
Rio Grande was in a great ante of excitement,
the Rebels were expected to nttoclr the City every
day, With a force of 0,000 Men meet all mounted
on' horses; they ivvere i within 20 miles of Rio
Grande, and , malting all !despatch to reach that
place. The Imperialists, however, were well pre
pared to recakvo them ;"more than
. 60,000 (mope
had arrivtd on the Bth and llth!rebrtiary, fronii
different parts' of Brazil, on the 8000 menu.
arrived from. Pernanibuce, , and 't leir whole force
amounts now to more than 80,000 men, who are
posted about the town. The only advantage the
Rebels have is- their h'orses.' There had been no
engagements lately.
The officers l of the Rebels WM) Borne of them
in Rio Grande rvatching the meriting of the enemy.
On'thet 30th donuarY, four' of them were caught
and tied to stakej in the river; . their hodies•wcre
eaten by the birds.: • ' ' •
•
On the Ist At March el:slave oriurdered his 'mas
ter, M. Pine; and . teir4 sons: slava &as only
placed in irons a day.; or. two, qien permitted to
escape; such things being of very common occur
rence. • • • • _
brig Premium; osi3t. i ir, of 13Oston,
was sold to the Idrazilliaris at Ri?,Gllande."
Os? was foreign trad,•init brisk in the
dridaeslic; Thre were ; no An jerican -vessels of
' Mb' et Itio Seth
a
. . .
!Al youn g man mined Henri!Johnson, was re.
certify colicic:o . in N. York off i etrglury,and . geo.
tenced to imPrisonment . for ee,von. yeare; the Er.
presi says.;
.6,At the tune of his being sentenced ; his only
reply wad', in a tone.rather as of; speaking,
self; “pretty well done—latiort and .4vt;eet; 'that
is !'? He wee confined in one of the third story
cells of the inner prison Jit the ninths . , preparato
ry to being Eient to Sing!Sing. I Stinday night he
succeeded in effecting . his escape, removing the
iron plate (Mtn the aperttip in the wall of his cell,
and forcing himielf through a ePace of about sever..
inches ; from ehich—herlet himself down to the
yard by means_ of a rope made by cutting up his
blankets and the sacking of his bunk-;' thence he'
climbed 16.11 m tnp of i !,the witch -house cells (a
height of 20 or 40 feet) fastened his repe,to a pro
jecting piece of iron, and dtieended, • within ten
feet of the watch-house door, ; ; to Frankliii,sfreet,
when he succeeded in gettinipaff. The manner
in whiCh the wholeQ)usinecs. was effected shows
peculiar strength'as well' as g'reat aptness for the
task in band. Altogetithr, prebribly, it is one of
thr — iFinost daring and astonishiiii .eseapes from a.
strong prison on Tecord.'
FIE:VAR . /CAD kacTe.—The Hindoos have, the
art of personating death so as 'to:deceive able sur
gedne. „ 1
. .
' An Elephant bred toi war stands prmiagainst a
volley' of musketry, and 30 billet, in thelleh will
not kill him. • '
I •
A Chesnut tree on sit. :Etna is 196 feet round
close to the trunk. ' -
I Potatoes; planted below threp feet do not iege
tato ; at one foot they 'grow •tlftekitst, and anwo,
feet they arc retarded two or three months.
The . innhogony •tred • is full grown in 200 years.
Cipreis trees are known tube sbo or 000, ears old.
The surface of the sea is estimated at ,000,-
000 square miles..; taking the whole urfsk of
the globe at 197,000,000: ft ireates
supposed to be equal ti) the hieest of the highea
mountains, or for Miles,
Dr
-ortEADYIA Acerneser-1 the train or bur
then cars were near Richtnon :Tillage, em Tues.
c
day, about two,nalles 'from th ' i
cit'', on the Read
ing Rail Road, a man front •W st Chester, named
nisstnore Mild, was walking ; n the track with
pail in his hand, on his road t 4. the river to g et it
qliell with pater. He,cc;iis wlrn9 of his danger,
btit did notzet away in time; uponftbe cars struck
him and knocked him down, -he fell on thip rails
add the train passed over 1*i:0 Hie bead was
awfully crushed and cut,
, ! andlire - of'hiS arras was
cut off fromhiabody-he' r inst ntly expired. The
,Coronr held an inquest on the body in the after;
noon. Verdict, naccidental 'heath?'-- l Ev. Mer.
