OM POTTSVILLE : SATURDAY MORNING, AUG. 5,1843. =I . . The. sabseribrir.. Auent for ope of the beat Insur ante offices in Philadelphia: is prepired to roakd in surances 'on - all descriptions of property such no noutes.Mills:Stables, Goods, Furniture. , at the very lowest rates. 13. BANN %N. It 7 V. 6. Pallier; 'Erg:, No. 59 Pine ; Street, Philadelphia is autboritsed to Oct -as. Agent to receive submtiptions and a4ertiEtmentE for thip paper.i . , WiAefcr cur readers to the proceitlmgs of the corinty 'lneOting which are 'Aced at, length Ilher c.,lurnn. Thecoarourse prisent was riot io great fie mighthavo hero desired; taut we acentint • for this very naturally as'the result of that ttnan erfi.eling which exis.6 thrdughout the ithole Whig party iu this comity. With bur frieridsof , the,opposition'the ease was ddirrent; there are a number of ,aspiring office set keri, and a variety of cenflictirtginterests in operati..n, which'drna into the arena their riniective odheren.a aft ,ready and watchful to sake advantage et any ~pening•in fe or oi thrir : favorites. Thus rte. account ter the .• • , difference, yctia.i.ll we think it the duly of! every ,good to matter how, grect.the ha.trunny, to , . helresentat such periods,- and aid bp Ilia; voice - and pre'ene, the manifeatations.ef feeling and en the cause/ - „ Came DE If.trn.--The tima 6:r holding thie ErMampinerit , is rapidly' approaching. The prep arations are nearly all eampteted;and it pretniim, to he a truly brilliant and animated display. Cent 'panics and'ita l frona._7arious ,p ;miring of the' State wilt be present, and eyerry arrangement ne r'essary to insure'asompletely succebful parade fins been: _ Our Borouglicompan , es,are dril ling nightie, and eiinee by their zeal a l determined intention nos to be-last in paint of disciplir. Ma jor General %Yin. if. Kenn will review the troops on Saturday. the 19th, and Gotieral iieeti, Gover nor p o ito, rot. R.. M. Johnson, and sc\ve i ral other distinguished percale are expected to pre-ent. The th i nimittea'iritend to p utt] their taigetfiring . on MondaY. the 2 ts.,. and I propoio having te of 4ro weeks. the same I evening. AtiOingtroin everything,:we have s.en 'and heard, eonKeted with thi,,s prnvoeed Eneampiner.it, we lto justified-in pfeilicting that it: will he 'the most • sidendid afftirof the kind ever seenin the State. I=ll ( A.Trotrr To ASSAFSINATE •THE POST Mal .:.thirEft ki...--,QUi.ean excitement has been occasioned be an .attempt upon the Ii e of Mr. _ Wi:e.blitre,:hy o 'young, :man named John Mclean Gatclneroton of-Colon'el C. K. Gcrintl, first Au . &tor cif the. Post Office Department. the the took Ware on board the . steambocit Georgia; ors bet: way' from. No'rfolk to. 13..1 im s erel As Mr. Wieklifre, with his daughters and ni:eci,,Were ad •i.rring towards the dining salewn,l, Gardner, en 'countered the pang, end bekro Lb puryose cauld he well conjectured, euddenly raised a knife, with 'which he had been cleaning ) his nail, and with reot vieleure. , stabbed Mr. 'W. in the chest;- Gardner was instantly seized, by Lieet. Bradford, acid 'Er:resented:from repeating the bleivr : ; his per son was then properly secured.- an he wail in gusided , custedy untillheboat reached- Baltimore . , - where he was taken m thari;o by an. i kalneer. and cc:Mtinied 'ter ..1 =it until a- further bi,tmiunt on could be had. • Fran a number of leicurustlnces, ' it is scippos , d th:d, Gardner \is cle i rrg-=l, Mr. Wickliffe himsclf 'thought 'se ; \ end -.despatched_ a p , r4oti, to prevent his el - mai:Ml merit if flossilie: Thursday nest, thelOdo inst. the Ladies of the Protestant EinscopalChuich Will throw 'open their rooms for this !Ong centrtn , ,plated silo. It will no doubt prove ta brilliant el - - flit', as we know' that, great preppatidns have been - , twide,:fni come time past, to insure the compljoi success ef,therfied.rtaking.,.. Articles of nearly rig deseriPtion, from 'the _beatified! -and fond ful to the 'useful and necesieepr,wlll, l bn spread out for Ji.posal insthe greatest pr Ever ono , should go,in s dependent of the bowl which you on all sides to plirchsse. - ste are as.' sured.by the Ladies that each one shall recetve'en c ,pio,,kin for his outlay. Among ] Other sources of revenue, provided for by the we under - b eitild that a Po r t Office DeVart merit- has •been at. -tztebei to it, where olion paying the i'c poet. age, allidespairin; lovers can receive the happiest assurances of their fclicity--isdipsi in doubt -will read..there - the respec fel devotion of- ad4iirets - - - business men will [hear of flattering prospe . cis, end - pn'tfi:ants s det; and all Who are in If rouble, sp.xi'e . .ty On fear, will through that c tioftwahlel Olt &URI tia - ve ouch of these unpleasant snisaninTa removed. We' predict for the dadiss Abet aucci,ss which thtiti laudable and worthy enterprise so I';c4.e'cle'serets i t and bepe thityyte es ent troy. prov i f truly 'pro phetic. The two tinge Parlours of the Tennsylvenia I iilll have been kindly_ granted Jr : o the oi.aasle,n, - 814:iffe founts will be k , , pt open fur visitors from kin the morning until 10. o'clock in the , evening . Pesch day. f Mil Aces nvian.— Quit;e•a dreailfnl and fatal sceident l o - curred on tho. Reeding and Potts• ' villa It ul R t•vo mile, all ive Orilin;, et alloOt datqie s in the to irnio.q.of -het Mciriday.. A taarn train of ears down the road Ica ne into cull sion with 4it envy train, and Me l ernettrei , n was. as ri dent ,e to break anificru-h thorn Two rn , O, George II -,;, 1 / 4 14;r, and Uaiu, I Forowali :were in,imtly nod 'lee di . six other ! , wri:e ti , ollrinjoiril. Ole train . Was au broken as to to eomplet,4 ruined, we )lave n:lt•Lyet leirrit the n• (34,1,111 , 65 &me, but sipplrre it 'ld ho can. 1 El „ . . OZ.''' . Q111(4 3 riogolut pheno riff.n off cis, obsef r: j .ea at Qtiebec a few ddys since.. 1 ft ocrurredb:C - i tween •tO find 1 I -a . e.l6ek at . nighi, and was wit •nessed by' a nuntly of persor,s.l Thetrioon ft'', • down! apparently.. the space of several feet, end then jumped suddenly b .clt ag..ain to her old placa, - ; e. c),lt ill qin ; her s•nitory ecreotrfroyse,verattimev. 'Phis stngol If Will'. (6•ok - li!nt::t. io•the Infection of the , valley of the :.=,li.• (narks, and veasdoubtle,:s - refused by the delusive agency „i, the h , avy mist' ati ihit: *time , +,frislng'- theneell A grrut awl 'perfans 'were inOned to torn Nillerites, and be hewed that the 'Pa,' al all thin 2t , A corn”. -------- , , ti tly inr.-r-Cript, Nagle7s company or rfilaz irmirrit Blues, plraded an Thurhley last,,the first at:nil-erre, of .their" inspocticMH, and marched, ' at:1.106...J streFt•tothe Camp ground, where they , 11 : a Im . z i .nn 1 pleraart thill. The weather was, 43:dizh f.a! .ho arms and rquipthenta Were bright, • and the c arnpa^y wirclicd and Ileokall a xtrenody well. The:r . ,belotifll neW itl, the late gift of tho I ‘djra; wAs--h)rne p'nniiy in front of the corn. pry by tho.EA'ri." Tiffs is. fin exct Ilene elrps, • ;tind , premisiat to be rase of.the , 6'rat in the State. 1 I t i , - 1 , ! i 1 ;~ "~' k } #: x, j ... ~ : , Y it: a 7 ~'. 10, The two last aerie eomporei.ilt.l peri•Ai fur liulJSrg the Courtin Orwigatarg. Very litite bn-' -stone of importar.ee wr.s tnansscied, in consequence of 'tile inSiaporitit , n of . hrs ilarier Judge. 14red, - who was so 11l esie he nn - abfir b attend after the - firA .3)3r .'f' the Tor:r% the in'.rtor 'esusee were dier.itsia of hyithe - Pe - onletes,lbut there still re ! nilias mach Unfinished far thein rst Term. U . r 1 , , , . , . Anittir-,n pap-r, the • - I , Sant," hat &q,n ZtlY!Pa . 1 . 1 Nertlr-nrk. EMS C i it •3 T y The last .. niaber rub e Schuylkill iourttaf.tcornairts quite ilt-tastured, - article upon the kuLject of the late reiltiction afore on the 'Pottsvilfe and iiciitling Rail Road. and in thMcoerse of its reutstks oluerves thlt Pottsville probably needed, the change. t We would advise our brother of the Journal to kecp coal, and at the same time would gently incinuste that such an cx prolsion ought to have emanated from:any other place -rather thau -, Reading. • • • When the fare to' Pottsville wits $3, SO, the fere. from Philadephiii -to 'Northumberland was reduced to $4 the whole passago.i NO one found (milt with the miring. menti'but - on the contrary. it was first Suggested here,and all felt pleased. with result. It was the interest of the Rail Road Ito. which first suggested' the change, and our. pe,ighbOrs...should bear in mind • that it costa: but little More io entry a paesenger from