ACCIDENT OX TOE dEX:IIIAL RAil. ROAD, '
Thai Macon Telegraph, of tbei2d lost. es.irs, 'Yes
terday morning ii'hilethe oittr i hmen were engaged
in a deep cut on sectiott •q2l of the•Central-Rad
Road, the hank caved in enteniirely hurled four,
negroes, two wore killed, Vail Others were taken
out alive,:but very seriously injured: The no- ,
greet; were valuable, end belonged to Mews.--
Chatlea-& Robert Cul:lila. '.1 4 .
Os
K ENO A F 0.111 175*--Jatin Jacob As.
:or says that if cost him laiortillabor and 'genius to
maks his srst thousand dollati, tinin al/ the•mil.,
lions that followed; and that timstr,were ho a young
man; ho would rather unuertii l k . e, at tho h" and of
losing Ms life, the task Vim:sling a hundred thou
sindon the foundation 'ofo4 thousal4,l dollars,
than no thouiand out of noting.
. i
I ikaft!med by some . of too Washington letter,
Writers, that a system has' biem in operation for
Months, by which persons htiie obtained office for
Others,
.with an mudeistandi 4 that •thep were to
receive. for their services,-4 I:llittirieraltio sum of
inormf; 'ar a certain per ceniagen the salaries.—
Phi/. Inquirer. j I! 4 '
f)
ANOTA ER
Sentinel says
settles either
tell Omit his
left at pia shi
•
. Pates or lung gentleman
of Kilkenny, milkmaid near
the parade sai take for yourself
and your.mrlo . girl instantly re
plied, 6&Yourself and, a gold t r ot, sir." '
i Flour a Cincinnati on.tht
at Canal. Wheat 50 canto;
F,riOar -Ctits..—Wo . era' indebted ton friedd
for the Indian News, froth Whieit.we t.opy the WI.
; lowing t , • .! •'. • .
"The only news from China, is the arrival if
the Imperial CumtniiAone,r,Elepooni CaniPn, On
the 111th of January: The negotiations on. tlfe
terlms of the treaty, were infected to commence
at the end of the month. All is as yet ritat, hut
it would not seem !flit -the pram is to be fully'ar•
rangid without some diffienlty."!. _ - -
The terms of. the treaty, says ad, tier, :.re bit,
terdy,humiliating to Tartar pride. ' INlandarinsjor,
'the Northern; Westero and Midland provinces,
• t
are ignorant of the pressure under I which they .
were acceded to, and are petitioning the troperor
against their executior: Thu , k hate population
and authOri:ies of Canren.iie or Ca!irse averse to
a measure which l
' epricee thent_ef the monopo , y
of $1 4 ,..e fereign tra„i e. Thu . -Hong merchants and
'the English houses at Canton, sie,equally interes::*
toI against the eii.erfsien of the trade to the oth
er parts. . .•, , •\ .
... In the, meantime, says the Mal:hare, .the expe
ditiontiri fs.rce has returnedto Madras on(' `.C.d. l
culla. Transport after transport;hop entered .the
ricer, fahiging hack, our troops to the Frestilenry :!
ea ....Sir Hugh (lough, the gallant commander' off.
the force; has come up to CAlcutt r o in thetodym
ion. . Thus, has the China Vvar hei.n act-il out—
at all events this divi , ion 61 it, hut whirther - we
have done flAtuipitt China,,ie soot thing' m ire
than We 'can' venture to tletermine."—Buq u o Adv.