Philadelphia to Pottsville than to Reading. On all rail-road and steamboat roues as the distance increaser, the proportion of the fare isreduced,•.with the object alone el increasing the amount of travelling over the whole extent. We amain 'say that Reading should be the last to find fault with this errangement 'Are not all the workshops of the Company'' located there 1 have not many' of the offices on the road been filled by her citizens! .Ilave.' they nttt twin feted, teat-tea aid petted •by the company 1 And what has Schuylkill county. who furni-hes the main support of the road, eVer • received • from them. that now when en Sarrangeinent is rnatle, which was entirely unknown to our eitizehs tun' till coMpleted, we. should be _thug attacked. We should not have noticed: * this matter had. it not I can (or the it - liberal and uOfaieslur which Was 'cast upon in the editor's comments, and now dismiss it with the- hive that we may never again be compelled to advert! to it. Qia'l N Knot:se Ifinnte.—This gentleman bps keen, si . jnirning in Pottsville for the lest Week, and:left here on Thursday morning fur Philadelphia. ..Mr. Biddle has lately created some stir by a letter:ad dressed to the Editor of the Philadelphia Enqui rer on the subject of the State Deht, . He insists that foreign; bond holders can sue the. .Cominerf• wealth in the United States Supreme : ;Court, and obtain judgement against the whole State and all its appurtenences,Metcantile, manufacturing, and agricultural. Mr. 8., among other - Cieellent'things hails letter, sly:: , "limed not say that in all this, I have'inot apar tidle nf-?ersonal interest—not oivoing a dollar of this debt, to pay, which I Ain to beZ taxed. But I sin not the less ansititi? on -that pecount Tor its payment._ • It & neves me to . are the great cause of freo institution& tarnished by the, misconduct of Pennsylvania. It ,pains me to see our lisicient Cl‘inimontvealth 'thus dishonored--nor, with the;,l bli r .Ssings of God, shall I, whileEbave life;'ceasel my poor iffetta.to rescue / Ater front the shnnie arid degradation to which hed'preseot career is hasten ing Lei . ..! • '. .- 1 20" , In thelast number of the Carbon County Transit, we noiice, what we are ciimpelled to con. , eider, en uncalled for• and discourteeus.charge a gainst us. The writer accuses us of making r•fre quent " crOstakes in the cakulallen of our Coal re-1 ports, and in a : patronising way requests, us to trel morn careful for the future. New we ere mare, of having made_ one typographical error in late report, that we collected. immedietely after, wi,icti will probably 'account for the frequency of,th e: mistakes. 'rho editor 'of the Transit is a new hand akthe business, and has not yet , learned thai typographical errors. ben occnrring accidendi,, are not noticed by, the d'ourteems coremprrary.l They as ill occinno tlly tirke.place in 'additions end thu, escape the nOtire of the reviser. , A mistake of two or three thousand tore,r, which would form an item of fearful magnitude Li the Shipments of ano:hcr region, is :scarcely noticed iu a businekt like' ours. Lnco. Foe() METING Onwrosuceo.r On Idenday last, ttie LocofoCoi held a meeting att . the Coutt - Heuse at Orwigsbnrg. Their strhciha proceedings 'were charactiiistic: ofithe party, shit the resolutinna'paSsed were'of that non-committal character which might snit any emergency—they were neither t.triff or anti-tariff—nothing fired, AeSnite or positive, and as we intend reviowi'ng them et if-nth nett week, wa.forbear ssying-anY : - thing further* Nor So 8.0 —W43 heard : one of our friemls. the other day, who by the bye; is a practical joker, rcc rntrientl to a poor fellow affected with the rippe,a ',faster-of tar,on the back of the nicksnd the forehead, es a certain specific for the malady.