. X STILL MC F: .Dlsll.--A gentleman rmi p. rticu.
lady well acquainted with the French lan nage,
and ;hist in from the' upp:r country; IN nfi AlinMg
at the Sl, Charles not hunk since,:c.l.ed a nurnbc•ii
- of Mai nohrer's conceit billS WEiTC pr , rri'.s.mnu‘dy
ScatterecVoyi i,tl‘e table.yijitt th'e 11111 offorc. Ttc
stranger :took
. 4 a•bill of the concert,not kincnting
the difference, and vas ktehily looking 4,erth e .
programme for some ,dish ivhich he might f : incy,
1 when the waver said to him. 4•li'hat sha/1 I hotly
y 0• 1 to sir !" , 4 14'
cll,. l .ldin't kßriar," an-veered the
couritrymatt. "yet: call your 'kens by such queer
names, a' fellow can't.tinder'stand therm but r r eii . e 4,
l'll try some of this"—at the Same time putting hi l s
finger tiPan Soutienirile Britcni--::Fwitaria--Nai•
Bohrer.' Tho waiterpelitcly.stippressed a sral;;,
add taking-the, hint, gave the ihoaider ttidit.'hitf
rtrions saylis au- rn qdere, between which and
the Siut4nir de Bellini—Fantasia— Mai. liohrcf,.
'the Stranger feundebaut as much difference as a
Comanche Iritlart could.—N, 0. Picayune.
N.POrtTINT-7 , ,A !SOLI r 102: OF SLAVERY TN TV.
Pasteur Coiririits.--The iVetv York iixpress Of
yesterdayl contains the following interesting, and
important piece of intelligence : ' . ' '
' , The &currier des Etats Unis, the French Pa
per in this city, upon the antherity'nf a leiter froti
[
Patio, says that the
, Commis.,ioners nypiinted to
investigate he fubject of slavery in the Frenc 1
Colonies, atle going to piopose its abolition. The
have two plans in vie v. The...fast fixes the ces
sation of slavery. in. 1853 ; :the intleinnity to the
Colonies is 150,000,000 francs. The secontdpiln
preposei Hedom to children born iince - 1838, 8
1 d
complete abolition i - n.oo..years. - , , M. M. Dr Brog
lie, Prissy, de Tray, Ttioquevillo, .and othet.phi
lo-sophic 'Liberals are on this Cornmision. 1
It is an important movement, and will arret
. . I
attention in this country'' ~.. i
Cararta-Ar. Nsatto,sscr.,-- Boston
states that the and accident which oceurttiditin
Friday, on the Charlestown Manch Railtoitd;lis
another added to the long list of-411(18e which
been °Wing ,t 4 negligence. This•no one can doubt
who will ezainino the condition of the tails on the
bridge. As tftto warn the corporation that life
was entlangeicd by ,this state of things, .the ; train
ran off the track, at nearly the same pace i%llre
the accident occurred, on Thursday, and ailim i sy
attempt was made to _tinker up some of the ticket.
ty blocks ! , ' Yet no attention 'VMS' paid .to this
Warning. The train went on as usual. TWo
deaths.: and we know not how manybrokin
re the; consequence. Such negligence calls for
the - severest rebuke.
We are indebted to Capt. Barnard, - of the trig
Treaty, 45 days from Montevideo, for the ..Britan
nia and •Reportes," dated up to Feb. 25. -On - the
Sunda t y .preceding that date, 136 British sailors
and an rqual number of French, disembarked fr l nn
the ships of war and took up quartervin the
town. Orihe
,was Advancing JO:reads the city,'
every day there were skirmishes betleen-the oppo.
sing armies, gerierritfy, lin fiver of Oribe. IProvis
tons had suddenly risen to four times their for : mer
value.' The party in Power in the city are great
ly alarmed, - but aria resolved to stand on the :de
fensive to the last.' The U. 8. Consul, Mr. Hqrn
ikon, and -family,- had gone 043 board th . e: 8.
frigate (Nun:hie for pleieetion.—Eren. Ater." 1•
GREAT d'nparir 13ritraswic
The St.lohn River has risen to no untitral
height; and in many places has ovelflJcvn its liziths
, and Destroyed much property. The (Own of Slier,
field; 'and several other settlements on •tlte river,
were eampletely sOmerged - about the 28th
The houses'were entirely isolated, anti there were
no means of communication •from• one to the Oth
er, rttless by boaht. The freshet is said to ,htt the
greatest for the. last Wks years. • • •
T l -04inan's
inmes.calls and
)artner, we will
chrth who& vie
-T hey are e7bibiting a painting at' litiaa, which
iirannounced iiii An original pictute,b3r:Penjarnin
.Weit.
..13 -is ascertained to be a . copy,' , the origi
nal haying bcaa aoldito , .British Institution for
3000 guineas.
A laiierft-01n.W4hinitori says--lirr. Cashing
has just drawn s.'oooo outfitas Minister to V. inn
5.11 /s 4 P o hs,3 10
'„:1•1 ,
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ThO General Assembly of Rhode island
jourried on Satunisit',.
WASOINGTON'II INVITATION TO D1NNE11....•
The fullorring 14310 and ,amusing letter-Written
by the Pathot of hie country, was read before the
New York Historical Society. at Ltteir recent rnee.
tiny in that city . :—;
• • • Weal. rotsr,• Aug. 16; '79
DEAR Doez.: I have asked Mrs. Cochron and
Mrs. Livingston to dine with me to-morrow; but
ought I not to apprize them of their :fate I- As I
hate deception, even when the imagination only
,
is concellied--I will. i- I
It isAfeediesi to premise that thy tab e is large
enough to 414 the ladies`—of this the ,had _nett.;
tar proof yesterday, - To say how it is
.usually co
vered is rather more essential, Anti thisshall be the,
purport of-my_letter.-
fr 'Since our arrival at, this happy spot, we, have
had a liam (soinetimei a shOulder) .of baCon, to
intee the head of the tgble—a piece of roast beef
! adorns the foot--and 11 small dish of greena or
•
beans (almo st imperceptibly) decorates the csfire.
When the cook has a mind to cot a dgurcrtd
this .I promise he will attempt to . to-mart - P)
we have two beef steak pies, or diiheis of crated rn
addition, and on each side the centre disli*divi4ing
the space and reducing the distance betweim dish
- and dish about six feet, which without them would
be War twelve apart. Of late he ; hashad the,
surprising luck to discover. that elides will Malin
pies, and its a question ifolosidit the, violenc of
etTjits, we do not get ohe..cliapples,.insicad of
.
havving,bothsot Beef.' = t
If tho , tnifee can put up with-such ente4ain
=zits, and will submit: to partake of it onplates
—once tin but ijoni--(not become so by l the
labor of sce.,wering,) I shall 6e happy to etc diem
• L - dear
eur most obd't scicant,
GED. WA t sui,;OTc)k
The . Opeiscliption'is, ..1)n. CkicanAN, Nov
• „
Dow, in. lAN') Miman.risx.-;ghe sermonizer
of the Mercury I,sl ellstU aiscMarstion the tpitbs of
.
Millerism„ thus elocluelSlylend ludic:o)4y dea
eams:— • ' '
. ,
teriedtrial,orb'of ours; which di yet ex
hibits no Symptoms of diseasia or dieelineqiiill come
tinue to roll on its ails en,Wri.sfiall all be
mouldering in oni sepulthred,, and thi monuments
erected to, our memories'iltall have fallen and '
lied in the dust of oblivion. Earth is constantly
undergoing a• miraculooli change, but isi abject to
no decay., The rose.that faded .yesterday' we can
never behold again still the same (aridly . of
!leavers that nowlitooM &retina tbo,diaves of our •
kindred will blossomiroUnd this taints Of millions
yet unborn.
„The feet of geneistions , will tread •
upon the dila .of our bodied, and trusgrial grand
chifdrepof r eiir children's children will pities pm ,
ales from the very boaOm oftheir'anceatera.