— We uid not leern whether the patient followed:the suggestio'n or not, but it he (11 ° d, he ought to ind r . stand its efficacy by this time. CLAY MEETING tv L +vessren:This meet ing which was held on Sturday last, was the greatert outpouring of people ever before witness ed in the St.te. Much enthitsisim prevailed,:and . several excellent speeches were made, among the list of speakers we notice life narrfes of Junks S. Wallace, end Morton Menia - hael, ESqUire'A, of Phil idelph.a. The feOngiicenerally increising. and will continue to swell until the contest Of '44 shall kindle it into one broa'd blaze 4triumirb.. Jr: r ~Y•~ Ss I ~r;'<~i - ; ANOTIIER 1301.1311 OONE,- I,rnes Neseil, nn old:soldier of the Rey° lion, tall) fought at the battles of Leington.end. Yorktown,-and.et. the taking of Ticonderoks i , died at Hasten on Saturday mustang., lie was bliried at Wyatt Auburn, under arms, •tte I,yas'ainkton Artillery, Capt. Riehsrds, with the Brigade Band, Flo:farming. the military honors. 1 1 f The Moon has ag, , ain made her appearance above us,•and our young folks are dt:terinied to enjoy her pure rays whilst they rania'n. Nt i oon-. light is a great sl!y to the passions; null the! timid heart beneaoh ttslinfluence has betven boldb and : enthusiastically. _ The: queen of ..sight- . 4 a sad witch to the loving tribe, and many, a poor Mead when basking in. its i),•auty .bas been induced to seal his earthly destiny. But neverthelesa—hur. rah fur the morniieht., say we. FOllClnt.s.—The New: York cohnspondent of the Madisonian, atong Other reasons which he gives against the nomination of Nia,tin Van Bu ren, to the Presidency, says that he should, not be nominated because 4. he cannot be elected.'l Mjjor Freq., of the Gcrmantoum Telegraph, complains bittarly•hf the annoyanca l to ;Vuhich he is subjected by beggars. Pe says hid tried ev ery method to drive 'them' away, and-he has con cluded as a last resod to !compel each applicant to read s:the Telegraph fifteen minutes ;the rernedy is certain !: ' • Passing by Mr. A. d 3. White's eetiist,;:re, few days' since, we saw`: the counters - pilcd up with fireiim looking boxes. which we were toad cantfiinetl pinto HavenUatt. Those who 'delight in ihe Weed, will Ao doubt Oka adliontsgeict this arrival:; - I 1::*7 The weather for She lea watt . 11aa been dvlighttufigenied days, cool evenings, tinklen oc• national shower t r refreshen this . atarephere. Vegetation wears an aspect of renew'ed-eigeur, rind . the farriers talk `cheeringly of their isrospCCt& ey No trly thirty lota for refreshment booths were alistributed to'ditrereat.-,pert cons oa itiJ PIIMp Prouad, last Wedneaday,. Quite et trade lilt be dtiven iri - amall Feei there that weeh. luht Titer is slow ptjliw the igo.llsirkittei At Innt." Thst • „ %,ii,-,1...f.T - 1:','.:,. , ,.;:•-: ',-':',,':.•;.'!4:1:,,-:-;,.:,:`: !," , .;:;if: ,;;,ii,,,,r.,-..!,. Aitutasia , Ai?nine's' ' t'estin :Ukoir - Tat Pooll,se.—A book r purporting . ; to contain the 1 speeches cif TO: Calhoun, defiveicil in i• the Con gress !ditto United gotta's, has.heeci piblished by If arkr , sc l Mothers, The work is -Wendeil to give the reader en insight into the character .and principles of Mr. Calhoun.ithroligh his tipeciehe 3 ,l and the compiler. , whoever he may he, , has fradu lecillYlsuppressed many of the most, important; speeches. We copy the following. in'telation tol this iittempt, front the Natiniial:lntelligeneer 1-..---1 . • . . 1 ;The compills have sbsollitely omitted and! supriie.ased every one' or the Speethes delivered!, ' durhig the term of Mr. Calhouics service in Con gress,from December 18, 18l 1, (a fevi days of--1 ter lie-took hiseeal. in the House of 17.epresenta tiveii)1to 1817, when he retired from Congress, though these Speeches actually, embraced end cov ered 1n all the great political questions that agita-1 ted :the country," and constituted the foundation . l 1 of, that reputation as a statesman, Which, placed Mr; ICalhoim first in theMabinet of Mr. Monroe,' andefierwerds in the Vice Presidential chair." - 1 I , 4o one 'mild accuse Mr, Calhoun himself of 1 being cognizant to, or conniving at surh a decep..l tics. Although possessing political ptinciples otl onitiltra,"arid‘dangerotis character, he has invaria , „ I 4 lacted openly: and has Tinier subjected himself! to tile il,ghtestlimputation of political dishonesty.l i Tx' zanisn.