Nature pro:Juices as fast si she destroys; and es
(Ong as this torisetvaiive principle is observed and
'well carried out, you 'nee:li:a under no apprehen
sions, my friends, of Om World's Making a burst
of it. The acythe of Old Tiino'iedust as keenaild
nolkhcner now than irwas'When,ha mowed down,
acock
.sparrow'in the Gard,M of t den t by Way.et
experiment t and thi sands Of.his glass have nev
br. been dogged fiirta sin:ea moment- 7 nor won't
e;ttll the'earth grois hottry,the sun loses its les-.
re with ace, and thei bald 'sated .moon , furnishes
t4eif with awi .1 • '
I
Whin you see ivend"re iri:the• heavens, that'
have never been witnessed before-wht.n tho hey:-
els of the earth inceoaniffr?rnble, like-an empty
stomach before dinar—when yuu discover a sin
gle screw looso.,in t 4 grand machinery of Nature
--when thunder cocrice . hefore lightening- 7 when
young.dUcks eshibi) an inatinctiye antipathy to
water—when young men eeascr . to ,run afte r the
girls, and the girls Oronl marry—and tl,ti Orange
countyibuiter con 4 made 'from .tho • milk of the
cocciti nut--then, e,hil not till then, helicy 4 e that
tho end of all things is at hand .
I=
SLIOCXING Ace' nave /-r .t •Ilsistart.!—A let
ter 'to :the Boston Times,:clated Strettord i N. H .
May 3, IB43..givekthn following: ~ . - •
While - raising '0 'n eetingliouao at Strafford,
(BoW ' . 1 5 0nd,) yeaterdiy, 2tl insr:. the he3y of the
house wis raised, and while rah.ing the first story
of
, the
, Bellrey, the limber heir piled up, ahnott
directly eye r one of the heiitne, the MI dnderneath
g I , t t:.a.v, - e. hie .'t ' l ,s,ttsetl" - the Geam to break i and
precipitated abouo2o Men. with 'the falling tim
bers It tli.-Unnee orahout 25 feel, among the rocks
and tirribius henellh. Several of;the persona were
lil lien out, mangled and inj:tired , .iOhe most shock
i g manner' a
', two,nr , three.orwhom.were canal&
red in danger situation
~ by ' the Physician
then present. One Of- the number, Mr. Timothy
G. L'angley was entirety eot.telets for several_hours:
It lihoped new that till thily r e cover.'. -
•
OANYTI3I tinx natives of the ItTarquesaa
isi,inds have her4leailied t., Franee—prohnbly, on, •
spccol Minn, tape is m s•ix feet high and asap
as a ymillgjediiifte nlL'er l l l a Wtaalti, Ounz,rgrace-,
ful, and ro.,sessed'ef the sdantiest wardrobe. \ Both .
are tattooed a (Lover 1110 r geiiee in the ht,ghest etylp, -
of the 'ay. - The story that on
.thero'yage
°tie ,of their. (ellen , pas-se4gers atked them' ayhich •
they'_ hest, the Frenek or the English. “The
nnswered'the pan, snmeking.his
"they nre the eitteq.7 I"And a' great alettl'morp,
tenrier," chitre.l -the wornnn witk-n grin Mater:-
hibited two rows'Of po;nl:ed tep±; its sharp as a
erorodile's. -,,
- • •
Among the many- in terttiAing Ocidents attending .
the prweedings ulion s tiseating;,the Cha,tpr Gov..
erranch!, w.,s one virhich,j, evert in ill°, hurry or c-,
lecti : in week, we'cnnnotemit..- to mention.
.Tfr
01.77 identiefir chair in,
which Governor 8.. A r,rreki. sat,. one hundred and
eighty .yeari •ego, and received, qnd displayed the,
Chatter of rPr.3„ in prel-:ciuce of dll he freemen or
the Goloir,---"wns iniisoluceci into' ihol Senate
ehamher ail well tunia L pprdi , risteiphto
la te .tleserving Chief Nfnrostratn, Goy. S.
her'aldof 14s Tinath.
_ .
: .. LIG ri - r,,Nl:vc-.-Th e Limisville- Penan
a,ly weak rays: , -1,
4 , As the Joan of Atcras ilescentllng
bfALVVCI) 1 1 -fiS .
,place- and Cincinnati, i
storm of : Satontfiy night the daiitain,:,
jostgi.ing ord4rs to.-4na the boat, w
scnee'ess by. a 3;ish 'of ii4hiping,.ana fell
lower, guards. He reined. insensible (I I
!er4ay morning . , big fiiialir icerivered,
die traclivrt, and no damage kloo“o V.
A' man in Spring(fetl; Ohio,' thu s a ,
himself as a.eattlidate for Constable.,Dl,
taint} , a candid man.
.44 t)arnet,
13 children--jour-afraid, to 81 ea1-
-
work—and c0m.11,1 like to be elected con,
u`& ~
`,
. _
. • w ti. L; COAL' TRADE, ,
We would --- -
4 qupte,cferent
ail road
companies to the reeion; 'to please send iti l their re.
uoris as fortherly, in tiro e fur publication. . ye have'
been unavoidaMy forced to lea.v.e the • quautity;bl..ank
opposite those who hare'necrectcd,this request.
13 X.NLi-A.L.,. . • ~ •
Tile followtrig is quantity of Coal shipped by
Canal the preSent i eh'. ending Thursday eveninzlasl;
l'ottsvil/ e alnd vemepthon. 1,72,9 •
Schuylkill Haven', - • • `• 3.953
ME
Pcr list
iffia
iBY RAIL . ROAD..
etotithe:Ayeek end. .
h; •
Veil for same: Pe- •
•1 ; • : 1. -0.000
FrortiPottsvil
in4 . ,Nlay 11
Schuylkill 11'
riod,
Perldst re
On I
Freight - by ettlytl.
From Pottsville & Port Cdrbon,
.Sehnylkili baven, • •
To New
•
nt Carbon, Rail Road,
irlng is the amettetiorcoat trah!florte4 oR
Rd Thursday even ng-lazt- '
Tons
NATIIAN.C:
The t1)1101
this. road up
Mine
q'he folloi
on this Roatil
'll4r. S.;
leg is the amr
up to Thursday
Toga,
I l epo!t.
Par `las
toTotal79
IVIL LI AIV NEWELL. Collectni
Mar I.l4rket
1111
'Wheat Flan
Rya do
Rye,.
Corn,
.
.
,Buser.
•yvuulat. iv.u.L.u, • Alay. G,•1843
r t pr Bbl 1,4,4 50 11acon, -per
. 54
•, " •
? 90 0am.9,• • ' 70,
62/,t%t,atoen, bushl 30i
. " 45 IPlaitor,', ; ton 4,50 .
'33 ilia,. 1500
tioz; -TO rilfilotby bah 2,50
; •TO 121j1Clover • •". -5,00
' fi:/••• :UNIVERSALIST CtIURNI.--The' Rey.
i
Chzdes; S. alley, of Philadelphia. will preach in•tho
.UniVeraalis Church,"in, this Borough , on. Sundayt4to- ,
morrow} ruing .untovenin . Subject in the even
ing, g•Was e Apotgle.Paut Atpitersaliat I" •Teii
'WheMun 01, am cindained Prearitcr.Plat - Vitno.
thy, 7.verce:. Service to co *wilco et .114 o'clock.,
A. At, andill P. P,Li • ' . _
-- MI Is, r , , . . • ' . Zl--1
Ilins,.
( a(I-
• IE7
Na
at &clot
Potfauilli
Co. F. FRAN KLIN ENt.pIPMENT,
iI tacet. ‘VetlnOilay y 17111:
)ek. • JACOB ;-
fe, May, 13, 1841. ' • '
MN
1:
•
122!
ho riv r
wring the,
'who cc s .
i;itt struck
n toithp,
intil Ires•
•
.No owe .
io Ibat,'
•/ •
lothices
MEM
'
-it - it %
1.)
I ife and
lazy to
Lable."
•11,.681.
19,191
30.8.
liEll
724
33,471
3105,
.309 p
4'. 5
.16,255
SAVER. Collector.
vOi nail Rood,;. -
(vat of Coal traneporte
evening last. •
6.615,
37431
PJ
El
MN
I , y, our
King