-The selfish debasing ambition of this; man Tiler, IS winning for him daily the cumaiti . gable di.gust of every honest 'man in community{ The Delmore Patriot holds the following justly, , . seveie language in relation to his shameful du'plii efiY7,' every wordof!'which deserves to be re-ech? - . old by the just and pure- republican : ~ I. r.Thcre is no word—there can be no word lit vented—which by association or application can sipress.to the people of the United States so fully and so clearly the ineffable meanness of an act, a's! tins word Tyleriem . It pribraces all the t de grees of - treachery, puldfc, private - and official—ft includes ell The signification.; of baseness, tit:trait), li vile and mean—it expresses to the mind all t at ant , be conceived r.f littleness in race, littleness out if Office, littleness in the social eircleit characterizes an act which !arouses the, indignation', Ade con. . . tempt, the scorn of every honest man—it shuts out the ;ilea ,of every sort of good, remote, pre I sentior .. • past--it applies to every , thing Wanton, d:rgraCe rut and thithonotab f .e—it signifies that 'very worst, lest and meanest act which a mortal being wc4ild l or could cOmmit, , , and the ,Irery.last thing Whitth a Mari would like to be identified w ith—it is s eine. !thing disreputable. whetlier regarded in the abstract or the concrete, anti, covers the act and die s l ew ell over with disgrace, maliieg him a moral riper. As the Globe forcibly expresses it, it is thee thing which tt is death to Any i cite who willingly re .. I . i ceives it." A= Munnzu Is Tgaltasiee.—A. letter t. t.e New :York Tribune dated Cherryville, Tenn i ., Ju ly 14, says: . IL i ' ..There is 'quite an excitement among ' i us st pre - Sent, occasioned‘by several negroes Murdering a young white man in our vicinity—a yohng man , of great personal worth end first , family. j They (the negroes) have confessed their guilt 'arid per. pose, which was to murder as, many of theiwhites as possible, or those who wore supposed io have nieskmoney, and make their escape to a fre e State. An °hi:dittopia brciught on a few goods from Penn sylvania atidlecetcd in this county. . 144 it was, so say' the .negroes, that instilled into them their diabolical intentiens: ' The reason why their firer intentions were not earned obi, is that there wee.. 'misunderstanding as i‘the time appointed, cense queruly there was not a simultaneous action. The negroes are nciw in jail, and a rigorous !investiga tion:is going on among - the negroes by : iliewhites, amino far•almoit every negrciin the neighborhood is involved." BIf7ALO p copy the following from the Boonville oio.l Obserrer, of ilael2 , th inatapt turVe information oE'the suceis. dale • party whi It left ,our city in the Spring, for the purpose of hunting buffalo. Mr, Girnett„the gentlemin connected with Mr.'ltrCortlark to this novel enterprise, has been home.severa cfays t and he has related to us the result. The Party went ,out 300 miles above Independence.. They caught about 100 ca 149,. and selected 32, vriehltathich they Started horde, only one of the calves laving died, when he left the bola* of the company within the settlements, basing 31, which be bays will be brought in. The calves were selected two heifers tie bull. The result of this hunt will;undouhted ly give those who are fond of novelty and sport, an itching to gratify themselves, with a tripinext We hav e taken the foitowingi eution from one of our exchanger, it 'having been copied -from, the flir:;okkin News. We hese seen one or two ors of the same kind in this Borough, end Would idyls'() our citizens .to be on their wield egeinet them :• • _ • • C►nTloi.r—Several of our shopkeepers-were leer sy- efrauded by receiving bills i perporring to be isskrerl by the Gkoke Bank of York.: There is no such bank. and storekeepers would do welt to arrrst any Tertian' 'attempting ice pass these bills." tt u - - ).Tlie newspapers of the countr are all filled with gratefiil descriptions of the late i tiliower. The excessively dry weather a a -hove lately suffered, hid lengthened the visages of the feigning cominu nit), to quite a lugubriot s extent. +he rain came just in time the save distrust in the crops. o• A nay, work entitled the ..Attache In Low don s " has ber'n issued by the nuthor i ,of Sam Slick. 11 We have Been f everal extrcos from and judge ii to bel regular side s;ll . akrr, and abtiough it wents the abu'ive i.misrepresentations. and lit natured irony of Dickens, we ire'yery much mistaken if it does not shale closer and keener. "The Globe warns thoFe t f its !lily who tahei office under-this adminiitratirin, that the!Tyler tench o